Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: March 5, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for March 5, 2022

INDIA
– Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav delivers national statement on the 50th session of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi
– Second convoy of India’s humanitarian assistance carrying 2000 MTs of wheat dispatched to Afghanistan
– Former Army Chief Gen Sunith Francis Rodrigues dies at 88 in Panaji, Goa
– Senior advocate Aman Lekhi resigns from the post of Additional Solicitor General of India
– Indigenous anti-collision system ‘Kavach’ to avoid rail accidents successfully tested by Indian Railways

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

– India’s foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 1.425 billion to USD 631.527 billion for the week ended February 25
– Defence Ministry postpones DefExpo 2022; was to be held from March 10 to 14 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat
– Government approves scheme – Modernisation Plan-IV for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) with total financial outlay of Rs.1,523 crore to be implemented by Ministry of Home Affairs.
– Road ministry issues new rules on road accident reporting for quick settlement of claims by the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (MACT)

WORLD

– UNHRC votes for formation of commission of inquiry to monitor alleged human rights violations by Russian army in Ukraine; India among 13 countries that abstained
– Russian forces seize Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant – Europe’s largest – in Ukraine’s southeast
– Pakistan: 57 killed in Shia Mosque blast in Peshawar

SPORTS

– Former Indian Cricket Team captain and coach Ravi Shastri launches cricket academy ‘Coaching Beyond’ in Hyderabad
– Former Australian wicketkeeper Rod March dies at 74; 343 catches & 12 stumpings in 96 tests in 1971-84
– Former Australian spin bowler Shane Warne dies at 52; took 708 wickets in 145 tests in 1992-2007

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