News Headlines : 12th March 2022

  • Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur reviews progress on the National Optical Fibre Network scheme for connecting all 193 Gram panchayats in the Union Territory.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Khel Mahakumbh at Ahmedabad in Gujarat.
  • Ministry of Textiles in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industries organized a International Conference on Technical Textiles with the theme-Creating the Winning Leap in Technical Textiles.
  • Prime Minister tells youngsters of the country not to look for any shortcut to success and there is only one mantra for success – ‘Long term planning, and continuous commitment’; Says, Neither a victory can ever be our last stop, nor a defeat.
  • Prime Minister dedicates to the nation, a building of Rashtriya Raksha University near Gandhinagar in Gujarat; emphasizes the need to change the image of police and security personnel.
  • Bangladesh State Foreign Minister Shahriar Alam says that Bangladesh is fully committed to strengthen BIMSTEC by all possible means.
  • India administers over 180 crore doses of Covid vaccine in the country so far.
  • Election Commission announces schedule for by-elections in West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, and Maharashtra.
  • Government launches initiative to empower start-ups in water sector.
  • EPFO decides to provide 8.10 percent rate of interest in fiscal year 2021-22.
  • CBSE communicates results of first Term board examination for Class 10th to schools.
  • In German Open Badminton, Lakshya Sen to face Viktor Axelsen in semi-final in Berlin this evening.
  • Indian loses 1-2 to Germany in a shoot-out after both teams locked at 1-1 at the end of regulation time in first match of double-leg FIH Pro League at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
  • In Women’s World Cup, India register a 155-run win over West Indies in Hamilton.
  • Sri Lanka 86/6 in first innings at the end of 1st day’s play in reply to India’s 252 all out.