1st March 2024 Daily Current Affairs 

1st March 2024 Daily Current Affairs

Honours & Awards

1. Sunil Bharti Mittal receives Honorary Knighthood from King Charles

• Bharti Enterprises founder and chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal has become the first Indian citizen to receive an Honorary Knighthood from the United Kingdom’s King Charles III
• The award grants Mr. Mittal the title of Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, recognising his contributions to fostering stronger business ties between India and the UK
• An honorary Knighthood is one of the highest honours granted by the British Sovereign to civilians

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Important Dates

2. Zero Discrimination Day 2024: March 1

• Zero Discrimination Day is observed every year on March 1 to promote inclusion, equality, and peace and raise awareness about the impact of discrimination worldwide.
• The theme for Zero Discrimination Day 2024 is “To protect everyone’s health, protect everyone’s rights.”
• The day was first celebrated on March 1, 2014,established by UNAIDS.

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Banking & Finance

3. Paytm discontinues inter-company agreements with Paytm Payments Bank

• Fintech major Paytm has mutually agreed to discontinue various inter-company agreements with its payments bank unit Paytm Payments Bank (PPBL) to “reduce dependencies“.
• The goal is to enhance the governance of Paytm Payments Bank, making it more independent of its shareholders.
• The RBI instructed PPBL to cease further deposits, credit transactions, and top-ups on customer accounts after March 15.

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Important Dates

4. World Seagrass Day 2024:March 1

• ‘World Seagrass Day’ is celebrated every year on 1 March.
• This day is celebrated to raise awareness about seagrass and its important functions in the marine ecosystem.
• The theme of World Seagrass Day for the year 2024 has been set as “Healthy Seagrass, Healthy Planet”.

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National Affairs

5. Ministry of MSME organized CPSE Conclave on Public Procurement Policy

• The ministry of MSME organized the CPSE Conclave on Public Procurement Policy in Delhi to recognize the contribution of Central Public Sector Enterprises, CPSEs towards fulfilling the mandate under Public Procurement Policy.
• The conclave provided an interactive platform to deliberate upon new interventions and ideas on the successful implementation of the Public Procurement Policy mandate.
• The conclave focussed on sensitizing, recognizing, and felicitating the CPSEs.

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International Affairs

6. Russia launches Iran’s imaging satellite ‘Pars 1’ into space

• Russia launched Pars 1, an Iranian imaging satellite, into space.
• This satellite has the capability of sending high-resolution images of surface locations from its orbit 500 km above Earth.
• The rocket also carried a Russian weather satellite and 17 Russian small satellites.
• The launch of the Pars 1 satellite from Russia was in line with the development of space and international interactions with various countries.

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29th February 2024 Daily Current Affairs