DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 30 MARCH 2016
(Daily News India)
1. PM
REACHES BRUSSELS FOR INDIA-EU SUMMIT
i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived
in Brussels under his three-nation tour to Belgium, the US and Saudi Arabia.
ii. During the visit Modi will attend
the India-EU summit and the global nuclear security summit in the US.
2. INDIA
RANKS THIRD GLOBALLY IN FINANCIAL TROJAN INFECTIONS
i. India ranks third among countries
with high number of financial Trojan infections.
ii. Earlier India was at 5th
position in 2014 and now the rank is improved after global detections have
reduced.
iii. Financial Trojans is used to
defraud customers of online banking services.
3. ARUN
JAITLEY LAUNCHES 'MAKE IN INDIA' CONFERENCE IN SYDNEY
i. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has
launched Make in India conference in Sydney.
ii. The main purpose of the launch is to
promote make in India.
iii. He said for two consecutive years
Indai will be the fastest growing economy in the world.
4. 112
WOULD BE THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY NUMBER IN INDIA
i. 112 would be the default emergency
response number for any situation in India.
ii. Already 100 is
the emergency number to contact police, then 101 is for fire emergency, 102 is
for health emergency and 108 is for emergency situation related to disasters.
iv. All these services are regulated by
the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India for providing immediate help to
public.
CHAIRMAN OF TRAI - R.S
SHARMA.
5.
MANOHAR PARRIKAR FLAGED OFF INDIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUS SONAR DOME
i. India’s first indigenous sonar dome
a ship was today flagged off by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
ii. It is manufactured by a Defence and
Research Development Organisation.
iii. It is a huge contribution by
Indian Industry to the ‘Make in India’ movement
iv. Anti-submarine warfare ships have a
sonar array fitted to the ship structure below the waterline.
v. It functions as the ship’s
underwater eyes and ears.
vi. The sonar dome is a structure
fitted over the sonar array so that its electronics and sensors are not exposed
to surrounding hostile environment.
6.
GOVERNMENT PERMITS 100% FDI IN ONLINE MARKETPLACES
i. The government permitted 100% FDI in
the marketplace format of e-commerce retailing with a view to attract more
foreign investors.
ii. Presently, global online retailer
giants like Amazon and ebay are operating online marketplaces in India.
iii. The government is promoting FDI
for attracting maximum money from foreign investors.
7.
REGISTRATION OF 22 NBFCS HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY RBI
i. The Reserve Bank of India has
cancelled registration of 22 non-banking financial companies including Amazan
Capital and Mascot Commerce.
ii. The registration of these NBFCs is canceled
under Section 45-IA (6) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
iii. Earlier RBI had canceled
registration of six other NBFCs for not following RBI’s policies under the RBI
act 1934 for not following RBI’s policies.
