DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 28TH MAR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 28^TH MAR 2017

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1. NGT ORGANISES WORLD CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT IN NEW DELHI

i. The National Green Tribunal conducted the WORLD CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT at the country’s capital, New Delhi.

ii. The 2 day conference concluded with a high note in urging the importance for the sustainable development balancing which is the need to protect the environment.

iii. The conference was inaugurated by the President of India, Shri PRANAB MUKHERJEE.

2. AADHAAR CARD CANNOT BE MADE MANDATORY FOR CENTRAL WELFARE SCHEME: SUPREME COURT

i. With the growing dependence on Aadhaar card for all kinds of monetary and social benefits, the Supreme Court of India ruled out that Aadhaar card cannot be made mandatory for central welfare schemes.

ii. However, the apex court also accepted that it can’t stop the government from linking the Aadhaar card for opening bank accounts or filing tax returns.

iii. As per the critics of Aadhaar, government is violating a Supreme Court order of October 2015 which specified that the Universal Identification Document cannot be made mandatory for government schemes. It alleged that UIDAI is getting biometric details through private agencies, which violated citizens’ fundamental rights.

iv. According to the government, use of Aadhaar simplifies delivery and helps make the system more transparent and efficient.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 27TH MAR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 27^TH MAR 2017

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1. 94 OUT OF 500 CITIES RATED BY AMRUT

i. As insisted by Mr. M.Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, 500 cities and towns that account for the 65% of India’s urban population are to be credit rated by Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation. Out of these 500 cities, 94 cities got its rating from AMRUT.

ii. Based on the report released by the Minister, 55 out of 94 cities have got Investment grade ratings which account 59% of the rated cities spread across 14 states. These 500 cities are included in Smart city mission.

2. 2017 NATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL CONCLUDED IN KERALA

i .The National Theatre Festival 2017 was held in Tagore Theatre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

ii. The festival was inaugurated by state CM Pinarayi Vijayan at Central School Grounds, Attakkulangara.

iii. The 2017 edition of the festival was dedicated to one of the prominent personality of Indian theatre, the late Kavalam Narayana Panikkar.

3.  2017 INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND CONFERENCE HOSTED BY GJEPC IN MUMBAI

i. The 2017 International Diamond Conference was held at Hotel Hyatt, Mumbai.

ii. The 2 day conclave was organized by Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India.

iii. Its aim is to Bringing together the leading Miners, Diamantaires, Retailers, Bankers and Analysts from across the globe on a platform to discuss the supply and demand issues faced by the Global Diamond Industry.

iv. Theme of the conference was Mines to Market 2017.

v. Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Minister of State for Commerce and Industry (I/C) and Shri. Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, were the chief guests at the event.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 26TH MAR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 26^TH MAR 2017

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1. BIHAR’S TECHNICAL MOVE: FREE WI-FI FOR STUDENTS

i. As Indian government is trying to digitize the whole of India through DIGITAL INDIA campaign, Bihar state made a good move to help this by providing free-Wi-Fi for students.

ii. It is launched by CM Nitish Kumar on the occasion of Bihar Divas celebrations. This move is to provide free- zones in colleges and universities which will be helpful for the student studies.

2. OSMANIA UNIVERSITY TO HOST 105TH INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS

i. The 105th session of Indian Science Congress will be hosted by Osmania University, Hyderabad during January 3-7, 2018.

ii. The theme of the session of Indian Science Congress is 'Science and Technology - Reaching the Unreached’. This will be the 6th time that the university will be hosing the conferrer.

3. SEEDING OF JAN DHAN ACCOUNTS – LEAD BY ANDHRA PRADESH

i. On the event of demonetization, more number of Jan Dhan accounts came into existence and it is seeded through Aadhaar card numbers.

ii. Andhra Pradesh tops the list with most number of aadhaar cards linked with Jan dhan accounts.

iii. 87.73% of its accounts are seeded by aadhaar numbers and this was followed by Tripura at 87.08% and Telangana 83.56%.

iv. By this move, 01 Cr Jan dhan accounts are created and Aadhaar-seeded accounts has risen to 63.61%. By this linking, transparency in the banking account will be achieved and it will be easy to track all IT returns.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 25TH MAR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 25^TH MAR 2017

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1. 18TH EDITION OF ASIA’S LARGEST CONVENTION ON THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT “FICCI FRAMES-2017”

i. The 3 day 18th edition of FICCI Frames was inaugurated by Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez in the presence of Union Information and Broadcasting Secretary Ajay Mittal in Mumbai.

ii. This year theme was ‘Digital: Divide or dividend’.

iii. The annual Conference of Media and Entertainment Industry is one of the largest conference in Asia.

2. 23RD CONFERENCE OF AUDITORS GENERAL OF COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AND BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES HELD IN NEW DELHI

i. For the 1st time India host the 3 day Conference of Auditors General of Commonwealth Countries and British Overseas Territories from March 21-23, 2017 in New Delhi.

ii. Theme of the conference was “Fostering Partnerships for Capacity Development in Public Audit”.

iii. An Auditors General of Tanzania and Canada held discussion with 2 sub-themes -Leveraging Technology in Public Audit, and Environment Audit: A Commonwealth Perspective.

iv. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley participated in the conference. 22nd Conference of Auditors General of Commonwealth Countries and British Overseas Territories was held in Malta in 2014.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 24TH MAR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 24^TH MAR 2017

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1.  CABINET APPROVALS ON MARCH 22, 2017

i. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the PM Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for development of 403 kms of National Highways in Meghalaya and Mizoram and also approved the Deepening and Widening of Mumbai Harbour Channel and JN Port Channel (Phase-II) project with fresh estimates.

ii. Government has decided to amend the Constitution for setting up the National Commission for socially and Educationally Backward Classes as a constitutional body for socially and economically backward classes.

iii. The Union Cabinet approved the following proposals with regards to NABARD Act, 1981 during the cabinet meeting.

iv. The cabinet approved the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the US Homeland Security Department on cooperation in the field of Cyber Security.

v. The government gave its approval to amend the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.

vi. Central also approved the following proposals with regard to the Fund of Funds of Start-ups which was established in June 2016 with a corpus of Rs. 10000 cr.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 23 & 24 MARCH

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 23 & 24 MARCH

1. WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE 2017 WORLD WATER DAY?

a) Why Waste Water?

b) Water and Sustainable Development

c) Better Water, Better Jobs

d) Water and Jobs

ANS - A

2. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL?

a) Gurdeep Singh

b) Ankur Khanna

c) Jayesh Pundit

d) Subhash Rathore

ANS - B

3. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE ON A FULL TIME BASIS?

a) Nripendra Puri

b) Girish Chowdhary

c) Ramesh Verma

d) Upendra Tripathy

ANS - D

4. WHICH AMONG THE GIVEN MOBILE COMPANY HAS LAUNCHED THE MOBILE PAYMENT SERVICE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN INDIA?

a) Sony Mobile

b) Microsoft

c) Samsung Electronics

d) Apple Inc

ANS - C

5. ASSAM GOVERNMENT HAS SET A TARGET TO TRANSFORM MAJULI INTO INDIA’S FIRST CARBON NEUTRAL DISTRICT BY WHICH YEAR?

a) 2023

b) 2020

c) 2019

d) 2021

ANS - B

6.  WHO HAS BEEN AWARDED THE 2017 ABEL PRIZE?

a) Andrew J. Wiles

b) Yves Meyer

c) Yakov Sinai

d) Louis Nirenberg

ANS - B

7.  WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE 2017 WORLD METEOROLOGICAL DAY?

a) Weather and Climate: Engaging Youth

b) Climate Knowledge for Climate Action

c) Hotter, Drier, Wetter, Face the Future

d) Understanding Clouds

ANS - D

8.  WHO IS THE WINNER OF THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING SPORT FEDERATION SHOTGUN WORLD CUP, MEXICO, IN MEN’S DOUBLE TRAP EVENT?

a) Ankur Mittal

b) Subhankar Pramanick

c) Gagan Narang

d) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

ANS - A

9.  HOW MUCH AMOUNT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 403 KMS OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS IN MEGHALAYA AND MIZORAM DURING A CABINET MEETING?

a) Rs. 5,999 cr

b) Rs 6,721 cr

c) Rs. 6,500 cr

d) Rs. 7,120 cr

ANS - B

10.  NAME THE INDIAN JOURNALIST WHO HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THE INAUGURAL KULDIP NAYAR JOURNALISM AWARD?

a) Rohit Sardana

b) Barkha Dutt

c) Ravish Kumar

d) Sudhir Choudhary

ANS - C

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 23RD MAR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 23^RD MAR 2017

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1. CENTRE APPROVES OVER 1.17 LAKH MORE HOUSES FOR URBAN POOR AT RS. 5,773 CR

i. The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation approved construction of new 1,17,814 affordable houses under the Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana (Urban) for the benefit of urban poor in six States namely Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Kerala and Karnataka.

ii. The total cost of the project is Rs.5,773 cr for which central assistance of Rs.1,816 cr has been approved.

iii. The construction project is being undertaken under 2 categories: Beneficiary Led Construction and Affordable Housing in Partnership component. Central assistance of Rs.1.50 lakh is provided for each beneficiary.

iv. Under BLC, beneficiaries are assisted to build own houses on the land available with them or take up improvement works for increasing living space and other amenities. Under AHP, State Government provides the land to house urban poor.

v .Thus the total number of houses being taken up for construction for the benefit of urban poor under PMAY(Urban) has gone up to 17,60,507 with total project cost of Rs.96,018 cr for which central assistance of Rs.27,714 cr has been approved.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 21 & 22 MARCH

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 21 & 22 MARCH

1. HOW MANY INDIAN HAS BEEN NAMED IN THE 2017 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM’S 100 YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS LIST?

a) Five

b) Four

c) Six

d) Seven

ANS - A

2. WHEN IS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HAPPINESS OBSERVED?

a) March 21

b) March 19

c) March 20

d) March 18

ANS - C

3. THE SOLAR ENERGY SCHEME APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR SMALL POWERLOOM UNITS WILL COME INTO EFFECT FROM WHICH DATE?

a) May 1, 2017

b) April 30,2017

c) March 31, 2017

d) April 1, 2017

ANS - D

4. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW MD & CEO OF THE INDIAN BANK?

a) P Srinivasan

b) Kishore Piraji Kharat

c) Ravindra Prabhakar Marathe

d) Mahesh Kumar Jain

ANS - B

5. THE NAND NIKETAN TOWNSHIP WHICH BECAME INDIA’S FIRST PRIVATE SECTOR TOWNSHIP TO GO FULLY CASHLESS IS LOCATED IN WHICH STATE?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Bihar

c) Gujarat

d) Rajasthan

ANS - C

6.  WHO AMONG THE GIVEN HAS BECOME THE 1ST WOMEN BELONGING TO PRIVATE SECTOR TO BE APPOINTED AS THE FULL-TIME MEMBER OF SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA?

a) Madhabi Puri Buch

b) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

c) Sara Blakely

d) Kalpana Morparia

ANS - A

7.  THE SECOND INDIA-UAE CONFERENCE ON GLOBALIZATION WAS HELD IN WHICH CITY?

a) Bangaluru

b) New Delhi

c) Abu Dhabi

d) Dubai

ANS - D

8.  WHO HAS BEEN HONORED WITH THE KIRTI CHAKRA BY PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE?

a) Ramesh Pratap Singh

b) Major Rohit Suri

c) Vijay Kumar

d) Gursevak Singh

ANS - B

9.  THE INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE DICTIONARY SOON TO BE LAUNCHED BY THE GOVERNMENT IS BEING DEVELOPED BY WHICH ORGANIZATION?

a) Sign Language Interpreters Association of New Zealand

b) Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada

c) World Federation of the Deaf

d) Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre

ANS - D

10.  WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS?

a) Forests and Energy

b) Forests | Climate | Change

c) My Forest, Our Future

d) Forests and Water

ANS - A

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 22TH MAR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 22^TH MAR 2017

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1. GOVERNMENT SET TO LAUNCH INDIA’S FIRST SIGN LANGUAGE DICTIONARY SOON

i. The government has planned to soon launch India’s state of the art dictionary depicting the sign languages used by hearing and speech impaired people across the nation to bring uniformity and bridge the communication gap.

ii. The Indian Sign Language dictionary is being developed by the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre in both print and video format.

iii. ISLRTC has so far compiled 6,032 Hindi and English words and their corresponding graphic representation of the signs which are used in daily life.

iv. The ISL dictionary consists of graphic representations of popular signs used by the hearing impaired and will also include regional variations along with legal, technical and medical terms.

v. Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre is an autonomous organization of the Government of India established under Society Registration Act, 1860 under the aegis of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

vi. The main objectives of ISLRTC are to develop manpower for using, teaching and conducting research in Indian Sign Language, to promote the use of ISL as an educational mode in collaboration with universities, national and international bodies.

2. BIRAC’S 5TH FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATED ON MARCH 20-21, 2017

i. The Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council has celebrated its 5th foundation day on March 20-21 with the theme “BIRAC@5: Impacting the Biotech Ecosystem”.

ii. Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, was the Chief Guest of 2017 foundation day while Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Y S Chowdary was the Guest of Honour.

iii. The foundation day celebration was followed by Grand Challenges India Meeting 2017 which was organized by the BIRAC – PMU of DBT – BMGF and Wellcome Trust.

3. MUKESH AMBANI TOPS THE FORBES’S BILLIONAIRE LIST IN INDIA

i. According to the report released by Forbes, India has 4th highest number of billionaires in the World and the Indian group is led by Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani.

ii. Top 3 Billionaire are Bill Gates, Microsoft Co-Founder          $ 86 billion, Warren Buffet, Berkshire Hathaway Chief $75.6 billion and Jeff Bezos, Amazon $72.8 billion.

iii. Top 3 Indian Billionaires are Mukesh Ambani Reliance Industries $ 23.2 billion, Lakshmi Mittal      Arcelor Mittal $ 16.4 billion and Azim Premji Wipro Ltd $ 14.9 billion.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 21ST MAR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 21^ST MAR 2017

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1. GOVERNMENT APPROVES SOLAR ENERGY SCHEME FOR SMALL POWERLOOM UNITS

i. Shri Ajay Tamta, The Minister of State for Textiles, informed the Lok Sabha that the Government has approved a new scheme, Solar Energy Scheme, to provide financial assistance/capital subsidy to small powerloom units, for installation of Solar Photo Voltaic  plant.

ii. Its aim is to mitigate the problem of power cut/ shortage faced by decentralized powerloom units in the country so as to improve efficiency, utilization, productivity to face both the domestic and international markets competitively.

iii. The Scheme is meant for Units having 04, 06 & 08 powerlooms and subsidies for different SPV plants will be given in the range of Rs 2,25,000 to Rs 8,55,000 depending upon the capacity of the SPV plant.

iv. The Scheme will come into force with effect from April 1, 2017.

v. Under the Solar Energy Scheme, the Solar Photo Voltaic (SPV) plant will be implemented in two modes:On-Grid Solar Power Plant and Off-Grid Solar Power Plant.

2. INDIA’S LONGEST ROAD TUNNEL, CHENENI-NASHIRI TUNNEL READY FOR OPENING

i. The longest road tunnel of India built at Cheneni in Jammu’s Udhampur district has successfully completed its trail run and is ready for public opening.

ii. The longest tunnel connecting Chenani and Nashiri town is likely to be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi by the end of March.

iii. The trial run was successfully carried out between March 9-15 during both peak and non peak hours.

iv. The 9-km-long tunnel passes through the Himalayas and is a part of the 286-km-long four-lane project on Jammu- Srinagar National Highway.

v. The tunnel is 1st in India to be equipped with world class integrated tunnel control system through which ventilation, signals, fire control, communication and electrical systems will be automatically actuated.

3. UNION CABINET CLEARS 4 GST SUPPLEMENTARY LEGISLATIONS FOR INTRODUCTION TO PARLIAMENT

i. The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Shri Narendra Modi has approved the 4 supporting GST legislations on March 20.

ii. The 4 supporting legislations are the Compensation Law, the Central-GST, Integrated-GST and Union Territory-GST.

iii. Once the Parliament approves the Bill, the states would start taking their SGST bill for discussion and passage in the respective state assemblies.

iv. Once the new GST regime is into effect it will subsume central taxes like excise and service tax and state levies like VAT.

v. A composite GST will be charged on sale of goods or rendering of services while the revenue would be shared between the Centre and the states in almost equal proportion.

4. FIVE INDIANS NAMED IN WEF’S 100 YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS LIST 2017

i. The annual World Economic Forum’s 100 Young Global Leaders list released for the year 2017 have given place to five Indians for their innovative approaches.

ii. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder & CEO PayTm, Shruti Shibulal, The Tamara Hospitality,Ambarish Mitra, Founder and CEO of Blippar, a mobile phone app.

iii. Hindol Sengupta and Rwitwika Bhattacharya-Agarwal, Editor-at-large, Fortune India and Founder and CEO of Swaniti Initiative.

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