Daily Current Affairs of 22nd March 2018
International Current Affairs
- Today (22nd March 2015) is World Water Day.
- This day is a United Nations initiative to celebrate clean water and bring attention to those who don’t have enough of it.
- The first World Water Day was celebrated in 1993 after the United Nations approved of the same.
- Theme of World Water Day 2018 : 'Nature for Water'
- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is on a 3 day visit to India.
- This will be his 1st visit to India as the President of Germany after the Angela Merkel government took charge in Berlin on March 14.
- Aim of this Visit : To strengthen bilateral ties.
- Maldives' President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom today lifted the state of emergency imposed in the country after a period of 45 days.
- The emergency was imposed after Maldives' Supreme Court ordered the release of nine jailed opposition MPs including the country's first democratically-elected President Mohamed Nasheed.