29th March 2022 Current Affairs
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29th March 2022 Current Affairs is provided below:
1. Book released:
- Book – Spoorthi Pradhata Sri Somayya
- Author – Shyam Prasad
2. India – UAE trade pact, CEPA:
- Investopia summit and World government summit held at Dubai.
- It is the first full trade agreement to be signed by India with any country in the past decade.
- To boost bilateral trade to $100 billion over a 5 year period.
- UAE is India’s 3rd largest trade partner.
- UAE is also the 2nd largest export destination of India
- UAE is the 8th largest investor in India.
3. India Medals at Swiss Open 2022:
- Men’s Singles – Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar (India) won the silver medal.
- Women’s Singles – P V Sindhu (India) won the gold medal.
4. World Table Tennis Contender 2022 championship held in Doha, Qatar:
- Mixed Doubles category – Manika Batra and Gnanasekaran won the silver medal.
- Men’s Singles – Achanta Sharath Kamal won the Bronze medal.
About International Table Tennis Federation:
- HQ : Lausanne, Switzerland
5. Book released:
- Book – Burgundy Winters in Europe
- Author – Pranay Patil
6. External Affairs Minister Jaishankar attended the 18th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting in Colombo:
- BIMSTEC – Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation.
- Members – Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Srilanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal.
- Estb: 6th June 1997
- HQ: Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Current Chairmanship: Srilanka
7. New Prime Minister of Malta:
- Robert Abela has been sworn in after his ruling Labour Party won the 2022 general election.
- Malta Capital: Valletta; Currency: Euro
8. “Sambhav” and “Svavlamban”:
- Initiatives to tackle the issue of plastic waste in India.
- Launched by the Ministry of MSME
- Launched at the International summit on plastics recycling and waste management held at New Delhi.
9. Tamilnadu Awards:
| Awards | Name of the Awardees |
| Perarignar Anna Award | Naanjil Sampath |
| Bharathiyar Award | Bharathi Krishnakumar |
| Pavendar Bharathidasan Award | Pulavar Senthalai Gowthaman |
| Sollin Selvar Award | Surya Sevior |
| Singaravelar Award | Kavignar Mathukkoor Ramalingam |
| Tamil Thai Award | Malaysia Tamil Writer Association |
| Vallalar Award | Dr. Ra. Sanjeevi Rayar |
| Adithanar Award | Uyirmai Thingalithal |
| Devaneya Pavanar Award | Dr. Ku. Arasendran |
| Umaru Pulavar Award | Na. Mammathu |
| Kambar Award | Bharathi Bhaskar |
| Perunchithiranar Award | Dr. M. Rajendran |
| G.U.Pope Award | A.S. Panneer Selvam |
| Maraimalai Adigal Award | Suki Sivam |
| Ilango Adigal Award | Nellai Kannan |
| Ayothidasar Pandithar Award | Gnana. Alaisiyas |
| Thanthai Periyar Award | K. Thirunavukkarasu |
| Thiruvalluvar Award | M. Meenakshi Sundara |
| Annal Ambedkar Award | Justice Chandru |
| Kamarajar Award | Kumari Ananthan |
| G.U. Pope Award | A.S. Panneer Selvam |
| Chief Minister Computer Tamil Award for the year 2020 | Dr. V. Dhanalakshmi |
10. Lulu group to invest Rs. 3,500crore in Tamil Nadu for three projects:
- Two malls to come up at Rs. 2,500 crore and a food processing project at Rs.1,000crore.
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