National current affairs- March 12, 2021
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1- The Union Health Ministry has stopped sharing Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) reported among beneficiaries.
2-To protect the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) from privatisation, a body is formed in the name of the Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee (VUPPC). It has served a notice to the plant’s chairman, threatening to go on strike from March 25 or later.
3-Former Assam MLA, Alok Kumar Ghosh, hospitalised after nomination paper rejected.
4-To mark 75th anniversary of India’s independence on Friday, Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav will take place in Telangana.
5- Missing Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) student, Ashraf Ali, traced in Delhi’s Jama Masjid area.
6-Former Bahujan Samaj Party MP and mafia don Dhananjay Singh shifted to another jail in UP on request.
7-The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has ordered removal of illegal religious structures.
8-Three Hindu Mahasabha activists were held for doing puja in Taj Mahal premises.
9-Samajwadi Party MP Mohd. Azam Khan got permission to sell his double-barreled gun.
10-The Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC)’s preliminary examinations for 2020 rescheduled for March 21.
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11-Ambani bomb scare: Mobile with a SIM card used by Jaish-ul-Hind seized in Tihar jail.
12-The Supreme Court said independence of Election Commission can’t be compromised in democracy.
13- The ruling YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh has marked the 11th formation day. It says welfare is party’s top priority.
14-Madan Kaushik has been appointed as new chief of Uttarakhand BJP replacing Bansidhar Bhagat.
15-PMK- Pattali Makkal Katchi
TMC- The Tamil Manila Congress
NSUI- National Students Union of India
16-The Supreme Court has sought validity of Places of Worship Act 1991.
17-Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has honoured the nonagenarian daughter, and descendants of Pingali Venkaiah, the designer of Indian flag.
18- An international mega seminar will be held at Nath sect from March 20 to 22 at the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya University in Gorakhpur.
19-The Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren inaugurated 50 Nand Ghars at Sindurpeti.
20-Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan launched India’s independence celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of Indias independence.
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21-Justice Indu Malhotra is the first woman advocate to be appointed directly as a judge to the Supreme Court. She became emotional as CJI calls her a great role model.
22- A six-member delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs met the Election Commission demanding a probe into Nandigram attack.
23-Paddy procurement/Mandi mismanagement issues rocked Odisha Assembly.
24-Visakhapatnam navy espionage case: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed supplementary charge sheet against Gujarat man Imran Yakub Giteli aka Giteli Imran.
25-The Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India’s startup ecosystem is today a world attraction.
26- Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav and RLD Vice President Jayant Chaudhary to jointly address a Kisan Mahapanchayat at Bajna in Mathura on March 19.
27-Rachakonda Commissionerate police have busted a rave party and detained 90 youngsters at a farm house near the Hyderabad city.
28-Haryana Budget gave a major push to Health, agriculture sectors.
29-Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has presented a deficit Budget of Rs 1.55 lakh crore for the financial year 2021-22.
30- Several Rashtriya Lok Samta Party’s (RLSP) joined the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) ahead of merger with JD(U).
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31-President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Mohammed Ghouse Shukure Kamal as an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court.
32- It is a setback for the Pinarayi Vijayan government as HC dismissed plea for withdrawal of case registered against six Left legislators in 2015.
33-The DMK has released a list of 173 candidates for Tamil Nadu Assembly elections(April 6). Stalin will contest from Kolathur.
34-Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka among others are Congress star campaigners for Bengal polls.
35- Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan condoled death of Brahma Kumaris’ chief administrator Rajyogini Dadi Hriday Mohini.
36- The elections to two graduates’ constituencies of Telagana Legislative Council will take place on Sunday.
37-BJP MLA Subash Panigrahi has attempted suicide in Odisha Assembly by consuming sanitiser.
38-Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat has inducted 11 minister in his new cabinet.
39-Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced a new scheme ‘Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Utthan Abhiyan’.
40-Haryana State is committed to economically uplift 2 lakh families, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said.
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41-The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has fielded a woman candidate Qamrunisa Anwar for the April 6 Kerala Assembly polls after quarter of century.
42-The Supreme Court sought reply from the Centre and the Medical Council of India (MCI) on 48 per cent disabled girl’s plea for MBBS admission.
43-Google India has been working with the Union Health Ministry and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to help you get vaccination centre information on Maps, Search.
44-The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has launched an aerial LiDAR survey for Mumbai-Nagpur high-speed rail project.
45-Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said that the Sri Yadadri Laxmi Narasimha temple will be known for its uniqueness.
46-Justice Indu Malhotra became emotional on last court day. She sat on the bench for the last time on Friday.
47-Police have foiled Gujarat Congress’s ‘farm satyagraha’ plans(the Dandi Yatra from the Sabarmati Ashram).
48-Outgoing Supreme Court judge, Justice Indu Malhotra said the society will benefit with more women in judiciary.
49-Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the first Quad leaders’ summit virtually. The quadrilateral group consists of the US, India, Japan and Australia.
50-IMA ponzi scam case in Karnataka:- CBI names ex-BDA engineer P.D. Kumar, IMA chief Mohammed Mansoor Khan in charge-sheet.
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51-The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in all countries and for COVAX roll-out.
52-The annual estimated budget of Delhi Government for Rs 69,000 crore for 2021-22 was passed by the Legislative Assembly.
53- Four northeastern states Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, Assam Rifles were asked to prevent influx from Myanmar.
54-Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has given Rs 75L assistance to Pingali Venkaiah’s daughter, Ghantasala Sita Mahalakshmi.
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