PSC Current Affairs - March 26, 2021

• Recipients of Pritzker Architecture Prize 2021 instituted by Hyatt Foundation  - Anne Lacaton (France), Jean Philippe Vassal (France)
• Union Health Minister who was recently appointed as the chairman of Stop TB partnership Board - Dr Harsh Vardhan
• Recently appointed Military Operation Director General  - Lt. General B.S Raj
•  First Central American Country to be announced Malaria free by WHO - El Salvador
• The theme of Global Recycling Day (March 18) 2021 - #Recycling Heroes
• Only Male Cricketer in the top 5 list of a batsman in all three ICC Cricket formats - Virat Kohli
• Recently commissioned Ocean Surveillance and Nuclear Missile Tracking Vessel by Indian Navy - INS Dhruv      
• Famous Malayali Politician who passed away recently - Scharia Thomas
• President of Tanzania who passed away recently - John Magufuli
• To address malnutrition across the country Union Ministry for Women and Child Development is celebrating March 16-31, 2021 as - Poshan Pakhwada
• Indian table tennis player who recently won Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament and qualified to 2021 Tokyo Olympics - Achanta Sharath Kamal
• Winner of Sub Junior National Hockey Tournament (Women) 2020 - Haryana (Runners-up: Jharkhand)
• Recently appointed First Woman President of Tanzania - Samia Hassan Suluhu Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Yojana
• The programme recently announced by Rajasthan Govt to provide Rupees 5 lakh health insurance  coverage to every family in the state - Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Yojana
• Campaign launched by UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) to celebrate women’s livelihoods and entrepreneurship in the rural part of India  - Sahi Disha
• Authors of the Book ‘Gandhi in Bombay’ - Usha Thakkar, Sandhya Rao Mehta
• Author of the Book India's Power Elite: Caste, Class and Cultural Revolution- Sanjaya Baru
• European country which recently joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA)  led by India  - Italy
• The new name of KRL Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi, Pakistan- SHOAIB AKHTAR STADIUM (In honour of renowned Cricketer Shoaib Akhtar)
• New radio program launched in Jammu & Kashmir to connect Government with people- Awaam Ki Baat
• In the field of sports and youth affairs, India has recently signed an MoU with - the Maldives
• Head of the recently constituted advisory committee by the govt of India which will be responsible for the overall execution and monitoring of the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme- HK Mittal
• The country which recently passed the bill to legalise Euthanasia in Parliament  - Spain

Winner of Dubai Open Tennis Championship 2021:

• Women - Garbine Muguruza (Span) (Runnerup - Barbara Krejcikova)
• Men - Aslan Karatsev (Russia) (Runnerup - Lloyd Harris (South Africa))