GK & Current Affairs – March 2021
o First serving Member of Parliament to be appointed as Captain in the Territorial Army -
Anuraj Takur (MoS. Ministry of Finance)
o Bollywood actress to join the list of Young Global Leaders compiled by the World
Economic Forum - Deepika Padukone
o The new name of Brazil's emblematic 'Maracana' stadium in honour of football legend
'Pele' - The Edson Arantes do Nascimento - Rei Pele Stadium
o Who was recently re-elected as the President of the International Olympic Committee -
Thomas Bach
o Recently Cabinet approved a non-lapsable reserve fund for a share of Health from the
proceeds of Health and Education cess levied by the Government of India - Pradhan
Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi
o Present CAG of India who has been recently re-appointed as the Chairman of UN Panel
of External Auditors - Girish Chandra Murmu
o First Commercial Bank in India to introduce Contactless Wearable Payment Device - Axis
Bank (Brand Name - Wear N Pay)
o 69th Senior National Volleyball Championship: Men - Haryana (Runners-up - Assam)
Women - Kerala (Runners-up - Railways)
o Chief Administrator of Spiritual movement Brahma Kumaris who passed away recently
- Rajayogini Dadi Hrydaymohini (also known as Dadi Gulsar)
o Sahitya Academy Awards
o English - Arundathi Subramaniam (Poetry þ When God is a Traveller) o
Hindi - Anamika (Poetry þ Tokri Mein Digant : 'Their Gatha' 2014) o Kannada -
M Veerappa Moily (Epic Poetry - Sri Bahubali Ahimsadigvijayam) o Tamil -
Imaiyam (Novel - Sellatha Panam)
o Konkani - R S Bhasker (Poetry - Yuga Parivarthanancho Yatri)
o Sanskrit - Mahesh Chandra Sharma Gautham (Novel þ Vaishali)
o Retd Malayali Academician who was awarded Souharda Samman 2019 instituted by
Uttarpraesh Hindi Samsdhan recently - Dr C.J Prasanna Kumari
o Second woman cricketer and first Indian Women Cricketer to score 10000 runs in
international cricket - Mithali Raj
o Recently retired first woman lawyer to be elevated as Judge of Supreme Court - Justice
Indu Malhotra
o Renowned Homoeopathic physician who was recently rewarded for his excellent service
in Health Care Sector by United Nation Welfare Foundation, USA - Dr Bhasker Sharma
o Nobel Laureate and Pakistani activist partnered with Apple T.V+ in a multi-year deal to
develop dramas, documentaries, comedies, animation and series for kids - Malala
Yousafza
o State recently ordered to remove religious structure constructed public roads and
pavements since 2011 - Uttar Pradesh
o The mobile application launched by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution that will help ration card owners to buy ration anywhere in India - Mera
Ration
o India's largest floating power plant will be commissioned in - Ramagundam (Peddapalli
District, Telangana)
o Recently appointed Chief Statistician of India - Dr G P Samanta
o President of African Nation Niger who was recently awarded prestigious Mo Ibrahim
Prize - Mahamadou Issoufou
o Defence Secretary of USA who will visit India in March 2021 - General Lloyd J Austin
o First Airport in India to introduce Express Cargo Terminal exclusively for International
Couriers - Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru
o The rank of India in most Attractive Growth Destination category of Global Survey of
CEOs published in March 2021 - 5 (Topped by the USA)
o Naval Exercise conducted jointly by Israel, Greece & Cyprus in March 2021 - Noble Dina
o Who is the author of the book ‘Baanjh -Incomplete Lives of Complete Women - Susmita
Mukherjee
o Who is the author of poetry ‘Hunchprose’ - Ranjit Hoskote
o Prime Minister of Ivory coast who passed away recently - Hamed Bakayoko
o The theme of 2021 World Kidney Day (March 11) - Living well with kidney disease
o Poet Activist who was recently granted bail after two years in Koregaon Bhima Case -
Varavara Rao
o Asian Country recently banned the use of Astra Zeneca COVID 19 Vaccine temporarily –
Thailand
Indian Super League 2020 - 21
o Winner - Mumbai City FC
o Runnersup - ATK Mohun Bagan FC
o Golden Ball - Roy Krishna (ATK Mohun Bagan)
o Golden Boot - Igor Angulo (FC Goa)
o Golden Glove - Arindam Bhattacharya (ATK Mohun Bagan)
o Emerging Player - Lalengmawia Apuia (North East United FC)
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021 Cricket Tournament
o Winners - Mumbai
o Runners-up - Uttar Pradesh
o As apart of 2021 Kerala Assembly elections, a tiktok like Short Video Competition is to be
launched by SVEEP (Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation) with the
help of District Administration Thrissur to create awareness and spread voter literacy
among people - Vote talk
o First Woman Cricketer to score 7000 runs in One Day International Cricketer - Mithali
Raj
o Parachute exercise conducted jointly by Japan and the USA in March 2021 - Airborne -
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