Today’s Current Affairs Headline – 31 March 2022

National News

• India Ratings has cut its GDP growth forecast for 2022-23 to 7 per cent.
• Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb launched the “Mukhyamantri Nirbir Matsyachash Prakalp” scheme on 30 March.
• Center approved additional assistance of Rs 1,887 crore to five disaster-hit states.
• External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar met Foreign Minister of Mexico Marcelo Ebrard Casabon at Hyderabad House in Delhi.
• Lok Sabha passed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
• Rajya Sabha passed a bill to remove the ‘Bhogta’ community from the list of Scheduled Castes.
• The cabinet approved USD 808 million for the scheme “Enhancing and Accelerating MSME Performance”.
• Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju launched a new website of Department of Justice on March 30, 2022.
• Union Minister Piyush Goyal meets US Deputy NSA Dalip Singh for International Economics in Delhi.
• The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved Rs. With infrastructure approval of Rs 3,887 crore. 377 crore
• I&B Ministry announces merger of Film Media Units with NFDC
• Vikas Kumar has been appointed as the Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Limited for a period of 5 years.

International News

• A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck at around 2:27 a.m. on March 31, 407 km east of Noumea, New Caledonia.
• According to a US defense official, the Russian military has begun pulling out of the Chernobyl nuclear power site.
• ‘The Wanted’ singer Tom Parker has died at the age of 33.
• Bruce Willis to retire from acting Having been diagnosed with aphasia, a disease that is ‘affecting his cognitive abilities.’
• UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condoled the death of 8 UN peacekeepers aboard a helicopter that crashed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 30 March.
• Tunisia’s president dissolved the parliament 8 months after it was suspended.
• US President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss the United States’ continued support for Ukraine.
• The US intends to provide $500mn in direct budgetary support to Ukraine.
• American astronaut Vande Hei returns to Earth with two Russian astronauts in a Russian space capsule in Kazakhstan on March 30.

Sports News

• The US, Mexico qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2022 from the CONCACAF arena in Qatar.
• Iran denied women entry into a football stadium to watch an international match, leaving hundreds of ticket fans locked out.
• Las Vegas will host the Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2023 for the first time since 1982.