Current affairs 11 March 2023

India Wins Gold and Silver Star at International Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2023 at ITB Berlin.

The Ministry of Tourism of India has bagged a Golden & Silver Star at The International Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2023 at ITB, Berlin 2023.
Category: TV/Cinema Commercials International and Country International.
Arvind Singh, Secretary (Tourism) received awards on 8th March 2023 at ITB, Berlin.
The Golden City Gate Tourism Multi-media Awards are given annually in various categories related to the Tourism and Hospitality sectors.

NASA has partnered with the Italian Space Agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) to build and launch MAIA (Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols) missions.
Aim: To investigate the health impacts of air pollution in the world’s most populated cities.
It is the first mission of the agency whose primary goal is to benefit societal health and will launch before the end of 2024.
It will consist of the PLATiNO-2 satellite (provided by ASI), and a science instrument (NASA).

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has launched the Unpause Initiative to assist women who have taken a career break and are now ready to return to the workforce.
The initiative is part of the bank's commitment to promoting workplace diversity and inclusion.
The bank’s employees participated in a 3 km walk from its registered headquarters in Koramangala to support an initiative.
Ujjivan SFB has also announced a special Hiring Drive and Employee referral program for women.

The FinMin has tightened the definition of beneficial owners under the anti-money laundering law, mandating reporting entities to collect information from their clients.
Beneficial Owners: Any individual or group holding 10% ownership (earlier 25%) in the client of a reporting entity.
The reporting entities are banks and financial institutions engaged in real estate and jewellery sectors.
They also include intermediaries in casinos and crypto or virtual digital assets.

Stock exchanges BSE and NSE have designated 15 trading platforms as Qualified Stock Brokers (QSBs) with effect from July 1, 2023.
These shortlisted stock brokers are required to meet enhanced obligations and discharge additional responsibilities.
Some of the notable stock brokers in the QSB list are Zerodha Broking, 5Paisa Capital, HDFC Securities, IIFL Securities, ICICI Securities, Motilal Financial Services, Kotak Securities, and Sharekhan among others.