Current Affairs Today Headline- 12 March 2022
Current Affairs Today‘s headlines for 12 March 2022 by Miliposts.
National News
- Prime Minister Modi will dedicate the National Defense University building near Gandhinagar in Gujarat to the nation.
- The Ministry of Defense has identified 18 platforms, including light tanks, for industry-led design development under various routes.
- India’s Lakshya Sen enters the semi-finals of the German Open badminton.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held talks with IMF Executive Director Kristalina Georgieva.
- The central government issued guidelines for the scheme to strengthen the pharmaceutical industry.
- The 2021 Sahitya Akademi Awards were presented to 24 eminent writers, playwrights and novelists.
- The Defense Ministry said in a statement that on March 9, 2022, during routine maintenance, a technical failure resulted in the accidental firing of a missile that landed in an area of Pakistan.
- India insisted that China resolve the remaining sticking points in Ladakh at the 15th round of border talks.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah marked the ‘Dandi Yatra Cycle’ on the occasion of the 92nd anniversary of the Dandi March in Ahmedabad.
- Mithali Raj broke the record for the most caps to captain at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup.
International News
- The UN FAO says the war in Ukraine will hurt poor countries that import grain.
- The Indian embassy in Moscow says there are currently no security reasons for Indian students to leave Russia.
- Russia now controls 70% of the Lugansk Oblast.
- Former Zambian President Rupiah Banda has passed away at the age of 85.
- Gabriel Boric became the youngest president of Chile.
- Google launched an anti-harassment filter to support journalists.
- The United States has imposed sanctions on the Russians for their support of North Korea’s weapons program.
- The United States revoked Russia’s “status of permanent normal trade relations.”
- At the end of May 2022, the European Commission will propose to end dependence on Russian gas, oil and coal
- by 2027.
- Attacks continue in Ukraine as international crackdown on Russia escalates.
- Bangladeshi environmental lawyer Rizwana Hassan will receive the US International Women of Courage Awards for 2022.