Current Affairs Daily #18/03/2021

1. Welspun Corp Ltd has bagged multiple orders worth about Rs 777 crores in the overseas and domestic markets.

2. Ritika Phogat, the cousin sister of champion wrestlers Geeta and Babita Phogat, died by suicide after she allegedly lost a wrestling tournament final in Bharatpur, in March 2021.

3. The latest subscribers data by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) showed that Industry-active subscribers rose from 3.3 mn to 979 mn in January 2021.

4. Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate will invest Rs 300 crores to construct around 440 luxury apartments in Bengaluru.

5. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) amd the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is offering a 41 million loan portfolio guarantee to India.

6. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced the arrival at London's Heathrow Airport of first traveller using the IATA travel pass app to manage their travel health conditions.

7. Ethanol blending in Petrol will be increased from existing 8.5 percent to 20 percent by 2025.

8. The Income Tax Department has informed that it has issued over 2 lakh crore rupees worth refunds to more than 2.1 crore taxpayers so far this fiscal.

9. Doodh Doronto special trains have transported 7 cr litres of milk to New Delhi in the current financial yeat 2020-21 till 16 March 2021.

10. In Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, on 17 March 2021 initiated the project "Awaam Ki Baat" - a radio program launching its website at Raj Bhavan, Jammu.

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