Daily Current Affairs 27 March, 2021 in English
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27 March, 2021 Current Affairs in English
Daily Current Affairs 27 March, 2021 in English
- Where will be the world’s first ship tunnel built ? Norway
* This tunnel is dubbed as the “Stadt Ship Tunnel” and will be built under the mountainous Stadvet Peninsula in northwestern Norway.
* This tunnel will be 37 meters high, 26 meters wide and 1700 meters long. - Who became the second country in the world where women employees and their partners would be given 3 days of paid leave in case of an abortion ? New zealand
* Recently ‘The Bereavement Leave Bill’ was passed in the New Zealand Parliament.
* First country is India where there is a provision for women to take six weeks’ leave in abortion. (Recently, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act-1971 has been amended in India for abortion and the ‘Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020’ has been passed in which the abortion time has been increased from 20 weeks to 24 weeks. - Homeland security dialogue will resume between India and which country ? America
* The Homeland Security Dialogue was an initiative of Barack Obama’s administration.
* The first Indo-US Homeland Security Dialogue was held in May 2011 between Janet Napolitano and the then Home Minister of India P. Chidambaram.
The second time was the Indo-US Homeland Security Dialogue in 2013 in Washington DC between Napolitano and the then Home Minister Sushil Kumar.
* The dialogue was closed during the tenure of former US President Donald Trump, which has been now announced to be resumed by President Joe Biden. - Who became the first Union Territory to be declared TB-free in the country? Lakshadeep
* Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir became the first district in the country to be declared TB-free. - Who became the 10 crore person holding Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Arogya Yojana cards ? Irfan Ali, Bihar
6.Who will be honored with the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2020? Asha Bhosle
7. Where has been the first Atlas of rare diseases launched ? Jaipur
8. Which Indian won the gold in the women’s 25 meter pistol team event in the ISSF World Cup 2021 ? Chinky Yadav, Manu Bhakar and Rahi Sarnobat
* Anjum Modgil, Shreya Saxena and Gayatri Nityanadam won silver medals in the 50m Rifle Three Positions team event.
9. Where has been the skill fair start under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana ? Kargil
* A similar fair started in Leh on 27 March.
10. What is the position of India in the list of 53 countries in the International Intellectual Property Index 2021? 40
* This index is issued by the US Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC).
* This is the ninth edition released by GIPC, in this edition India got 40 position out of 53 economies with a score of 38.40.
* The top three countries in the 2021 index are – America, Britain and Germany.
* India was ranked 40th in the eighth edition released in 2020 with a score of 19.23, the top three countries in this index was – the United States, Britain and France
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