Current Affair March 9, 2021 at 06:46AM
1) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully carried out a flight demonstration based on Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology from Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.
Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
Founded - 1958
HeadQuarter - New Delhi
Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy
Recent News - Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW)
2) Indian shuttlers Varun Kapur and Malvika Bansod registered hard-fought wins to clinch the men's and women's singles titles respectively at the 2021 Uganda International in Kampala.
3) The US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian- American lawyer and rights activist Kiran Ahuja to head the Office of Personnel Management.
Recent News :- The India-US joint military exercise "Yudh Abhyas 20" commenced in Mahajan Field Firing Range of Bikaner district in Rajasthan.
CM - Ashok Gehlot
Governor - Kalraj Mishra
4) India has urged WTO members to reach consensus on a proposal on waiver of certain provisions in a multilateral agreement on intellectual property to deal with COVID-19 crisis, stating that one cannot continue to engage in endless discussions when millions of lives are lost to the pandemic.
World Trade Organisation :-
Headquarters - Geneva, Switzerland
Founded - 1 January 1995
Membership - 164 member states
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organisation (WTO)- Brajendra Navnit
5) Chenab bridge, the world's highest railway bridge, is all set to complete an important construction milestone by this month.
As part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project (USBRL), Indian Railways is constructing a bridge over the Chenab river. The Chenab bridge is being made at a height of 359 metres above the river bed - making it the highest railway bridge in the world.
Ministry of Railways :-
Formed :- March 1905
Headquarters :- New Delhi
Minister :- Piyush Goyal
Chairman of Railway Board and Chief Executive Officer :- Suneet Sharma
6) India has launched the “Real-time Vessel Tracking System” in order to help the seafarers and fishermen as and when they need. This system has been named as “Sagar-Manthan: Mercantile Marine Domain Awareness Centre (MMDAC)”.
The system was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Maritime India Summit-2021.
7) Atul Kumar Jain has been transferred to New Delhi to assume charge as the Vice Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC).
Ministry of Defence :-
Headquarters - New Delhi
Founded - 15 August 1947
8) The Indian trio of Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Gurjoat Khangura clinched the skeet team bronze in the Shotgun World Cup in Cairo in Egypt.
International Shooting Sport Federation:-
Headquarters - Munich, Germany
President - Vladimir Lisin
Founded - 1907
9) Van DhanVikasYojana programmes and initiatives have been impleleted by TRIFED for making India self-reliant under the AtmanirbharAbhiyan, with the motto, Go Vocal for Local Go Tribal – Mera Van MeraDhanMeraUdyam.
Tribal Co-operative Marketing Federation of India:-
Formed - 1987
Headquarters - New Delhi
Minister - Arjun Munda, Minister for Tribal Affairs
Chairman - Ramesh chand meena
10) Central government launched National Urban Digital Mission' to create a digital infrastructure for cities in the country.
The move will institutionalise a citizen-centric and ecosystem-driven approach to urban governance and service delivery in cities by 2022, and across all cities and towns by 2024.
11) Only Indian woman wrestler to have qualified for the Tokyo Games Vinesh Phogat won her second gold medal in as many weeks with a dominant win in the Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series event and reclaimed the top rank in the her category in Rome.
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