- ‘HouseWorkIsWork’ Initiative: It was launched by Axis Bank. It grants opportunities to the women who want to resume their professional work as the urban educated women’s participation in the workforce is not upto the required level. Thus, it will generate confidence among women to work, develop skills and gain the required jobs as per their skills and education.
- Static Part:
- HQ of Axis Bank: Mumbai
- MD and CEO of Axis Bank: Amitabh Chaudhry
- The ‘PARAM Ganga’ is the name of a supercomputer designed and installed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). It was recently installed at IIT Roorkee, under Phase II of the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). The ‘PARAM Ganga’ has a supercomputing capacity of 1.66 Petaflops.
- The centre government has announced to continue the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Yojana (SSSY) for FY 2021-22 to 2025-26. The total funds allotted for this yojana is Rs 3274.87 crore. The yojana aims to offer pension and other financial benefits to the freedom fighters and their eligible dependents.
- The G7 agriculture ministers meeting will be hosted by Germany in March 2022 in a virtual manner. The meeting will be held to discuss the implications of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in the food security domain. The dignitaries will also discuss stabilizing and enhancing food markets and food security.
- Report titled ‘Freedom in the World 2022 – The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule’ was released by Freedom House. The report assesses political rights and civil liberties. As per the report, India was termed to be a ‘partly free’ country with respect to democracy and free society. India has scored 66/100 in 2022 as per the report data.
- Important Days and Themes: 9th March 2022: No Smoking Day
- Multi-Year Strategic Agreement formed between Flipkart and Google Cloud
- Star Women Care Insurance Policy
- AIM partnered with Snap Inc.
- MoU approved between India’s ICMR and Germany’s DFG
- ‘Kaushalya Matritva Yojana’-- Chhattisgarh
Question:
Q.1 Which bank launched the ‘HouseWorkIsWork’ Initiative?
a. ICICI Bank
b. Karnataka Bank
c. Axis Bank
d. Bandhan Bank
a. ICICI Bank
b. Karnataka Bank
c. Axis Bank
d. Bandhan Bank
