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March 15

March 15 - World Consumer Rights Day

Theme “Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer”

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India

Haryana Assembly passes bill proposing death penalty in rape case of girls
below 12 years

Indian economy to grow at 6.7 % in the current fiscal year – World Bank
report
 The World Bank also projected India's GDP growth at 7.3% for 2018-19 and
accelerates further to 7.5% in 2019-20.

End TB By 2030
 Member-countries of the World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East
Asia Region, including India, committed to intensifying efforts to
eradicate tuberculosis by 2030.

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Events

Nitin Gadkari inaugurates 5th Nadi Mahotsava at Bandrabhan in Madhya

Pradesh
 The two day mahotsava with various sessions of discussion is taking
place for the conservation of Narmada river.

105th Indian Science Congress In Imphal, Manipur

 The theme for ISC 2018 is 'reaching the unreached through science and
technology'.

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Events

Krishi Unnati Mela, New Delhi

 The objective of the event is to create awareness among farmers

about the latest agriculture-related technological developments.
 Lakhs of farmers and agriculture scientists will participate in the
mela.
 The main theme pavilion will be based on Doubling of farmers
income by 2022.
 The theme area will display different kinds of organic farming
techniques like natural farming and eco farming.

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Events

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference Of International Association of

Chiefs of Police (IACP), Held in New Delhi.

The theme of the conference is

 "Challenges to Policing in 2020 - How is Cyber Space shaping our
approach to Cybercrime and Terrorism, how do we perform within
it and take advantage of it".

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Schemes / Acts

Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly passes 'AP Panchayati Raj

(Amendment) Bill 2018„
 Now the state will have two-tier Panchayati Raj System.
 The 73rd amendment of the constitution allows states having
population of less than 20 lakh to have a two-tier Panchayati Raj
system, instead of a three. Arunachal Pradesh has a population of
around 14 lakh only.

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Schemes / Acts

„Citizen Services‟ Mobile App

 The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) launched a mobile app

called „Citizen Services‟
 It will offer various essential police related services to the citizens.
 The application comprises a bouquet of 9 police related services
for the citizen.

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Schemes / Acts

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Approves Continuation Of

Ongoing Urea Subsidy Scheme upto 2019-20
This decision implies that there will be no increase in price of urea, till
2020.
The continuation of Urea Subsidy Scheme will ensure the timely
payment of subsidy to the urea manufacturers resulting in timely
availability of urea to farmers.

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Person in news

Sangeeta Bahadur Appointed Next Ambassador Of India To the

Republic of Belarus

Bidya Devi Bhandari Re-Elected As Nepal President

 She is Nepal‟s first woman President
 Prime Minister of Nepal- Khadga Prasad Oli

Angela Merkel Elected To 4th Term As German Chancellor

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Sports

Indian para-athlete Deepa Malik won a gold medal in the F-53/54

category javelin event at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in
Dubai.
 With this, she became the Asian rank one in the F-53 category.
 With the win, Deepa has also qualified for the 2018 Asian Para
Games in Indonesia, scheduled to be held in October 2018.

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Bilateral Relations

President of India reached Madagascar on the first ever visit by an

Indian President;

Bilateral Defence Agreement signed:

 The defence agreement between the two countries focuses on
friendly visits by Indian ships to Madagascar, and capacity building
and training of Madagascar‟s personnel.
Centre for Geo-Informatics Applications in Rural Development is
inaugurated:
 This Centre will support communities in Madagascar in using
geospatial technologies for a host of applications in rural
development, and will strengthen bilateral cooperation in
agriculture and related areas.
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Bilateral relations

India, Madagascar Signed Umbrella Agreement In Defence Sector

 India and Madagascar have signed an umbrella agreement in the
field of defence. Under the agreement, both the countries will
explore various ways of co-operation in the field of defence.
 An air service agreement was also signed to support efforts towards
improving connectivity between the two countries.

President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated World Hindi Secretariat in

Mauritius capital, Port Louis.
 The Secretariat is fully financed by India and a grant of 33 crore
rupees was provided. The land was provided by the Mauritius
government.

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Bilateral relations

Cabinet approved MOU between India and Iran in the field of

Traditional Systems of Medicine.
 The MoU will enhance bilateral cooperation between the two
countries in the areas of Traditional Systems of Medicine.
 Cabinet also given its approval for the MoU between India and Iran
for cooperation in the field of agriculture and allied sectors.

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Awards

Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation won the award for 100%
implementation of e-office
 E-Office is one of the Project under the Digital India programme.
 The e-Office solution enables core operations of the Government at
all levels to be performed in a „paper-less‟ environment, including
the E-leave,E-tour,Knowledge Management, Notice Board,
Download Forms, Inventory Control etc.

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Awards

Short Film Festival in Los Angeles, US. :

 Actor Jackie Shroff's short film 'Shunyata„ Wins the best film award
 Directed by Chintan Sarda

Indian Film 'Halkaa' Bags Award At Montreal Film Fest

 Directed by Indian filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda "Halkaa",
 The film is a take on a slum child's heroism, aspirations, and dreams.

International Kochon Prize 2017 :

 The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) was awarded the International
Kochon Prize 2017 For encouraging R&D efforts towards tuberculosis treatment.

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Ranking / Index

GST is 2nd Highest Tax Rate In World: World Bank Report

 India‟s GST structure has five tax slabs of 0, 5%, 12%, 18%, and 28%..
 49 countries around the world have a single slab of GST, while 28
countries use two slabs, and only five countries, including India, use
four non-zero slabs.

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Ranking / Index

Fifth edition of the Annual Survey of India‟s City-Systems (ASICS),

 Pune came on top for its Improved Quality Governance
 Kolkata, thiruvananthapuram came second and third respectively
 Bengaluru was ranked at the bottom.
 The survey evaluated the quality of governance in India‟s cities by
assessing laws, policies and institutional processes currently in
place.

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Ranking / index

World Happiness Report 2018:

 India Ranks 133rd, Finland Tops
 Burundi in East Africa is the unhappiest place in the world.
 India ranks 133rd in the report [ Pakistan (75th), China (86th) ]

Top 3 countries in the list are-

 1. Finland,
 2. Norway,
 3. Denmark,

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