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International Collaborations

SBI and Japan's MUFG Bank Join Forces for Cross-Border Capital Flows

12 Mar 2026

SBI Chairman (Current): C.S. Setty
MUFG: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
MUFG HQ: Tokyo, Japan

Scientific Missions

AIIMS New Delhi and ISRO Partner for Advanced Space Medicine Research

12 Mar 2026

ISRO HQ: Bengaluru, Karnataka
ISRO Chairman: V. Narayanan (as per source)
ISRO Established: 15 August 1969
AIIMS New Delhi Director: Dr. M. Srinivas

International Collaborations

Reliance Industries and US Partner for $300 Billion Oil Refinery Project

12 Mar 2026

Reliance Industries HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra
RIL Chairman: Mukesh Ambani
Port of Brownsville Location: Texas, USA

International Organizations

FATF Adds Kuwait and Papua New Guinea to its 'Grey List'

12 Mar 2026

FATF HQ: Paris, France
FATF President: Elisa de Anda Madrazo
FATF Established: 1989
Grey List Total (March 2026): 22 countries

Reports

Odisha Tops NITI Aayog's Second Annual 'Fiscal Health Index' 2026

12 Mar 2026

NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman: Suman Bery
NITI Aayog CEO: Nidhi Chhibber (as per source)
NITI Aayog HQ: New Delhi
Pillars of FHI: 5 indicators

Governors

Shiv Pratap Shukla Sworn in as the 5th Governor of Telangana

12 Mar 2026

Telangana Formation: 2 June 2014
First Governor of Telangana: E. S. L. Narasimhan
Governor Appointment: Article 155 of the Constitution

National Awards

SAIL’s Bokaro Steel Plant Receives BIS Certification for New Steel Grades

12 Mar 2026

SAIL HQ: New Delhi
Bokaro Steel Plant Location: Jharkhand
BIS: Bureau of Indian Standards

Partnerships

Axis Max Life Insurance Partners with Saarathi Finance for MSME Loan Coverage

12 Mar 2026

MSME: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises
GCLS: Group Credit Life Secure

Ports & Airports

Madurai Airport Officially Declared as an International Airport

12 Mar 2026

Madurai Nickname: Temple City / Athens of the East
Location: Tamil Nadu
Airports Authority of India (AAI) HQ: New Delhi

Mission Launches

Jal Jeevan Mission Extended to 2028; Restructured as JJM 2.0

12 Mar 2026

Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Jal Shakti
Launch Year: 2019
Target: Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTC) to all rural households

Bank of Baroda

Bank of Baroda Unveils 'bob Women Sapphire' Savings Account with Health Benefits

12 Mar 2026

Bank of Baroda Headquarters: Vadodara, Gujarat
BoB Slogan: India's International Bank
NCMC: National Common Mobility Card

RBI

RBI Amends Capital Adequacy Norms to Mitigate Counterparty Credit Risk

12 Mar 2026

CCR: Risk that a party in a financial contract defaults before settlement
Off-Balance Sheet (OBS): Potential liabilities like guarantees and derivatives not shown on a balance sheet
QCCP: Qualifying Central Counterparty
Basel III: Global regulatory framework for bank capital adequacy

SEBI

SEBI Establishes High-Level Expert Panel for Securities Market Technology Roadmap

12 Mar 2026

SEBI Headquarters: Mumbai
SEBI Chairman (as per news): Tuhin Kanta Pandey
Sudarshan Tool: Real-time digital surveillance system
R(AI)DAR: AI-based system for advertisement review

Research Initiatives

Researchers Convert Plastic Waste into Acetic Acid Using Sunlight

11 Mar 2026

Acetic acid is the main component of vinegar.
University of Waterloo is located in Canada.

Space Missions

ISRO and ESA Ink Agreement for Earth Observation Collaboration

11 Mar 2026

ISRO Established: 15 August 1969
ISRO HQ: Bengaluru, India (Note: PDF mentions New Delhi, standard is Bengaluru, but following source)
ISRO Chairman: V. Narayanan

MoUs

IIT Guwahati and Coventry University Collaborate on AI Healthcare Research

11 Mar 2026

Coventry University is located in the United Kingdom.

MoUs

IIT Bombay and Honeywell Partner for Sustainability Skills Excellence

11 Mar 2026

Honeywell is a global technology and manufacturing company.

State Schemes

Project GANGA: Uttar Pradesh to Provide Rural Broadband to 20 Lakh Homes

11 Mar 2026

UP Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath
UP Governor: Anandiben Patel
National Park in UP: Dudhwa National Park

MoUs

Romania Becomes the 118th Member of the International Solar Alliance

11 Mar 2026

ISA Founded: 2015 (by India and France)
ISA HQ: Gurugram, Haryana, India
Romania Capital: Bucharest
Romania Currency: Romanian leu

Film Awards

Rashmika Mandanna Honoured at Telangana Gaddar Film Awards

11 Mar 2026

Gaddar (Gummadi Vittal Rao) was a legendary Telugu poet and singer known for his revolutionary songs.
Telangana Capital: Hyderabad

Research Initiatives

IISc Launches Moonshot Project to Develop Brain Co-Processors

11 Mar 2026

IISc Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Pratiksha Trust Founders: Senapathy ‘Kris’ Gopalakrishnan and Sudha Gopalakrishnan

Power & Energy

India Targets 143 GW Inter-Regional Power Transmission Capacity by 2027

11 Mar 2026

Union Minister of State for Power: Shripad Yesso Naik
National Power Grid connects five regional grids: Northern, Western, Eastern, North-Eastern, and Southern.

Chairman