current affairs 02 April 2022

Mirabai Chanu bagged "BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year" award 2021.

Olympic silver medalist weightlifter, Mirabai Chanu won the third edition of BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Award 2021.
Chanu created history last year when she became the first Indian weightlifter to win a silver medal at the Summer Olympics.
Chanu won a gold medal in the 48kg category at the 2017 World Championships Anaheim followed by a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
The BBC Emerging Player award was presented to 18-year-old cricketer Shafali Verma, who has recently been playing at the Women’s World Cup in New Zealand.
In 2021, Verma became the youngest Indian cricketer, male or female, to play in all three formats for the national team.
The first Indian woman to have won a medal at the Olympics in 2000, former weightlifter Karnam Malleswari was presented the BBC Lifetime Achievement award.
Olympians and the Paralympians from the Tokyo Games were also honoured in this edition of BBC ISWOTY.

Meghalaya’s living root bridges get listed on the tentative list of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites.
Living root bridges are the type of simple suspension bridge formed by the method of tree shaping from living plant roots across a stream or river.
These bridges are locally known as Jingkieng Jri.
Ficus Elastica tree is used to make living bridges in Cherrapunji, India.
The roots form the bridge in a span of 10-15 years.

Tech giant Microsoft launched a new digital and inclusive platform for startup founders in India on March 31, 2022.
The platform called as Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub in India, will support startup founders in India at every stage of their startup journey.
This platform will offer over USD 300,000 worth of benefits and credits to startups, including free access to the technology, tools, and resources from the tech giant and partners.
The initiative will help the Startups to gain mentorship and skilling opportunities with industry experts and Microsoft Learn.

The 20th edition of the Bilateral Naval Exercise between Indian Navy and French Navy named VARUNA is being conducted in the Arabian Sea from March 30 to April 03, 2022.
The Bilateral Naval Exercises between the two Navies is being held since 1993 and the exercise was christened as VARUNA in 2001.
Various ships, submarines, maritime patrol aircraft, fighter aircraft and helicopters of the two navies will be participating in the VARUNA-2022 exercise.

Tech giant Google Pay has launched Tap to Pay for UPI, a new functionality to bring the seamless convenience of Tap to Pay to Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
The initiative has been launched in collaboration with Pine Labs.
So far, Tap to Pay facility was only available for cards.