Notes the fourth Shanghai Cooperation Organization sco startup forum was held on 19 march 2024 in new delhi the initiative aims to promote innovation job creation and collaboration among sco member states as well as inspire young talent the forum also focuses on increasing interactions between startups within the

” Notes: in march 2024, the indian finance ministry imposed an anti-dumping duty on cast aluminum alloy wheels (arws) from china, ranging from $0.23 to $1.71 per kilogram, depending on the producer. the duty is valid for five years. the directorate general of trade remedies (dgtr) has said that applicants have submitted evidence of dumping of the product from china in spite of the existing anti-dumping duties. the dgtr can review the need for the continued imposition of the duty before the end of five years.”

The International Day for the elimination of racial discrimination is celebrated annually on march 21 this day marks the date in 1960 when police opened fire on a peaceful group of protesters in sharpeville south africa killing 69 people

The 45-year-old Taoiseach announced his intention to step down immediately and relinquish the position of taoiseach as soon as his successor takes office

” Notes: the 3rd edition of north east games 2024 commenced in nagaland at regional centre for sporting excellence, sovima. nagaland chief minister neiphiu rio inaugurated the event. over 3000 athletes from eight north eastern states compete in 15 disciplines across three districts. host nagaland won the opening football match against tripura. manipur also secured victory in sepaktakraw men’s event against mizoram. the games feature sports like archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, football, lawn tennis, pencak silat, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball, and wushu.”

” The indian naval ship (ins) tir representing the first training squadron (1ts), joined exercise cutlass express – 24 (ce – 24) at port victoria, seychelles from february 26 to march 08, 2024. this multinational exercise aimed to enhance maritime cooperation and security. apart from the indian navy (in), it saw participation from 16 friendly foreign nations. in has been participating in the exercise since 2019.”

The amendment of the cinematograph amendment act 2023 amendments the cinematograph act 1952i the new rules have reduced the processing time for the certification of a film and adopted a complete digital process to eliminate all transactional time

” The prime minister (pm) of india narendra modi visited jammu and kashmir (j&k) to address the viksit bharat viksit jammu kashmir program at bakshi stadium in srinagar.  he unveiled dekho apna desh, people’s choice 2024, the first-ever nationwide tourist destination poll by the  ministry of tourism to identify the nation’s pulse on tourism. he also launched the chalo india global diaspora campaign and dedicated to the nation multiple development projects worth more than rs 6,400 crore. he also revealed 42 tourist spots chosen under the challenge based destination development (cbdd) scheme which was introduced during the union budget 2023-24. pm modi inaugurated development projects worth around rs 6,400 crore which includes holistic agriculture development programme (hadp) worth about rs 5,000 crore to boost the region’s agricultural economy. click here to read more”

” The Department of food and public distribution (dof&pd) have signed two memorandums of understanding (mous) with the national institute for entrepreneurship and small business development (niesbud) under the ministry of Skill Development and entrepreneurship (msde), and the small industries development bank of india (sidbi) to revolutionise fair price shops (fpss) across india.  this initiative aligns with the government of india’s (goi) vision of kaushal bharat (skill india), viksit bharat (developed india), and digitally empowered india.”

” The Reserve Bank of india (rbi) has reconstituted a three-member committee of advisors of abhyudaya cooperative bank limited by inducting devendara kumar in place of mahendra chhajed after his resignation.i. the ‘committee of advisors’ comprises of devendra kumar (former chief-general manager, state bank of india (sbi)), venkatesh hegde (former general manager, sbi), and suhas gokhale (former managing director, cosmos co-operative bank).”

” Royal challengers bangalore (rcb), led by smriti mandhana, won the women’s premier league (wpl) 2024 title by defeating delhi capitals (dc), led by meghann(meg) lanning (australia), in the final held at the arun jaitley stadium in new delhi, delhi. the second edition of the wpl was held from 23rd february to 17th march 2024. it marks rcb’s first wpl title. rcb won rs 6 crore, while dc was awarded rs 3 crore as the runner-up. click here to read more”

” Kishor makwana assumed the charge of chairman of the national commission for scheduled castes (ncsc) in new delhi, delhi. Luv Kush Kumar and vaddepalli ramchander also assumed charge as members of the ncsc. the post of ncsc chairman was vacant after vijay sampla resigned on 18th july 2023 arun halder was vice chairman during the resignation and he later assumed charge as acting chairman and held the position till february 18 2024. the tenure of the commission is three years and this is the 7th commission.”

Fintech-focussed software as a service (saas) firm perfios has become the second unicorn of 2024 after it secured a usd 80 million fund from teachers’ venture growth (tvg).  ai startup krutrim was india’s first unicorn of 2024.

” A 50-minute-long synergised demonstration of indigenous defence capabilities in the form of a tri-services live fire and manoeuvre exercise ‘bharat shakti’ was held at pokhran during pm modi’s visit to rajasthan on 12th march 2024.i. ‘bharat shakti’ exercise displayed an array of indigenous weapon systems and platforms to showcase india’s unprecedented excellence in global military equipment production.ii. the exercise demonstrated the firepower capabilities of indigenous weapons and the operational readiness of all three defence forces namely indian army (ia), indian navy (in) and indian air force (iaf).”

” The media foundation jointly awarded the chameli devi jain award 2024 for outstanding woman mediaperson of the year to the journalists greeshma kuthar and ritika chopra.i. the award presentation took place at cd deshmukh hall in the India international centre, new delhi, delhi.”