Today’s Current Affairs Headline- 21 March 2022
Today’s Current Affairs Headlines for 21 March 2022 by Miliposts.
National News
- 2nd India-Australia Virtual Summit Starting today, Australia will announce the ‘largest ever’ investment of Rs 1,500 crore in India.
- Manipur’s caretaker CM N Biren Singh was unanimously elected as the Chief Minister of the state in the Manipur BJP Legislature Party meeting.
- The newly elected MLAs of Uttarakhand will take oath tomorrow morning
- Union Minister of Coal and Mines Pralhad Joshi will visit Australia soon.
- Cyclone Asani: Andaman and Nicobar Islands will experience heavy rain, strong winds today.
- The mortal remains of Naveen Shekharappa Gyangoudar, who was killed in a shelling attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, arrives in Bengaluru on March 1.
- Former Union Minister Sharad Yadav merged his Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) with Lalu Prasad Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
- The Karnataka government will provide ‘Y’ category security to the judges who delivered the verdict upholding the hijab ban.
- External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar calls on Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schellenberg at Hyderabad House, Delhi.
- NTAGI recommends bridging gap between two doses of Covishield: Source
- The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) recommends reducing the interval between two doses of Covishield vaccine from 12-16 weeks to 8-16 weeks after the first dose.
- External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar held discussions with his Austrian counterpart on exploiting the new economic potential.
International News
- According to the UK Defense Ministry, Russian forces are continuing to surround several cities in eastern Ukraine.
- Ukraine rejected Russia’s demand for Mariupol’s surrender by Monday morning.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned of a third world war if talks with Putin fail.
- Russia claims to have used hypersonic missiles in Ukraine.
- Ten million people – more than a quarter of the population – have now fled their homes in Ukraine because of Russia’s “devastating” war, according to the UN refugee chief.
- China on March 20 ordered millions more people in the country’s northeast to stay-at-home as it battles its biggest Covid-19 outbreak in two years.
- North Korea fired multiple rocket launchers on March 20, the latest in a series of provocations by the nuclear-armed nation.
- East Antarctica recorded exceptionally high temperatures this week, 30 degrees Celsius above normal.
- US President Joe Biden will travel to Warsaw, Poland on March 25 to hold bilateral meetings with the President of Poland.
- The US defines violence by Myanmar’s military against the Rohingya as genocide and a crime against humanity.
- Brazil’s Supreme Court judge lifts ban on messaging app Telegram.
Sports News
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- Taylor Fritz defeated Rafael Nadal 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) to win the ATP Indian Wells Masters and scored a perfect 20-0 run for the 21-time Grand Slam champion’s 2022 start.
- Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won the F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix after defending champion Max Verstappen was ruled out before laps two with a power issue.
- India’s Lakshya Sen lost in straight sets 10-21 15-21 to world No 1 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the men’s singles final of the All England Open Badminton Championships 2022.
- The pitch at Bangalore was used for the second India vs SL Test, rated ‘below average’ by the International Cricket Council.