Today Current Affairs in English [20 March 2021]

Today Current Affairs in English (20th March 2021)

Today is 20th March 2021 and here are the top current affairs of the day. Today GK Current Affairs in English is a series where all the important and useful current affairs are given on a daily basis. In this series, Top current affairs of the day are elaborated with detailed information. 

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1. Italy joins International Solar Alliance
2. India to have its own World Freedom Index
3. All Toll Booths to be Removed
4. The USA becomes the 2nd biggest Oil Supplier of India
5. Haryana passes bill for the Protesters

1. Italy Joins International Solar Alliance

Recently Italy joins International Solar Alliance. India is the founder of this International Solar Alliance group. It will definitely improve the relation between Italy and India.

Capital of Italy - Rome

Currency - Italian lira

President - Sergio Mattarella

International Solar Alliance(ISA)

International Solar Alliance is a formal group of countries that focus on solar energy founded in 2015. More than 200 countries joined this group now. It is the 2nd larges group of countries after the UN.

Headquarters of  ISA Gurugram, Haryana.

2. India to Have its Own World Freedom Index

Very soon you will see made in India World Freedom Index. Many thinktank will involve in the making of this report. This type of report published by the western country. They downgrade all the Asian countries. Recent you must know Freedom House report and V-Dem report clearly says that India is no longer a democracy. Whereas countries like France, Switzerland gets more rank than India after targeting a particular community by banning the burqa. So finally India is going to publish its own World Freedom Index.

3. All Toll Booths to be Removed

The Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari recently announced that all the Toll Booths will be removed. Instead of Toll Booths, the government will collect tolls through GPS. 

In this GPS collection of Toll, Cameras will be installed at the entry and exit of the highways and the distance will be measured through then toll fee will be automatically deducted from the accounts. This will solve many kinds of problems like big queues at the toll plaza, corruption, illegal toll plaza creation, and many more.

4. The USA Becomes the 2nd Oil Supplier of India

Recently you must heard about that India cuts the imports of Saudi Arabia oils. After that Saudi Arabia. The first time Saudi Arabia Falls to 4th position in the oil supplier after 2006. Now India imports more crude oil from the USA as it is cheaper than Saudi Arabia. There is a sharp increase of 14% seen in the oil import from the USA.

The no1 oil supplier of India is Iraq, then USA, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia are the 2nd, 3rd, and the 4th supplier respectively.

5. Haryana Passes the Bill against Protesters

Recently Haryana government passes a bill in the parliament against the protester. According to this bill protesters have to pay for the damages during the protests. The name of this bill is 'The Haryana Recovery of Damages to Property During Disturbance to Public Bill,2021'. The opposition members opposing it and demanding to withdraw this bill.

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