• On [latex]22^{nd}[/latex] March, World Water Day is observed annually to raise awareness about the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.


• It was recommended to celebrate in 1992 at United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janerio. And then, in 1993 first World Water Day is celebrated.

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• The number of people in Zimbabwe affected by a devastating cyclone and flooding has jumped to 200,000, with most of the damage occurring near the Mozambique border.


• The initial estimate of those hit in Zimbabwe was 15,000 but World Food Programme (WFP) spokesman Herve Verhoosel told reporters in Geneva that the numbers had surged following an overnight assessment.

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• Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte pledged to make Italy the first Group of Seven nation to join China's ambitious Belt and Road initiative (BRI).


• This move will help rebalance Italy's trade with the Asian nation. Four Italian ports could reportedly be opened to Chinese investments for BRI. The US has warned Italy against joining the Chinese initiative.

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• An explosion at a pesticide plant in eastern China`s Jiangsu province has killed 44 people and injured more than 600, the latest casualties in a series of industrial accidents that have angered the public.


• The blast occurred at the Chenjiagang Industrial Park in the city of Yancheng.

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• An official in the Donald Trump administration has said The Relationship between India and the US flourished under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, adding it expects the ties to improve after the Lok Sabha elections.


• The senior official also said the first ever India-US two-plus-two dialogue, held in New Delhi last year.

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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi, while BJP president Amit Shah will contest from Gandhinagar. Union home minister Rajnath Singh will contest the elections from Lucknow with Nitin Gadkari contesting from Nagpur.


• The Bharatiya Janata Party declared its first list of 184 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

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• Mizoram Assembly passed a new bill named Mizoram Maintenance of Household Registers Bill, 2019 with an objective to detect foreigners illegally residing in Mizoram,who takes away the benefits of the citizen of Mizoram.


• As per the Bill, the Assembly will create the 2 registers namely one for the citizen residents and another for non-citizen residents of a village/area/town.


• This register comprises the name, details and passport size photographs of every individual in the state.


• The information furnished by the individual was verified by the president of the local branch of the state-level NGOs.

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• India's deepest shaft cave Krem Um Ladaw has been discovered in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district during the annual 'Caving in the Abode of the Clouds Expedition'.


• The cave has a 105 m deep shaft entrance passage, Meghalaya Adventurers' Association General Secretary Brian Kharpran Daly said, This comes a year after the world's longest sandstone cave was discovered in Meghalaya.

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• A shark-themed plane, an Embraer E190-E2 commercial jet, landed at the Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport for the first time.


• Last year, the shark-themed aircraft landed at Lhasa's Gonggar Airport (Tibet), one of the world's highest airports at 11,713 feet. E190-E2 is manufactured by Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer.

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• Dr Prakash Ambedkar’s Vanchit Bahujan Aghari is hoping to emerge as the third force in the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra this time.


• The tie up with Asaduddin Owaisi-led MIM has revived attempts at a Dalit-Muslim alliance which could be a spoiler in the key battleground state.

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• To expand the capacity of Renewable Energy Capacity in India, Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a loan agreement of USD 50 million in India’s renewable energy producer company Avaada Energy Private Limited (AEPL).


• It was signed by Avaada Energy chairman Vineet Mittal and ADB Principal Investment Specialist Mayank Choudhary.


• This agreement will help in Government’s strategy to give a boost in the share of renewable energy generation capacity from about 20% in 2018 to 40% by 2030, and to reduce India’s emission intensity of its gross domestic product (GDP) by 33% to 35% by 2030.


• ADB’s Ordinary Capital Resources and Leading Asia’s Private Sector Infrastructure Fund (LEAP) are the expected agency for this investment.

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• SBI has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bank of China, third-largest bank in the world by capital size and one of the major players in the Chinese banking sector, to enhance business synergies between both the banks.


• This MoU will facilitate the clients of both the banks to access banking products and services of each other, which will lead to a mutually beneficial relationship.


• Through this pact, both SBI and BoC will gain direct access to their respective markets of operation. Both banks’ clients will be able to use the vast combined network to expand their businesses abroad.

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• The 15th Special Olympics World Summer Games 2019 for athletes with Intellectual disabilities held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.


• India wins 368 medals at the Special Olympics World Summer Games including 85 gold, 154 silver and 129 bronze. Jitendra Pawal won a gold medal in the 200 m race.


• Medals are won in Judo, Athletics, Cycling, Aquatics, Powerlifting, Basketball Traditional, Table Tennis, Roller skating, Badminton, Handball Traditional and Football 7 Side Female competitions in the game.


• Out of 24 Olympic type sports which featured the World Cup, India participated in 14 types. It is for the 9th time India is participating in the Special Olympics.


• India participated in Judo and Futsal for the first time. Indians won a total of 45 medals in the cycling event and 49 medals in Roller skating.

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• India has lost the hosting rights of two international tennis tournaments viz. Junior Davis Cup and Fed Cup which were scheduled to be held in RK Khanna stadium, New Delhi in April. Now both events will be held in Bangkok, Thailand.


• Reasons behind losing of hosting rights are Absence of a written guarantee from India that the visa entry would be granted to the Pakistani contingent for the Davis Cup.


• Closure of Pakistan’s air space after the Balakot air strike, resulting flights of participating teams have to take alternate and long routes to enter the Indian airspace.


• Earlier, India had stripped to host Junior Asian championships by United World Wrestling (UWW). The stripping off of India’s hosting rights is due to the India’s denial of visas to Pakistani shooters for the ISSF World Cup held in Delhi in February following the Pulwama attack.

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• Late Goa CM Manohar Parrikar was the second-most popular CM on social media with 6.9 million followers. In the past few years, Twitter has changed how politicians interact with their followers and community.


• With 14.6 million followers, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal takes the lead, followed by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar.


• Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu takes third position with 4.19 million followers, tweeting 25 tweets a day With 3.23 million followers, Mamata Banerjee is the sixth most-popular CM on Twitter.

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• Brazilian physicist and astronomer Marcelo Gleiser won the 2019 Templeton Prize, worth $1.4m (Rupees 9,61,20,500), for combining science and spirituality in his work.


• He is the first Latin American to win the award, which given for exceptional contribution for directing life’s spiritual dimension.


• The prize started by late global investor Sir John Templeton.


• The previous winner of this prize was Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa and in the year 2018, it was won by King Abdullah II of Jordan.

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• Former India hockey captain Sardar Singh along with 13 Indian Olympic Association (IOA) members, have been named in various Standing Committees with of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) at its 38th General Assembly which held in Bangkok.


• Sardar Singh has been appointed in the athletes standing committee, Rajeev Mehta who is IOA’s secretary general appointed in the culture standing committee.


• Hockey India secretary general Mohd Mustaque Ahmad is in the media standing committee, Athletics Federation of India (AFI) president Adille Sumariwala and Lalit Bhanot have been appointed in the sports for environment and sports standing committees respectively for four-year term (2019 to 2023).

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• Sudin Dhavalikar and Vijai Sardesai were appointed deputy chief ministers in the BJP led government in Goa. The development came soon after Chief Minister Pramod Sawant proved the majority of his two-day old government in the state Assembly floor test without any hiccups.


• Dhavalikar and Sardesai, who represent Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and Goa Forward Party respectively, were sworn in as ministers along with Sawant.

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• An unmanned Japanese spacecraft orbiting an asteroid has made surprising discoveries that scientists say will improve understanding about the origin's of the Earth's water and help search for life in other solar systems.


• Scientists working on Japan's Hayabusa 2 space mission said that by using a wide range of cameras and instruments to collect images and data about the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, they had made some "tantalizing discoveries."

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• The 1971 India-Pakistan war hero, Captain M.N. Samant of the Indian Navy, passed away at the Bharatiya Arogya Nidhi Hospital in Juhu at the age of 89 years due to cardiac arrest.


• He conferred with Maha Vir Chakra for his bravery.


• He served as the first chief of staff of the Bangladesh Navy and helped to set up the foundation of the Bangladesh Navy.

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