Current Affairs 17 March 2023

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•  Sikkim hosted B20 meeting under India’s G20 presidency.
• It was the third of four B20 events organized in the Northeast region.
• B20 is the official G20 dialogue forum with the global business community and among the most prominent engagement groups of the G20.
• Startup20 events are also scheduled on the 18th and 19th of March in Gangtok.

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• TCS board has appointed K. Krithivasan as the Chief Executive Officer Designate, with effective from 16 March 2023.
• Indian software service provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on 16 March 2023, announced that TCS MD & CEO Rajesh Gopinathan has resigned.
• Gopinathan has stepped up after a 22-year career with the company and spent six years as the MD and CEO of the company.  

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•  President Droupadi Murmu presented the President’s Colour to INS Dronacharya in Kochi on March 16, 2023.
• The President’s Colour is considered the highest honour that the President bestows on a unit for exceptional service to the nation.
• INS Dronacharya is the nodal centre for training Sagar Prahari Bal and the Navy’s centre for training several Indian Ocean Region (IOR) nations.

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•  OneWeb, the Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite company, will launch 36 satellites with Indian Space Research OrganisationISRO on 26 March 2023.
• The launch aims at completing the first-generation LEO constellation and enabling the initiation of global coverage in 2023.
• The mission marks OneWeb’s second satellite deployment from India with the collaboration between the UK and India.

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•  Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya on 16 march 2023 flagged off 75 trucks with TB awareness messages across the country at the Partnership for Action against Tuberculosis (PAcT) event in New Delhi.
• Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya on 16 March 2023, flagged off 75 trucks with Tuberculosis (TB) awareness messages across the country in New Delhi.
• Currently, 71000 Ni-Kshay Mitras are supporting over 10 lakh TB patients through nutritional support
• Under the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, the Minister also distributed Nutritional Baskets to TB patients.

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•  Exercise Sea Dragon 23 will be conducted from March 15 to March 30 in USA Guam.
• A P8I aircraft of the Indian Navy arrived at Guam, USA on 14 Mar 23 to participate in ‘Exercise Sea Dragon 23’, the third edition of the coordinated multi-lateral ASW exercise for Long Range MR ASW aircraft, conducted by the US Navy.
• The exercise is scheduled from 15-30 Mar 2023.

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• Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) on 16 March 2023 recommended the name of Indian Bank executive director Ashwani Kumar for the post of managing director of UCO Bank.

• Prior to joining Indian Bank, Kumar was serving as chief general manager of Mumbai Zone of Punjab National Bank (PNB).
• FSIB is headed by ex-secretary, Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), Bhanu Pratap Sharma.

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• Luxor Writing Instruments Private Limited signed cricketer Virat Kohli as its new brand ambassador on 17 March 2023.
• He will be the face of its products across its stationery range.
• Luxor also partnered with German pen company, Schneider to bring the best of German engineering to deliver the finest writing performance.

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• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das received the ‘Governor of the Year’ 2023 Award from the international publication Central Banking on 17 March 2023.
• He has been given the award for steering the financial markets through multiple crises including the pandemic and the inflation due to the war in Ukraine.

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• Union Minister Parshottam Rupala will inaugurate the Phase-IV of ‘Sagar Parikrama’ in Karnataka on 18 March 2023.
• It will cover the stretch of Uttar Kannada on 18th March 2023 and on 19th March 2023, Udupi followed by Dakshan Kannada. 
• It aims to resolve the issues of the fishers and other stakeholders and facilitate their economic upliftment through various fisheries schemes and programs.
• During the event, certificates/sanctions related to Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada scheme, KCC& State Scheme shall be awarded to the progressive fishermen, especially coastal fishermen, fishers and fish farmers, young fishery entrepreneurs etc.
• Literature on PMMSY scheme, State schemes, e-shram, FIDF, KCC etc. shall be popularised through print media, electronic media, videos, digital campaign through jingles among fishers for wide publicity of schemes. 
• A song on Sagar Parikrama in Kannada shall also be launched.
• The journey of Sagar Parikrama shall focus on the sustainable balance between the utilization of marine fisheries resources for the food security of the nation and livelihoods of coastal fisher communities.