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INDIAN AFFAIRS
IWAI instigated two vital projects on NW-2
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has introduced two prime projects
for National Waterway No 2, a section of the Brahmaputra River between the Bangladesh
border and Sadiya (Assam).
These two facilities will encourage the Inland Water Transport users to interpose
into environment friendly mode of transportation.
Development of a ship repair facility (Slipway Project) at Pandu, Guwahati with an outlay
of Rs 50.76 crore.
Mustafabad village near Yamuna nagar district has a population of around 8500 people
In the past 10 years, the billionaire counts in India jumped by 333% against the global
rate of 68%.
The cities are expected to improve their rankings to 14 and 29 by 2025, globally.
They are designed by Eram scientific solution who have provided 1600 such e-toilets in
16 Indian states to various private organizations
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Each toilet cleans itself with 5 litres of water after 3 min usage and 4.5 litres if
usage period is longer
43 toilets are specially for women with a sanitary napkin generator and an incinerator
The Bill intends to review the liability limit for damage in case of death or bodily injury
for each person
A high level meeting held on Tuesday consisting of IT Minister KT Rama Rao, Energy
Minister G Jagadish Reddy, Housing Minister A Indrakaran Reddy and officials of power
sector held a discussion with ESSL to supply LED at lower prices
The Parks are mean to preserve the legacy of the South Asian Games concluded
recently in Guwahati and Shillong.
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These Parks will would be set up at Guwahati University and Shillong based North
Eastern Hill University.
The boat is being built by NavAlt, a Kochi based joint venture, in collaboration with a
French company. The Project cost is estimated to be 1.7 crore.
The boat is 20 meter long, 7 m wide with a maximum cruising speed of 7.5 knots
The boat is being built by NavAlt, a Kochi based joint venture, in collaboration with a
French company. The Project cost is estimated to be 1.7 crore.
There was a common idea among participants that A Lack of political will, mistrust and
poor regional security are the biggest barriers in the way of fully economically Integrated
South Asian Region.
Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga, former Afghan President Hamid
Karzai and the Bangladeshi foreign Minister Mahmood Ali those who shared chair with
External Affairs Minister Sushma in the Inauguration Ceremony of the Dialogue.
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The bill was presented as a Money Bill, that will not need approval from the Rajya Sabha
to become Legislation, if it is not returned to the lower house within 14 days of its receipt
by the Upper House.
It will provide statutory support to Aadhaar for its use for transferring government
subsidies and benefits to Indians.
The up gradation will be two lane with paved shoulder and geometric improvements
of NH 54 in Mizoramand NH 51in Meghalaya.
Interest rates on the loan for Construction works and procurement of materials associated
with are 1.4% per annum and for consulting services is 0.01%.
The polls will be held between April 4 and May 16, the counting of votes in all five
states and one Union Territory will be done on May 19.
Chief Election commissioner Nazim Zaidi announced the Poll dates in New Delhi. 824
assembly constituencies going to polls in these states and UT.
The loan of Rs. 1000 crores comes as a relief to the organization when it needs to clear
its debts and augment production.
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The festival is celebrated every year with great pomp and show in March after
theycomplete the Jhum operation, the shifting of agriculture by clearing jungle. It is
believed that the festival started during 1450 AD-1700 AD.
During the decadal celebration, Nagaland CII informed that only 7% of the Right To
Information applications are rejected in Nagaland making it one of the best in the whole
country
Buckchem Phom revealed that the theme of CII in Nagaland was Trust operating
through Transparency
The conference, hosted by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra mahajan, is being attended
by former President Pratibha Patil, Union ministersSushma Swaraj, Najma Heptullah
and Maneka Gandhi, Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel, former Delhi CM Sheila
Dikshit, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, among others
Bangladesh Jatiyo Samshad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will chair a session
of the 2 day conference
President having inaugurated the National conference expressed his concern over the
33% reservation for women in legislation
He told that despite proposing 33% reservation for women in parliament the
In an effort to make Indian Railways technology driven, the national transporter will set up
its in-house research wing,SRESHTA(Special Railway Establishment for Strategic
Technology and Holistic Advancement) comprising of mostly scientists and railway experts.
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What will it do? - Responsible for long term research to improve the functioning of
Railways.
The Pre-British era revenue law was replaced by UP Revenue Code (Amendment)
Bill, 2016
The bill was presented in the legislative assembly by Revenue minister Shivpal Singh
Yadav
The bill permits Dalits to sell their land even if they are left out with less than 5 acres
The Project envisages Computerisation and networking of all postal mail, accounts and
administrative offices through WAN (Wide Area Network) also to set up centralised
data centre and Disaster recovery centre.
Infosys is the Service provider for rural system integrator and Telecommunication
Consultant India ltd is the lead partner with Ricoh India ltd for Hardware & Maintenance.
Gyan Sangam is a retreat for banks and financial Institutions. It was held for the first
time last year.
State minister of finance, Jayant sinha told that the transformation has to be carried out
in phases
Oil Ministry laid out the foundation stone of Octomax unit at Mathura
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan laid out the foundation stone for Octomax unit in the oil
refinery at Mathura.
Octomax unit is the countrys first high octane gasoline production unit
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The Sex ratio has come down in Gujarat placing it at 22nd rank in the Nation
The Sex ratio in Gujarat has fallen significantly from 920 in 2001 to 919 in 2011.It is a fall
against the overall 10 points increase in the average of sex ratio of the Nation.
Flash points
The socio-economic review presented in the state assembly revealed that the sex ratio of
Gujarat was 919 against the National sex ratio which is 943
With 919 females for every 1000 males, Gujarat ranked 22nd among 28 states as per the
2011 Census
The sex ratio in rural areas have increased while that in urban areas have remained
low
In rural areas of the state, it has increased by 4 points from 945 in 2001 to 949 in
2011 while in urban areas it remained at 880 in both the years
Among the tribal areas, tribal district of Tapi is at the first position with a sex ratio
of 1007 followed by other tribal districts Dang (1006) and Dahod (990)
The last place is occupied by Surat with just 787 preceded by Ahmedabad with 904
River Information System like ATC to Be Launched for Inland Waterways Traffic
Union Government proposes to launch a River Information System (RIS) the system is similar
to Air Traffic Control.
The BRICS Friendship Conclave is a joint initiative of Ministry of External Affairs and
Maharashtra Government to be held between April 14 and 16 this year.
The three Cities are among the twenty cities which have been announced by the Urban
Development Ministry.
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Germany helped India in the selection process of the cities consists of three delegations
from Germany , Two of them from Urban Development Ministry and One from Ministry of
Housing and Poverty Alleviation.
ICICI and IIT Delhi have designed iWork @ home platform which enables the women
workers to work from home
The platform has a facial recognition technology which enables authenticity of the
worker.
Air India Runs the first Longest all Women Flight
As an initiative to promote women joining in Aviation sector, Air India flew its first worlds
longest all women flight from New Delhi to San Francisco.
The flight, which travelled a distance of around 14,500 kilometre in close to 17 hours,
was operated as part of International Womens Day celebrations
The worlds longest non-stop flight, entire flight operations from cockpit crew to cabin
crew, check-in staff, doctor, customer care staff, ATC (air traffic control) and the
entire ground handling were handled by women
TATA Housing- SBI Launch Special Home Loan for Women
As a part of the global Womens day celebrations various organizations launch special plans for
women. Tata housing also joined the list by tying up with SBI to provide special home loan.
Real estate developer Tata Housing has partnered with the countrys largest
lender,State Bank of India
TATA Housing allows the women to pay just 20% of the loan initially and the
remaining amount can be paid after taking the possession of the property
SBI Life Smart Women Advantage plan provides for life cover, savings and femalespecific critical illness benefits
Women Representation in Indian Parliament Slips
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India though remains to be the largest democracy in the world has been given
only 144thrank in terms of women representation in legislation across the globe
Last year it was in 117th position among 188 nations and the scenario collapsed
to144 among 191 countries in February 2016
The total % of women in parliament accounts for a meager 12% in Lok Sabha and 8%
in Rajya Sabha and an average of 22% on the whole
Rwanda ranks No 1 with 8% women in the lower house of parliament and 38.5% in
the upper house
Mahila e-Haat portal launched by Union Government
With the aim of supporting the as Self help groups of women to sell their products the Union
Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launched Mahila e-Haat
portal in New Delhi.
Flash points
The product along with photograph description, cost and mobile no./address of the
participants will be displayed on the e-Haat enabling direct contact between
sellers/service providers and buyers
Rahstriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) is primarily involved in the creation of the portal and the
entire business of e-Haat can be handled through mobile phone
The two day summit is organized by the state government of Haryana along with CII
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interests in the property will vest with the Custodian. No laws and customs governing
succession will be applicable to these properties
September last year that emphasizes the success rate of states in implementing 98 regulatory
reforms is offset with the NACER data.
The list of 21 states that kept on survey, Gujarat, New Delhi and Tamilnadu as the top
Industries ranked Uttarakhand (32.5%) as the least corrupt state and Tamil Naduas
the most corrupt with 100% of the survey participants voting against it. The bottom
three parameters where industries have least concerns are availability of unskilled labour,
availability of water and labour relations.
The objective of the mooted policy is to promote optimum utilisation of wind energy
resources by creating facilitative framework for repowering.
The policy mooted by Ministry of New and Renewable energy will float a draft for
repowering of Wind power projects in the country.
Last month President Pranab Mukherjee announced that women will be allowed in all
combat roles in the armed forces
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Bhawna Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh are likely to create history as
Indias first women fighter pilots
The Saudi Arabias foreign minister was on two day visit to India during the visit Union
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held extensive talks with her Saudi Arabian
counterpart Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir in New Delhi.
The bill was passed in Lok Sabha following a voice vote during the winter session in
December, 2015
The Bill extends the ambit of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to include services,
processes and products while ensuring production of world class goods
During the media launch of Maritime summit, Union minister of Shipping Nitin
Gadkaritold that 57 countries are likely to participate in the summit
The two day Maritime summit is conducted by India and South Korea
A wide array of investment opportunities and collaborations are expected both at the
national and the international level at the event
The main focus of summit is to give impetus to Make In India and blue economy
The shipping ministry is targeting around 1.2 trillion in investment from the event
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Having been passed in the Rajya Sabha, It would be kept before The President for his assent
in the bill. The bill comes under Entry 24 of the Union List of the Seventh Schedule of the
Constitution.
Additional 101 waterways as national waterways identified under the bill The
Schedule of the Bill also specifies the extent of development to be undertaken on each
waterway.
India currently has five inland waterways as national waterways. These include
waterways on Ganga from Haldia to Allahabad and on Brahmaputra from Dhubri to
Sadiya and others.
The Waterways Bill revokes the five Acts that declare the existing national waterways.
These five national waterways are now covered under the Bill.
Cycling event of Indian Army with theme Cycle to Recycle flagged off
To create public awareness about the need of nature and environment conservation, a 10-member
army team boarded upon a 1,000-km bicycle journey from Pangsau Pass in the India-Myanmar
border.
The journey organised as part of the Assam Rifles 181st raising day celebrations was
flagged off by Brigadier DK Singh, commander of the 25 Sector Assam Rifles
This Decision comes from West Bengal government days after Madras High Court
mandated all the Private Schools to Sing National Anthem during morning Assembly.
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Union Cabinet Nods to the new Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy
The Union Cabinet, presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the Hydrocarbon
Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP).
Flash Points
The HELP will replace the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP)
It will enhance domestic oil and gas production, bring substantial investment in the
sector and generate sizable employment. The policy also targets the enhancement of
transparency and reduction of administrative discretion
It will provide Uniform license for exploration and production of all forms of hydrocarbon
including CBM, shale gas/oil, tight gas and gas hydrates under a single license
The concept of Open Acreage Policy will enable Exploration & Production (E&P)
companies choose the blocks from the designated area
The proposal gave green signal to remove the exception given to Sehajdhari Sikhs in
1944 to vote in the elections for selecting members of the board and the committees
constituted under the Act
The Sehajdhari Sikhs were continuously exercising their voting rights in the SGPC
elections since 1949
In 2003, the Union Home Ministry debarred the Sehajdhari Sikhs from voting by
amending the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925
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It is the Bay of Bengal Initiative on Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
It comprises seven countries Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka
and Thailand
Data sharing centre will extend expertise in core macroeconomic and financial
management areas. This would be the first such initiative in Asia. An agreement will
be ratified in this regard by IMF chief Christine Lagarde and Prime Minister Narendra
Modi.
The proposed amendment will permit transfer of captive mines granted on discretion
to spur merger and acquisitions in the mining sector
The amended bill to help in checking the stressed and non-performing assets of Indian
Banking industry also push the stuck M&A deals could be moved in the right direction.
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Kakrapar nuclear plant shut down after coolant system develops leak
A power generation unit at nuclear powered Kakrapar atomic power Plant in Gujarat was
shut down after leakage developed of heavy water.
A break in the coolant system of one of the nuclear reactors at Kakrapar Gujarat,Plant
authorities confirmed that there was no harmful, radioactive leakage and the backup
safety mechanisms that were made back up.
Unit 1 of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station, which was operating at its rated
power, had to be shut down, consequent to a small leak in the Primary Heat Transport
(PHT) System.
3 Railway projects:
1. Patna Rail-cum-road Bridge
2. Mokama double line Railway bridge
3. Munger rail-cum-road Bridge
Govt to computerise all ration shops by 2019
Government aims to computerise the PDS sector to help remove corruption in PDS,by installing
electronic Point of Sale (ePoS) devices at all the 5.35 lakh fair price shops across the country by
March 2017.
Government has also started a pilot project linking the PDS with Aadhar card
under Direct Benefit Transfer scheme in Puducherry, Chandigarh and in urban areas of
Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
The cost of such e-PoS, is around Rs 20,000 and a total sum of Rs 884 crore has been
earmarked and the Centre will spend a total of Rs 879 crore while states will spend Rs
393 crore under the scheme.
The government has been supporting organic farming and it targeting in a bright future.
The demand for crops cultivated using organic manure is increasing. The people should
also accept organic farming,
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During her visit the Mexican Foreign Minister also interacted with the private sector in a
business event organized with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and delivered a
lecture in the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) on the subject Mexico in the
international context and its relations with India.
In the course of the official visit the yembark on a complete review of the entire range of
bilateral relations comprising political, commercial & trade, financial, technical and other
areas to further increase and strengthen cooperation.
CJI Justice Thakur inaugurated the dedicated digitization centre of the High court.
Postal department released a postage stamp and a Souvenir of the High court.
The Conference was attended by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and Prime
Minister Narendra Modi delegations from Indian side.
Key issues for discussion include slowing potential growth, rising debt, infrastructure
bottlenecks, regional integration, and the role of trade and other structural
reforms in boosting output and macroeconomic resilience.
International Monetary Fund endorsed monetary policies of central banks in Europe and
Japan, even as policymakers from emerging markets warned that such policies were
increasing risks for the global economy. The Conference held in New Delhi from March
11-13.
UP GOVT Shows Green Signal To Kanpur Metro Project, Senior Citizen Policy
UP Govt approved a policy for senior citizens recently under which it will establish old age homes
for them. The Govt has also declared to raise monthly pension from Rs. 300 to Rs. 400.
The policy will come into effect from 1 April 2016 and the social welfare department has been
made the nodal agency for this new policy.
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The policy was formulated under which old age homes and juvenile homes would be set
up under one roof
The policy reserves 25 percent seats in these old age homes for the BPL families who
will be provided free residence and food
The Govt has also approved the Kanpur Metro Rail Project. The details of which are
below:
The project would cover 32 km through two corridors spanning over 31 stations, including
19 elevated and 12 underground ones
Start-ups will receive seed funding worth Rs 15 lakh in return for a minority stake.
Of the 300 applications received this year, Eduglid has selected four companies for its
accelerator programme.
The new policy was framed by the Industries and Commerce department
The new policy sought views from various departments which includes power, finance,
law, justice, planning and development, parliamentary affairs etc
The new policy incorporates e-governance for registration of Industrial units in a timebound manner
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The maximum punishment for social boycotting will be 7 years in prison or fine up
to 5 lakh rupees or both
The maximum punishment for extending aid in relation to the commission of offence will
be 3 years or 3 lakh rupees or both
The victim or any member of his family may file a complaint either through the police or
directly to the Magistrate
To ensure speedy justice, the trial shall be completed within a period of six months
from the date of filing of the charge sheet
International Childrens Film Festival for the North East Region began in Gangtok
The International Childrens Film Festival for the North East Region began in Gangtok.The Festival
named, The Golden Elephant has been organised by the Childrens Film Society of India,in
association with the Sikkim Governments Culture and Heritage and Human Resources
Development Departments.
Over a dozen children films from the country and abroad are to be screened during the
three day long Film Festival. Workshops on film making and also on storytelling and
creative writing will be held as a part of the event.
The bill was passed on proposals of five states, namely Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kerala,
Odisha and West Bengal, to modify the list of Scheduled Castes in their states
Amendment criteria
Castes included
Haryana included Aheria, Aheri, Hari, Heri, Thori, Turi and Rai Sikh
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Foreign Business Delegations from USA, UAE, Singapore, Bangladesh, Nepal etc.Foreign companies
represented Australia, Afghanistan, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Korea and USA among
others
High level of satisfaction with 98% of exhibitors desiring repeat participation in AAHAR
2016
MUDRA Yojana, which was launched in April last year, loans between Rs.50, 000 and
Rs.10 lakh are provided to small entrepreneurs. The Micro Units Development and
Refinance Agency Ltd (MUDRA) focuses on the 5.75 crore self-employed who have
deployed funds totalling Rs.11 lakh crore and provide jobs to 12 crore people.
In the eight States Kerala has got 154 crore,Chhattisgarh 150 crore rupees and
Odisha 100 crore rupees.Andhra Pradesh has been sanctioned 90 crore
rupees andMaharashtra 60 crore rupees.
The other States to receive Central funds for modernization of jails are Mizoram, 30
crore rupees, Tripura 15 crore rupees and Arunachal Pradesh 10 crore rupees.
This is the first Mega Food Park in Telangana and set up with the project cost of
Rs. 108.95 crore in an area of 78 acres.
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These Food Processing Industries is centring on increasing the Food Processing Sector so
that agriculture sector grows and becomes the engine of growth to drive the Make in
India initiative.
Punjab passed Punjab Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal land (Transfer of Proprietary Right) Bill,
2016
Punjab Assembly unanimously passed the Punjab Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal land bill-2016.
The bill was passed in contradiction of the construction of contentious Sutlej Yamuna Link.
The bill emphasizes to offer transfer of proprietary rights back to the land owners from
whom the land was acquired by the state government for the construction of SYL free
of cost.
This is the first of its kind dedicated to women,established on the findings of a UNDP
commissioned study which revealed that almost 80 percent of young women in Delhi
did not have access to accurate and timely information on educational and job
opportunities.
The theme of Indian civil aviation sector: Potential as global manufacturing hub.
About 25 countries and 200 major participants are expected to take part in the Indian
Aviation show at the Begumpet airport. Hyderabad.
All the Hospitals be it government or private owned will have to inform the Department of
Health about a case of ILI (Influenza like Illness) having chronic diseases.
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In order to ensure such cases are treated at the earliest and proper guidelines of the
Government is been followed. The treatment of swine flu is provided free of cost to all
the patients as recommended by the Government.
As a part of this project, a survey was conducted at 407 railway stations, which included 75
A-1 stations and 332 A-category stations, Surat has emerged to be the cleanest Railway
Stations in India, followed by Rajkot and Bilaspur. Varanasi stood last when evaluated onforty
cleanliness parameters which formed the basis of the survey.
KEY POINTS:
The survey was conducted by Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)
The MoU was signed as a part of the inauguration of Indias first statewide broadband
project-AP Fiber Net in Visakhapatnam in the presence of Andhra Pradesh CM Mr. N
Chandrababu Naidu and Cisco executive chairman Irving Tan among others.
200 Sufi scholars from across 20 countries have converged for the 4 day conference
Organised by the All India Ulama and Mashaikh Board, the apex body of Sufi Dargahs
in India.
A MiG-27 aircraft heralded the commencement of the flypast by towing the Ex Iron
Fist banner, which was followed by Supersonic run by the MiG-29 aircraft.
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The fly past by a mixed formation comprising a MiG-21 Bison, MiG-27 Upgrade, MiG29 and the mighty Su-30, showcased the transformation of the IAF over the decades
It finds its uses in various cultural traditions, cuisines as well as it is famed for its
medicinal use. So it should not have been categorized as country liquor and it is presently
defined under the Goa Excise Duty Act, 1964.
A bench led by Justice Ranjan Gogoi allowed review petitions filed by various state
governments, which had sought a modification of the previous order.
Aim: Online single window framework to provide approval for construction of buildings
Highlights
Model Building Bye-Laws, 2016 intends to improve ease of doing business regarding
issuance of construction permits.
The time limit for all kinds of single window approvals is 30 days and if it is not done
by the concerned agencies within this time-frame then it will be deemed as approved.
Different set of environmental conditions are provided for each category of building
ranging from 5000 square meters to 1.5 lakh square meters.
The provision of rain water harvesting for various types of buildings has been
mandatory
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PM Narendra Modi will give Krishi Karman Awards to states and progressive farmers
who made remarkable contribution to Agriculture
Public and private companies will display theirfarm inputs and technologies in
over 500 stalls
The event was organsied by Health Ministry and WHO ahead of the World Tuberculosis
Day on March 24.
Wilson College students led by executive co-ordinator Dr Kamal Jadhav met the
Governor Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao at Raj Bhavan and briefed him about the
decision taken by the students during the past few months to keep the Charni Road
station neat and clean.
The logo for the Summit is a lotus having colours from all the five member countries and
a traditional Namaste in the centre.
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According to the new bill, the interest rates on debts will be calculated by the state
government
This would be in accordance with the interest rates charged by banks on yearly
basis.
The bill, aimed at providing fair and expeditious settlement of agriculturists debtrelated disputes.
The 2011 census revealed that around 6% of the total population of India is elderly
people and with increase in life expectancy it will grow further in future
It becomes essential to know about the elderly people, their health based study and other
social and economic issues related to them
This will help to evolve them in the economic planning of the nation whose population will
rise up to 7 billion that includes 340 million of 60+ aged people in 2050
Conducted by: The International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai in collaboration
with Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and University of Southern California (USC)
The stamp in recognition of the companys 75 years services to the nation was
released by Usha Chandras hekhar, Chief Post Master General, Karnataka Circle, and V M
Chamola, Director (HR), HAL.
The tag line HAL: the force behind the forces for its Platinum Jubilee logo.
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The Policy will come into effect from April 1, 2016.The DPP, which will have provisions
to fast-track acquisition of critically-needed equipments, will be unveiled at
the Defence Expo on March 28
The new DPP that will introduce measures to promote indigenization and self-reliance in
defence will be unveiled at the Defexpo India 2016, a biennial show of military and
security
PM Narendra Modi, inaugurated a transmission line from Tripura that will supply 100 MW
power to Bangladesh
Modi inaugurated the new line via video conferencing from Agartala
The power generated from Palatana generating station will be given to Bangladesh
HRTC and MMRDA will roll out 25 electric buses each. Under FAME India, the
department will fund up to 75 per cent cost and the department of heavy industry has
granted in-principle approval.
Rashtrapati Bhavan and UPSC building have got full marks to be stated as the
cleanest buildings in a survey, however NirvachanSadan, Jaipur House, Jamnagar House,
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PDP legislature party leader set to become the first woman chief minister of Jammu
and Kashmir. PDP has 28 MLAs in the 87-member House while its alliance partner BJP
has 25 MLAs. Plus the coalition has support of two and Independent MLA Aga Baqar
Rezvi has also extended support to the candidature of Mehbooba.
Pattiseema lift irrigation project is known as the first river linking project in India
It connects river Godavari with Krishna and the first pump of the project is completed in
1 year
They finished the first lift irrigation project worth of 1300 crores in 6 months
The lift irrigation scheme was inaugurated at Pattiseema village to meet the demands
of water scarce regions in Krishna before the completion of the main project
By this project water is pumped up to a nearby point and discharged into Polavaram
Right Main Canal which will join a tributary of Krishna which is 170 km long
The project is expected to be completed by March, 2016 and MEIL will receive an
incentive of 268 crores from the government
Flash Points
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The main objective is to popularize the Indian Medicinal system and update the
industry with recent developments in the sector
The fair will concentrate to popularize Indian medicines like Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani,
Homeopathy, Sowa-Rigpa and Yoga
India have decided to provide electricity operated cars at zero down payment making it as
a 100% e-vehicle nation by 2030
Piyush Goyal also told that they dont need support from neither the government nor
the people
The newly recruited constables of ITBP will be given training at the centre for operating all
kinds of small and big weapons including cannons capable of firing up to 5-km range
and sten guns
The vaccine is a cost effective program and it is to be rolled out in of Himachal Pradesh,
Haryana,Odisha and Andhra Pradesh in the first phase
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A batch of 20 women are likely to become the first women commandos of the state
forestry department.
They were trained from Gadchirolis Jungle Tactic and Survival Course (JTSC)
The one-month training began on February 8 and it include women of the age group 1924
The training focused on weapon handling and firing, setting up ambush, carrying
out raids, nakabandis, patrolling information through the jungle and surviving for
days in the jungle in emergencies
It is the first time the forest guards are given commando training
The booklet consisting of the protocol was released in the Arogya fair which commenced
in Goa.It was released by Shripad Yesso Naik on 26th March,2016
The protocol includes certain yoga practices such as Yogic Sukshma Vyayama ,
Yogasanas, and Pranayama which have been added in the 2nd revised edition
The 9 rebel MLAs proposed to support BJP in framing the new government
The congress government was forced to prove their majority. They had 27 MLAs and also
supported by 6 more.
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Himachal was first state in the country to complete the census and release the
report and the parameters and methods adopted by the state are being followed by
other states.
This is the first census in which nearly 100 per cent establishments, both in urban and
remotest rural areas had been covered.
The draft Bill on reservation to Jats and four other castes was cleared at a Cabinet
meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar.
The Bill proposes reservation for Jats and four other castes namely, Sikhs, Rors,
Bishnois and Tyagis
Objective- To have continuous discussion and consultation with trade and industry
Initially, the state government would include only one commodity chana (gram) for eauction through the NAM platform.
The Union government has decided to release Rs 15 crore for all 50 mandis to equip
them with online support system, software, hardware, and grading of farm yield.
Mandi traders who contribute in regular auction of commodities carry localised mandi
licence, the trading would take place only in Karond mandi.
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The state has an outlay of Rs 3,916.94 crore has been earmarked for health and family
welfare in the year 2016-17.
A fund of Rs 10 crore has been earmarked towards the university in the annual 2016-17
budget.
Under its organic farming policy, the Gujarat government plans to increase the organic
farming area by 10 times in five years
Both central and state government can use Aadhaar for disbursal for benefits and
subsidies. However the Aadhaar number cannot be used as a proof of citizenship or
domicile.
This hike will cause an added expenditure of 97 crores for the telengana government
The Minister also inaugurated online two training centres of Beauty & Wellness Sector,
one in Okhla that will be trained by Jawed Habib in scientific and systematic training to
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MANAS has identified and launched Skill Development Programme for traditional
Educational Institutions of Minorities in the states of Bihar, Maharashtra, Jammu &
Kashmir and Assam.
Inaugurating the conference, Arun Jaitley called the Australian investors to invest in India
He informed that with Make in Indiacampaign the investors can invest in India and
capitalize the biggest market in the world
India will allow private sector hiring through government job exams
Union government will now share the results of government recruitment exams and PSUs will be
shared with private player after taking the consent of candidates so that other employers can
benefit from that.
The scores in examinations have been retained by the government. Hereafter, it will be
available to all employers openly, wherever consent is given by the candidate.
The polling was carried out by the excise department of the state and 94% of
the voters demanded that they want a complete ban on the sale of alcohol in the
village.
The financial disputes of India were dealt in the Singapore Arbitration centre, now with
the establishment of the International arbitration centre in Mumbai it will be a boon to the
Indian companies
Out of the 259 cases registered at Singapore arbitration centre in 2013, 85 were from
Indian companies
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The MCIA will be implemented under the Make in India initiative and it is likely to attract
$2billion worth investments
The unified building laws combines the rules and regulations of various departments in
obtaining permission for constructing a building
The bye laws have been amended after a gap of 33 years and it enables the single
window approval
The environmental ministry had given power to the urban local bodies to provide
environmental clearances for buildings of area upto 1,50,000 sq m
The payments can also be made electronically to the single urban body
The Youngest CM of India Akilesh Yadav led UP government directed that singing of
the national anthem, written by Rabindranath Tagore, has been made mandatory in basic
education schools.
This is the first 250 MW unit to be commissioned in the plant located at Nabinagar in
Aurangabad district of Bihar.
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The unit has been commissioned at the 2270 MW Goindwal Sahib coal-fired thermal
power project of GVK Power and Infra Limited (GVKPIL), in Tarn Taran district, near
Amritsar in Punjab
The Unit-I of 250 MW of Nabinagar Thermal Power Station of Bhartiya Rail Bijlee
Company Ltd (a subsidiary of NTPC) has been commissioned on March 20, 2016
The second unit of the same project is in acutting-edge stage of construction and is
expected to be commissioned soon.
BHEL has commissioned the second 40 MW hydropower generating unit at the Teesta low
dam hydro electric project (HEP) stage IV in West Bengal.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh presented the State Budget for the fiscal year
2016-17.
Uttarkhand Government presented the 40422 crores State budget 2016-17
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Strategic dialogue between US and Pakistan
After the controversial deal of F-16 jets between US and Pakistan, a strategic dialogue on key
areas is likely to take place. This ministerial level dialogue will focus on areas like economy,
security and counter terrorism.
Flash points
This is the 3rd strategic dialogue between US and Pakistan after the Nawaz sheriff
government came into power
The initial talks began in 2010 was intervened after Osama Bin-laden was killed by US
forces in 2011
The talks resumed in 2014 after the meeting between Aziz and Mr.Kerry in
Washington
The six segments of the strategic dialogue include cooperation in economy and finance;
energy; education, science and technology; law enforcement and counterterrorism;
security, strategic stability and non-proliferation and defence
At least 3, 000 barrels of crude oil have spilled into the Chiriaco and Morona rivers
which are prime source of water for the use of people of this region.
Aiming to have all households shift to more energy efficient LED Lights by2030. It aims
to bring up the ratio of nuclear and renewable energy to 44% or more by 2030 to prevent
the non-nuclear thermal power generation from rising.
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Among the BRIC nations, Brazil led the list as by positioned at the 25th It is
followed by Russia (52nd), India (90th) and China (94th).
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Country
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
France
Denmark
Austria
Spain
Colombia
New Zealand
Uruguay
The aid will help Palestine become prepared for a more accountable and democratic state in
the future. It is the first part of the 2016 aid package.
London has overtook Hong Kong, New York and have occupied the topmost place
It is also found that London is twice expensive as Sydney and four times that of Riode-Janeiro
The cost of living of London has grown up by 18% in the past 5 years
The accommodation for the average Londoner calculated as a total of housing and
office rental costs comes to 80,700 pounds a year, compared to 79,600 pounds in
New York and 73,800 pounds in Hong Kong
The productivity of cities and their value to global businesses clearly has a pronounced
effect on demand and hence rental costs
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The rising rents and the strong pound had pushed up the typical cost per individual
employee of renting somewhere to live and leasing office space to $120,000 (73,800)
a year
Londons overall real estate costs grew in US dollar terms by an annualised rate of 6%
in the first six months of the year, making the it the worlds most expensive city for
companies to locate employees
The only Indian city in the list is Mumbai which occupies 17th position in the list of 20 cities ahead
of Rio-de-Janeiro,Berlin and Johannesberg
The dock , Huachuan No.1 would enable the navy to return damaged ships to fighting
capability in very rapid time and is designed to be sent into combat zones. With this
achievement, the warships with minor damages can be repaired at mobility far out in the
sea.
The dock can handle cruisers, destroyers and submarines, but not Aircraft Carriers and
cope with waves upto 2 m high.
The station has been built at a cost of $3.85 billion and its space measures 350*115
feet at its widest point.
The centre connects New York to New Jersey, provides indoor commuter access to the
Trade centre towers.
UNSC Imposes Tough Sanctions Against North Korea Over Nuclear Test
The recent Nuclear test and the missile launch by North Korea which defied International
sanctions have come under scrutiny by the UN Security Council as it adopts tough sanctions against
her. It was her fourth nuclear test.
Reduce or ban exports of iron and iron ore, titanium, coal, gold, titanium and rare
earth minerals from North Korea and prohibit imports as well
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Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin has signed pact with Japanese Ambassador to
Philippines Kazuhide Ishikawa.
To conduct joint research and studies for contribution towards development of integrated
energy policy, development of relevant technologies and in relation to global trends in pricing
and supply of energy supplies.
The bill was introduced by Federal Climate Change Minister Zahid Hamid.
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Twenty Child and Family Support Centres known as Blue Dots will provide a safe space
for children and their families.
The report noted that women are over represented in clerical service and sales work,
which are among the lowest paying jobs
Across the globe, the gender gap has just closed by 6% compared to 1995
The employment to population ratio remains 46% for women whereas it is 72% for men
in 2015
Though women have improved their educational Qualification the report shows that it has
not been reflected in the employment
In terms of wages, the results in the report confirm previous ILO estimates that globally,
women still earn on average 77 percent of what men earn
Women work for longer hours per day in both paid and unpaid work than men
In developed economies
In developing economies
Bangladesh and India sign $ 2 billion agreement for Socio economic projects
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The interest rate has been fixed at 1 per cent annually with a 20-year repayment
term, including a five-year moratorium period
This is the biggest line of credit India has extended to any country so far
Of this, $200 million was later converted into grant and the line of credit was enhanced
from $800 million to $862 million in 2015 by means of an amendment to the
agreement
The programme is a multi country cooperative and it will help protect the rights of
millions of the worlds most vulnerable girls by involving families, communities,
governments and young people
It will support those married girls in 12 countries across Africa, Asia and the Middle
East where child marriage rates are high
If current trends continue, the number of girls and women married as children will reach
nearly 1 billion by 2030
The programme supports the Target 5.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals that
vouches for elimination of child marriage by 2030
The Allegations levelled against Indias RAW gave money to the MQM party to
destabilise Pakistan, India has dismissed the allegations levelled against it.
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Factors of the survey: Strength of the US dollar and currency devaluations to falling oil
and commodity prices and geopolitical uncertainty
Flash points
Though Singapore was the most expensive, the cost of living there was 10 per cent cheaper
when compared to New York than was the case in the EIU survey a year ago
More than 50 people died in the deluge and about 700 homes were flooded across the
country with 170 people needing to be moved for their safety forcing thousands to leave
their homes.
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Incumbent Enda Kenny remains as prime minister until he manages to build coalition
support behind him or a different prime ministerial candidate is nominated.
China claims a large swathe of the South and East China Sea, creating multiple
overlaps with areas claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan
The new announcement by China is not welcomed by its rivals across the borders
The Philippines currently has a case lodged against China at the UNs Permanent Court
of Arbitration in The Hague
The agreement was signed during the 2016 Global Education and Skills Forum, hosted
by the Varkey Foundation
It aims to help address the lack of access to quality education faced by girls in developing
regions
of a dream job, letting them imagine how their jobs can improve their lives in the future
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Of the top 100 Global Venture Capitalists, fourteen Indians have made us proud
today as they get themselves on the list.
GLOBAL RANK
25
32
35
45
47
52
59
67
68
73
The list has been complied by CB Insights, a research firm that tracks VC and angel
investments
The country is among the first to formally implement the 2014 Protocol to the ILOs
Forced Labour Convention,This protocol comes after the likes of Mauritania, Niger,
Norway and the United Kingdom (Europe) ratified the protocol.
Denmark tops the list holding the tag of Happiest Nation in the world
India was ranked 118th in the list, down one slot from last year on the index
India comes below Somalia (76), China (83), Pakistan (92), Iran (105), Palestinian
Territories (108) and Bangladesh (110)
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Recently, Modi figured in the Time Magazines Person of the Years list which gives him
enough support to figure in the museum.
He is currently the second most followed politician on twitter after President Obama also
confirms the intense interest the public have in him
It is a world meeting of the Committees of UNESCOs Man and the Biosphere Program(MAB)
The participants include experts from governments, biosphere reserves, local communities, UN
agencies, NGOs, academic institutions, and organizations and institutions from all over the
world working with the MAB Programme
Objectives
To assess the lessons learned and the new challenges to be faced by the World Network
of Biosphere Reserves
To develop and launch an Action Plan for Biosphere Reserves for 2016-2025
Being built by Chinese manufactures BYD, will be able to travel 180 miles on a single
charge
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list for the second time in a row. Kudos to the visionary who has the most number of followers
on Social media after President Obama with 18 million Twitter Followers and 32 million
Facebook likes!!
Some of the people in the list include:
US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and her husband
Kayne West, Author J K Rowling, Former Olympic athlete Caitlyn Jenner, Soccer star
Cristiano Ronaldo, Lily Singh and Josh Ostrovsky
Now, Thailand is facing its worst water shortage in two decades, with 14 out of 76
provinces hit and large swathes of agricultural land at risk.
FIFA has submitted a 22-page claim to the U.S. Attorneys Office in New York on that
seeks a big share in restitution from more than $190 million
FIFA claims it is the victim of corrupt individuals, despite widespread criticism that bribetaking was embedded in its culture in the presidencies of Joao Havelange and Sepp
Blatter.
The two day meet of 13th Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development aims to
promote the power of broadband networks and services for the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development
The meet brought the leaders from the public, private and social sectors together to seek
the solutions to achieving education, equity and employment for all
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One out of eight children between the ages of 6 and 15 remain entirely excluded
from receiving basic education, with girls facing the biggest barriers
Despite all the efforts and developments, the girls are still the first ones to be denied their
right to education
Almost 16 million girls will never get the chance to learn to read or write compared to
about 8 million boys
Gender inequalities remain highest in the Arab States, sub-Saharan Africa and
South, and West Asia
Across sub-Saharan Africa, 9.5 million girls will never set foot in a classroom compared to
5 million boys. Over 30 million children are out-of-school across the region
In India, the number of out of school children of primary school age (both sexes) is 1
million and the number of out of school children of primary school age (only female) is
13.4 million
The bidding was signed in the presence of high commissioner of India, Y.K.Sinha, state
secretary,Minister of Higher education D.G.M.V.Hapuarachchi, Vice Chancellor of University of
Ruhuna Gamini Senanayake and other officials
Assessment based on: The Asian Rich List assesses the total wealth of Britains top 101
richest Asians
Hinduja Group
Hinduja group had added one billion pounds to their personal fortune in a year to be
worth an estimated 5 billion pounds
Its Conglomerates- automotive, real estate and oil Gulf Oil, Ashok Leyland, IndusInd
Bank and Hinduja global Solutions appear to have done well
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Steel tycoon Lakshmi Niwas Mittal was ranked second in the list, with total wealth
Of 6.4 billion pounds
Sri Prakash Lohia, chairman of the Indorama Corporation, is listed 3rd richest with
fortune worth 3 billion pounds
The Arora brothers Simon, Bobby and Robin owners of discount retail chain
are4th richest with a fortune worth 1 billion pounds
The highest riser and a new entry is Cyrus Vandrevala, with 2 billion pounds at
number five
Leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul is listed as 15th richest with fortune
worth500 million pounds
The European council president, Donald Tusk, confirmed the deal on Friday afternoon
after clearing the key sticking points with the Turkish prime minister, Ahmet Davutolu
IKEA Foundation is committing Rs 92.84 crore to Org to expand its Water Credit model,
helping families have access to small, affordable loans so they can get
safe water andsanitation.
2% of Contagious diseases in India are linked to unsafe water and the lack of hygiene
practices the World bank survey stated, and 50% of Indias population continues to
practice open defecation.
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Nepal joined SCO as dialogue partner after memorandum was signed by SCO secretarygeneral Rashid Olimov and Nepalese Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi
PM Modi, Sania Mirza among contenders for TIMEs Most Influential people
The popular magazine across the globe, TIME has released its contenders for the top most
influential people in the world. India must feel proud having PM Modi, tennis player Sania
and Bollywood actress Priyanka in the list.
The editors of the Magazine will remain the final deciders however it has asked people to
vote for their favourite leader among the 127 contenders
Indian born CEOs of top firms Google and Microsoft- Sundar Pichai and Satya
Nadella also occupy the honorary position
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)refers to tax planning strategies that exploit
these gaps and mismatches in tax rules to artificially shift profits to low or no-tax
locations where there is little or no economic activity, resulting in little or no overall
corporate tax being paid.
The G20 BEPS Project had set out 15 key actions to reform the international tax
framework and ensure that profits are reported where economic activities are carried out
and value created.
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The 47 year old Aam Aadmi founder is placed in the top 50 leaders of the world
released by Fortune.He is the only Indian leader to occupy the list placed
at 42nd position
The list also includes the Indian American South Carolinas governor Nikki Haley is also on
the list at 17th while another Indian- American Resham Saujani is at the 20th spot
Arvind Kejriwal has been placed at the list for his efforts to curb pollution in the capital
through Odd-even scheme
Women to be noted
Her organization aims to get more women into computer science and by the end of this year,
more than 40,000 girls will have gone through its training and internship programmes
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2), Myanmars pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi
at (3), IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (36), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Cochair and CEO Melinda Gates(41)
She has committed Bangladesh, the nation with the worlds fourth-largest Muslim population,
to securing legal protections for women and helping them attain more education, financial
freedom, and political power
Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Matt Salmon, introduced
the legislation in the US Congress
He was joined by Ami Bera, the only Indian- American lawmaker in the current
Congress, Co-Chair Congressional Caucus on India
Karadzic, 70, is the most senior political figure to face judgment over the violent
collapse of Yugoslavia
His case is being seen as one of the most important war crimes trials since second
World War
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The report Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment for 2015 has been
released by the UN
The contribution by India, China & Brazil in 2015 in renewable energy sector amounts
to $156 billion
China holds one third of the global investment with $102.9 billion and India raised its
stake by 22% to $ 10.2 billion
Top 10 investments
The US, Japan, UK Brazil, South Africa, Mexico and Chile all made it to the top 10
investing countries in 2015
The Union government earlier as part of its National Solar Mission, imposed a
stipulation that solar cells and solar modules be locally sourced
The US government filed a case in WTO against India demanding equal market for
domestic as well as foreign traders
The measure was taken by the ministry of power following the concerns raised by the
domestic traders to protect their interests
Ministry of Power, Piyush Goyal also told that the government would have imposed
heavy anti dumping duty to support the domestic manufacturers but the government
paid respect to the US
It includes preparation for an inclusive, free, fair and transparent electoral process in
2016 and universal elections by 2020
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It is a three day visit by Obama. Since rapprochement, the two sides have restored
diplomatic ties, signed commercial deals on telecommunications, and scheduled
airline services
On the eve of Obamas visit, a US hospitality company announced its first business
deal in Cuba since the 1959 revolution, while online lodging service Airbnb said it
would now allow travellers from around the world to book stays in private homes in Cuba
The International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) is a proscribed organisation that aims to
establish an independent homeland for the Sikhs of India in Khalistan. It is banned
under Japanese, British, Indian, Canadian and American terrorism legislation.
At least 55 passengers were on board to Cyprus has ended with all hostages released
and the hijacker surrendering.
At least 65 million children and young people globally are on the move to escape
conflict, poverty and extreme weather and find a stable life and a place to call home
The Unfairy Tales are part of an initiative,#actofhumanity, highlighting that children are
children, no matter where they come from, and that every child has rights and deserves a
fair chance
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WHO has declared the Ebola outbreak to be no longer a global threat as the disease is
under control and necessary measures are available to treat the epidemic.
The France government proposed to withdraw its troops citing the formation of the new
government under Faustin-Archange Touadera and restoration of peace
Indias Ambassador to Egypt Sanjay Bhattacharyya and Prof AbdelWahab Ezzat, acting
president signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the project.
The three-year bond builds has raised the equivalent of $1.7 billion from international
investors for investment in India
Uridishi Masala bonds will be used to support private sector investment in India
The credit has been given by the International Development Association (IDA), the
World Banks concessionary lending arm.
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Indian banks are facing a huge loss due to the increase in Non Performing
assetswhich have eroded the Capital of these banks
The revised RBI norms will give public sector banks (PSB) access to additional capital of
INR 35,000 crore
The industrial production was slowed down due to Chennai flood and diwali holidays but in
January the growth has picked up
According to Nikkei India PMI Index, Indias manufacturing growth has remained
unchanged in February at 1 from January reading, which was a four-month high
South Asias longest Tunnel project at Zojila Pass in Jammu & Kashmir to offer all
weather connectivity to the Lah ladakh region.
With this cancellation of the contract, IRBs order size will decline to about Rs. 6, 500
crore.
RBI Released Draft Directions For Non-Banking Financial Company Account Aggregator
The Non Banking Financial Company- Account Aggregator Directions, 2016 was released by RBI on
March 3, 2016 to put in place a regulatory framework to allow a separate category of Non
Banking Financial Company to emerge as an Account Aggregator.
Key Points:
Only Companies registered with RBI as NBFC-AA will be allowed to carry out the
business of an account aggregator.
The net owned fund of such companies should not be less than Rs 2 crores
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Initially, Financial Assets of which the records are stored electronically and are under the
regulation of any Regulator namely SEBI, PFRDA, RBI and IRBA will be considered for
aggregation.
Punjab based company is the first among ten players to get final licence from the Bankers
Bank. The Bank currently serving as a local area bank.
Axis bank better placed than ICICI and other PSU Banks
Nomura reports reveal that Axis bank is better placed than ICICI and other public sector bank in
terms of corporate book profitability.
Flash points
Global financial services firm Nomura said that the third largest private sector bank in
India-Axis bank is better placed than ICICI and other PSUs in terms of corporate book
profitability
Such a move was discussed in the recently held retreat of the chiefs of the PSBs, Gyan
Sangam.
Global rating agency Fitch has maintained the Forecast of Indias growth at 7.5
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Fitch has maintained its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast for India for
the fiscal year ending March 2016 at 5 per cent
Growth is expected to gradually accelerate to 7 per cent in 2016-17 and 7.9 per cent
in 2017-18
Higher real disposable income, a normal monsoon and a substantial wage increase
for central government employees will support economic recovery
Structural reforms like Land Acquisition Amendment Bill and the Goods and
Services Tax also likely to support the growth
This move is to bolster Shareholder value after a staggering $ 4.4 billion US share
buyback plan a month ago.
Under this initiative two separate Directorates, called Directorate of Tax Payer
Services-I&II have been set up. These Directorates will be responsible for delivery and
monitoring of taxpayers services in the field offices and e-services deliverable through
various electronic platforms of the Department.
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The new branch, served by eight employees currently and with plans to raise the count
to 12, will also drive for financial literacy, family banking, safety and wellness amongst
women
Two more all-women bank branches were opened in at Kalkaji, New Delhi and Vile
Parle (E), Mumbai
The committee headed by Revenue Secretary decided to provide the details of FDI
resting with RBI to IB & RAW
The proposal announced in the Budget Speech had sought to make up to 60 per cent of
savers corpus withdrawn from the EPF tax-free if invested in annuity, the period return on
the annuity was to be taxable.
This Scheme will benefit the individuals including women borrowers from the economically
weaker section low income grouped people.
They will be able to acquire and construct the first brick-and-mortar (Pucca
House) house of the family by paying significantly lower Equated Monthly Instalments
(EMIs).
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The estimated GDP growth remains to be the highest prediction so far pointing at 9%
growth as estimated by Crisil
The chief economist pointed that it is possible with the Monsoon being normal and the
implementation of the economical reforms gearing up to achieve the target
Modifier 3 specifies to generic rating classification and Baa represents lower rank
The PIB has already approved the Rs 800-crore proposal of India Post and in 15 days it
will be kept before the cabinet for its final approval.
The Ferrari Credit Card comes on the Visa platform in two variants and offers
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Kotak Mahindra Group ties up with Canada Pension Plan for investment in Indian
stressed assets
Kotak Mahindra Bank Group has signed an agreement up with Canadian Pension Plan
Investment Board (CPPIB) to launch a $525 million fund to invest in the stressed asset market
in India. The Canadian pension fund manager will have the option to invest up to $450 million in
this partnership
Under this agreement stated fund will work with Kotak Mahindra Group and its
associate firms.
The amount paid is slightly lesser than the previous fiscal year but much higher than the
previous years
Last year, the government received Rs.73,905 crores as dividends from various state
owned banks and the RBI
However the split up of money from banks is not given and it expects 55000-60000
crores from RBI
Under One Rank One Pension the pensioners will get their first instalment (1/4th of the
total arrear amount up to February, 2016) to service pensioner
Family pensioners and gallantry award pensioners will be eligible to get full amount of
arrears paid on 14th March.
Interest rate on savings bank account is calculated on daily basis since April 1, 2010
and it is credited in savings bank account on half-yearly basis.
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The revised interest rate credit payment may put a burden of 500 crore on banksbut the
move by the central bank which will benefit crores of savings account holders.
The new system enables its credit and debit users to make in-store contactless payments
by simply waving their smartphones near an NFC-enabled mobile phone running
Android 4.4 and above for making the payment at any merchant terminal.
ICICI has become the first bank to use Host card Emulation Technology for its
payment system.
In order to boost retail participation in Govt bond investments, IDBI has now allowed its
customers to invest in these bonds through its ATMS.
The facility of investing in G-Sec through ATM is an extension of Banks Samriddhi GSec Portal to enable retail investors to transact in government securities.
The retail customers of the Bank can register, one time, for this facility and invest in GSec through any of the Banks ATMs
The rates of Public Provident Fund was slashed by 60 basis points, and Kisan Vikas
Patra, by 90 basis points
Five-Year National Savings Certificates will earn an interest rate of 1 per cent as
against 8.5 per cent
Five-year Monthly Income Account will fetch 7.8 per cent as opposed to 8.4 per cent
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Two-year time deposit will now earn 2 per cent instead of 8.4 per cent, three-year time
deposit will earn 7.4 per cent instead of 8.4 per cent, five-year time deposit will
earn7.9 per cent instead of 8.5 per cent
Five-year recurring deposit will earn 4 per cent instead of 8.4 per cent
The mission of SmartUp is not only to provide basic banking transactions, but also
valuable services like advisory services, forex and payment solutions. Account holders
can also get recommendations of a chartered accountant for tax, regulatory and
compliance issues.
IRDA after complete scrutiny of the investments of LIC in PSUs have agreed to the proposal
of increasing its investments in Public sector banks
RBI had expressed concern over LIC making huge investments in PSU banks, saying it can
affect the financial stability
But VR Iyer, Member, IRDA, led the team which held discussions with LIC and also found
LICs equity investment is just 6-7 per cent and investments in banks are still a smaller
portion
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Reserve Bank of India data showed current account deficit (CAD) at $1 billion in the
third quarter ending December, lower than $8.7 billion or 1.7% of GDP in the
preceding quarter
Last year the CAD was at $7.7 billion and at 1.5% of GDP
The fall in commodity prices helped lowering of trade deficit to $34 billion from $37.4
billion
Net outflow for the third quarter was just about $0.2 billion compared with net
outflow of $3.5 billion in the preceding quarter
Increase in domestic consumption post the implementation of the Seventh Central Pay
Commissions recommendations and One Rank One Pension (OROP)
Rs 1.2 lakh crore in Plan expenditure in 2016-17 will influence the pace of
infrastructure augmentation and economic growth
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Anyone can get interest-free loan for personal care treatment at VLCC, Kaya Skin
Clinic and Enhance Clinic, among others.
In the next five years, the company expecting a segment growth of Rs 1,000 crore.
The segment has the potential to grow up to 12% of the portfolio.
According to the cabinet approval, the fund will be incentivized based on the performance
based indicators like DLis
The states are asked to disburse 95% of the fund to various channels in the rural areas
to implement the measures of SBI(G)
Liquidity Coverage Ratio need not include the retail deposits whose maturity value is
beyond a month
The calculation also excludes the pledged deposits over 30 days maturity date
Cash outflows of retail term deposit whose residual maturity or withdrawal notice
period of greater than 30 days can be excluded from cash outflows calculation
Previously bulk deposits over 1 crore where earlier withdrawals were not permitted only
can be excluded from calculations
Corporate debt securities which are not issued by banks, NBFCs, financial institution
will be subject to 50% haircut which earlier was 20%
Lakshmi Vilas Bank ties up with NBHC for collateral management & warehousing
Sector lender Lakshmi Vilas Bank kept its alliance with National Bulk Handling
Corporation Private Limited (NBHC), a major Agri-Infrastructure player for collateral
management and warehousing services.
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The primary objective of these services will allow industry traders and farmers in
financing their capital requirements at all stages of supply chain, ranging from preharvesting to the marketing and export stages.
This would allow the bank to provide financial flexibility to farmers, minimising the
seasonal price fluctuations and distress sales during crop harvest season.
South Indian Bank came into being during the Swadeshi movement established
in1929 spread across more than 26 states and 3 union territories in India
Central Statistics Office had projected 6 per cent GDP growth rate in February
According to Japanese financial services major Nomura, Indias GDP growth is likely to
pick up to 8 per cent in fiscal 2016-17
But the BMI research has projected the GDP growth at 2% compared to 7.3% last year
Indian economy is likely to face challenges in various sectors owing to the weak
economy of the world
It also told that schemes under Modis governance have contributed to the incremental
growth of economy
The Indian government aims to reduce subsidies through the JAM (Jan Dhan-AadhaarMobile) initiative that will avoid leakages will help reduce expenditures and aid longterm fiscal deficit consolidation plans
The Commerce and Industry Ministry on Wednesday notified 49% foreign direct
investment (FDI) under automatic route in insurance and pension sector as announced by
FM Arun Jaitley
Earlier, only up to 26% FDI was permitted through the automatic approval route
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The measures include formation of special mention account and committee at the
district level to manage stressed accounts
The new framework is applicable to MSMEs having loan limits of upto 25 crores
The framework proposed will be institutionalized by MSMEs before June 30, 2016
Initial focus to be on two variants regular and platinum, there are 241 million RuPay
cards in circulation comprising 35 per cent of the total card base in India and accounting to
20 percent of all card-based transactions.
IOB is the first bank which has started the issue of gold coins
The gold coins are available in the denomination of 5,10 and 20 gms
The Indian Gold Coin is of 24 carat purity, 999 fineness and has the national emblem
of Ashok Chakra engraved on one side and the face of Mahatma Gandhi on the other
World Bank approved $250 million loan to Support Electricity Distribution Sector Reforms
in Rajasthan
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The loan, from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), has a
5-year grace period, and a maturity of 18 years.
These centres are named as Launchpad, equipped with fast internet connections, support
staff from the financial world and advisory mechanisms.
The bank has a dedicated startup fund of worth 25 crore which will be utilized for funding
or lending to promising startups. The bank also plans to integrate its mobile payments
application Chillr.
RBI has asked the interested market participants to subscribe for securities before March
30
The special securities under UDAY are being issued by governments of Bihar, Haryana,
Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Punjab and Rajasthan
The scheme is expected to help discoms save around Rs 8 lakh crore in the next three
years
Chillr is the fastest and easiest way to send money between bank accounts and works
even on bank holidays.
Sri Lanka is seeking a loan of $1.5 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to
boost foreign exchange reserves and help avert a balance of payments crisis.
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RBI has previously provided currency swaps to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, including plans
to extend a $1.5 billion agreement by one year.
The Asian Development Outlook, a supplement of ADB has predicted the growth of Asian
economy to be at 5.7%
This was due to the reduced global demand and a slow Chinese economy
However the weak recovery in major industrial economies and softer growth prospects
for the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) have acted as reasons to bring down the projections
It has remarked that India will be one of the fast growing economies in the world
Due to the stall of certain development projects , the growth may dip to 4% but the
reforms taken will increase the rate by 7.8% in 2017-18
With this India has signed totally 59 unilateral and/or bilateral agreements
The APA was enacted in the Income tax act, 2012 and rollback provisions were provided
in 2014
The metro project will be the most expensive public transport system in the state
of Uttar Pradesh costing Rs.6928 cr
The EUs official bank and the worlds largest international public bank, and its loan will
cover half of the total project costs for the Lucknow Metro.
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100 per cent FDI is permitted in B2B (business-to-business) transactions under the
automatic route
According to the norms, an e-commerce firm will not be permitted to sell more than 25
per cent of total sales from one vendor or its group companies
RBI has cancelled the registration owing to its powers conferred under Section 45-IA (6)
of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
Kundan Leasing and Finvest, Raseera Investments, Limtex Impex, Dignity Motors
Finance, Akansha Consultancy Services, Bini Commercial Enterprises, Nirankar
Investments, and Surin Investments are the NBFCs whose registration has been
cancelled
FPI Investments in government securities will be raised to 140000 crores in April,4 and
1,44,000 crores in July
FPI limits in SDLs will be increased from 7000 crores to 10,500 crores in April and 14000
crores in July
Long term FPIs will be made 50000 crores in April and 56000 crores in July
Dedicated Freight Corridor Project (Phase 1) -JPY 103.6 billion or Rs 6,170 crore
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North East Road Network Connectivity Improvement Project- JPY 67.1 billion
Jharkhand Horticulture Intensificationby Micro Drip Irrigation Project -JPY 4.65 billion
BUSINESS
Delhi Metro To Ferry Cargo On Airport Express Line From March 1.
The Delhi Metro will start cargo Services on Airport Express Line from March 1, 2016, the
service will be experimental for the period of three months.
This service to carry only Non- perishable and merchandise of E-commerce sites.
This initiative by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation would be the first ever occasion in
India to carry Cargo on Metro Rails.
This initiative will provide managed care organisations with the tools to improve clinical
and operational effectiveness at a reasonable cost and also provide health-care call
centres with customer support and self-service options to both health care workers
and consumers.
Reliance would open few stores initially for the brand also add 18th portfolio of Reliance
which also runs 142 stores of Hamleys, Diesel and Steve Madden among others.
The survey reported had other firms to figure in the top 10 trusted online brands are Ebay,
Myntra, Jabong, Naaptol, Yepme, Shopclus and Askmebazaar.
The Brand Trust Report India Study 2016 have listed various brands on the report which
covers various market segments.
Brand Segment:
South Korean smart phone maker Samsung has emerged as top player followed
bySony and LG.
TATA Group is the only Indian Corporate to figure in the Top five.
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Samsung Mobiles, Sony, Nokia, Honda, ICICI Bank, Maruti Suzuki, HDFC Bank,
Airtel, Hero Motorcorp, Dovo, Lux, Samsung, Pepsi, and Puma these brands
improved their ranking over last year. However LG, Bajaj, Tata and Apple were slipped
from the last year standings.
The transactions will get completed in a secure manner within 10 seconds using the
dynamic On-The-Go-Pin.
Thomas Cook India inks pact with Western Union, DCB Bank
Travel Solutions giant Thomas cook India has signed pact with Western Union Business
Solutions and DCB bank to enable international trade payments by small and medium sized
enterprises.
This Pact by the Thomas cook to penetrate the high growth Indian SME sector for its
international trade payment needs.
Ford gets nod for tech, business centre in Tamil Nadu SEZ
Ford Motors gets approval from Central government to set up Global Technology and business
Centre in an IT/ ITES Special Economic Zone in Tamilnadu.
The Centre will be Co-developer of the Automotive Company for Developing IT/ITES
services related to Automotive, Finance and Allied sectors.
The Project would cost nearly 47 crore to be completed in a year time by PPP(Public
Private Partnership) model.
If the section gets electrified it would facilitate uninterrupted coal supply to 1, 980 MW
thermal Power Plant in Lalitpur district Uttar Pradesh.
The power plant wholly owned by Bajaj Power generation Company. The third unit of
660 Mw is likely to get operationalby this month.
Indias Defence Force needs partners with long-term commitments to develop products
and solutions through multiple generations of evolution.
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This tie up will position us well to help the country realise its Make in India vision
through the development of the first completely indigenised combat vehicle
DIPP gave clearance to 12 industrial licenses for Reliance Defence an arm of Reliance
Infrastructure for manufacturing of Defence equipments in India and Overseas
Land systems: licenses for manufacturing of missiles & all terrain combat vehicles
Naval systems: licenses for air independent propulsion technology and hull
penetrators and connectors along with motor shafts and propulsion systems
Quikr launches service for doorstep pickup & delivery of pre-owned goods
Indias largest E- Classifieds major Quikr has launched its Quikr Doorstep service to offer customer
to customer buying and selling in India.
The services will be available for all categories including mobile phones, electronics,
kitchen appliances and household furnitures with an escrow account which
guarantees that transactions are safe for buyers.
The MSI manufactures Baleno solely at the automakers Manesar facility in Haryana
Union Cabinet approves New price formula for Undeveloped Gas Discoveries
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a new price formula for their undeveloped gas
discoveries in difficult areas, which will lead to a near-doubling of rates.
Flash points
Domestically produced gas costs at average of rates in US, Russia and Canada
Deep sea discoveries which are unexplored will be given the cost of alternative fuels
The price will be the lowest of weighted average of fuel oil and imported LNG or
weighted average of fuel oil, naphtha and imported coal
The price of gas will come to USD 7 per million British thermal unit (mmBtu)
Gas price in India is currently at USD 3.82 per mmBtu, which will fall to USD 3.15 in
April
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The new pricing would help in production of 35 million standard cubic metres a day of
natural gas production for the next 15 years translating to around 7 trillion cubic feet
of natural gas.
The company currently the worlds largest importer of defence equipment, will become
the third
The company has started in India from about 30 cities when he joined three years ago,
to 400 cities today local competitors in India such as ANI Technologies owned OLA the
countrys leading taxi rider service provider will be forced to raise its fund on market by
this move.
They have announced partnership with DTH Major Tata Sky to kick-start their
operations, Tata Sky, which has a user base of about 11 million, will approach
potential subscribers across the country.
Giving a boost to several initiatives including the Stand Up India, Start Up India and
empowering the small entrepreneurs, it has decided to relax procurement norms
related to experience and turnover for micro, small and medium start-ups with a
view to enabling these ventures to be part of its public procurement.
This development will enable start-up MSMEs to be a part of the mandatory 20 per cent
public procurement.
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The price of BG-I version of Bt cotton hybrid (9450 grams of Bt Cotton plus 120 grams
refugia) was fixed at 635 rupees
A nine member committee was set up to recommend the maximum sale price after
taking into consideration the seed value, licence fees including one-time and recurring
royalty (trait value), trade margins and other taxes
With the new price fixation the price is likely to reduce by 70%
In the maiden phase of the project of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
(FSSAI) primarily aims at to raise the safety standards of foods sold on streets
across the capital city of New Delhi
The Scheme would provide training as many as 20,000 roadside vendors over the
next four weeks at 40 training centres set up for the purpose across the Capital on
aspects of health and hygiene.
The Joint initiative will enable consumers to place an order online using Snapdeal to
purchase Michelin tyres from an authorised dealer and request for fitment at a time
and place of their choice.
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The banned medicines include the codeine-based cough syrups Phensedyl and Corex,
Phensedyl made by U.S. drug maker Abbott Laboratories, accounts for about a third
of the Indian cough syrup market, and its sales are estimated to make up more than 3
percent of Abbotts $1 billion India revenue. Corex is sold by Pfizer.
Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Motors, Hindustan Zinc, Vedanta, ACC and Reliance Industries
Tech Mahindra and Wipro represented the software and services sector
Apart from the companies listed above, Sevenother companies got a Sustainable Plus
Gold classification
These include Bajaj Auto, Ambuja Cements, Hindustan Unilever and Tata Steel
To protect the domestic industry the duty will be levied on imports of all kinds of plasticprocessing or injection-moulding machines.
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The scheme would encourage skilled drivers to overcome liquidity crunch and excess
documentation requirements to become an entrepreneur
The loans could be sanctioned in one day using an inbuilt digital offering.
The project capacity of 20 MW solar power project in Sri Lanka, which is expected to
commence operations by October. Gamesa will provideEPC (Engineer, Procure, and
Construct) solutions that include engineering & design, supply of Gamesa Electric
inverters, erection and commissioning.
There has been a 117 per cent increase in Indian companies across all business sectors
investing in London since 2005
There has been a 133 per cent increase in tech companies investing in the city
It is also found that tech companies contribute to 46% of all the projects
Major investors are Software testing service Cigniti Technologies and customer support
company Kayako
Best workplaces in the world for small & medium industry- Salesforce
Asias best
The best multinational workplaces in Asia include DHL, Omnicom, Google, EMC, Marriott,
NetApp, Hyatt, MARS, American Express and SAP
Indian offices
The best large workplaces list had 10 Indian companies including Godrej Consumer
Products, Lupin and InterGlobe Enterprises.
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Other Indian company on this list were RMSI Private Ltd, Forbes Marshall, Lifestyle
International, Bajaj Finance, Silver Spark Apparel, Ujjivan Financial
Services and Mahindra & Mahindra Automotive & Farm Equipment Sectors
Ola chief marketing officer said, Micro in merely three weeks has achieved the same
number of rides what Ola took around three years to achieve.
The series of investments will include $40 million that will be used to fund early-stage
and growth-stage companies in the country, and train around 250,000 students by
2020.
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The report was revealed by US treasury showed that 1.8% of direct equity holdings of US
is with India
The direct investment has risen from $7 billion in September 2013 to $12 billion in
December 2015.
US investors direct investment in Chinese equities has declined from $12.8 billion
to $11.1 billion.
Tay is designed to engage and entertain people where they connect with each other
online through casual and playful conversation.
The two companies are also working together to create a digital infrastructure that will
bring insurance transactions like purchase or claims, fully online.
Recently Ola had announced a partnership with Indifi to offer personal loans to its
drivers.
The first direct container MV Harbour-1 Vessel between India and Bangladesh carrying
cotton was flagged off from Krishnapatnam of Andhra Pradesh to Chittagong
The operating vessels will be treated as domestic vessels and not as foreign vessels
Tata Power SED inks MoU with Cranfield University for R&D
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A strategic partnership through research and development and academic study in the
areas of defence related engineering and emerging technologies
Areas of cooperation:
Large System of Systems, MoDAF for Software Systems, Guns, Military vehicles(both Combat
& Launcher vehicles).
It also plans to allow merchants to upgrade their payment limits of Rs 1,00,000 with
necessary KYC verification.
Reliance will hold 51% of the stake and Rafael will hold 49% in the joint venture
agreement
The project will have an initial capital outlay of more than Rs.1,300 crore, excluding
the cost of technology
The report mentions that the first five states contribute to 69% of the total export of
India
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh occupy the first
5 places respectively
Adani Aero Defence ties up with Elbit, Alpha for unmanned aircraft systems
A subsidiary of Adanigroup Alpha Design Technologies Pvt Ltdhas tied up with the Israeli
company Elbit Systems for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
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The Adani Group is worth over $10 billion. Aadanikept this pact for unmanned aircraft
system(UAS), and is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard.
A bench comprising justices Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra directed the Centre to
give wide publicity to the guidelines.
Key guidelines:
Good Samaritans will be treated respectfully and without any discrimination on any grounds
of gender, religion etc.
Any one, except an eyewitness, who calls the police to inform them of an accidental injury
or death need not reveal his or her personal details such as full name, address or phone
number.
The police will not force the Good Samaritan to disclose his or her name, identity, address and
other such details in the police record form or log register.
The police will not compel any Good Samaritan in procuring information or anything else.
In the category of Best Airport by Region (over 2 million passengers per year)
Mumbai and New Delhi (tie at 2nd rank).
Best Airport by Size (25 40 million passengers per year) Mumbai and New Delhi (tie at
1st rank).
Best Airport by Size (2 5 million passengers per year) Jaipur (1st rank) and
Lucknow (2nd rank).
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TCS have been given the Global Top employer award by the Top Employers Institute
after assessment of 1072 companies across the globe
TCS has been rated top across the 9 core HR areaswhich includes talent strategy,
workforce planning, on-boarding, learning and development, performance management
and leadership development
She is one among the top 5 elite scholars selected across the globe
The award was given to the restaurant for the second consecutive time and it was
collected by Sandeep tandon, Managing director of Old World Hospitality and Shantanu
Mehrotra- the Executive Chef of Indian Accent
He was awarded the Raymond GautamSinghania Rolling Trophy along with prize
money of 2 lakh.
The award is bestowed for his performance at the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo
Asia series where he finished second at Fuji.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates sat again at top position for the third consecutive year with
a net worth of $75 billion.
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Name
Bill Gates (60)
Amancio Ortega (79)
Warren Buffett
(85)
Carlos Slim Helu (76)
Jeff Bezos (52)
Mark Zuckerberg (31)
Larry Ellison (71)
Michael Bloomberg(74)
Charles Koch (80)
David Koch (75)
Net Worth
$75 B
$67 B
$60.8 B
$50 B
$45.2 B
$44.6 B
$43.6 B
$40 B
$39.6 B
$39.6 B
Source
Microsoft
Zara
Berkshire Hathaway
Telecom
Amazon.com
Facebook
Oracle
Bloomberg LP
Diversified
Diversified
Country
United States
Spain
United States
Mexico
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
The youngest billionaire in the world is a 19 year old Norwegain heiress, Alexandra Andresen,
who has a 42% in her familys business.
Here is the list of top 10 Indian Billionaires:
Rank
Name
Net Worth
36
Mukesh Ambani (58)
$20.6B
44
Dilip Shanghvi (60)
$16.7 B
55
Azim Premji (70)
$15 B
88
Shiv Nadar (70)
$11.1 B
133
Cyrus Poonawalla (74)
$8.5 B
135
Laxmi Mittal (65)
$8.4 B
184
Uday Kotak (56)
$6.3
196
Kumar Birla (48)
$6.1 B
219
Sunil Mittal (58)
$5.7 B
Source
Reliance
Sun Pharmaceuticals
Wipro Ltd
HCL
Serum Institute of India
Steel
Kotak Mahindra
Aditya Birla group
Bharti Airtel
There are 5 Indian women billionaires who have marked their names in the list and are
Savitri Jindal (OP Jindal group), Indu Jain (Bennett, Coleman & Co), Smita Crishna
Godrej (Godrej), Leena Tiwari (USV) and Vinod Gupta (Havells India).
The youngest Indian billionaires are the Bansal duo of Flipkart Sachin and Binny
Bansal with net worth of 1.2 billion.
Three Britain professors have won the Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Prize
Three Britain professors Tim Bliss, Graham Collingridge and Richard Morris have won the
Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research prize worth of 1 million Euros. This is the first time
that the brain prize has all Britain names in the winners list.
FLASH POINTS
Three scientists have won the Brain prize for their discovery of how memories are
formed in the brain
In 1900, scientists found connections between the nerve cells called synapses since then
they were unable to discover how memories are formed
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Non- fiction:
Fiction:
Noted Scientist Pallava Bagla was conferred with the national award for Outstanding
Efforts in the Field of Science and Technology Communication on Electronic
Medium, carrying a citation, memento and Rs. 1 Lakh. It was presented by Union
Minister of Science and Technology, Harsh Vardhan during the function.
Ratan Thiyam the theatre guru is going to be awarded the Lifetime achievement award
at the 11th META function
He has been given this award for creating a new language in theatre and enriching the art
form in various roles as writer, director, designer, composer and choreographer
Other awardees
This award has been given to theatre greats such as Zohra Sehgal, Badal Sarkar, Khaled
Chowdhury, Ebrahim Alkazi, Girish Karnad and Heisnam Kanhailal in the past
He has authored several short stories and poems and his acclaimed works
includeShatabdi Niruttar (1977), Footpath Par Chiriya Nachti Hai (1984) and Suraj
Leelti Ghatiyan
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His works reflect the unpleasant changes in human relations, social disparity and loss
of human values although positivity and his faith in human life also shine through the vast
collection of his poetry
The Award for 2015 will be conferred upon Manoj Kumar, the 78 year old Veteran Actor
who became famous with some his popular movies like Roti, Kapda aur Makaan, Kranti,
Woh Kaun Thi.
He has received a National Award for the film Upkaar and Padma Shri by GOI.
Whitfield Diffie And Martin Hellman Won Acm 2015 A M Turing Award
The deserving two, Stanfords cryptographers who brought up cryptography from a shadowy realm
to the public space have been conferred upon the A M Turing Award 2015 of the Association of
Computing Machinery (ACM). The Award is often referred to as the Nobel Prize for
Computing that comes with a whooping $1 million prize funded by Google.
The Awardees are into Public-Key Cryptography which is a method of scrambling data
in which each party has a pair of keys, one which can be shared publicly and the other
with the intended recipient.
The Veteran singer performed a rousing nine-song set of his at the 13th Annual Global
Oscar party.
The Veteran singer performed a rousing nine-song set of his at the 13th Annual Global
Oscar party.
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The Award will be given by the Indian Desalination Association (South Zone).
She was conferred with the award by Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh
First modern woman poet of Dogri language but writes in Hindi as well.
Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz has received the Legion of
Honour Award
Though official notifications have not been stated, French President made the
announcement
This award is bestowed for following transparent and fair communication practices by
Research Bytes in an independent poll having participation of over 3000 Fund
Managers/Analysts/Non Institutional Investors.
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The International Womens Day is observed this year with the theme Planet 50-50 by
2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality.
The Stree Shakti puraskars are conferred to six women in the area of
womensendeavour and exceptional contribution each year. The award carries a cash
prize of Rs. 3lakh and a citation.
The Nari Shakti Puraskar has been conferred for the first time this year. Each award carries
a 1 lakh rupees and a citation.
The following eight women have been bestowed with this award in recognition to their
contribution in specific areas
1. RashmiAnand (Delhi)
2. DrNandita Krishna (Tamilnadu)
3. DrLaxmiGautam(Uttar Pradesh)
4. NehaKirpal(Delhi)
5. LatikaThukral(Haryana)
6. DrSailakshmiBalijepally(Tamilnadu)
7. Kausalya(Tamilnadu)
8. DrSwarajVidwan(Uttarakhand)
The event was organized by Inglot and Major Brands as a celebration to mark
theInternational Womens Day
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Actress Sonakshi Sinha along with several other women participated in an initiative to
set a record for most people painting their fingernails simultaneously
This has been given the Guiness record for most people painting their nails
simultaneously.
The initiative will advance bilateral cooperation on climate change, which will enable
Indian research scholars to work with American institutions in the field.
The fellowship is jointly funded by both governments and will be operated by The United
States-India Educational Foundation headquartered in New Delhi.
The award bagged campaign Titled New Worlds, the multimedia campaign containing
three short films directed by reputed Malayalam filmmaker Anwar Rasheed won
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The New Worlds campaign was launched by UNWTO Secretary General Taleb Rifai at the
World Travel Mart in London.
Certificates Of Honour And The Maharishi Badrayan Vyas Samman Awarded To Eminent
Scholars
The President of India, Sri Pranab Mukherjee awarded the certificates of honour to eminent
scholars of Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian and the Maharishi Badrayan Vyas
Samman to young scholars for the year 2014.
The recipients of the awards are listed below:
AWARD
LANGUAGE
AWARDEES
Certificate of
SANSKRIT
Manohar Vidyalankar
Honour
S Sambanda Sivacharya
Jagadgurunimbarkacharya Shri
Radhasarveshwarshadevacharya Shri Sjriji Maharaj
Dr. Rama Shankar Tripathi
V Krishnamurthy Ghanapatigal
Areyar Srirama Sharma
R Krishnamurthy Sastri
Dr. Francois Grimal
Raja S Giri Acharya
Prof. Radhavallabh Tripathi
Chellam Srinivasa Somayaji
Prof. Vempaty Kutumba Sastry
Padamshri Prof. Om Prakash Upadhyay
SANSKRIT
(INTERNATIONAL)
ARABIC LANGUAGE
Maharishi
Badrayan Vyas
Samman
PERSIAN AND
PALI/PRAKRIT
LANGUAGE
SANSKRIT
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The 2016 Global Teacher Prize worth $1 million has been announced by Pope
Francis and the reverent awardee is a Palestinian Teacher, Hanan Al Hroub, who teaches
Refugee Children and was a refugee herself.
She beat Indias Robin Chaurasiya, who runs a not-for-profit school in Mumbai for girls
from the citys red light district of Kamatipura, and eight other finalists to bag the Varkey
Foundations prize at the end of the annual Global Education and Skills Forum
Jagran Group CEO and Dainik Jagran editor, chosen IAA Editor of the Year
The Jagron Group CEO and the Editor of the well known daily, Dainik Jagran, Sanjay Gupta has
been chosen as the Editor of the Year at the fourth Indian Advertising Association Awards in
Mumbai.
India-based software engineer Abdulqadir Rashik won First Prize in UN #LinksSDGs Data
Visualization Challenge
The United Nations honoured the founder of India-based Miavy Systems Abdulqadir
Rashik for the Unite Ideas #LinksSDGs Data Visualization Challenge. Itwill be used to identify
further research opportunities and guide policy decisions around the implementation of global
sustainability initiatives.
He was bestowed with the Challenges top prize for his submission Links to Sustainable
Cities an interactive visualization that identifies and maps the links between Sustainable
Development Goal 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities, and the other 16 Goals.
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Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950 and spent 45 years serving
the poor, the sick, the orphaned, and the dying on the streets of Kolkata.
In 2002, the Vatican officially recognised a miracle she was said to have carried out after
her death, namely the 1998 healing of a Bengali tribal woman, Monika Besra, who was
suffering from an abdominal tumour. The traditional canonisation procedure requires at
least two miracles
He proved the Fermats theorem by way of the modularity conjecture for semistable
elliptic curves, opening a new era in number theory
He published his theory in Annals of Mathematics in 1995, with the title Modular Elliptic
Curves and Fermats Last Theorem
Assassin wins more than half of the 15 awards presented in the Asian film awards
Best Sound: Chu Shih-yi, Tu Duu-chih and Wu Shu-yao for The Assassin
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Best Editing: William Chang Suk-ping, Chu Ka-yat, Liao Ching-sung, Wong Hoi, Philip
Yung for Port of Call
Best Costume Design: Lee Ji-yeon and Shim Hyun-seob for The Throne
Venkaiah Naidu was selected for the award for his contributions to inclusive growth and
towards poverty alleviation in India
IT minister of Telangana State KT Rama Rao was awarded the Skoch Award in the Startup
India category for his initiative in establishing the path breaking tech incubator T-Hub
She was a secret agent in World War II and was sent behind enemy lines. She
operated from Paris, doing crucial work for the allies.
Noor was betrayed, arrested and killed in Dachau Concentration Camp at the age of 30.
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The award was presented at the Krishi Unnati Mela, a three day event which began in
New Delhi
Six other states receive the Krishi Karman Award for their valuable contribution to
Agriculture
The award to Himachal Pradesh was received by the Agriculture minister of the
state Sujan Singh Pathania
He won the Kerala Sahithya Academy award in 1976 for his book Marichittillathavarude
Smarakangal.
The themes of all of his writings deal with the plight of the dispossessed and advocate
an armed struggle for the liberation of the oppressed
Hockey India Annual Awards: Sreejesh, Deepika walk away with honours
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Hockey India Presidents Award for Outstanding Achievement Madhya Pradesh Hockey
Academy
The milestone awards were presented to Dharamvir Singh, Kothajit Singh, BirendraLakra
and SushilaChanu for making 100th appearance for India.
Gurbaj Singh and V R Raghunath were awarded for turning out in India colours for the
200th time.
She holds title for the highest number of solo, duet and chorus backed songs in over
six Indian languages
As per the official records, she has sung 17,695 solo, duet and chorus backed songs as
on January 28, 2016
Susheela has over 30,000 songs to her credit across multiple languages
She has sung 20000 songs in Telugu and around 10000 songs in other languages
She has become the first women motorcyclist to cross the Mana Pass which is the
worlds highest motorable mountain pass.
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She scaled eight Himalayan mountain passes, all above 5,000 metre, last year
Best Film Friendly State Award: Gujarat (special mention to UP and Kerala)
Gujarat was named the Most Film-Friendly State at the 63rd National Film Awards, a
major step by the Indian government to promote film tourism in the states because this
sort of an award will enthuse the states.
The awards bestowed including Best films from various languages across India.
The Complete List of Major Winners:
Best Bodo film
Best Punjabi film
Best Odiya film
Best Marathi film
Best Malyalam film
Best Konkani film
Best Kannada film
Best Hindi film
Best Bengali film
Best Assamese film
Best Khasi film
Best Haryanvi film
Best Wancho film
Best Manipuri film
Best Mizo film
Best Maithili film
Best Sanskrit film
Best Telugu film
Best Tamil film
Best Choreography
Best Background score
Best Music direction
Best Costume Designer and Make-up Artist
Best Editing
Best Dialogues
Best Screenplay Writer (Original)
Best Cinematography
DauHuduniMethai
ChauthiKoot
Pahada Ra Luha
Ringan
Pathemari
Enemy
Thithi
DumlagaKHaisha
Shankhachil
Kothanodi
Onaatah
Satrangi
The Head Hunter
EibusuYaohanbiyu
Kimas lode Beyond the Class
MithilaMakhaan
Priyamanasam
Kanche
Visaaranai
Remo SSouza (DeewaniMastani in
Ilaiyaaraja (ThaaraiThappattai)
M Jayachandran (KaathirunnuKaathirunnu in
Nanak Shah Fakir
Late Kishore TE (Visaaranai)
JuhiChaturvedi (Piku) and Himanshu Sharma
JuhiChaturvedi (Piku) and Himanshu Sharma
SudeepChaterjee (BajiraoMastani)
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Prior to his appointment he was serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign
Minister of the Government.
He will succeed Atifete Jahjaga as the new President of the country, the will formally
take oath on April 7, 2016.
Vice admiral Atul Kumar Jain takes over as Chief of staff, Eastern Naval Command
Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain took over as Chief of staff, Eastern Naval Command from Vice
Admiral Bimal Verma.
He was commissioned in Navy in 1982 and post specialization in Gunnery Missile and
Warfare
He was the Gunnery officer of missile destroyers, IN ships Ranvijay and Ranvir
Prior to his Micromax appointment in July 2014 he was a business head at Samsung
India and skimps at Bharati Airtel and Nokia.
The homegrown mobile maker facing terrific competition in Indian market from Chinese
and Indian Handset makers. However Micromax become the third largest handset
player in Russian market recently.
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He was the Prime Minister of Portugal between 1995 and 2002. He was from the Socialist
Party. He served as the 10th UN high Commissioner from 2005 until 2015.
Sanjiv will be responsible for inflight services andground operations also oversee
strategic planning and commercial operations.
Prior to his new appointment he served as a Chief Operating Officer at Spice Jet also
have 19 years of experience in the Airline Industry.
It also re-designated Praveen Kumar Singhal , the President Joint Managing Director as
President & Whole time Director with effect from 1 st April.
The Greek Based Administrator comes after Gianni Infantino left the role to become
the new president of FIFA.
Prior to his new appointment he was serving as the Acting Chief Justice of the Rajasthan
High Court.
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Three non official members include Sudhir Mankad, Bharat Narotam Doshi and
Natarajan Chandrasekaran
They will serve on the board for four years from March 4
This move is in the companys Pipeline to reposition the brand after 25 years since its
launch on the planks of active lifestyle.
S Rao will take over as the new public interest director and chairman of BSES
Ramadorai has retired from the BSE Chairman and Karnatakas former Chief Secretary Sudhakar
Rao will replace the former.
Ramadorai has served since 2010 and retire on 7th March after serving six years.
Before her new appointment, Gamlin, first woman IAS officer from Mishing tribe of
Assam, served as Principal Secretary (Power) in New Delhi.
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Prior to his appointment he was serving chairman and Managing Director of National
Aluminium Company.
Balbir Singh Chauhan is currently the head of Cauvery River Water Dispute tribunal
The president is chosen from candidates put forward by each of the two houses of parliament,
in addition to a third nominee from the military.
Egyptian diplomat Ahmed AboulGheit named Secretary General of the Arab League
Egypt officially nominates Ahmed Aboul-Gheit to head Arab League.His appointment was
contained in a statement released by the 22-member bloc.
Ahmed AboulGheit as the Arab Leagues new secretary general,will replace fellow
Egyptian Nabil El-Araby, who announced that he would not seek another term after the
expiration of his current tenure in July 2016.
Prior to his new appointment Abul Gheit served as Egypts last Foreign Minister under
expelled leaded Hosni Mubarak.
Kangana will be seen challenging herself with various fitness activities including functional
training, dance, yoga, kick-boxing and others, thereby communicating the overarching brand
message how fit you are defines how far you go.
Ajit Singh & Satish Mittal sworn-in as Gauhati & Rajasthan HC CJ respectively
The President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Ajit Singh, Judge of the Rajasthan High Court,to
be the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court
Justice Satish Kumar Mittal was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.
The oath was administered by Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh.
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Justice Ajit Singh was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court. The oath
of office to the Chief Justice was administered by Assam Govenor P B Acharya.
General N P S Hira has been the commander of Sikh Light Infantry and has wide
experience in counter insurgency operations in J&K
Vishvas ViduSapkal appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of
Fiji
Vishvas ViduSapkal currently Deputy Chief of Mission in Embassy of India, Cairo, has been
appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Fiji.
Sapkal, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1998 batch, was expected to
take up his assignment shortly.
Anil Wadhwa concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of
San Marino
Anil Wadhwa, Ambassador of India to Italy, has been concurrently accredited as the next
Ambassador of India to the Republic of San Marino with residence in Rome. He is an Indian
Foreign Service Officer of the 1979 batch was also posted as Secretary (East) in 2014.
He has also served as the Indian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand (Nov 2011 to
Jan 2014) and previously as the Ambassador to Poland and to the Sultanate of Oman
Ravindra appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Cote dIvoire
He is likely to take up his assignment shortly. In his new stint Ravindra will succeed
Dinesh Bhatia
He will will succeed Vice Chancellor Stephen Parker in September who steps down from the
post in July after over nine years in the service.
Altico Named Naina Lal Kidwai as Its New Non executive Director
Altico capital, a non banking finance company has named veteran banker Naina Lal Kidwai as its
new independent non executive director on its board.
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She is on the boards of Larsen & Toubro Limited, Advent Private Equity, Nestle SA,
Cipla Limited, Max Financial Services Limited
Before joining Altico she was the chairperson of British lender HSBC India last year
and served the bank for 13 years
Before joining HSBC, Kidwai was vice-chairperson and head, investment banking, at JP
Morgan Stanley
Sushila Karki, the senior most of the judges in the Nepals Supreme Court has been
nominated for the top post by the judicial council chaired by the Prime Minister, K P
Oli.
She will take charge as Nepals first woman President Bindya Bhandari, endorses
her nomination and the current chief justice, Kalyan Shreshtha retires.
The resignation came days after the Bangladesh finance minister said the central bank did
not inform him about the theft. The Governor resignation was accepted by the Prime
Minister SheikhHasina.
Bangladesh government has appointed former finance secretary and Sonali Bank
chairman Fazle Kabir as governor of the central bank for four years.
Sharapova tested positive for meldonium at the Australian Open and has been
provisionally suspended from tennis pending an independent panel ruling on the case.
The New ambassador will focus on raising awareness and mobilising support for the
recently propelled Sustainable Development Goals.
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Ashley and UNFPA will be joining forces to raise awareness of the huge work that still
needs to be done across the world to stop women dying giving life and to empower
women to choose when and how often to become pregnant.
Chandilyas contract ends March 31, 2016, but he will continue with the company until the
end of April to ensure a smooth transition of the CEO role.
Prior to joining Pfizer, Mr. Sridhar worked as the Finance Director of Diageo India Pvt
Ltd
He succeeds Surendra L. Rao, who served as member of the Board of Directors of HAIL
since January 2002 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors from August 2014 to
February 2016
General Lori Robinson has been nominated to lead the US Northern Command
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She is currently commander for the Pacific Air Forces and enrolled in the Air Force in
1982
She would also be the first ever female combatant commander if nomination is approved
by the senate
With this, the new chairman of Royal Challenger Bangalore is Amrit Thomas, President and
Chief Marketing Officer of United Spirits.
It was declared on the International day of happiness by the UN that red the head of
angry birds will be the honorary ambassador of climate change
The
campaign
is
in
partnership
with Sony
Pictures
Entertainment,
the
UN
It asks people to make the angry birds happy by taking actions on climate change
Huawei shipped 108 million smartphones in 2015 and became the third-largest player
after Apple and Samsung.
The company has set a target of growing its smartphone sales by 300% this year.
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The Khadi and Village Industries Commission is a statutory body formed by the
Government of India, under the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act of
1956
The commission appointed Beri as an advisor for a period of one year during which
she will advise on ways to promote khadi
The presidential elections held was the re-run of the elections held in October 2015,
which were cancelled by the ZEC on grounds of fraud
Shein won 299982 votes against just 6076 votes (1.9 percent) won by his main rival
Seif Sharif Hamad of the opposition Civic United Front (CUF)
Paytm has appointed its new President to help Paytm grow across the borders
Currently Paytm has a userbase of 125 Million and it has planned to sell $ 2 billion
worth products in 2016
The appointment was for a period of five years with effect from the date of assumption of
charge of the post, or till attaining the age of 68 years, whichever is earlier.
Government owned Petronas headquartered in Kuala Lumpur is Malaysian Oil and Gas
Company that was founded on 17 August 1974.
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He will be replacing countrys longest serving prime minister Mahathir Mohamad who has
been expelled from the post two weeks ago.
Koehler, who has been with Tata for six years, but he will remain available in an
advisory capacity for a short period.
He will be a member of the four-member Working Group on the issue of human rights
and transnational corporations and other business enterprises.
The advisers of the body report annually to the Council and in most cases to the UN
General Assembly.
Hung takes over from Eric Chu, who was the partys eventual presidential candidate
and who resigned as party chairman after the defeat
Tsai
Ing-wen,
who
belonged
to
the Democratic
Progressive
Party won
the
The new Chief Executive will replace Michael Shepherd as Bank of the Wests next President
and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and is expected to join the bank as a CEO-in-training on
April 1 and will take the helm officially on June 1.
Currently she also serves on the board of the Consumer Bankers Association.
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Mohans would come on Nestle Indias board from May 1, 2016, as an Independent NonExecutive Director.
Zaheer Khan appointed Captain of Delhi Daredevils for 2016 IPL season
Indias best left-arm pace bowler ever, Zaheer Khan was appointed captain of Delhi Daredevils
for the upcoming ninth edition of Indian Premier League.
Htin Kyaw from the National League for Democracy (NLD) was sworn in as Myanmars
new president. The first elected civilian leader in more than 50 years.
Htin Kyaw from the National League for Democracy (NLD) takes over from Thein Sein,
who introduced wide-ranging reforms during his five years in power.
Following this, France sent its troops and established Sangaris operation to restore
peace
Prior to his new appointment he is the Director Legal and Government Affairs, Avon
Beauty Products India Pvt. Ltd has been has become the Chairman of the Association.
Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan got 472 votes out of the total 481 votes and got a clean sweep of
majority in becoming the speaker of the assembly
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She became the first female speaker of the nation and also elected as thechairperson
of National Election council with 467 votes out of 477
The historic Old War Office Building in Central London is situated near the Britain
parliament
The UK defence ministry told that the building was sold for a 250 year lease
arrangement to the companies following a competitive market
The two AWACS will be the tune of Rs. 7500crore and will enhance India to detect any
threat by aerial route than ground based radars.
Innerchef, which started its operations in April 2015 working on the ready-to-cook
and ready-to-eat meals segments.
The acquisition of Flavour Labs, a food company, will help InnerChef enter the mobile
kitchen segment, while EatOnGo, which specialises in breakfasts, will help the company
expand its presence in Bengaluru.
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Network of 10 branches
Bharti Airtel has entered into a definitive agreement with Videocon Telecommunications
Limited to acquire, at an aggregate consideration of Rs 4,428 crore rights to use 2 x 5
MHz spectrum in the 1800 MHz Band
Qarth, incubated from IIT madras has been acquired by Ola to integrate it with its Ola
money to facilitate the payment
Noida based Inox Wind Limited conveyed to the Bombay Stock Exchange in a
regulatory filing that it has acquired Sarayu Wind Power with effect from March 25.
The Yokohama Group will acquire the 90% stake held by KKR and 10% of the
Mahansaria family.
The deal is valued at about 2.2 times Alliance Tires annual sales and more than 12
times its operating profit for the 2015 fiscal year. The deal is fifth largest off road tyre
making market.
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Prior to such acquisition, Technico Agri Sciences Limited was a wholly owned
subsidiary of Technico Pty Limited, which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of ITC
Limited.
With the new acquisition, NTI will make its presence in North America and expand its
global network and improve its infrastructure services
NTI will now have around 230 data centres across the globe including those of Dell in
UK,Australia and US
Russia approved OVL deal to acquire 15% stake in Vankor oilfield for $1.3 billion
Russia has approved a deal of ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) to acquire 15% stake in Vankor oilfield
from Rosneft, The deal size of 1.3 billion US dollars was signed between the OVL and Rosneft in
September 2015.
The new deal enables OVLs stake in Vankor will raise to 26% from 15% and will give it
about 3.5 million metric tonnes of oil a year Consequently,
SCHEMES
Food Security Scheme implemented in 47 districts in UP
Akhilesh Yadav led Uttar Pradesh government to implement Food Security Act 2013 in 47 more
districts of the state.
With this the entire state of 75 districts will come under the ambit of the food scheme, UP
government having launched this Act in 28 districts from January 1this year.
The beneficiaries will get subsidized food grains, including wheat at a rate of Rs. 2and
the rice at a rate of Rs. 3 per kg. Each beneficiary will be allowed to get 5 Kg per month.
The scheme to cover to benefit more than 1.64 crore people in around 40 lakh
households.
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Punjab has become the seventh state to join the scheme. Therefore, it will be able to
handle a debt of 20,838 crores and revive the power sector of the state.
The four-colour classification scheme of industrial sectors based on the Pollution Index (PI)
which is a function of the Emissions (air pollutants)
Red category: PI score of 60 and above. These are severe polluting industries. It
includes sugar, thermal power plants, paints
Green category: PI score of 21 to 40. They are significantly low polluting industries.
Totally there are 63 industries in it.
White category: PI score below and upto 20. They are non-polluting industries. These
industries do not require Environmental clearance for their functioning
Haryana has also been selected by the Centre as a pilot State for universal ID for persons with
disability, for which work has already been started.
Gurgaon and Faridabad districts have been selected for the Accessible India campaign
for persons with disabilities.
This Village Nagepur selected after Jayapur village of the same constituency is going to be
adopted by the Prime Ministers in order to develop India.
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The accident victims treatment scheme Mukhyamantri Scheme Harish Yojana has been
named after Nanjappa who donated his eyes minutes before he passes away seeking
help after severely injured in a mishap in the city.
The Scheme emphasizes to provide immediate medical relief would be provided to the
victim during the Golden Hour with financial aid up to Rs. 25, 000 during the first two
days.
Flash points
The scheme will benefit five crore families below poverty line
It ensures a financial support of Rs 1600 for each LPG connection to the BPL
households
This Scheme would be implemented over three years, namely, the FY 201617, 201718 and 2018-19
The power discoms in the state had a total debt of Rs 34,500 crore, of which the state
government would take over Rs 25,000 crore in two tranches
In the first tranche, the state will take over Rs17,000 crore debt in 2016-17
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The actual transfer would happen over five years. The grant component would be 20 per
cent, while the remaining would be debt.
Non-statutory liquidity ratio bonds would be issued against the 80 per cent debt for
which the distribution companies would have to pay an interest of 8.5-nine per cent
against 12.5-13 per cent, which is normally paid.
The state discoms stand to gain Rs 8,000 crore from the scheme
To identify successes in leading change achieved either through the use of technology or
by employing innovating on-ground
LED based lighting programme named UJALA(means Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for
All)
In an effort to promote measures that can save energy the Union government launches various
programmes.One such important initiative is to provide LED lamps to households and promote its
usage to save energy. The new scheme of LED based lighting has been named UJALA.
About UJALA Programme:
UJALA
is
the
name
given
for
the
LED
based
Domestic
Efficient
Lighting
Programme(DELP)
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Implementation Authorities
National Mission Authority, Project Approval Board and the National Project Directorate at the
centre and the State Higher Education Council and State Project Directorate at the state level
Funding for RUSA
The central funding in the ratio of 65:35 for general category States and 90:10 for
special category states
The funding will be given by the Union Human Resources Ministry through the state
governments/union territories to the State Higher Education Councils
The funds are used for achieving the objective of improving cleanliness levels
in ruraland urban areas including in schools.
For construction of toilets funds to the extent of Rs 359 crore have been released to
various state level implementing agencies during December 2014 to January 2016.
According to the amendment, the spouse of the subscriber shall be entitled to receive
the same pension amount as that of the subscriber until the death of the spouse.
After the death of both the subscriber and the spouse, the nominee of the subscriber shall
be entitled to receive the pension wealth, as accumulated till age of 60 years of the
subscriber.
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The government appointed a committee to revise the wage calculation formula for the
MGNREGA workers
According to the new recommendations, the wages will be calculated on CPI-rural index
It is said by officials that the new scheme will help the workers to combat with the spiking
prices due to inflation
However this will cost an additional 2000 crore rupees for the government
Hence hey have dropped the new wage scheme and hiked the wages by 6%
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana It is an insurance scheme for the farmers which
provide relief to the farmers when crops are affected by Natural calamities
It is different from the other schemes in that it provides a higher sum compared to other
insurance schemes and also it requires low premium
Udaan is a national integration scheme with the goal to mainstream J&K youth with rest
of the country and targeting to train and enhance employability of 40,000 graduates,
post graduates and three year engineering diploma holders, will be achieved by
2019-20.
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This scheme intends to provide houses for all people in the rural area
Under this scheme, incentive will be given by the government to build Pucca house
Financial assistance of 1,20,000 in plain areas and 1,30,000 in hill areas will be
given to all houseless and people those who live in dilapidated houses
The scheme proposes to build 1 crore houses in the year 2016-17 to2018-19
The cost will be shared between the centre and states in the ratio of 60:40 in plain areas
For north eastern and Hilly areas, the ratio will be 90:10
The beneficiary is entitled to 90 days of unskilled labour from MGNREGA. This will be
ensured through a server linkage between PMAY and MGNREGA.
MoUs
Telangana, Maharashtra ink MoU for five irrigation projects
The Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Telangana and Maharashtra
government on river Godavari Water Projects in Mumbai.
The MoU will pave the way for construction of five Barrages on Godavari River and its
tributaries Penganga and Pranahita projects which has kept aside due inter-state
disputes.
The R&D emphasized in areas of mutual interest such as Simulation and modelling, heat
transfer
and
thermal
process, artificial
intelligence
integration.
Under this agreement Joint research projects will be taken up for development of new
technologies and performance improvement.
Union Government and Jammu & Kashmir Government signed MoU on UDAY Scheme
Jammu and Kashmir Government has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Union
Ministry of Power, An overall net benefit of approximately Rs.9800 crore would accrue to the
State by opting to participate in UDAY.
Jammu and Kashmir reforms and issue power bonds worth about Rs 7000 crores, which
were equal to the power liabilities of the State.
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Union
Power
Secretary PK
Pujari andCommissioner
Power
Development
Against Indias offer to remove 5% of tariff lines under the 16-country Regional
Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), China has expressed its willingness to
Removal of tariff lines would mean that the import taxes on the items would be reduced
to zero over a specified period of time
Indias merchandise exports to China stood at a mere $11.9 billion in 2014-15, while
Chinas exports to India were to the tune of $60.4 billion.
On behalf this MoU the two institutes will work on Promotion of Knowledge and skill
empowerment for less privileged children in India.
An MoC was signed between the Ministry of Railways and the Japans Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) for technical cooperation in the railways
An MoU was signed by Indian Railways Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO)
with Japanese Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) on December 11,2015
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Union Cabinet approved MoU between India and Bahrain on Cooperation for Prevention
of Human Trafficking
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Bahrain on cooperation for prevention
of human trafficking especially trafficking in women and children,,rescue, recovery,
repatriation and re-integration of victims of trafficking has been approved by the Union
Government.
Decision in this regard taken by the Union Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. The approved MoU is expected to be signed during the Home Minister visit to Bangkok
in the April.
MoU Signed Between M/O Tourism and Ecotourism Society of India for Responsible and
Sustainable Tourism
The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India signed a MOU with the Ecotourism Society of
India (ESOI) to take its commitments to Responsible and Sustainable tourism.
Under this MOU it is projected that sustainable tourism and Responsible Tourism will
take the front and achieve the commitments of the Ministrys action plan. The ESOI
will prepare a 10-year Road Map for advocacy and certification under the Sustainable
Tourism Criteria for India.
Over the past eight years it attempted to spread awareness and educate tourism service
providers as well as local government officials on the urgent need to ensure sustainable
tourism practices,13 workshops have been conducted across the country in this
context
The MoU aims for developing applications in the field of Remote Sensing and Geographic
Information System (GIS) for Remote Sensing at unmanned railway crossings
The 42 wagon rail rake is loaded with around 2500 MT High Speed Diesel
It started off from Siliguri station to Parbatipur station over 516 kms
It is a symbolic gesture of friendship and cooperation that exists between India and
Bangladesh
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The main objective of the project is to improve access to selected public services for the
people of the state, particularly those belonging to disadvantaged groups.
The signing ceremony of MoU was headed by Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma and the
Dignitaries
from IndusInd
bank headed
by Anil
Rao
Head-General
Banking
Operations.
The first MoU was signed earlier in 2011 was valid for a period of three years, this MoU
revised to suit the requirements of serving soldiers also provide them opportunity to
access modern banking facilities.
With this, the RBI has signed 32 such MoUs, one Letter for Supervisory Co-operation
and one Statement of Co-operation.
Sports, media and entertainment with special focus on IT, infrastructure, broadcast
driven business opportunities are the core sectors covered under this MoU.
Four Oil Psus Sign Pacts To Raise Stake In Russian Oil Field
The national Oil Giants namely ONGC Videsh Ltd, Oil India Ltd, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
and Bharat Petro Resources and Russias Rosneft have signed two separate memorandums of
understanding, one Heads of Agreement, and one sale purchase agreement worth $2 billion to
increase Indias participation in the Siberian oil and gas fields.
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NHAI ties up with Indian School of Business for skill development of its technical and
managerial manpower
National Highway Authority of India joined hands with Hyderabad based Indian School of
Business for skill development of its technical and managerial manpower.
Road sector is seen as the one of the key areas to achieve the objective and ensure
sustained economic growth.
India will supply 18 meter Gauge 1350 HP Diesel Electric Locomotives to Myanmar
Railways according to the new MoU signed between India and Myanmar
India also enters into agreement with US in research field of Cancer through Ayurveda
medicines
The Arogya fair which aims to create awareness among the people about efficiency of
the AYUSH Systems, their cost effectiveness and the availability of herbs and plants
used for prevention and treatment of common ailments was inaugurated in Pune
Tata 6X6 HMV is meant for the loading-unloading and transportation of ammunition
pallets, spares and other operational equipment.
Tata has already supplied 1239 units and it being the highest order to a private
company from the defence sector under Defence Procurement Procedure
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The
MoUs
broadly
covers
the
collaborative
programmes
on developing and
The MoU initiating advocacy action against unfair trade practices and preventing fake,
counterfeit and
sub-standard
products
and
services
and
adoption
of
voluntary
standards.
Points to note
The proposed MoU will enable the building of six new nuclear reactors at Jaitapur in
Maharashtra
The agreement was signed between Electricite de France and the Nuclear Power
Corporation of India Ltd
The agreement was initially conceived during the France PMs visit to India in
January,2016
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It includes investments in Commercially viable projects like green stalled projects and
brown stalled projects
India by joining this agreement can use the existing transit corridor to facilitate goods
transport in Eurasian region
It will also help India in implementing the International North South Transport
Corridor (INSTC) for enhanced connectivity
The MoU will allow both the Nations to come together in the areas such as controlling
floods, minimising its consequences as well as collaboration in capacity building
The agreement paving the way for institute that will come up at Begumpet Airport in
Hyderabad.
The French company plans to set up an academy to train local talent in addition to skilled
workforce for the maintenance, repair and overha
The Program aiming to train at least 1,000 students a year in aerospace and related
areas. We want this aero campus to give maximum preference to Telangana students.
These courses will be of various durations from few weeks to one year.
Nepal inks transit treaty with China, to have first rail link
Land locked country Nepal signed pact with China to build a strategic railway link between the
two countries through Tibet to reduce land-locked Nepals total dependence on India
During the Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Olis seven day visit to China the two
countries sealed 10 agreements, including the much-publicised transit trade treaty that
will end Nepals total dependency on Indian sea ports for third-country trade.
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The agreements signed include a feasibility study on the establishment of a Free Trade
Agreement, Chinas assistance to build a new airport and a border bridge over
theSimikot-Hilsa road section that will connect Humla district with Tibet.
Iran reached an with the Japanese Inpex a decade ago to develop the oil field
The talks between the two leaders mainly concentrated on economic relations and
security reasons
Iran has invested over $2bn in the project, but Pakistan has yet to finish construction on
its half of the pipeline
The two countries were targeting $5 billion worth of mutual trade by 2021
JICA had conducted development study during 2013 and 2015 and had formulated a
master plan covering 20 years and the technical cooperation project would commence
from October this year and continue till September 2021.
ADB, USAID join hands to support Indias clean energy expansion plan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on
supporting Indias expansion plans for clean energy infrastructure.
The MoU will pave the way to make USAID to align the components of its technical
assistance with ADBs current and planned investments in renewable energy.
The Department of Economic Affairs had demanded ADB to provide financing up to $ 500
million each to support rooftop solar, and expansion of the transmission network to
connect solar parks in multiple states.
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COMMITTEES
Maharashtra government forms committee to track MoUs signed during Make in India
week
Maharashtra Government has formed a high-powered committee headed by Chief secretary
Swadhi Kshatriya to ensure that the MoU s signed during the make in India week fructify.
The Committee will have sub-committee to monitor and report the progress on the MoUs
signed. In the Make in India last month held in Mumbai over 2500 MoUs were signed.
These MoUs progress will be monitored by the Concerned Department while the rest
officials will be reviewed and monitored by Head committee.
The committee will be headed by Special Secretary in the Home Ministry Mahesh Kumar
Singla, and the committee will submit its report by May 31 this year.
The Six communities that have been demanding ST status are Moran, Koch
Rajbongshi, Muttuck,Sootea,Tai Ahom and Adivasis
In article 342 of the constitution communities are notified as Scheduled Tribes if they
display five basic characteristics Primitive traits, geographical isolation distinct
culture, Shyness of contact with higher community and Economic Backwardness.
If these communities were granted ST status the state will be a Tribal Dominated State
accounting 50 % of Tribal population.
To review economic trends, problems and prospects to evolve an efficient and consistent
economic policy framework for India
To direct and coordinate all economic policies and activities, including foreign
investments that need economic decisions of the highest order.
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The committee would be chaired by the Chief Secretary with the financial
commissioner, Planning and Development department and some key officials.
The committee look into the extent of problems pertaining with casual labourers and
financial, legal and administrative issues that might arise while considering the
regularisation for dealing with such employees.
The project expected that it will take about seven years after the awarding of the
contract for the project to be completed.
81 per cent of the funding for the project would come from the loan from Japan. It
is a soft loan for 50 years at 0.1 per cent annual interest with 15 years moratorium
period.
This committee was headed by Akhilesh Ranjan, Joint Secretary (CBDT) and it includes
officers of the Central Board of Direct Taxes, representatives from the industry, the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of India and tax experts
Recommendations
The rate of Equalization Levy may be between 6 to 8 percentof the gross sum received
Any income arising from a transaction on which Equalization Levy has been paid should
be exempted from income-tax, by necessary amendment in Section 10 of the Incometax Act, 1961
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He was chosen unanimously after no other NHRI from the region nominated candidate
against him to fill vacancy made after the representative of NHRI of South-Korea vacated
it.
ISROs capabilities at undertaking low cost, high value inter planetary mission has
opened the eyes on Indias stand in the sector.
NASA eying for the next mission to Mars for the next decade, which is 2020- 2030. US
delegations invited ISRO to take part in the meeting to be held in Washington to plan for
5-6 mission to Mars.
The vaccination for HPV virus will prevent the cervical cancer in women caused by sexual
transmission
After 340 days he has seen 5400 earth orbits and nearly 11, 000 sunsets, with this Kelly
have set the American record of 520 days in space.
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The new website will be a tool of source for students, media and the common man, the
site would come with interactive section, mobile app and customer focused Toll free
interactive service.
The monthly newsletter of the Ministry is designed to share our focus on making
development inclusive and participative and on a regular basis.
The newsletter will share important news on the functioning of the Ministry and on
the developments in the textiles sector, with a view to better empower and engage all
our stakeholders, and thereby take governance closer to the people.
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), under the Ministry of Science and Technology
Biotechnology (IGCEB) and Ranbaxy Research Laboratory (now owned by Sun Pharma)
In the Military Exercise Missile test medium and long range precision guided
missiles were test fired from various sites to display the countrys Hostility to confront
any threats.
In the Missile test fire the armaments used had ranges of 300 kilometres (190
miles),500 km, 800 km and 2,000 km.
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Five Medicine ATMS will come in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and
Andhra Pradesh under a health Ministry pilot that merges telemedicine with a basic free
drugs programme.
Any Time Medicine:These Medicine ATMs will be handled by a multipurpose public health
worker (MPHW) or an auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) equipped with a multi-parameter patient
vital monitor to check the basic health parameters.
China is likely to initiate a Mars probe in 2020, after many months flying the probe to land
in the Mars
Flash points
The sixth navigation satellite IRNSS-1F will be launched by the PSLV C-32
The Polar
Satellite
Launch
Vehicle-C32,
on
its
34th
mission,
would
launch
The satellite is aimed at providing navigation services on par with the US-based Global
Positioning System
NASAs new Mars exploration mission set for May 2018 launch
NASAs new exploration InSight mission that begins on May 5, 2018, with a landing scheduled
for November 26. It will help scientists know how rocky planets including Earth formed and
developed.
InSight project managers proposed a plan to redesign the science instrument was
accepted in support of a 2018 launch.
Project Mausam of M/O Culture aims to explore Multi-Faceted Indian Ocean World
Ministry of Culture has initiated Project Mausam which is to be implemented by the
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as the nodal agency with research support of the Indira
Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) and National Museum as associate bodies.
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Any passenger demanding cleaning staff by entering PNR in the form given above.
Passengers may also send their requests as SMS to 58888 by typing CLEAN < Space
>< 10-digit PNR number>they can also use the android app or Web page
www.cleanmycoach.com for logging the request.
The Upgraded OS Android N for now, offers a split-screen feature so users can toggle
between apps more easily.
Telecom Operators Asked To Not Exceed 2% Limit On Call Drops By Supreme Court
A Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice Kurian Joseph asked the Telecos to not to exceed the
call drops limit over 2% and no penalty will be levied on them until they dont cross this threshold.
The TRAI regulation - It has been mandated the Telecos to pay subscribers Re 1 for every call
drop they experience on their network, subject to a cap of three call drops a day, starting from
January 1, 2016.
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The interactive portal Kendriya Sainik Board enables the ex-serviceman to avail various
schemes by submitting online applications thereby reducing the paperwork and saves
time
The first 15 minutes will be free and after that if passengers want to continue, they will be
redirected to payment gateway after selecting the preferred plan.
The ExoMars programme is a joint endeavour between European Space Agency (ESA) and the
Russian space agency, Roscosmos
The Early Earthquake Warning and Security System has been installed by Terra
Techcom free of cost. Around 26 countries in the world have this technology already. This
system can save lives by giving alert of a future earthquake well ahead of time.
Terra Techcom collaborated with Secretary Electronics GmbH, Germany for the
project.
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Researchers will begin developing the engine for Swedish, English, and Arabic, which
they aim to complete by September 2017.
Malawi, UNICEF tested first UAV flights for early diagnosis of HIV in infants
UNICEF launched the first test for the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles-drones with Malawi
government to search the cost effective ways of decreasing waiting period for HIV testing of
infants.
The joint initiative took place at Area 25 Health Centre in Lilongwe where theset
drone airborne on its test flight to Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) covering a distance of
10 km at 400ft above the sea level.
The Web portal would provide small and medium consumers access to information
about SNAs, availability, booking/supply distribution of coal in public domain
IMD develops Drishti for providing real time visibility information to pilots
The India Meteorology Department (IMD) has indigenously developed Drishti, an instrument that
will provide real time visibility information to pilots.
About Drishti:
It has enabled in transferring the crucial visibility updates to the pilots every minute.
It will update the real time weather parameters like wind speed, humidity, temperature
conditions, etc.,
Drishti was introduced first at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in New Delhi in
2015 on a trial basis.
FCIS Depot Online System Has Been Launched by the Union Government
Depot Online System of state run Food Corporation of India (FCI) has been launched by the Union
Government to carry transparency and minimize storage losses of food grains.
The Union Food and public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan have launched this
system in New Delhi as part of Digital India initiative of Union Government.
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This move was taken after Women Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi wrote to
the Health Ministry on this practice.
I-T gets new tech tool to identify, kill duplicate PAN cards
The Income Tax department has finally got a new technology tool to check the duplication of
PAN cards.
The department has operationalized an electronic smart platform called the Income Tax
Business Application-Permanent Account Number (ITBA-PAN) to identify any
duplicate numbers every time a new application for generation of PAN card reaches their
portals.
For booking offline, the user will have to open app and just press the BOOK button. The
app will send SMS to send the users location and request to its server, find the closest
Baxi and respond to the user with that information using SMS.
With this innovation, Baxi app has become the first and only taxi-booking app in the
world that will operate without an Internet connection.
It was launched by the Union Minister of State for Personnel and Public GrievancesJitendra Singh
This mechanism will allow the people to come in direct contact to register their
complaints about various departments
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To carry out unattended observations towards studying the forces from the sun like
variation in solar flux, solar flare and magnetic storm on the ionospheric irregularities
South Korea has the fastest average connection speed in the world at 26.7 Mbps.
Sweden occupies the second spot with an average speed of 19.1 Mbps
India stands at 114th position with an average internet speed of 2.8 Mbps
United Kingdom had the fastest average mobile connection speed at 26.8 Mbps,
with Spain in second place at 14.0 Mbps.
Iran had the lowest average connection speed, at 1.3 Mbps, followed by Vietnam with an
average connection speed of 1.8 Mbps.
In the fourth quarter, Finland and Australia led the world with 99% 4 Mbps adoption
rates, followed closely by Sweden with 98% adoption
Global average connection speed increased 8.6% to 5.6 Mbps from the third quarter, a
23% increase year-over-year.
South Korea had the top average connection speed at 26.7 Mbps, posting a 20%
increase over the fourth quarter of 2014.
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Malaysia is taking the fight against the Islamic State online with the launch of the
countrys first counter-messaging centre.
Every state in Malaysia will have a unit to counter ISIS narratives on the internet and stop
them from radicalising and recruiting Malaysians to join the militants in SyriaCurrently there is
only one such facility is the United States and another based in Dubai, the setting up of a
counter-messaging centre in Southeast Asia is long overdue.
The Organisation aimed at better safeguarding national cyber security and guiding
internet companies in perform their duties.
China launched its first special fund for cyber security with an initial capital of 300
million Yuan($46 million) to realise the nations strategic goal of becoming a strong
internet power in February this year.
The new aluminium-graphite dual-ion battery (AGDIB) has low weight, volume and
manufacturing cost and it has higher energy density compared to the Lithium ion
batteries used in smart phones
The platform will help in providing information on subjects such as weather, market
prices, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and agriculture machinery.
PM Modi emphasised that the digital transformation in India will begin only if countrys
farmers are empowered and villages are developed.
To operate this app farmer should own a smart phone and should register his or her
Mobile Number and enter details of the state, district and block or sub-district. The
information will be available in Hindi and English.
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Gravity maps allow us to see inside a planet, just as a doctor uses an X-ray to see inside
a patient, the new gravity map will be helpful for future Mars exploration.
The better knowledge of the planets gravity anomalies helps mission controllers
insert spacecraft more precisely into orbit about Mars.
ISRO is planning to launch 22 satellites in its upcoming mission that includes micro and
nano satellites from other nations
NASA holds the record for launching 29 satellites in a single mission in 2013
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)s workhorse Polar rocket PSLV C34
carrying Indias Cartosat 2C would also have 21 other satellites from countries
The countries whose satellites to be sent are US, Canada, Indonesia and Germany
The launch would be made from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in the spaceport of
Sriharikota
All existing emergency numbers will be phased out within a year of rolling out 112,
depending upon the awareness about this new facility. The move would be similar to the
911 all-in-one emergency service in the US.
The report also reveals that the industrys revenue will be dominated by the
advertisements contributing to almost half of the entire worth
The revenue from ads has been estimated at99400 crores by 2020
The revenue was just 47500 crores in 2015as against 41700 crores in 2014
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The overall the sector grew by 8% to Rs 1.15 lakh crore in 2015 as against Rs 1.02
lakh crore of 2014
The digital advertising would scale up to Rs 25,500 crore and contribute to 7% of total
advertising revenues.
Digital format would have the highest growth of 5% in the advertising segment between
2015-20, followed by Radio with 16.9%.
Films are expected to grow at 5% CAGR and television medium at 15.1% CAGR
UberMOTO will work on Ubers app, but will use bikes to ferry commuters around instead
of cars.
The uber MOTO driver offers a helmet, which users need to wear before they take the
ride. Uber MOTO can be paid through one of the Uber payment options, including cash.
The fares start at Rs 15. The service then charges Rs 3 per kilometre and Rs 1 per minute for
a ride.
China Launches BeiDou Navigation Satellite
China has launched its navigation satellite BeiDou from Xichang Satellite launching centre.
The report places India at third place owing to the continued exposure of Indian
financial systems to Trojan infections
India has been found increasingly vulnerable year by year, it was placed 7th in 2013;
5thin 2014 and finally third in 2015
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It was a contract undertaken by the Aries and Belgian company- Advanced Mechanical and
Optical Systems in March , 2007
The initiative is going to benefit 60 lakh driving licence holders, 80 lakh vehicle The
App was launched by IT minister KT Rama Rao and transport minister P.Mahender Reddy.
DEFENCE
MoD Gives Nod To 7 Frigates Worth Rs 13,000 Cr
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) approved a Rs 13,000 crores weapons and sensors package for
the seven new stealth frigates being constructed by defence shipyards for the Navy as well as
accorded the initial approval for the Rs 7,200 crore project to indigenously manufacture 244 air
defence guns for the IAF.
Details
The Rs 13,000 crores package for stealth frigates will be undertaken on a single vendor
and repeat order basis.
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The frigates will be equipped with long-range surface-to-air missile (LR-SAM) systems,
jointly developed by DRDO and Israeli Aerospace Industries, which are already fitted on
the three Kolkata-class destroyers.
8 observer states India, Japan, Korea, China, Russia, the United States, Australia,
and New Zealand.
The joint U.S. and South Korean military command said the training involves
about17,000 American troops and more than 300,000 South Koreans
The latest N. sanctions imposed on North Korea were drafted by the United States and
China as punishment for its nuclear test and satellite launch of ballistic missile technology
The Joint Military Exercise between India and Indonesia Shakti was started in 2012 in
India
This year is the fourth edition of Shakti and it is conducted at Meaglang, Indonesia
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The exercise is aimed at building and promoting positive relations between the two
Armies of India and Indonesia
The traditions, invocations from Atharva Veda were related and SmtSeemaVerma, wife
of Vice Admiral Bimal Kumar Verma, AVSM, Commander-in-Chief, Andaman & Nicobar
Command, applied Kumkum on the ships stem. She, thereafter, named the ship as
LCU-L56, wished the ship good luck and launched the vessel.The vessel is likely to be
delivered shortly to the Indian Navy.
Target700 km
The Ship will enhance Coast Guards capability in furthering its mandate of maritime
safety, security on the eastern sea board
The 300-tonne and 50-m long vessel is propelled by triple Rolls Royce Kamewa
water jets and can achieve a maximum speed of 33 knots.
This is the 16th vessel among the 20 vessels in this category being constructed
by Cochin Shipyard limited.
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Features- It looks through walls of 20-30cm thickness and it works based on Thermal
RADAR technique
The USS Conestoga tug boat, which disappeared on March 25, 1921 after departing
San Francisco on its way to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii has been found in 2016
This is the first time India has deployed a P8I maritime aircraft to Seychelles
It will help in curbing illegal activities and piracy as well as ensuring stability and
safety in the Indian Ocean region
Among the assets that would find a new base are ICGS Rajkamal and six Interceptor
Boats (C-407, C-412, C-414, C-416, C-417 and C-428).
These platforms are rebased to Andaman and Nicobar Region as part of the Coast Guard
Headquarter rebasing plan, the newly commissioned ICGS Arnvesh has already joined
the Eastern CG fleet as part of replacement.
The RSNs Missile Corvette Squadron, on the conduct of the exercise and the capabilities
of the missile corvette.
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The first indigenous composites bow mounted sonar dome was dedicated to the nation
during Def Expo 2016 in Goa. The sonar dome will be supplied to Mazgaon
Docks,Mumbai for use in the warships of Indian Navy.
The sonar dome has been designed by Research & Development Establishment
(Engineers), a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratory
based in Pune and manufactured by composites manufacturing company Kineco Ltd,
Pilerne, Goa.
ENVIRONMENT
The snake is named after Pune-based herpetologist Neelimkumar Khaire to pay tribute
to his contribution to the knowledge, appreciation and conservation of snakes in India
The scientific name of the species is Melanophidium khairei while its common name is
Khaires Black Shieldtail
The research papers main authors are Dr David Gowerand and Dr Mark Wilkinson of
the NHM, Dr Varad Giri of NCBS and Ashok Captain of IHS/BNHS
The latest computer modeling study reveals that climate change would badly affect China
and India
The study released by The Lancet predicts 36 lakh death in India and 2.48 lakh
death in China owing to the Climate change and its effects
The researchers used an agricultural economic model fitted with data on emission
trajectories, socio-economic pathways, and possible climate responses to evaluate the
effects on global food production, trade, and consumption for 2050
The research leader, Marco Springmann is from the Oxford Programe on the Future of
Food at the University of Oxford in England
The model projects that by 2050, climate change will lead to per-person reductions of
32% in global food availability, 4% in fruit and vegetable consumption, and
07% in red meat consumption
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It also projects that around 5,29,000 deaths will be caused across the world due to
climate change by 2050
Most climate-related deaths were projected to occur in south and east Asia
The study has also indicated that adoption of climate-stabilisation pathways can reduce
the number of climate-related deaths by 29-71%
This Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the Convention of Migratory bird
species Secretariat at Abu Dhabi on March 7
The Raptor MoU covers 76 species of birds of prey, of which over 50 occur in India,
including the critically endangered vulture
Raptors, or birds of prey, are threatened by habitat loss and degradation, illegal
shooting and poisoning, collisions with aerial structures and electrocution by power
lines
On March 14, the students would be administered an oath to conserve plants and trees
and make sincere efforts towards conservation of sparrows
The students would also be made to take oath to make the state clean and green
underCleanUP Green UP
It is also told that persons and forest officials working in the field of sparrow protection
would be felicitated with Gauraiya Mittra award
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Critically endangered is the highest risk category assigned by the Nature Conservation
body.
Botanical Survey of India (BSI) Survey says a total of 19,156 species of vascular
plants, 1,236 species belong to different threatened categories like critically
endangered, endangered
The species has been named as Teyujagua paradoxa, derived from the language of the
Guarani ethnic group and means fierce lizard
The species has been identified from a mostly complete and well-preserved fossil skull.
The fossil fuel was discovered by a team from the Federal University of Pampa
(Unipampa)
The new species was found calling from bushes along a roadside at about 8,700 feet
elevation near Chingaza National Park, roughly 10 miles east of Bogota, capital and
largest city of Colombia.
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The star cluster is named as R136. It is located in the Tarantula Nebula within the Large
Magellanic Cloud.
It includes four stars which are more than 150 times the mass of the Sun, five which are
more than 100 times as massive and dozens of stars exceeding 50 solar masses. It
is1,70,000 light years from Earth.
The Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve (ABR) was established in 2001 and is spread
across the two states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Union Government notified new Plastic Waste Management Rules to curb 6000 tonnes of
plastic waste
The government notified new norms aimed at curbing the over 6,000 tonnes of uncollected
plastic waste generated daily by industries for plasticwaste management across the country.
Industries using plastic will have to pay proportionately towards collection through the
same distribution system they use for retailing their products.
However specification about the extent of fines that would be imposed on the
manufacturers not mentioned in the Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and how
exactly the monitoring system will operate.
This initiative aims to standardise the 50 micron size plastic bags as opposed to the
40 micron ones, which was the minimum permissible limit earlier.
The objective of the new standards for Gensets is to control air and noise pollution
emanating from the operation of Gensets. These standards were recommended by the
Central Pollution Control Board after consultations with industries and other stakeholders.
It would be revisited in 4-5 years once air and noise emission quality data and
technological details pertaining to Gensets are available.
Under these standards certification is mandatory for Gensets in terms of Type approval
and Conformity of Production for air emission as well as noise emission.
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Over 1.4 billion people in South Asia such as India, Bangladesh and Pakistan face at
least one major threat from nature. In the case of Bangladesh, 100% of its population
is exposed, compared to 82% for India and 70% in Pakistan.
India has a billion people at risk, with China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines,
Japan and Pakistan also ranked among the 10 countries with the most people exposed
to natural hazards.
More than 85 percent of people are exposed to at least one kind of natural hazard, In the
case ofJ apan, Taiwan and Hong Kong. But all three countries are classed as having
low vulnerability, and together recorded less than 32,000 deaths from natural disasters
since 1990.
But the list of countries most vulnerable to disasters in terms of their ability to prepare for,
respond to and recover from them is topped by African nations, particularly conflictplagued South Sudan, Burundi and Eritrea.
Much vulnerability in Africa and elsewhere is the result of poor governance including
corruption and an inability to implement policies to reduce disaster risk.
Haiti, on the other hand, is not as exposed to potential disasters but is considered highly
vulnerable, having suffered over 230,000 deaths since 1990, many in a major 2010
earthquake.
Nine countries ranked as most vulnerable to natural hazards out of 10 in the index are in subSaharan Africa, and 23 of 25 are on the continent.
South Sudan snowed under by drought and war heads the list of the countries most
defenceless against disaster, followed by Burundi, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Chad, Niger,
Sudan, Mali and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It has been proved scientifically that L-Menthol can kill the colon cancer cell line
without affecting the normal cell line.
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The research also claims that production of L-menthol is cost-effective, nondestructive and easily available in comparison to anti-cancer compound used at present,
derived from the bark of European Yew tree.
The new rules also focus on phasing out of non-recyclable multi layered plastic and
increasing reuse of plastic waste especially in applications like road construction and waste to
energy.
The move will help in achieving our Prime Minister Narendra Modis vision of Swachh
Bharat bringing the countrys gram panchayats into the picture and introducing the concept
of extended producer Responsibility (EPR).
Every day Staggering 15,000 tonnes of plastic waste is generated but of that, only 9,000
tonnes is collected and processed.
The volcano in the 8,261-foot mountain erupted about 4 p.m. Sunday, spitting out an
ash cloud that rose to 20,000 feet.
Alaska Volcano Observatory, along with the University of Alaska and the state Division
of Geological and Geophysical Surveys observed the eruption
However the eruption of the volcano began to decline by Monday afternoon and so the
alert was reduced to Watch stage
They were discovered from the deep recesses of streambeds, these tadpoles lack teeth
but have well-serrated jaw sheaths which helps them avoid large sand grains while
feeding.
SPORTS
Rahul Sachdev won 1st All India Open Invitational Snooker Championship 2016
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The Delhi hailed walker could not achieve the revised Olympics Qualification time of
4:06:00, he must have disappointed with his performance as he would not be eligible to
walk in Rio Olympics this time.
However in the 20 Km walk stream as many as seven men walkers breached the qualification
time limit.
Rana has a career best of 3: 56: 48 earlier in the London Olympics that took place in 2012,
which was a national record then.
50km walk rcae
Basant Bahadur Singh Rana
Chandan Singh (Silver)
Jitender Singh Rathore (Bronze)
The South African spinner will not be picked for the first two T20 matches to be played
against Australia at home.
Phangiso will take tests on March 7 in ICC accredited lab at the University of Pretorias
High Performance Centre by ICC.
Meghalaya government proposes to bid for Nation Games in 2022. The sports ministry
is emphasized that potential of talented sportspersons available in the Northeastern
region of the country.
The Ministry has approved grant of Rs. 87.50 crore for 15 sports infrastructure projects
under Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme.
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This title comes after Mumbai senior team clinched their 41st Ranchi Trophy
titleagainst Saurashtra in Pune.
By this the winning team became richer by Rs. 20 lakh for winning CK Nayudu trophy,
Mumbai team carried their bat to a tall score of 577 to which Madhya Pradesh replied with
422 all out before the game into a tame dram on final day.
His performance in the recently concluded 12th South Asian Games held at Guwahati
has been the key for his appointment.
He started his career as an umpire in the third Hockey India Junior Women National
Championship 2013 held at Ranchi.
He was a regular Umpire to officiate in all the major tournaments conducted under the
aegis of Hockey India.
The new record breaking Real Madrids record of nearly three decades ago. Messi
also helped Barcelona to extend their lead over Atletico Madrid to eight points with Real
Madrid.
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This is for the first time in12 years in womens Tables Tennis history. The team beat
Luxemburg 3-1 in the second division final before their male counterparts overcame a
stiff competition from Brazil.
Indian Team cemented their hopes on the most experienced Mouma Das who continued
to prove that she is countrys Numero Uno star in the game.
Mens Table Tennis team defeated Brazil in the Second Division of Tournament held
at Kuala Lumpur.
The deal would make PepsiCo as BCCIs official partner for refreshment, Snacks and
drinks besides grounds right where the PepsiCo would have visibility on the playing field.
The deal would add Rs. 150 crore to the boards coffers over four years. The mentioned
sum is the cumulative sum of three deals the other two sponsor deals are in the pipeline
of BCCI.
This is the second time that Bangladesh team reaching final of the Asia Cup. India
Winning the Trophy for the sixth time in history.
The Top seed teamed up with his Serbian teammate Nenad Zimonjic for the doubles
match but suffered a tight 6-3, 7-6, 7-5 defeat to AndreyGolubev and Aleksandr.
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Australian Golfer Adam Scott recovered from two double bogeys in his first five holes with
six birdies the rest of the round to prevail by one stroke over Bubba Watson from the
USA who finished second in the tour.
Jindal Panther beats Sona Polo to win Amity Polo Cup trophy
Jindal Panther defeated sona Polo to lift the Amity Polo Cup trophy, Jindal Panther beats Sona
Polo by 5/12 goals to 3 in the summit clash.
SimranShergill who secured three goals also secured 5 goals in the semifinal that made
the team to win the final named as the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
Maria Sharapova provisionally suspended after failing drug test at Australian Open
Russian Tennis great Maria Sharapova officially suspended from March 12 after failing drug
test at Australian Open, the highest paid female athlete had failed a drug test at the Australian
Open due to substance she has been consuming for a decade.
Rest of India wins 2015-16 Irani Cup Cricket Title
Rest of India batsmen Showed brilliance as they completed a classic run-chase against
Incumbent Ranji Trophy Winners Mumbai, winning the Paytm Irani Cup by 4 wickets reaching a
victory target of whooping 480 runs in Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
This is the 10th-highest successful chase in the history of First-Class cricket. It was
also the third-highest on Indian soil.
Rai clinched gold in the mens 50m pistol event shooting World Cup. Jitu scored 191.3
points in the final round.
Former World champion Pang Wei of China took second place with 186.5 who will clinch
Silver in the event. Olympic medallist Wang Zhiwei, also of China, finished thirdwith a final
round score of 165.8.
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Under this agreement Hyundai cars would be used for transporting various stakeholders
of the game throughout the event.
BCCI offered space for three official associate sponsors from which the governing
body would get 150 crore in the next four years.
Indian boxing star Vijender Singh has achieved up his fourth consecutive
knockout professional win by thrashing Hungarys Alexander Horvath in under three
rounds.
The Professional boxing star eyeing to win the Asia title in front of my home crowd and
lookingforward to record two more knockout wins in April before he plays in India.
The summit clash of this event was played at the Jack Nicklaus designed Classic Golf
Resort in Gurgaon New Delhi.
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The three-day event being organised by the Arunachal Pradesh Paralympics Association
(APPA)Scheduled to be held from March 15 to 17.
The five point memorandum has been submitted by APPA to the Sports Secretary during
the event that demanded corpus fund of Rs. 20 Lakh for Paralympic Games, Rs. 10
Lakh each for Umang Festival and for procurement of sports goods, boys and girls
hostels for persons with disabilities, their training at SLSA, and appointment of five posts
of coaches for them.
Around 130 participants have registered for the 12 events, the numbers indicate a very
positive start. The event is being held in collaboration with District Administration Capital
Complex and state Directorate of Sports.
The events included, 100M, 400M, 800M and Wheel Chair Race (100M), Long Jump, Shot Put,
Javelin Throw, Chess, Carrom, Volleyball (Men) and Arm Wrestling.
In the mens 100 meter race category, Thasang Ajay won first place.
Rathore is the founder and president of the NGO Gods Beautiful Child
He is also the first player to hit a century in the history of tournament, against South
Africa in 2007.
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Now TCS will become the races Official Technology Partner for the 2016, 2017 and
2018 events.
Virat Kohli was the fastest to achieve the feat, in 27 matches. Meanwhile, Du Plessis
also became the third South African player to reach 1,000 T20I runs, behind JP Duminy
and AB de Villiers.
Yogeshwar Dutt joins the list along with Narsingh Yadav to qualify for Rio Olympics
The top two finishers in each weight category here are assured of a Rio berth
The wrestler reserved his place by virtue of reaching the final on the second day of the
competition even before clinching the gold medal
Gurmeet finished the race in 1 hour 20 minutes and 29 seconds clinching the Gold
medal
Japans Isamu Fujisawa ended up with a silver medal in 1:20:49 in a close fight in the
last 5km with Gurmeet
Gurmeet won the Asian championship there by confirming his berth to Rio Olympics
9 Indians have bettered the standard in mens 20km walking race while only three will
make it for the Rio Olympics
National champion Sapna finished the 20 Km walking race in 1:35:57 occupying the
fourth place
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They underwent assessments in Chennai after being reported for suspect actions during
the World T20 round-one match against Netherlands.
Nico Rosberg led a Mercedes one-two in the opening race of the 2016 F1 season in
Australia Sunday after Fernando Alonsomet with a accident in the race
Rosberg won by 10 seconds from his teammate and two-time defending world champion
Lewis Hamilton
It was Rosbergs 15th career victory and fourth in a row after dominating the closing
races of the 2015 season
Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka won BNP Paribas Open titles
Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka who beat Milos Raonic and Serena
Williams respectively in straight sets to win BNP Paribas Open Titles 2016 at Indian Wells in
California.
Mens Singles:
Serbian Novak Djokovic beat Milos Raonic of Canada in straight sets 6-2, 6-0 to win
the BNP Paribas Open for a record fifth time.
Novak Djokovic won the Indian Wells title in 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015 and now
2016. The victory, the 62nd of his career, sees the 28-year-old draw level with Roger
Federer on 27 Masters 1000 tournament victories, and he has a chance to go past
theSwiss with victory at the Miami Masters.
Women Singles:
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus beat world number one Serena Williams of US to claim
the BNP Paribas Open title in Indian Wells.
She defeated Serena Williams by 6-4, 6-4 with this will return to the top 10 in the world
rankings after this Victory.
Mens Doubles:
In the Doubles in Mens category Pierre-Hugues Herbert and his compatriot Nicolas Mahut of
France defeated Vasek Pospisil of Canada and his US Partner Jack Sock by 64, 76.
Womens Doubles:
US Pair Bethanie Sands and Coco Vandeweghe defeated Julia Gorges of Germany and his
Partner Karolina Pilskova of Czech Republic by 4-6, 6-4.
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The tournament is a global movement for street children to receive the protection and
opportunities that all children are entitled to unite street children from across five
continents to play football and unite in a unique international conference.
The 34-year-old retired from Tests last year after Australias unsuccessful Ashes
campaign in England but opted to continue playing in the limited-overs formats. He
debuted for the Australian cricket team in 2002, playing his first ODI match against
South Africa.
Shane Watson is the only player to win Australian Player of the Year award across the
format of the game.
Trainer B Suresh saddled three winners, while jockeys C. Umesh and Md. Hesnain rode
two winners each.
Near about 600 participants representing 35 teams from different continents will take
part in this competition.
The 9th International Abilympics 2016 is a prestigious event for every PwD across the
world to showcase their limitless abilities. This time around the competition will be held
infive different categories, which include services, IT, industry, craft and food.
He clinched the title by defeating Marc Zwiebler of Germany 21-18, 21-15 in the final
The 2016 Swiss Open mens singles title is Prannoys second title at a Grand Prix
Gold tournament, after he won the 2014 Indonesian Master
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The 2015 title was won by Anirban Lahiri with runner up SSP Chawrasia.
With this victory he also secured his European Tour card. Overall, this is his 14th win of
his professional career.
This Dubai World Cup was the best performance of California Chromes career.
This victory brings Chrome of $6 million to his $6.53 million career earnings and
surpassed 2008 World Cup champion Curlin as the all-time richest racehorse outside of
Japan.
Curlin, the World Cups 2008 winner, went into with $10.5 million in career earnings
Virat Kohli zooms to top in ICC T20 rankings, India also No.1
Number One T20 Batsman:
Indian Test Captain Virat Kohli kept his Performance at the top helped his side into the semifinals
of the World Twenty20 after defeating Australia, has replaced Aaron Finch as the number
one batsman in the latest ICC T20 rankings.
England middle order batting great Joe Root has rocketed 38 places to career-high 11th
after scoring 168 runs in four matches at a strike-rate of 150.
West Indies right-arm leg-spin bowler,Samuel Badree has displaced Indian off-spinner
Ravichandran Ashwin to return to the number-one position.
Badree has taken six wickets in four matches to date, while Ashwin has dropped to third
place.
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Number-one ranked India will go head to head with third- ranked West Indies in
Mumbai, while in the first semi-final in Delhi while second-ranked New Zealand will
square-off against fifth-ranked England.
India has retained their pre-tournament ranking as well as points, while the West Indies
have gained two points to move to 120.
New Zealand, who has been the only unbeaten side in the competition so far, has earned
six points to rise to 122 and have consequently moved up two places to second
The Russian triumphed over the United States Fabiano Caruana, whom he played in
the last round. Karjakin scored 8.5/14 to finish first in the eight-player tournament.
Russian Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin has won thrilling Moscow cliffhanger to challenge
for world title against the incumbent world champion, Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus
Carlsen, in a match for the world chess crown in the United States in November this
year.
OBITUARY
US actor George Kennedy passes away
US actor Geroge Kennedy passed away due to old age related ailments. He was at the age of 91
when he died.
The Actor appeared in more than 200 film and Television productions.
Kennedy was born in New York in 1925, began his career as a radio performer and then
started acting in movies.
He won OSCAR Award in 1968 for his supporting role in Cool Hand Luke, also made
notable appearances in Earthquake and Airport in 1975.
Widely considered stylish batsman debuted against Australia aged 19 in 1982.he was
well known among cricket fan for his stylish and meticulous batting that given him
cricket reputation.
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The New Zealander made with 17 Test Centuries including his career best of 299
against Sri Lanka. He scored 5, 444 test runs at an average of 45.36.
Crowe played 77 Tests and 143 One Day Internationals for New Zealand in his 13
year cricket career.
In 1992 World Cup Crowe took his side to the top of the table before a narrow defeat
to a Champions Pakistan in the semifinal.
He retired from the Game of cricket in 1995 aged only 33 citing Knee problems.
Sangma unsuccessfully contested against Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential run off,
he lost by more than 3 lakh votes.
He had held various positions between 1974 and2008 from both Independent and
from National Congress Party.
Coronation Street has been on the air for 56 years and it has millions of
viewersaround the world.
Warren started his career at the age of 24 as a television actor in England later the series
appeared in USA cable network in 1980.
He wrote several novels and other TV shows and was a co-writer of the 1965 film Ferry
Cross the Mersey
A drama based on his life and the creation of the show, The Road to Coronation Street was
broadcast on BBC 4 in 2010.
Nair is considered as the Henri Langlois of India because of his lifelong dedication
towards the preservation of films in India.
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He was also an instrumental member in the formation of the CPI-(M) Left Front
government in West Bengal.
He announced last month that he was suffering from pancreatic cancer, He was 70.
In 1976 Conroy published his first novel The Great Santini. He was a New York Times
bestselling American Author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memories.
Two of his novels The Prince of tides and The Great Santini were made Oscar dominated
films
Credited for sending the first e-mail and developing such technology for internets
predecessor ARPANET.
She was an American actress and the wife of the 40thPresident of the United
States, Ronald Reagan.
She was the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989
During 1940-50, she acted in many films such as The Next Voice You Hear, Night Into
Morning, and Donovans Brain
In 1989 her autobiography My Turn which reflects her life in White house was released
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The Actor and Singer has starred in more than 200 films including Malayalam, Tamil and
Telugu movies
Comedy was his forte, but he proved that he was not just a comedian with his superb
portrayal of a blind singer in Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njanum, the movie
remade in Tamil as Kasi he was a favourite to win both the State and national awards for
the best actor.
Brazil born eight time Grammy Award Winner worked over the decades with Brazilians
Milton Nascimento and EgbertoGIsmonti, Americans Don Cherry and Pat Metheny.
In his seven decades career ,he was recognized globally as one of musics most
creative talents and a gentleman.
He was 71, when he died.Emersons first commercial success with the Nice in the late
1960s, before becoming a founding member of Emerson, Lake and Palmer one of the
early supergroups, in 1970.
He has been considered as one of the top keyboard players of the progressive rock
era.
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He also worked as a professor at the University of California from 1981 till his death
He was awarded with the Nobel Memorial prize in statistics in 2012 for his theory of
stable allocations and Game theory of economics field
Awards :
She was highly regarded as a stylist and her novels explore themes of emotional loss
and difficulties associated with fitting into society, and typically depict intellectual, middleclass women.
She has awarded with Man Booker prize in 1984 and in 2010 she had won James Tait
Black Memorial
Khan had performed in several countries including Belgium, Russia, Switzerland, France,
Tunisia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hongkong and the Philippines
Awards:
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Daniels is best known for his BBC TV series The Paul DanielsMagic Show, which
ran from 1979 to 1994.He achieved international fame through his television series
Debbie started to work with Paul as his assistant in his 1980 show in Bournemouth before
she graduated to the role in his long-running BBC series The Paul Daniels Magic Show.
He was widely known for disrupting Irans nuclear program. He served as the Director of
Mossad from 2002 until his retirement in 2011.
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called the former spy director a great
fighter who had devoted his life for the country and the Jewish people.
In his early times he has performed at local clubs and venues and also with some bands.
He has also done acting, appearing in almost 20 shows, including the animated series
Family Guy.
He also led the economy through two oil crises while the country recorded its slowest
growth in the postwar era.
He later became CEO of Intel Corporation and helped transform the company into the
worlds largest manufacturer of semiconductors.
He was also referred to as the guy who drove the growth phase of Silicon Valley
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In 1995, he was awarded with the 1st Annual Heinz Award in Technology, the
Economy and Employment
He went on to become Intels president in 1979, CEO in 1987 and chairman from
1997 to 2005
He was in peak in 1970s & 1980s for his unique satirical style of Kadhaprasangam
His famous Kadhaprasangams include Kumari Eruma, Mak Mak, Priye Ninte Kura,
Amittu, Pothu Puthri and Ennennum Kurangettandeh
The Dutchman, was named as the world player of the year on three occasions. He
guided Holland to the World Cup final in 1974 and as a manager he spent eight years in
charge of Barcelona.
Cruyff scored 392 times in 520 games over a 19-year career but his influence reached
far beyond creating goals, thanks to his qualities as a leader, thinker and speaker.
He was adjudged as European Footballer of the Year in 1971, 1973 and 1974.Johan
Cryuff.
His brand of comedy, which ceaselessly mocked the non-natural nature of show business,
is credited with influencing other hit shows like Tina Feys 30 Rock and Larry Davids Curb
Your Enthusiasm.
He was best known for his work inits Garry Shandlings Show and The Larry Sanders
Show.
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He has been selected as the MP from Buxar district during 1996-2009 four times
He belongs to Bihar
Mother Angelica had been in declining health since suffering a severe cerebral
haemorrhage on Christmas Eve 2001.
His famous novel Legends of the fall in 1979 describes about a Montana family that
was ravaged in worldwar-I was a huge hit
He has released 21 volumes of fiction, 14 books of poetry, two books of essays; one
memoir and a child book
His most recent book of fiction, The Ancient Minstrel, was published this month. A
book of poetry, Dead Mans Float, was published this year
Steven as a president made Excellence campaign on the USC Building that raised $2.85
billion, and USC became the first university in the country to receive five donations of
$100 million.
His initiatives to boost the universitys global outreach also led to the dramatic rise in
the number of international students.
Sample became president in 1991 and he is the 10th president of the University of
Southern California.
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Patty Duke, who as a teen won an Oscar for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle
Worker, then maintained a long career while battling personal demons
she appeared in stages and television in her earlier period of the career.
She first became known as a teen star, winning an OSCAR Award for Best Supporting
Actress at age 16 for her role as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962).
Over the course of her career, she received ten Emmy Award nominations and three
Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards.
The book is an outcome of a speech delivered in 1987, which probably cost the
author his life. The controversial book has been printed in eight languages.
Dr. Mahesh Sharma releases the book The Culture Heritage of Trans Himalayas-Kinnaur
The Minister for State (I/C) for Culture and Tourism and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Dr.
Mahesh Sharma released a book entitled The Culture Heritage of Trans HimalayasKinnaur authored by Shri P.S. Nagi Loktus, IAS (retd.)
In the 68 years since his assassination, Gandhi has been studied and reanalysed infinitely, with respect and critically.
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IMPORTANT DAYS
Mar 1 2016
Remember Day: Zero Discrimination Day
Purpose : To create awareness to people from all corners of the world, about the evil
consequences of discrimination, to celebrate diversity, and to reject discrimination.
Organization: UNAIDS
Theme: Stand Out
Mar 3 2016
Remember Day: : World Wildlife Day
Purpose : To raise awareness of the World's flora and fauna.
Organization: UNGA
Theme: The future of wildlife is in our hands
Remember Day: National defence day
Purpose : To commemorate in the memory of Pakistan's successful defence against India that
marked the ceasefire in the 1965 war
Organization: India
Theme: Its My Turn
Mar 4 2016
Remember Day: National Security Day
Purpose : To praise the work of security forces, who plays a major role in maintaining peace and
security of the people in India.
Organization: India
Mar 8 2016
Remember Day: International womens day
Purpose : : To celebrate the achievements of women while calling for greater equality.
Organization:
Theme: Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality
Mar 10 2016
Remember Day: World Kidney Day
Purpose : To create awareness among the people globally, about the importance of the kidneys
and also to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health issues.
Organization: WHO
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Remembered Day: International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
Purpose: Date is the anniversary of the abduction of Alec Collett, a journalist who died while
working for the UN.
Organization: UN
Mar 27 2016
Remember Day: World Theatre Day
Purpose : To figure of world stature shares his or her reflections on the theme of Theatre and a
Culture of Peace
Organization: International Theatre Institute (ITI)
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