Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: March 4, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for March 4, 2022
INDIA
– Tourism Ministry starts Swadesh Darshan awards in different categories; invites entries from States, UTs
– QUAD Leaders’ virtual meeting held; participants: PM Modi, US President Joe Biden, PM of Australia Scott Morrison and PM of Japan Fumio Kishida
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Khaitan family members resign from top positions in Eveready Industries following an acquisition bid from Burman group
– Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to create a joint venture with U.S.-listed Sanmina Corp for making electronic products in Chennai
– Japan’s chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp to partner with Tata Elxsi to set up EV (electric vehicle) design centre in Bengaluru
– Area Office & Innovation Centre of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to be set up at New Delhi
– Defence Ministry organising defence exhibition, DefExpo 2022, at Gandhinagar in Gujarat from March 10 to 14
WORLD
– UN General Assembly adopts resolution demanding Russia withdraw from Ukraine; 141 out of 193 countries voted in favour while 5 voted against; India among the 35 countries which abstained
– Ukraine: Russian forces seize control of port city of Kherson
– UNEA (United Nations Environment Assembly) session held in Nairobi from February 28 to March 2 calls for legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution
– World Wildlife Day celebrated on March 3; theme: “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration”
– World Hearing Day observed on March 3; theme: “To hear for life, listen with care”
SPORTS
– ISSF World Cup in Cairo: India’s Shri Nivetha, Esha Singh and Ruchita Vinerkar win gold medal in women’s 10m air pistol team event
IDIOM:
up hill and down dale
1. everywhere
The police have been hunting for him uphill and down dale.
2. vigorously
They cursed me up hill and down dale for my pains.
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