1.Mastercard announced a global partnership with Samsung to enable digital access to consumers & small businesses in emerging markets through its extensible Pay on Demand platform, designed to accelerate digital inclusion.Mastercard HQ: New York, USA.
2.Under CMAST Scheme, a suitable employment in govt services to be provided to sports persons, who have won medals in notified disciplines in selected Inte’l Sports events & CMAT scheme is designed with a view to encourage the artists in different fields.Manipur Governor: Najma Heptulla; CM: N. Biren Singh.
3.Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan was appointed as the 4th Advisor to Lieutenant Governor Jammu & Kashmir, Girish Chandra Murmu by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Other advisors include Rajiv Bhatnagar, Farooq Khan & K K Sharma.Ladakh UT Lt. Governor: R. K. Mathur.
4.India pledged $10 million towards a Covid-19 emergency fund & said it was putting together a rapid response team of doctors for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation nations as part of an initiative led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.India has set up an Integrated Disease Surveillance Portal.
5.Uttar Pradesh has mandated 25% procurement by the state government departments & public sector undertakings from the state MSMEs & fixed sub-quota of 3% & 4% for compulsory procurement from MSME units owned by women & SC/ST entrepreneurs.UP Governor: Anandiben Patel.
6.Microsoft Bing team has launched a web portal for tracking COVID-19 infections worldwide, accessible at bing.com/covid, which provides up-to-date infection statistics for each country. WHO had recently declared coronavirus outbreak as a Pandemic.WHO Head: Tedros Adhanom.
7.IndiaFirst Life Insurance, a joint venture of Bank of Baroda and Andhra Bank, has re-appointed RM Vishakha as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. She took on the responsibility as the IndiaFirst Life MD and CEO in 2015.IndiaFirst Life Insurance Headquarters: Mumbai.
8.As an initiative towards the enablement of Digital payment services to the customers, the Cosmos Co-operative Bank enabled the BBPS .Through BBPS, consumers can now pay their Bills via multiple payment channels digitally like Internet Banking, Website etc.BBPS is a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conceptualized system.
9.National Vaccination Day is observed annually on 16th March in India. It is a day celebrated to make people aware of the importance of timely vaccination for preventable diseases. In the year 1995, the first vaccination day was celebrated in the country.Government started ‘Pulse Polio Abhiyan’ on 16 March 2020.
10.Uttarakhand celebrated the traditional harvest festival- Phool Dei. Phool Dei is the harvest festival of Uttarakhand that is celebrated in the month of Chaitra (March-April) in the Hindu calendar. On this occasion, girls decorate their houses with flowers.Uttarakhand Chief Minister- Trivendra Singh Rawat.
11.Five yrs after announcing a goal to have more than 1 billion devices running on Windows 10, Microsoft has reached that milestone.There are now more than 1 bn. devices running Windows 10, a milestone made possible thanks to the end of support for Windows 7.Microsoft HQs- Redmond, Washington, United States.
12.The share of Indian companies in contracts awarded by the Union Defence Ministry for procurement of defence equipments increased from 39.06 per cent in 2015-16 to 75.03 per cent in 2019-20. 58 contracts were signed with Indian vendors in the last 5 years.100 contracts were signed with foreign vendors.
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