Daily GK Update - 10th March 2023 Current Affairs

                                                                  Daily Current Affairs

                         National Affairs

• Himachal Pradesh becomes the first state to start commercial cultivation of multethi (liquorice).

• ISRO and NASA to jointly launch NIASR Satellite (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar).

• NIASR is an earth observation satellite.

• Group Captain Shalija Dhami to become the first IAF Female Officer to command IAF Frontline Combat Unit in the Western Sector.

• Colonel Geeta Rana to become the first female Army officer to command the EME (Corps of electronic and mechanical engineers) near the china border.

• Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to launch ‘SWACHHOTSAV” a 3-week women-led campaign under Swachh Bharat Mission.

• Indian Navy conducts TROPEX (Theatre Level Operation Readiness Exercise) in the Arabian Sea.

                        International Affairs

• Ministerial Meeting on South-South Cooperation held in Qatar.

• The 5th ASEAN-India Business Summit was organised in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.

• Chinese President Xi Jinping to start his 3rd term as president of china.

• Ram Chandra Paudel became the new president of Nepal.

                             Important Days

• CISF Day- 10th March

• CISF was established on 10th march 1969 to protect and safeguard public properties.

                                    Awards

• Sir David Chipperfield Awarded with Pritzker Architecture Prize.

• It is regarded as the highest award in the field of architecture.

                                  Obituary

• Veteran Bollywood Actor Satish Kaushik passed away due to a heart attack.

                                    Sports

• India wins 8 medals (3 silver and 5 bronze) in International Boxing Tournament held in Bulgaria.