• March 21, 2024
• Current Affair

19-20 MARCH 2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS

• March 19, 1944: The Azad Hind Fauj hoisted the National Flag in Moirang, Manipur.
• “EX TIGER TRIUMPH – 24”; Humanitarian Assistance Exercise was held between India and the USA.
• Uday Bhatia and Manasi Gupta received ‘Diana Memorial Award’.
• The Union Cabinet has approved the Uttar Poorva Transformative Industrialization Scheme (UNNATI), 2024
• Indian Navy's swift 40-hour operation rescued 7 Bulgarian Citizens from Somali pirates.
• Scientists using Ice Cube neutrino observatory in Antartica detected seven potential astrophysical tau neutrinos that passed through Earth.
• ‘Bambi Bucket’ operation has been launched by the Indian Air force to quell the forest fire in Nilgiri Hills.
• India is the 3rd most polluted country in world, IQAir Report.
• Senior bureaucrat Rahul Singh has been appointed as the chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
• Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has hit 60% of milch cattle in Pilibhit district, Uttar Pradesh.
• ECI launched ‘Mission 414’ campaign in Himachal Pradesh.
• Devin AI - world’s 1st fully autonomous AI Software Engineer unveiled.
• IQAir Report: Guwahati has been declared as the 2nd most polluted city of the World.
• IQAir report: Bihar's Begusarai emerged as the world's most polluted metropolitan area.
• IQAir report: Delhi emerged as the world’s most polluted capital city in the 2023.
• Prabha Varma was awarded the Saraswati Samman 2023.
• International Day of Happiness: 20th March.
• “Mission 414” was launched by the ECI in Himachal Pradesh to boost voter turnout.
• E-crop, a crop simulation model-based device, was developed by Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Kerala.
• Jharkhand Governor CP Radhakrishnan has been given the additional responsibility as the in-charge governor of Telangana.
• Meta’s Plan to Combat AI generated misinformation in 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
• Polish Grand Prix: Akhil & Anish won gold medal; India bagged 6 medals.
• World Oral Health Day: 20th March. 
• Malayalam poet and author Prabha Varma has been selected for the prestigious 33rd Saraswati Samman, 2023. 
• World Sparrow Day is annually observed on March 20^th.