9th March 2022 Current Affairs

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9th March 2022 Current Affairs is provided below:

1. International summit on Plastics Recycling and waste Management:

Organised by the Ministry of MSME.
The summit emphasizes knowing your waste and how recycling is the right thing to do, which is to be done in the right way.
The ministry also launched two special initiatives, Sambhav and Swavlamban to promote entrepreneurship amongst youth, especially in aspirational districts all across India.

2. UPI123Pay and DigiSaathi:

Launched by RBI and NPCI.
This initiative will improve digital payments to a higher level, paving the way for a cashless economy.
DigiSaathi will help customers address queries in the digital payments umbrella including cards in two languages – English and Hindi and also working towards all vernacular languages.

About NPCI:

National Payments Corporation of India.
Estb: 2008
HQ: Mumbai

3. BE(A)WARE:

It is a booklet released by the RBI.
It provides information on the common modus operandi used by fraudsters and precautions to be taken while carrying out various financial transactions.

4. Data Centre:

Microsoft to set up its Data Centre in Hyderabad, Telangana.
It is the 4th Datacenter in India.
Existing network of three regions in India across Pune, Mumbai, and Chennai.
The Data Centre will deliver advanced data security and cloud solutions that will help enterprises, start-ups, developers, education and government institutions.

5. India’s largest floating solar power project:

Established in Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Limited (SPIC) factory at Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu.
It aims to provide environmentally sustainable power generation and to reduce carbon footprint.

6. Freedom of the world 2022 report:

The report titled: Freedom in the world 2022 – The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule.
Released by Freedom House.
India ranked ‘Partly free’
India scored 66 out of 100 in 2022.

7. Iran successfully launched a military satellite, NOOR-2, into orbit at an altitude of 500 kilometres (311 miles) from the earth. Noor means light in the Persian language.

8. Jharokha:

Pan India programme organised by the Ministry of Culture.
To celebrate the traditional Indian handicrafts, handlooms and art and culture.
Launched at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

9. New President of South Korea:

Yoon Suk Yeol has been elected.
He replaced Moon Jae-in who has been serving as the president since 2017.

10. Global centre for traditional medicine:

Cabinet approved establishment of the WHO Global Centre for traditional medicine in Jamnagar, Gujarat.
Under the Ministry of AYUSH.

About WHO:

World Health Organization
Estb: 7 April 1948
HQ : Geneva, Switzerland
Director-General: Tedros Adhanom.

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