25 March 2022 : Top Current Affairs 25th March
Important Current Affairs 25th March 2022
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 25th March about national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 25th March 2022 current affairs then read this article till the end.
Top Current Affairs 24th March 2022
Current Affairs of 25th March – National
1. Kerala Tourism has created the ‘Maya’ WhatsApp Chatbot, which is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
◉ P A Mohamed Riyas, Kerala’s Tourism Minister, has inaugurated ‘Maya,’ a 24-hour WhatsApp chatbot that will deliver information and updates about Kerala’s tourism industry.
◉ Maya, which is billed as the country’s first service of its kind, provides users with information on locations, experiences, lodging, transit, and a slew of other facts that will keep them informed about the places they visit or stay in the state.
2. For the second time, Yogi Adityanath was sworn in as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
◉ At the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, Yogi Adityanath was sworn in as the new chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. From Gorakhpur, he was elected (urban)
◉ Yogi Adityanath was also elected as the BJP’s Legislative Party’s leader in Uttar Pradesh. In the new government, Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak were also sworn in as Deputy Chief Ministers.
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International
3. Malaysia will host four countries for the Bersama Shield military exercise in 2022.
◉ In the annual Bursama Shield 2022 training exercise, Malaysia will host the military forces of four countries: Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Bursama means “clearly united” in Malay.
◉ The exercise will feature sea and air drills, with the majority of them taking place in international waters, but some of them will also take place near Malaysia’s Exclusive Economic Zone in the South China Sea.
Banking
4. For smartphone insurance, ICICI Lombard has teamed with Airtel Payments Bank.
◉ Airtel Payments Bank and ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company have inked a deal to provide smartphone insurance, which provides financial protection against loss.
◉ It will help India’s mobile insurance market grow. Amount of mobile insurance equal to the purchase price of smartphones will be provided under the agreement.
5. SBI Group was granted permission by the RBI to acquire a 9.99 percent interest in ICICI Bank.
◉ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given its approval for State Bank of India Mutual Fund Limited (SBIFML) and other SBI group firms to buy up to 9.99 percent of ICICI Bank’s equity capital.
◉ The approval granted to SBI Mutual Fund is valid for one year, until March 22, 2023. SBI Mutual Fund has a 5.72 percent position in ICICI Bank in December 2021.
Appointment
6. Pralay Mondal has been named interim CEO and MD of CSB Bank.
◉ Pralay Mondal has been appointed interim Managing Director and CEO of CSB Bank by the Reserve Bank of India.
◉ He is currently the Managing Director of CSB Bank. After full-time MD and CEO C V R Rajendran announced his early retirement due to health reasons, the position of MD and CEO at CSB Bank was left vacant (w.e.f March 31, 2022).
Awards
7. The ‘Best MSME Bank of the Year – Winner’ award went to Karnataka Bank.
◉ At the 8th edition of ASSOCHAM’s Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises’ Excellence Awards Ceremony and Summit in New Delhi, Karnataka Bank was named the ‘Best MSME Bank of the Year – Winner’ among private sector banks.
◉ In the presence of Narayan T Rane, Union Minister of MSMEs, B Gopalakrishna Samaga, Deputy General Manager of Karnataka Bank, received the award.
Science
8. TCS and IIT Madras have teamed to develop an M.Tech in Industrial AI.
◉ The Indian Institute of Technology Madras has teamed up with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to create a web-based, user-friendly master’s course called Tech in “Industrial AI,” which aims to upskill employees and integrate AI applications into industrial concerns.
◉ IIT M will deliver the 18-month program, which was developed in conjunction with TCS, entirely online using virtual classrooms. The program’s first cohort will be TCS students.
Book and Author
9. The book “The Shield: Covishield,” written by Prakash Kumar Singh and recounting SII’s journey in developing Covishield, was unveiled by the Home Minister.
◉ Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled Prakash Kumar Singh, Director, Government, and Regulatory Affairs at Serum Institute of India coffee,’s table book “The Shield: Covishield” (SII).
◉ SII’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Adar C Poonawalla, was also present at the event. The book chronicles SII’s adventure in developing the COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’, the world’s largest vaccine maker.
Important day
10. 25 March: International Day of Solidarity with Staff Members Who Have Been Arrested or Missing
◉ The United Nations observes an annual International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members on March 25.
◉ This is a day to take action, demand justice, and reiterate our commitment to protect UN workers and peacekeepers, as well as non-governmental organizations and the media.
11. International Day of the Unborn Child is celebrated on March 25th.
◉ The 25th of March is designated as International Day of the Unborn Child. It is an annual celebration of unborn children that is marked as an anti-abortion day.
◉ It was instituted by Pope John Paul II to coincide with the Annunciation Feast. El Salvador was the first country to recognize a Day of the Right to Be Born, which was established in 1993.
12. 25 March is the International Day of Commemoration of Slavery Victims and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
◉ The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is commemorated every year on March 25 to honor and remember those who suffered and died as a result of the heinous slavery system.
◉ Following a resolution passed in December 2007, this day was commemorated for the first time in 2008.
Obituary
13. Former Chief Justice of India RC Lahoti has died.
◉ Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, the former Chief Justice of India, died at the age of 81.
◉ On June 1, 2004, he was appointed as India’s 35th Chief Justice. On November 1, 2005, he stepped down from the job after 17 months at the helm of the court.
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