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Current Affairs Questions of 30th March, 2018
(1) Who has been appointed the chairman of the central panel of the 65th National Film Awards ?
(A) Shekhar Kapur.
(2) The Sri Lankan government has decided to postpone International Workers’ Day events from which date this year ?
(A) May 1 to May 7.
(3) RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 58.9 crore on which bank for failure to adhere to held-to-maturity (HTM) guidelines ?
(A) ICICI Bank.
(4) Who has been appointed as the new Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in the Health Ministry ?
(A) Dr. Promila Gupta.
(5) Who presented Gallantry Awards and distinguished service decorations at the Defence Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan ?
(A) President.
(6) How many districts NITI Aayog Launches Baseline Ranking recently ?
(A) 115.
(7) Which state government has come up with a mobile application to market rare chicken breed — the “Kadaknath‘ ?
(A) Madhya Pradesh.
(8) Who has been elected as the new president of Myanmar ?
(A) Win Myint.
(9) The Cabinet has approved an Integrated Scheme on School Education by combining Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and Teacher Education from 1st April 2018 to which date ?
(A) 31st March 2020.
(10) The Cabinet has approved an agreement between with with couuntry and South Asian Cooperative Environment Programme (SACEP) for cooperation on Oil and Chemical Pollution in the South Asian Seas Region ?
(A) India.
(11) Indian shooter Muskan got Gold medal in which event at the ISSF Junior World Cup ?
(A) 25m Pistol Women Junior.
(12) NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) which aims to find alien worlds with capacity to harbour life is scheduled to launch on which date aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ?
(A) April 16.
(13) How many million tonnes of sugar did Union Government Allowed Export recently ?
(A) 2 million tones.
(14) Scientists have discovered a hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet-‘K2-229b‘- orbiting a dwarf star located how many light-years away ?
(A) 260 million.
(15) NASA has delayed the launch of its much awaited, how much billion dollars James Webb Space Telescope — set to be the world’s biggest space observatory ?
(A) 8 billion.
(16) Who is the new prime minister of Ethiopia ?
(A) Abiye Ahmed.
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Current Affairs Headlines of 25th March, 2018
→ 25th March 1655, Saturn‘s largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
→ A group of 20 nations including India have pledged a total of around $100 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
→ Air India flight AI139 from New Delhi to Tel Aviv, became the 1st commercial aircraft en route to Israel to fly over Saudi Arabia.
→ Andhra Pradesh Govt has launched, NAIPUNYA RATHAM or World on Wheels, a multi-utility vehicle that aims to bring technology to remote corners.
→ Australia has abolished its popular employer-sponsored 457 visa programme, widely used by Indians.
→ Chandigarh has become the 1st city in North India to install Automatic Speed Gun Cameras with digital displays for traffic management.
→ INS Ganga, an indigenously built frigate of the Indian Navy, was decommissioned in Mumbai after over three decades of service.
→ JNU professor Rakesh Bhatnagar has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of the Banaras Hindu University.
→ Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan launched M-Kerala, a unified app for all government services at #FUTURE 2018. It is a first-of-its-kind digital tech summit in the state.
→ Martin Vizcarra was sworn in as Peru’s new president after his predecessor Pedro Pablo Kuczynski abruptly resigned over a corruption scandal.
→ Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton set a blistering time in his final lap of qualifying to take pole position at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix for a record seventh time.
→ Minister of State for Home Affairs, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir inaugurated the two-day first National Conference on Drug Law Enforcement in New Delhi.
→ Olympic silver-medalist PV Sindhu will be the flag-bearer of Indian contingent for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
→ President Donald Trump has appointed Bush-era defence hawk and former United Nations ambassador, John Bolton as US National Security Adviser.
→ President Donald Trump released an order banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under “limited circumstances”.
→ Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launches Campaign To Eradicate TB By 2025.
→ Reliance Jio Director Akash Ambani, has signed an agreement for merging the digital music service Saavn with JioMusic to create a digital media platform with global reach.
→ The 7th India-Egypt Joint Commission Meeting was held in New Delhi.
→ The government has decided to declare 2018 as ‘National Year of Millets’.
→ The Karnataka Government declared minority status to the Lingayats community.
→ The total amount involved in bank fraud cases this year has reached nearly →19,194 crore, which is 63% more than the total loss on all frauds in 2017.
→ Union Agriculture Minister, Radha Mohan Singh had addressed the 5th India Maize Summit in New Delhi.
→ Vivaan Kapoor got his 1st Bronze medal in the men’s trap event at International Shooting Sport Federation Junior World Cup Rifle/ Pistol/ Shotgun in Sydney, Australia.
→ Vodafone Group and Aditya Birla Group have appointed Balesh Sharma as Chief Executive Officer of an entity created by the merger of their local telecom units.
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Current Affairs Headlines of 24th March, 2018
→ “First Indian Sign Language Dictionary of 3000 words” was launched by Government of India.
→ 44 African countries have signed an agreement establishing the “African Continental Free Trade Area” at a summit of the African Union in Kigali, Rwanda.
→ BHEL has entered into a technology collaboration agreement (TCA) with HLB Power, Republic of Korea.
→ Canadian mathematician Robert Langlands won the prestigious Abel Prize for developing a programme connecting representation theory to number theory.
→ Chandigarh has become the 1st city in North India to install Automatic Speed Gun Cameras with digital displays for traffic management.
→ Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presented the G.K. Reddy Memorial National Award for journalism to senior journalist and television presenter Karan Thapar.
→ India is expected to establish itself as the third largest travel and tourism economy by 2028, a 2018 economic impact report by World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
→ Indian shooter Elavenil Valarivan won the gold medal in 10m women’s air rifle event of the season’s first junior ISSF World Cup in Sydney.
→ Indian startup ‘Uravu’ that has developed a technology to create water from the air is among the 5 finalists in a global competition.
→ ISRO has signed a Technology Transfer Agreement with BHEL to transfer the technology for the manufacture of space grade ‘Li-Ion cells’.
→ Kerala government has launched “mKeralam”, an app that will serve as a single window for accessing thousands of government services.
→ Ministry of Corporate Affairs has allowed the merger of Allahabad Bank with its wholly own subsidiary- All Bank Finance Ltd (ABFL).
→ Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan President, has decided to remove three zeros off the Venezuelan currency Bolivar in the midst of a hyperinflation and crippling economic crisis.
→ Singapore’s Changi Airport topped in the list of ‘world’s best airport’ for the sixth consecutive year at the Skytrax World Airport Awards held in Stockholm.
→ The 45th President of USA Donald Trump has announced that the former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton will be the New US National Security Adviser.
→ The AAP government presented its Rs 53,000 crore budget for 2018-19 in the Assembly, which laid emphasis on environment, health, education and water.
→ The Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) under the Department of Biotechnology celebrated its sixth foundation day in New Delhi, with the launching of a partnership with PerkinElmer, the US-based multinational corporation that focused on the business areas of human and environmental health.
→ The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has received the “Most Informative Pavilion” award in the ‘Pride of India Expo’.
→ The Minister of State for Home Affairs, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir inaugurated the two-day first National Conference on Drug Law Enforcement in Delhi.
→ The North-eastern state Meghalaya of India, is home to the longest sandstone cave in the world at 24,583m, with dinosaur fossils from 66-76 million years ago.
→ The union government decided to declare 2018 as ‘National Year of Millets’ to boost the cultivation of millets like ragi and jowar on a mission mode to achieve nutritional security.
→ The verification of citizenship documents of 29 lakh married women for updating the 1951 National Register of Citizens, will begin in Assam on April 2.
→ U.S President Donald Trump announced 60 billion US dollar tariffs on China for its alleged unfair trade practices.
→ Vivaan Kapoor got his 1st Bronze medal in the men’s trap event at International Shooting Sport Federation Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Sydney, Australia.
→ Vodafone Group Plc’s Indian unit and Idea Cellular, which are in the process of merging their operations to create the country’s biggest telecoms carrier, named Vodafone veteran Balesh Sharma as the new chief executive for the combined venture.
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Current Affairs Headlines of 23rd March, 2018
→ Bihar Governor Satya Pal Mallik Gets Additional Charge Of Odisha.
→ Canadian mathematician Robert Langlands won the prestigious Abel Prize for developing a programme connecting representation theory to number theory.
→ General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff released a book on Paramveer Chakra Awardees - ‘Paramveer Parwane’.
→ General President-elect Manoj Kumar Chakrabarti announced that the 106th edition of the Indian Science Congress will be held in January 2019 at Barkatullah University Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
→ In a first, Kerala government will rope in qualified tribal instructors to impart literacy in their respective settlements in a bid to improve literacy rates among tribal populations.
→ India and Hong Kong signed a double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) that seeks to improve transparency in tax matters and help curb tax evasion and avoidance.
→ India’s National Cultural Audio Visual Archives (NCAA) has been certified as the world’s 1st trusted digital repository by the UK-based organisation.
→ Myanmar’s President Htin Kyaw resigned due to ill health.
→ Nanda Bahadur Pun Elected Nepal‘s Vice President.
→ President Ram Nath Kovind gave away prestigious Padma awards to 89 winners at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
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Current Affairs Headlines of 22nd March, 2018
→ SBI and India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation (IMGC) signed a pact to offer mortgage guarantee scheme for prospective non-salaried and self-employed home loan customers.→ Shri Atul M. Gotsurve (IFS: 2004), currently Director in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
→ Sudan, the world’s last male northern white rhino, has died. For nearly a decade, Sudan lived in a 700-acre enclosure at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, against the backdrop of the hulking Mount Kenya.
→ Supreme Court ruled that government authorities cannot charge more than →50 as application fee for those seeking information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
→ The 1st G20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors began on 19th March in Buenos Aires, with the presence of 57 delegations from countries and institutions.
→ The Delhi government launched a mobile app called “Delhi’s Date with Democracy”.
→ The government has extended the facility of hiring workers on fixed-term employment to all sectors for improving the ease of doing business for companies.
→ The ministries of agriculture and skill development signed an agreement to conduct training programmes for agriculture and allied sectors at 690 Krishi Vigyan Kendras.
→ The Ministry of Mines has organized the 3rd National Conclave on Mines & Minerals in New Delhi.
→ The Union Home Ministry has given its approval to rename Robertsganj railway station in UP as Sonbhadra.
→ The University Grants Commission has approved autonomy for 60 higher educational institutions.
→ The world’s longest sandstone cave called ‘Krem Puri’, which is 24,583 metres long has been discovered in Meghalaya.
→ USA Bans Use Of Venezuelan Cryptocurrency- Petro.
→ World Water Day has been observed on 22 March since 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly declared 22 March as ‘World Day for Water‘.
→ World‘s Most Liveable City Report- Vienna Tops, Baghdad Worst.
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Current Affairs Headlines of 21st March, 2018
→ A UK-based genomics data platform and an American genetics company collaborated to create the world’s largest project to study Indian population.
→ Atul M. Gotsurve has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
→ Axis Bank opened a representative office in Sharjah, to better serve its customers in the emirate and to expand its retail offerings to customers in the neighbouring northern emirates.
→ China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has been elevated to the post of State Councillor.
→ Chinese smartphone maker Vivo announced the appointment of Bollywood actor Aamir Khan as its brand ambassador for India.
→ Eminent Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh passed away here on 20th March following a prolonged illness.
→ India and Hong Kong entered into a double taxation avoidance agreement, aiming to facilitate investment flow between both countries and prevent tax evasion.
→ India and the European Union have signed an agreement that will enable them to share earth observation data from each other’s satellites.
→ India handed over the 18th diesel-electric locomotive to Myanmar, thereby completing the first project under the current Indian line of credit (LoC) to the eastern neighbour.
→ India‘s largest lender SBI and India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation (IMGC) signed a pact to offer mortgage guarantee scheme for prospective non-salaried and self-employed home loan customers.
→ India’s Purva Barve has won the Women’s Singles (Under-19) title at the Israel Junior 2018 Badminton tournament held in Rishon LeZion, Israel.
→ Katrina Kaif appointed ambassador of ‘Educate Girls’.
→ Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese player to win the Indian Wells final, beating Russian Daria Kasatkina for her first WTA Tour title.
→ National Cultural Audiovisual Archives (NCAA) project of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, implemented by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) has been certified as the world’s first Trusted Digital Repository as per ISO standard, granted by Primary Trustworthy Digital Repository Authorisation Body Ltd. (PTAB), United Kingdom.
→ Naval ships of the UAE and India will hold a first-ever joint exercise – ‘Gulf Star 1’ – giving a further boost to bilateral ties.
→ Researchers from the Anthropological Survey of India have discovered a number of Acheulian artefacts (dated to about 1, 500,000–1,50,000 years ago) along with Soanian ones from an unexplored site at Ghumarwin in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh.
→ State-run power equipment maker has commissioned 1st unit of 110 MW of the Kishanganga hydroelectric project of NHPC in Jammu and Kashmir.
→ The first National workshop on POSHAN Abhiyan involving all the states and union territories was held at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, New Delhi.
→ The first National workshop on POSHAN Abhiyan involving all the states and union territories was held at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, New Delhi.
→ The Gulf Shield–1 military exercise of 23 countries including Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states was held in Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia.
→ The Kerala government is organising a two-day global digital summit from March 22 to develop a roadmap to make the state a hub for digital innovation and investment.
→ To provide first-and-last-mile connectivity, IRCTC announced a partnership with cab aggregator Ola, giving commuters an option book taxi on its app.
→ Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs, Mr. Ananthkumar announced that the Government of India has approved the setting up of a Plastic Park in Deoghar District, Jharkhand.
→ Vijay Sankar, deputy chairman of The Sanmar Group, has been appointed the Honorary Consul General for Denmark in Chennai.
→ With an aim to providing first-and-last-mile connectivity, railway PSU IRCTC announced a partnership with cab aggregator Ola, giving commuters an option book taxi on its app.
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Current Affairs Headlines of 20th March, 2018
→ A new freshwater fish species “Pethia poiensis” have been identified in the north-eastern state of Manipur.
→ CISF launched its lost and found mobile app for passengers at 59 airports across India.
→ Indian Navy To Host Bilateral Exercise ‘Varuna‘ With French Navy.
→ Informal WTO Ministerial Meeting Held In New Delhi.
→ Juan Martin del Potro ended world number one Roger Federer’s 17-match unbeaten run to claim the BNP Paribas Open title at Indian Wells.
→ Kevin Pietersen, 37 years old, has officially announced his retirement from the International cricket.
→ NASA to Build Hypervelocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response (HAMMER) Spacecraft.
→ Nepal cricket team gets One-Day International (ODI) status.
→ President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates a Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and present Gandhian Young Technological Innovation awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.
→ President Ram Nath Kovind released Rs 1,000 and Rs 10 commemorative coins on the occasion of Nabakalebar festival.
→ Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Navi Mumbai International Airport site in Panvel, nearly 21 years after it was mooted.
→ Purva Barve won the women’s singles (Under-19) title at the Israel Junior badminton tournament 2018 held in Rishon LeZion.
→ Russian President Vladimir Putin stormed to victory in presidential election, giving him another six years in power.
→ Sajibu Nongma Panba Cheiraoba, the New Year of Manipuri lunar calendar was celebrated with gaiety and fervour in Manipur on 18th March.
→ Sony India on 19th March announced the appointment of Sunil Nayyar as its Managing Director (MD) in place of Kenichiro Hibi.
→ The Coast Guard commissioned an interceptor boat, C-437 at Porbandar to strengthen the security umbrella of the Indian West Coast.
→ The first phase of Indo-French joint naval exercise Varuna 2018 began on March 19, 2018, at the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) in Vasco da Gama, Goa.
→ The Indian government is in process of formulating ‘Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) scheme‘ to harness solar power for rural India.
→ The Lok Sabha has passed a bill that will exempt political parties from the scrutiny of funds they have received from abroad since 1976.
→ The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) will set up India’s first offshore wind turbines at Arichamunai near Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu.
→ Vidarbha has lifted their maiden Irani Trophy at Nagpur on 18th March after they beat ‘Rest of India’ by virtue of their massive first innings lead.
→ Vladimir Putin will lead Russia for another six years, after securing victory in the presidential elections held on 18th March.
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Current Affairs Headlines of 19th March, 2018
→ A clean-up drive has been initiated at the Mount Everest in Nepal.
→ According to a document submitted by the ministry of health and family welfare, Maharashtra tops the list of biomedical waste generated in the country daily.
→ Bhutan, Kiribati, Sao Tome and Principe and Solomon Islands are set to move up from the ranks of poorest nations.
→ Capital markets regulator SEBI raised the exposure limit under exchange-traded currency derivatives trading for residents and FPIs to USD 100 million across all currency pairs involving the Indian rupee.
→ Donald Trump has signed a legislation that encourages U.S. to send senior officials to Taiwan to meet Taiwanese counterparts & vice versa.
→ FIFA has lifted its three-decade ban on Iraq hosting international football with the cities of Arbil, Basra and Karbala given the go-ahead to stage matches.
→ Flying Officer Bhawana Kanth became the 2nd woman pilot of IAF to fly solo in a fighter aircraft.
→ Former England batsman, Kevin Pietersen has officially announced his retirement from all forms of the game.
→ India lost bid to host 2019 Under 20 World Cup.
→ Indian para-athlete Deepa Malik has won the gold in the F53/54 Javelin event at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai.
→ Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has announced immediate withdrawal of Philippines from the International Criminal Court.
→ Representatives from 50 countries will gather in New Delhi for a 2 day informal World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting.
→ Sri Lanka Cricket paid glowing tribute to the former BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya by releasing a book, titled ‘A Tribute to Jagu’.
→ Sri Lanka has lifted a state of emergency that was put in place after an outbreak of violence against Muslim communities.
→ Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran has been elected as the President of the court of the Indian Institute of Science for three years.
→ The president of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, resigned from her position amid accusations of financial impropriety.
→ The U.S. has rapidly increased its arms sales to India, emerging over the last five years as its second-biggest supplier by providing 15% of its weapons imports.
→ United Nations has issued an appeal for 951 million Dollars to meet the needs of nearly 900,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
→ Veteran actress and talk show host Simi Garewal has been felicitated with a “UK Golden Flame Award” for her contribution to Indian cinema.
→ Young Shooter Devanshi Rana to participate in Junior World cup at Australia.
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Current Affairs Headlines of 18th March, 2018
→ 1st Mumbai Edition of Women of India Organic festival in Mumbai was inaugurated on 16th March.
→ A cloned Assamese buffalo male calf, Sach-Gaurav, born for the first time at Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes in Hisar.
→ Arunachal Pradesh Assembly passed a bill to remove Anchal Samiti, intermediate level of the three-tier Panchayati Raj system, and set up a two-tier system in the state.
→ Arunachal Pradesh has become the fourth state after Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana to prescribe the death penalty for those convicted of raping girls under 12 years.
→ China’s Parliament re-elected Xi Jinping as the country’s president and also the chairman of Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China on 17th March.
→ Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 105th Indian Science Congress at Manipur University at Imphal.
→ India for the first time will host 17th Annual Conference of International Competition Network 2018 (ICN2018) from 21st to 23rd March 2018 in New Delhi.
→ India’s long-distance athlete Sanjivani Jadhav bagged a bronze medal at the 14th Asian Cross Country Championship held at Guiyang in China.
→ Indian para-athlete Deepa Malik won a gold medal in the F-53/54 category javelin event at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai.
→ Kerala is all set to declare jackfruit as its “official fruit”. The jackfruit is the largest tree-borne fruit known for its distinctive taste and aroma.
→ KL Rahul is the ‘Cricketer of the Year’ in the sixth edition of Wisden India Almanack.
→ Maharastra has decided to ban the use of plastic from “Gudi Padva”, the Maharashtrian New Year, which is on 18 march, this year.
→ Muthoot Finance, the flagship company of Muthoot Group has tied up with Global IME Bank to expand its money remittance services between Indo Nepal Corridor.
→ NITI Aayog will release comprehensive roadmaps and detailed timelines for its initiative ‘Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital in Education ’ project at NITI Aayog.
→ President of India will inaugurate Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FINE) and will present Gandhian Young Technological Innovation awards at Rashtrapati Bhawan on March 19, 2018.
→ Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) paid tribute to former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya with a book titled, ‘A Tribute to Jagu‘.
→ The National School of Drama (NSD) will host the “8th Theatre Olympics” at Mumbai in later March.
→ The Odisha State Disaster Mitigation Authority (OSDMA) will collaborate with the Thailand-based Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) for strengthening its early warning services and enhancing preparedness for management of hazards in the State.
→ The Philippines formally submitted the Letter of Withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
→ The Reserve Bank of India has issued a Prompt Corrective Action framework to maintain the sound financial health of banks.
→ The Union Health Ministry announced the launch of LaQshya, a programme aimed at improving quality of care in labour room and maternity operation theatre.
→ The United Kingdom became the Indian electrical industry’s international partner for the Elecrama 2018, which was held from March 10 to 14, at the World Utility Summit.
→ Ugadi is celebrating today (18th March ) as New year in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states.
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Current Affairs Headlines of 17th March, 2018
→ A six-wicket win over Papua New Guinea has rewarded Nepal with One-Day International (ODI) status for the first time ever.
→ Fitch has projected India’s economic growth to rise to 7.3 percent next fiscal and further to 7.5 per cent in 2019-20.
→ Former world number two tennis player Tommy Haas officially announced his retirement from tennis.
→ Future Group has been signed as an associate sponsor with Star India for the upcoming Vivo-IPL 2018.
→ German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit India from March 22 to 25 with an aim to strengthen bilateral ties.
→ India And Asian Development Bank (ADB) Signed $120 Million Loan To Improve Rail Infrastructure.
→ India’s Baskaran Adhiban clinched the title in the 33rd Reykjavik Open with an impressive performance that saw him win five of the nine games.
→ Indian para-athlete Deepa Malik won a gold medal in the F-53/54 category javelin event at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai.
→ Karnataka Bank opened its first all-woman branch at Bull Temple Road in Bengaluru.
→ NITI Aayog released comprehensive roadmaps and detailed timelines for its initiative ‘Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital in Education (SATH-E)’ project.
→ Online grocery firm Grofers has raised ₹.400 crore in a fresh funding round led by the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group.
→ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 105th Indian Science Congress at Manipur University.
→ Sangeeta Bahadur Appointed Next Ambassador Of India To Belarus.
→ Tata Son’s Chief Ethics Officer Mukund Rajan will leave the group to evaluate entrepreneurial pursuits in the coming months.
→ The 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) was held in Cape Town, South Africa.
→ The Pranab Mukherjee Foundation was formally launched by the former President Pranab Mukherjee and industrialist Ratan Tata in New Delhi.
→ The Telugu Desam Party has decided to quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. The BJP and its Andhra ally TDP have been sharing a sour relationship over the issue of granting ‘Special Category’ Status to Andhra Pradesh.
→ The three-day annual Krishi Unnati Mela began in New Delhi with a focus on doubling farmers’ income.
→ Yes Bank has launched a robotics based ‘Digital export Import’ payments solution as a part of its Yes Transact Smart Trade product suite.
→ President Donald Trump named Larry Kudlow as the next head of the White House National Economic Council. He replaced Gary Cohn. Mr Kundlow is the conservative media analyst who served as his informal economic adviser during the 2016 campaign.
→ Member-countries of the World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia Region, including India, committed to intensifying efforts to eradicate tuberculosis by 2030.
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Current Affairs Headlines of 16th March, 2018
→ Acclaimed Lebanese author and feminist Emily Nasrallah, who articulated women’s experiences in her writing about Lebanon’s civil war, has died at the age of 87.
→ According to the World Bank’s “India Development Update”, India’s economic growth will accelerate to 7.3% in 2018-19, from 6.7% in 2017-2018.
→ Actor Jackie Shroff’s short film “Shunyata” has won an award at Best of India Short Film Festival in Los Angeles, U.S.
→ Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) has undertaken the development of a coded drug AYUSH QOL-2C for cancer patients.
→ Finland has overtaken Norway to become the happiest nation on earth, according to the UN’s 2018 World Happiness Report.
→ India and Madagascar have signed an agreement under which, both the countries will explore various ways of co-operation in the field of defence.
→ India has been ranked at 78th among 114 countries on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) energy transition index.
→ India has decided to offer Madagascar a USD 80 million Letter of Credit (LoC) for agriculture and mechanisation.
→ India ranked 133rd in the World Happiness report 2018. The report ranks 156 countries by their happiness levels, and 117 countries by the happiness of their immigrants. Burundi ranked last in the index.
→ Indian filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda’s ‘Halkaa’ has bagged the Grand Prix de Montreal at the gala.
→ Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin climbed up two steps to be placed 4th in the latest Test Player rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
→ Indonesia’s tourist island Bali is set to go quiet with Internet service and flights temporarily halted for a “Day of Silence”.
→ New Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai are among the cheapest cities in the world, according to an Economist Intelligence Unit’s “The Worldwide Cost of Living” survey.
→ Pune has emerged as the top city to show improvement in the quality of governance according to a survey.
→ The Cabinet has approved the continuation of the urea subsidy till 2020. The government also approved implementation of direct benefit transfer (DBT) for disbursement of fertiliser subsidy.
→ The Human Resource Development Ministry would soon set up “innovation cell” that would explore ideas to strengthen innovation efforts in education.
→ The Indian football team has re-entered into the top-100 of the FIFA world rankings and is now placed at 99th.
→ The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the National Aviation University to enhance human resource availability in India’s aviation industry.
→ The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) launched a mobile app called ‘Citizen Services’ on the occasion of its 33rd Inception Day.
→ The Union Cabinet has approved agreement inked between India and Sri Lanka for promoting cooperation in field of IT.
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Current Affairs Headlines of 15th March, 2018
→ A signed hardcover copy of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘The King of the Dark Chamber’ – the English translation of his famous Bengali play ‘Raja’ – has been sold for USD 700 at an auction in the US.
→ Amazon Launches First Debit Card In Mexico E-Commerce Push.
→ An India-UK Joint Team has won the Newton-Bhabha Fund for a project on Groundwater Arsenic Research in Ganga River Basin.
→ Andhra Pradesh stands at 51st rank globally in Multidimensional Poverty Index according to a household survey conducted in the state.
→ Bharat Heavy Electricals has secured a significant order worth Rs.736 Crore for supply of Steam Generators from Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL).
→ Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, will inaugurate the Delhi Energy Dialogue 2018, on March 14, organised by Ashden India Collective (AIC) in alliance with Climate Parliament.
→ Every year World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) is being observed on 15 March for celebration and solidarity within the international consumer movement.
→ Gina Haspel, the newly nominated first-ever female director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), is a career intelligence officer with more than 30 years‘ experience.
→ Google has dedicated a doodle to mark 30 years of “Pi Day”, a day first recognised by physicist Larry Shaw in 1988 to honour the mathematical constant.
→ Hindi film actor Narendra Jha, seen in films like Haider and Raees, died due to a heart attack. He was 55.
→ Home Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the two-day Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) in New Delhi.
→ ICICI Bank has launched instant overdraft ‘InstaOD’ facility for MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) customers in a completely online and paperless manner.
→ India’s tallest national flag was unfurled in Belagavi (also known as Belgaum) in Karnataka.
→ IndianOil Corporation Ltd and Tata Motors have launched the trial demonstration of the country’s first hydrogen fuel cell bus.
→ Inflation based on wholesale prices eased to a seven-month low of 2.48% in February on cheaper food articles, including vegetables.
→ Nepal’s incumbent President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has been elected for a second term, extending the tenure of the Himalayan country’s first female head of state for another five years.
→ President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the World Hindi Secretariat building in Mauritius on his visit to the country.
→ Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address farmers on March 17 at annual Krishi Unnati Mela.
→ Renewable solution provider Suzlon Group announced the installation and commissioning of its new product “S128” claiming it to be the largest wind turbine generator in India.
→ Saudi Arabia‘s Cabinet has approved the national policy of its atomic energy programme, as the kingdom prepares to award contracts for its first nuclear power plants.
→ The 2017 Kochon Prize was awarded to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for building a excellence in TB research and development.
→ The Department of Consumer Affairs is celebrating the World Consumer Rights Day this year with the theme “Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer” in New Delhi on 15th March 2018.
→ The public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) secured significant orders worth 736 crores Rs., after competitive bidding, for supplying Steam Generators for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).
→ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has scrapped the issuance of Letters of Undertaking (LOUs) and Letters of Comfort (LOCs) for trade credit for imports with immediate effect.
→ The Supreme Court ruled that foreign law firms or foreign lawyers cannot practise law in the country either on the litigation or non-litigation side.
→ The Telangana government is setting up an Rs. 100-crore Apparel Super Hub in Sircilla.
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Current Affairs Headlines of 14th March, 2018
→ All India Radio’s News Services Division (NSD) director general Sitanshu Kar will be the next head of the Press Information Bureau (PIB).
→ Arms import by India increased by 24% between 2008-2012 and 2013-2017 period as per data on international arms transfers released by International Peace Research Institute.
→ Begum Hamida Habibullah, a former Rajya Sabha member and a pioneer in women empowerment died on 13th March.
→ Chandigarh will host Play Write 2018, India’s first of its kind “Sports Literature Festival” on March 17-18.
→ Employment in eight key sectors, rose by 1.36 lakh on the net basis in July-September this fiscal compared to the previous quarter.
→ ICICI Bank has launched instant overdraft ‘InstaOD’ facility for MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) customers in a completely online and paperless manner.
→ India has offered a 100 million dollar Line of Credit (LoC)to Mauritius for defence procurement to help its security capacity.
→ India‘s tallest national flag was unfurled in Belagavi (also known as Belgaum) in Karnataka.
→ India’s factory production grew in January to 7.5% over the same month last year, and marginally over the 7.1% recorded in December 2017.
→ Membership of International Solar Alliance will be thrown open to all countries, with no restrictions on duration of sunlight or geographical location.
→ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a campaign to eradicate tuberculosis (TB) from India by 2025, five years ahead of the globally-set deadline.
→ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a number of schemes for the poor in Varanasi and emphasized on harnessing solar energy for cooking. PM Modi laid the foundation stone of various development projects worth over Rs. 800 crores in Varanasi.
→ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ‘Mary Kom Regional Boxing Foundation’ in Imphal on March 16.
→ Retail inflation for the month of February cooled off to a four-month low of 4.4% as compared to 5.07% in January 2018.
→ State Bank of India, SBI has cut down the charges for non-maintenance of average minimum balance in its savings accounts by up to 75 percent.
→ The Government has approved to institute the “Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Police Investigation” to promote high professional standards of Investigation of Crime in the State/UT Police and Central Investigating Agencies.
→ The Maldives Parliament has approved the anti-defection bill with retrospective effect amidst the boycott by opposition MPs.
→ The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has issued a notification for constituting the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal.
→ The public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has secured significant orders worth 736 crores Rs., after competitive bidding, for supplying Steam Generators for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).
→ Vietnam’s Nguyen Huong Giang has been crowned this year’s “Miss International Queen” in Thailand at one of the world’s top beauty pageants for transgender women.
→ World Ocean Summit was held recently in Mexico’s Riviera Maya.
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Current Affairs Headlines of 12th March, 2018
→ A Multilateral Air Force exercise, ‘Samvedna’, will be held from March 12 to 17, 2018.
→ A start-up incubator was launched by the Telangana government to exclusively promote entrepreneurship among women.
→ Akhil Sheoran clinched the gold medal in men’s 50m rifle 3-position after he shot 455.6 in the final to pip Austria’s Bernhard Pickl in second place with 452.
→ Asian Development Bank & International Solar Alliance have signed a cooperation arrangement to promote solar energy deployment in Asia & Pacific.
→ British genome pioneer Sir John Sulston has died aged 75. Sir John won a Nobel Prize in 2002 for his work on the development of cells within a humble worm, which paved the way for innovations in cancer research.
→ China‘s Parliament has abolished the decades-old two-term limit for the President, allowing Xi Jinping to remain as the country‘s leader for life.
→ CISF has decided to offer security consultancy to 5-star hotels so that they can be prepared to deal with 26/11 type terror attacks.
→ Goods and Services Tax Council has mandated the use of electronic way (e-way) bills from April to track inter-state movement of goods.
→ India and France inked a strategic pact providing for the use of each other’s military facilities including opening naval bases to warships.
→ India and France inked key pacts in the strategic areas of security, nuclear energy after extensive talks between PM Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron.
→ India comprises of rich culture and tradition time and again exhibited the rich talent and ethnicity. Owing to display the richness, a three festival has been organized to celebrate Odisha‘s culture, tradition, heritage, and cuisine have been commenced in the lawns of the India Gate.
→ India has won the ‘Best Exhibitor Award ‘ at ITB – Berlin on its last day. ‘ITB- Berlin World Tourist Meet’ was convened at Berlin, Germany from 7th March to 10th March 2018.
→ Noted actor Amol Palekar has been honoured with the ‘Godavari Gaurav’ award.
→ Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rakhi sister Sharbati Devi passed away in Dhanbad at the age of 103.
→ Senior journalist Ranjan Roy passed away after battling cancer for several years.
→ Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi has been re-elected as general secretary of RSS for a 4th term.
→ Tata Consultancy Services has been named as the fastest growing IT services brand in the world in an assessment done by leading brand valuation firm, Brand Finance.
→ The Dandi March, or the Salt Satyagraha, began on 12 March 1930 and was an important part of the Indian independence movement.
→ The first-ever multi-nation naval exercise at sea, MILES-18, has begun at the Andaman sea.
→ The government has made providing passport details mandatory for taking loans of Rs.50 crore and above.
→ The government of Telangana launched Women Entrepreneurship Hub (WE-Hub), India‘s first state-led incubator for women entrepreneurs.
→ Twitter has appointed Parag Agrawal as its chief technology officer.
→ World champions Australia has lifted the coveted Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey title by outplaying England 2-1 in the finals.
→ World Day Against Cyber Censorship is an online event held each year on 12 March.
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** Current Affairs Headlines of 11th March 2018 **
→ Anjum Moudgil won her first International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup Silver medal in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) event at the Guadalajara, Mexico.
→ Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II recognised Srishti Bakshi from India as the 26th Commonwealth Point of Light in honour of her exceptional service to empowering women in India.
→ Cab hailing platform Uber has roped in Indian cricket team captain, Virat Kohli as its brand ambassador in India.
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** Current Affairs Headlines of 10th March 2018 **
→ “I-METROS”, an association of all Indian Metro Rail companies was launched by Cabinet Secretary.
→ 25-year-old Prakriti has been inducted as the first direct-entry combat officer in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
→ A novel species of a bacterium that produces antibiotic has been discovered by a professor at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) and his researchers.
** Current Affairs Headlines of 9th March 2018 **
→ According to data of Chinese General Administration of Customs, India-China bilateral trade has reached $84.44 billion last year, a historic high with 18.63% year-on-year growth rate.
→ An event named ‘Vision for Future‘ was held in New Delhi to commemorate 70 years of the Indo-Russia ties.
→ Architect BV Doshi Becomes 1st Indian To Win Pritzker Prize.
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** Current Affairs Headlines of 8th March 2018 **
→ Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has become the first person to amass a fortune surpassing $100 billion and richest man on earth.
→ An international team of physicists have successfully created a “giant atom” and filled it with ordinary atoms, creating a new state of matter termed Rydberg polarons.
→ Animal Welfare Board of India headquarters shifted from Chennai to Ballabhgarh.
** Current Affairs Headlines of 7th March 2018 **
→ ‘Guillermo del Toro won Oscars in the Best Director category.
→ Gary Oldman was named Best Actor in a Leading Role for ‘Darkest Hour’ while Frances McDormand won Best Actress Oscar for ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ at the 90th Academy Awards.
→ India‘s first helicopter taxi service was launched in Bengaluru to fly passengers from Kempegowda International Airport to Electronic City.
** Current Affairs Headlines of 6th March 2018 **
→ Angela Merkel has secured her 4th term in power after Social Democratic party agreed to form another “grand coalition” govt with conservative Christian Democratic Union.
→ Buddhist Community of Itanagar celebrated the silver jubilee of the Losar Festival.
→ Centre has announced the formation of a steering committee to examine issues faced by the
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*Current Affairs Headlines of 04th March, 2018*
→ “Mega-colonies” of over 15 lakh Adélie penguins have been discovered on Danger Islands near the Antarctic peninsula.
→ 27th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Tournament Begins In Malaysia.
→ A 99-year-old Australian swimmer broke the world record for the 100-104 age category in the 50m freestyle.
→ A small village in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh is yielding clues to life in the region some 3,000 years ago.
→ An all-women crew leading the INSV Tarini docked at a port in Cape Town in South Africa, in the last phase of its maiden voyage to circumnavigate the globe.
→ Armenian lawmakers elected Armen Sarkisian as the new president of Armenia.
→ Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad submitted his resignation from the post of chairman of the junior national selection committee.
→ he 27th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey tournament begins in the Malaysian city of Ipoh.
→ India, Bangladesh and Russia have signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the construction of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.
→ Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat won a silver medal at the ongoing Asian Wrestling Championships in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
→ Karnataka inaugurated the first phase of the Pavagada solar park, which is set to become the world’s largest when it attains its full potential of 2,000 MW.
→ NASA launched another of the world’s most advanced weather satellites, this time to safeguard the western U.S.
→ Navjot Kaur became the first Indian woman to claim a gold medal in the Asian wrestling championships.
→ Olympics bronze medallist Sakshi Malik had to settle for a bronze medal in Asian championship.
→ Out of total 171.4 mn UPI transactions in February, Paytm contributed 68 million, or 40% of the total transactions, a report by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has revealed.
→ Over 1,200 Public Sector Bank frauds cumulatively worth ₹2,450 crore were carried out across India with the help of bank staff between April 2013 to June 2016, RBI data has revealed.
→ Paschim Lehar, a three-week tri-service maritime exercise off India’s western coast, in which several ships, submarines and fighter aircraft participated, has concluded.
→ RBI has decided to do away with the per borrower loan limits to Micro/ Small and Medium Enterprises for classification under priority sector lending.
→ The Indian Railways has announced that Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charges won’t be levied on passengers for booking railway tickets through debit cards.
→ The National Safety Day/Week Campaign is celebrated in India every year (organized by the National Safety Council) to commemorate the establishment of this event, 4th of March as well as enhance the safety awareness among people.
→ The Punjab National Bank (PNB) and ICICI Bank hiked the MCLR rates for loan borrowers.
→ The Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang has arrived in India on the 3-day visit. Strengthening cooperation in the key areas of defence and trade will be high on the agenda.
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*Current Affairs Headlines of 03rd March, 2018*
→ An all-women railway station is launched at Phirangipuram, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
→ Andhra Pradesh government is establishing an Academy of Adventure Sports at Gandikota village on the banks of river Pennar in Kadapa district.
→ Anil Kumar Chaudhary, now director finance st SAIL, has been chosen by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) to steer the company as its chairman.
→ Calming the students over the stressful situation created because of the ongoing exam fever, the State of Tamil Nadu has launched a 24 hour helpline for the first time in the country.
→ e-com portal, mobile app for fishermen. CMFRI has come up with a solution to help fishermen fetch better price for their catch without depending on middlemen.
→ Hetero Healthcare Ltd. said it had launched generic anti-retroviral fixed-dose combination of ‘Emtricitabine & Tenofovir Alafenamide in India.
→ India and Jordan signed an agreement in defence cooperation paving the way for a joint strategy to counter common threats.
→ India welcomed Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani’s outreach to the Taliban at the Second Kabul Conference.
→ India‘s star wrestler Vinesh Phogat has settled for Silver Medal in the 50kg Freestyle competition at the Asian Wrestling Championship in Kyrgyzstan.
→ IndusInd Bank announced its partnership with Ripple to facilitate payments into and out of India.
→ International Olympic Committee has restored Russia’s Olympic membership, following its suspension from the Winter Olympics at Pyeongchang in South Korea.
→ Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has been named as the beneficiary of a PR scheme worth “up to a billion shekels”.
→ Madurai police have come up with a new app “Cops Eye.”
→ Para-swimmer Prasanta Karmakar was suspended for 3 years by the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) due to allegations of recording videos of female para-swimmers at the National Championships 2017 in Jaipur.
→ Punjab National Bank hikes lending rates by 15 basis points to 8.30%.
→ Senior diplomat Vinay Kumar has been appointed as India’s ambassador to Afghanistan, succeeding incumbent Manpreet Vohra.
→ Sri Lanka has appointed commissioners to a special panel tasked with investigating war-era disappearances.
→ The Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) Nag was successfully flight-tested in desert conditions against two tank targets at different ranges and timings, Defence Ministry officials said.
→ The apex anti-terror body National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be the nodal authority for probing cases of human trafficking after the government approved a proposal in this regard.
→ The number of water bird species has declined by half in most habitats across the East Godavari River Estuarine Ecosystem (EGREE) region.
→ The State Bank raised its lending rates by 20 basis points to 8.15%, with immediate effect, setting the tone for the industry to follow suit.
→ The Union Cabinet okayed the draft Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill.
→ Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA).
→ Vinay Kumar appointed as Ambassador of India to Afghanistan.
→ Women and Child Development Ministry has approved projects worth over Rs 2,900 crore under the Nirbhaya fund for eight major cities to make them safer for women.
→ World Wildlife Day was observed on 3 March across the world.
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*Current Affairs Questions of 03rd March, 2018*
(1) Where the first Mega Food Park in the state of Maharashtra inaugurated ?
(A) Satara District.
(2) An all-women railway station is launched in which state ?
(A) Andhra Pradesh.
(3) Who has been appointed as India’s ambassador to Afghanistan ?
(A) Vinay Kumar.
(4) Name the app that Madurai Police has come up that would help them detect people with criminal backgrounds by clicking photographs ?
(A) Cops Eye.
(5) World Wildlife Day was observed on which date across the world ?
(A) 3rd March.
(6) Hetero Healthcare Limited has launched medicine of which disease in India ?
(A) HIV-1.
(7) Which country has appointed commissioners to a special panel tasked with investigating war-era disappearances ?
(A) Sri Lanka.
(8) How many crores did Central government to make cities safer for women ?
(A) Rs. 2900 Crore.
(9) International Olympic Committee has restored which country‘s Olympic membership ?
(A) Russia.
(10) Which country issued four postage stamps with the theme of Phagwah (Holi) in the year 1969 ?
(A) Guyana.
(11) Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of which authority recently ?
(A) National Financial Reporting Authority.
(12) How many percentage did Punjab National Bank hikes lending rates by 15 basis points ?
(A) 8.56 Percent.
(13) The State Bank raised its lending rates by 20 basis points to how much percent with immediate effect ?
(A) 8.15 percent.
(14) With how many names, India comes third in Hurun’s Global Rich List 2018 ?
(A) 131.
(15) Which state launches 24 hour helpline for students recently ?
(A) Tamil Nadu.
(16) Andhra Pradesh government is establishing an Academy of Adventure Sports at Gandikota village on the banks of which river in Kadapa district ?
(A) Pennar.
(17) According to new Trafficking of Persons Bill, which will be the nodal authority for probing cases of human trafficking ?
(A) National Investigation Agency.
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Theme 2018 : “Big Cats : Predators under Threat‘.
World Wildlife Day was observed on 3 March across the world.
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Current Affairs Headlines of 02nd March, 2018*
→ 1st Mega Food Park Inaugurated In Maharashtra.
→ Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani offered to recognise Taliban as a legitimate political group in order to end the over 16-year-long war.
→ Catholic Syrian Bank Ties Up With Celebrus Capital For Online Trading Services.
→ Creating a DNA map of the elephant family, an international team of scientists have confirmed there are three species of modern elephant, apart from the commonly known African and Asian elephants.
→ Dhanlaxmi Bank appoints Sajeev Krishnan as Director.
→ EPFO has made it mandatory to file online claims for provident fund withdrawals above Rs 10 lakh, taking another step towards becoming a paperless organisation.
→ Haryana government gave its nod to a proposal to bring in a legislation that would have a provision awarding death penalty to those guilty of raping girls aged 12 years or less.
→ Hit by nearly Rs 12,700 cr fraud, PNB appointed its general manager A K Pradhan as the Group Chief Risk Officer.
→ India’s fiscal deficit for April-January reached 113.7% of the budgeted target for the current fiscal year that ends in March 2018.
→ India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth surged to 7.2% in the December quarter of 2017-18, restoring its status as the world’s fastest-growing major economy.
→ India’s sixth-largest telecom operator Aircel filed for bankruptcy at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) claiming that it has a debt of Rs.15,500 crore.
→ Pakistani mountaineer Samina Baig appointed UNDP goodwill ambassador.
→ SBI steeply raised the retail and bulk deposits rates for various maturities by up to 0.75% with immediate effect.
→ The Catholic Syrian Bank Limited (CSB) has tied up with Celebrus Capital Ltd (Celebrus), to offer CSB’s customers online trading and demat services.
→ The CBI has booked an auto dealer in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand for allegedly siphoning off the loan amount and causing a loss of Rs.6.77 crore to Corporation Bank.
→ The Chilika lake in Odisha has emerged as the single largest habitat of Irrawaddy dolphins in the world with the spotting of 155 dolphins.
→ The Defence Ministry has started the process to set up the country’s 1st defence industrial corridor to promote industries manufacturing weapons and military equipment.
→ The Indian economy grew at a five-quarter high of 7.2% in the October-December period.
→ The mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics selected by elementary school kids were unveiled.
→ The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launches Mobile App “Dr Harsh Vardhan”.
→ Union Minister of Civil Aviation P Ashok Gajapathi Raju inaugurated the country’s first Aviation Multi Skill Development Centre at Chandigarh Airport’s old terminal.
→ Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani attended the 27th Technological Conference of Indian Jute Industries‘ Research Association (IJIRA) on Shaping the Future of Jute in Kolkata.
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*Current Affairs Headlines of 01st March, 2018*
→ A free, 24×7 dispensary for stray animals has been set up in Noida by a non-profitable group called House of Stray Animals.
→ Belgium’s capital Brussels will provide free public transport on days of excessive air pollution under new emergency rules.
→ Catholic Syrian Bank Limited and Celebrus Capital Ltd have announced a new partnership to offer CSB’s customers online trading and demat services.
→ E-commerce giant Amazon has agreed to buy US-based video doorbell startup Ring, the companies confirmed.
→ Eminent Odia writer Kanakalata Mohanty passed away. She was 82.
→ Germany and France-based researchers have recorded 100 million distance values per second, demonstrating the fastest distance measurement so far.
→ Gujarat Chief Minister Rupani pitches for One Nation One election.
→ Holi Festival 2018 will begin in the evening of Thursday, 1 March and ends in the evening of Friday, 2 March.
→ India has come up with best ever performance at the 69th Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Bulgaria.
→ Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani released ‘India 2018‘ (English Version) and ‘Bharat 2018‘ (Hindi Version). The books are published by the Publications Division.
→ Karnataka defeated Saurashtra by 41 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final on Tuesday to win the tournament for the third time.
→ Shri Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for setting up of a National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts at I.I.T Chennai.
→ Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal, the senior seer of Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt situated in Tamil Nadu, passed away. He was 82-years-old.
→ Team India captain Virat Kohli and his Proteas counterpart Faf du Plessis have donated Rs.5.5 lakh to the Cape Town Water Crisis on behalf of both the teams for drought relief efforts in Cape Town.
→ Tennis legend Roger Federer became the most decorated winner in the history of Laureus World Sports Awards after he won twin honors at the 18th edition of the awards ceremony in Monaco.
→ The central government has sanctioned ₹1,200 crore for schemes to tackle air pollution in Delhi, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has said.
→ The Chilika lake in Odisha has emerged as the single largest habitat of Irrawaddy dolphins in the world with the spotting of 155 such animals, according to the Chilika Development Authority (CDA).
→ The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian Ocean Rim Association’s Regional Center for Science and Technology Transfer.
→ The Davis Cup, in existence since 1900, may be converted into a ‘World Cup of Tennis’ from next year.
→ The moon will get its first 4G mobile network next year to allow lunar exploration vehicles to stream high-definition data back to a base station.
→ The Railway Ministry said it aims to install sanitary pad dispensers and incinerators at about 200 stations by International Women’s Day on March 8.
→ The SC has asked the National Legal Services Authority to look into the issue of overcrowding of prisons.
→ The Union Government is going to roll out Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBAR-DHAN) scheme.
→ To warn people of pollution hotspots, the National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies is rolling out a project to install pollution sensors at the Capital’s traffic junctions.
→ Union Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Uma Bharti launched the Swajal pilot project at Village Bhikampura in Rajasthan.
→ Union Rural Development Ministry sanctioned more than Rs. 700 crore for 43 roads and 15 bridges under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for Arunachal Pradesh.
→ Zero Discrimination Day is observed across the world on 1 March.
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