India’s Rich List:
- Hurun has released the list of India’s richest people.
- Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has been pushed out of the world’s top 10 richest people, but he continues to be India’s number 1 richest person.
- Roshni Nadar of HCL Technologies has become the fifth richest woman in the world.
- She has also become the first Indian woman to make it to the top 10 list of the world’s richest women.
- India has ranked third in the list of countries with the most billionaires in the world.
- The United States is at the top of the list of countries with the most billionaires in the world, followed by China.
- New York City in the United States continues to top the list of cities with the most billionaires.
- American businessman Elon Musk continues to top the list of the world.
India-Russia joint naval exercise:
- Russia and India have been conducting the “Indira” exercise for more than 20 years.
- The aim of the exercise is to improve the interoperability of the two navies.
- India conducts joint military exercises every year to improve its defence capabilities and enhance international cooperation.
- This year, the Russian Navy will participate in a joint maritime exercise with the Indian Navy.
- For this, two warships of the Russian Navy, ‘Rezky’ and ‘Hero Aldar Tsydenzhapov’, arrived at the Chennai port.
Reducing child mortality rate: UN praises India
- The UN has praised India’s efforts in reducing preventable child deaths, saying that they are exemplary.
- The UN has also pointed out that India has saved millions of young lives through investments in the health system and the Ayushman Bharat insurance scheme.
- Five countries, India, Nepal, Senegal, Ghana and Burundi, are doing well in reducing preventable child deaths.
- The rate of deaths within the first 28 days of birth has also decreased by 61 percent.
- The number of stillbirths has decreased by one-third.
March 28: World Piano Day.
- World Piano Day is celebrated all over the world on March 28.
Important Facts:
- Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra
- Prime Minister Modi will attend the 6th BIMSTEC Summit to be held in the Thai capital Bangkok from April 2 to 4.
- The 2nd Medical Tourism Conference will be held in Tamil Nadu on April 4 and 5.
- Shanmuga Shivani of Ariyakudi, Sivaganga district, participated in the state-level poetry competition and won the ‘Young Poet’ award.
- Gabriel Boric Fond, President of the South American country of Chile.
- Serbian player Djokovic Sebastian defeated Sebastian Korda of the United States.