# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi to
inaugurate The Delhi End TB Summit in New Delhi
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The Summit, will be co-hosted by the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare, WHO South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) and Stop TB Partnership
- The Prime Minister will launch
Tuberculosis Free India Campaign on this occasion.
# Government has approved a proposal to
institute the “Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Police Investigation”
to promote high professional standards of Investigation of Crime in the
State/UT Police and Central Investigating Agencies in the country
# First edition of "Soldierathon"
was held in New Delhi; Soldierathon is a special marathon aimed at raising
funds for welfare of Indian soldiers and their families
# Supreme Court ordered a nationwide
inquiry into how many child sex abusers had actually been punished for the
years
# Supreme Court sets 6-month deadline for
2G scam case probes
# Indian Science Congress 2018 to be held
in Manipur University, Imphal from March 16 – 20, 2018 with the theme “Reaching the Unreached Through Science &
Technology”
# Death toll in Then Dt forest fire
increased to 10
STATES SCAN
# Assam: Finance Minister, Mr. Himanta
Biswa Sarma presented the State's first e-Budget at the legislative assembly
# Karnataka: India's tallest tricolour was
hoisted in Belgavi, Karnataka; the flag is 110m high from the base plate to the
top while its size is 120*80 feet
- Before this, 107m tall tricolour flown in
Pune was the highest followed by 105m in Attari-Wagah border
# Maharashtra: State Government to
establish dedicated defence hubs with facilities such as test firing ranges and
testing and research laboratories in Pune, Nagpur, Ahmednagar, Nashik and
Aurangabad as part of its recently unveiled defence and aerospace policy.
# Uttar Pradesh: State’s largest solar
power plant (Mirzapur) was inaugurated jointly by Indian Prime Minister and
French President; the 75-MW of the solar power plant would provide electricity
to 1.5 lakh homes; the plant was built by French company ENGIE
BILATERAL ISSUES
# India announced a new Line of Credit of
USD 100 million for defence procurement by the Government of Mauritius. It
offered a Multi-Purpose Offshore Patrol Vessel (MPOPV) to Mauritius to augment
its security capacity. This would be financed through the new defence LOC
announced today, and also with an additional grant component of USD 5 million.
- President, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind to attend
the 50th anniversary celebrations of the independence of Mauritius.
# Bolivia: unveiled its 200 km long flag,
which it claims to be the world's biggest flag
# Mexico: World Ocean Summit 2018 was held
in Riviera Maya, Mexico
# Nepal: confusion over runway was the
prime reason that killed 49 people in Nepal plane crash; the plane was belonged
to Bangladesh
# Sri Lanka: UN official (Jeffrey Feltman)
visited the country and condemned the anti-Muslim attacks in the country;
termed it as “breakdown in law and order”
ECONOMICS
# National Conference on Counterfeiting and
Role of Enforcement Agencies was held in New Delhi (March 13 – 14, 2018), in
collaboration with European Union (EU).
SPORTS
# India topped the medal tally at ISSF
(International Shooting Sport Federation) World Cup 2018 with a total of 9
medals (4 Gold + 1 Silver + 4 Bronze) [Click for more details]
# Bishworjit Singh (Services) and Samira
Abraham (Goa) won Gold medals in the men's and women's categories of the Senior
National Triathlon Championships held in Visakhapatnam
MISC
# As per cyber security and anti-virus
provider, Kaspersky Labs, India ranks 33rd worldwide on the list of countries
facing web-borne threat
# Haldighati Awards: Suhasini Haidar (The Hindu) won this award for initiating
an awakening in society through the medium of journalism; the award is given by
the Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF)
# “Design4India Studio”: NASSCOM along with
Facebook and WeWork (Space company in USA) unveiled a design studio in
Bengaluru; the facility would be a dedicated design studio for web, mobile,
augmented reality and virtual reality platforms for start-ups and designers
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