current affairs 04 March 2022

Finance Minister launches e-Bill system to enable paperless submission and digital processing of bills.

The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman launched the e-Bill system for Central Government Ministries.
The e-Bill system was launched on the 46th Civil Accounts Day i.e March 02, 2022.
The system will allow all vendors/suppliers of the central government to submit their bills/claims at anytime, from anywhere.
The e-Bill system has been developed by the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) Division of Ministry of Finance.
The bills will be processed by First-In-First-Out (FIFO) method.
The system has been initially rolled out in the nine Pay and Accounting Units of nine Ministries/Departments and will be rolled out in other Ministries/Departments in a phased manner in 2022-23.

India is ranked 3rd in terms of most number of billionaires’ population globally in 2021, as per the Knight Frank’s latest edition of The Wealth Report 2022.
The list has been topped by the United States (748) and China (554) respectively.
The number of ultra-high-net-worth-individuals (UHNWIs) in India increased by 11% YoY in 2021 to 145 billionaires, the highest percentage growth in Asia Pacific (APAC) region.
UHNWIs are individuals with net assets of US$ 30m or more (Rs 226 crore).

Akshaye Widhani has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Yash Raj Films.
Yash Raj Films is one of India’s biggest film production houses.
Aditya Chopra is the Chairman and MD of Yash Raj Films.
Yash Raj Films was founded by Yash Raj Chopra, in the year 1970.

Prof. Deepak Dhar, the Emeritus Professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER Pune) has been awarded the prestigious Boltzmann Medal for the year 2022.
Prof Dhar is the 1st Indian to be awarded the Boltzmann Medal, for his contribution in the field of Statistical Physics.
He is one of the two physicists selected for the award.
He shares the medal with Prof. John J Hopfield of Princeton University, New Jersey.
The Boltzmann Medal is presented by the Commission on Statistical Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), once in 3 years, for contributions in the field of statistical physics.

Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen (52kg) and Nitu (48kg) has won gold medals at the 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament, held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The Indian contingent ended their campaign at the tournament with three medals including two golds and one bronze.
The bronze medal was won by Nandini (+81kg).
The 17-member Indian team consisted of seven men and 10 women.