Current Affairs - 24/03/2021

1. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, a central PSU, has established an e-Tendering Portal - PRANIT.

2. Renowned vocalist Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty has composed a new Raag named 'Moitree' as a tribute to Bangabandhu on the occasion of birth centenary of the  founding father of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

3. The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 5 crores.

4. Centre has opened  Covid-19 vaccination for everyone aged above 45 starting 1 April 2021.

5. Indian Naval Ship Jalashwa arrived at Port Ehoala, Madagascar to deliver a consignment of 100 metric tonnes of rice and one lakh Hydroxychloroquine tablets.

6. Saudi Arabia launched a wide ranging initiative, to bring peace to Yemen, to deliver aid to its people and end the country's six year war.

7. The Union Cabinet has approved the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) signed between India and Japan in the field of Water Resources.

8. Union Cabinet has approved signing of an MoU between Union Public Service Commission, India and Independent Administrative Reforms and Civil Services Commission (IARCSC), Afghanistan.

9. Indian Railways has launched a massive drive against smoking and carriage of inflammable material through Railways.

10. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Hyderabad-based Virchow Biotech Private Limited have linked an agreement to produce upto 200 million doses per year of Sputnik V vaccine in India.

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