• Akshaye Widhani has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Yash Raj Films, which is a film production and distribution company.
• Prior to this, he was serving as senior vice-president, finance and business Affairs and head of operations at YRF Studios.
• He joined Yash Raj Films as a studio manager in 2005.
• Yash Raj Films's is India’s biggest film production house

• World Wildlife Day is observed every year on 3rd March to raise awareness about the world’s wild fauna and flora.
• Theme 2022: Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration.
• The day was proposed by Thailand and recognized by United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2013.
• March 3 has been chosen as it is the day of signature of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973.

• The 19th edition of the India-US Military Cooperation Group (MCG) meeting has been held in Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
• Meet was co-chaired by Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) Air Marshal BR Krishna from Indian side and his US counterpart Stephen D Sklenka.
• Focus: strengthening the ongoing defense engagements between the two sides and mulled on new initiatives under the ambit of the existing cooperation mechanism.

• MyGov has launched ‘Sabka Vikas MahaQuiz’ series, which is a year-long project and consists of 14 episodes, all hosted at Quiz.MyGov.in
• Aim: to sensitize the participants about the various government schemes and initiatives.
• This includes yojanas like PM Awas Yojana, Jal Jeevan Mission, PM Jan Dhan, direct benefit transfer (PM KISAN) or free gas connections (Ujjwala), etc.
• Every week, top 1000 winners will be announced and every winner will receive Rs 2000/- each

• Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry is organizing Post Budget Webinar on ‘Make in India for the World’
• Union Budget 2022 has laid down roadmap for India@100 with manufacturing as one of the key drivers of growth and employment generation.
• This webinar will include discussions on paradigm shift in manufacturing in India, realizing trillion-dollar goal in Exports and MSMEs as a growth engine for the economy.

• MeitY Startup Hub, an initiative of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and Google have announced a cohort of 100 early to mid-stage Indian startups under Appscale Academy programme.
• They were chosen from over 400 applications following an in-depth selection process
• Under this 6-month programme, 100 startups will be trained through a customized curriculum that includes virtual instructor-led webinars, self-learning material, mentorship sessions.

• Indian Air Force (IAF) will conduct ‘Exercise Vayu Shakti’ at the Pokharan range in Jaisalmer on 7th March 2022.
• PM Narendra Modi will be the Chief Guest of this event.
• 148 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will participate in Vayu Shakti exercise.
• It will be participated by Rafale aircraft for the first time in this exercise.

      Exercise Vayu Shakti:

• Organized by Indian Air Force once every three years.
• Last Vayu Shakti took place in 2019.

• Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw will inaugurate 3rd edition of ‘NIC Tech Conclave 2022’ in Delhi
• It is a two-day event that will held on 3rd and 4th March 2022
• Organized by: National Informatics Centre (NIC)
• Theme: Next-Gen Technologies for Digital Government
• It will be participated by experts from IT industry who will share their expertise in areas like AI, Data Analytics, NextGen Database Solutions, Cyber Security, etc.

• India has been ranked 3rd in terms of most billionaires’ population globally in 2021, as per Knight Frank’s latest edition of The Wealth Report 2022
• Top Performers: United States and China
• Number of ultra-high-net-worth-individuals (UHNWIs) in India increased by 11% in 2021 to 145 billionaires, highest percentage growth in Asia Pacific region
• UHNWIs: Individuals with net assets of US$ 30m (Rs 226 crore) or more
• India’s UHNWI is expected to grow by 39% from 2021 to 2026

• Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani has launched ‘Stree Manoraksha project’ as a part of a week-long International Women’s Day week (1st to 8th March, 2022)
• Aim: to extend mental health training to 6000 One Stop Centre (OSC) functionaries across India.
• Organized: Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with NIMHANS.
• It emphasizes on psychosocial well-being and will improve mental health of women in India.

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