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# The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) largest transport aircraft – C-17
Globemaster – has made a historic landing at Arunachal Pradesh’s Tuting
Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) near the Chinese border.
- The landing of the aircraft is seen as part of the IAF’s move
to strengthen its overall operations in the strategically important border
state.
- C-17 Globemaster is a US-manufactured aircraft named after two
previous piston-engined military cargo aircraft, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster
and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II.
- It is commonly used to perform strategic airlift missions,
transporting troops and cargo throughout the world; additional roles include
medical evacuation and airdrop duties.
- They are operated in diverse terrain – from Himalayan air
bases in North India at 13,000 ft to Indian Ocean bases in South India.
# Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and World Health
Organisation (WHO) signed a MoA (Memorandum of Agreement) for enhanced
co-operation in health sector
# Ministry of Human Resources and Development has decided to set
up an innovation cell lead by a scientist to develop new ideas to encourage
innovation in India ; Global Innovation Index Ranking: India was placed at 66th in
2016 and 60th in 2017
# Government has accorded administrative approval and financial
sanction for construction of twelve (12) nuclear power reactors in the country. [Click for more details]
# The India International Institute of Democracy and Election
Management (IIIDEM) organized a 3-day Consultation/Study Tour for the
Delegation from the Independent National Election Commission (CENI) of
Madagascar in New Delhi; The delegation visited ECI to understand its skills and
experience in conducting elections in view of their forthcoming Presidential
Election in December 2018.
# Parliamentary Standing Committee proposed compulsory military
training for five years to get government posts (both in State and Central); 26
countries in the world has compulsory military service
# Prime Minister, Mr. Narednra Modi to inaugurate the 105th edition
of Indian Science Congress in Imphal, Manipur; theme: “Reaching the Unreached through Science & Technology”; there
will neither be foreign delegates nor lecturer by Nobel laureates
# YSRCP to bring No – Confidence motion in Lok Sabha
TAMIL
NADU
# Death toll in Then Dt forest fire increased to 14
# Governmetn appointed senior IAS officer Mr. Atulya Misra to
probe the incident of Kurangani Hills fire and submit a report within two
months
# Assembly unanimously passed a resolution moved by the Chief Minister,
Mr. Edappadi K. Palaniswamy urging the Centre to constitute the Cauvery
Management Board (CMB) and CWRC (Cauvery Water Regulation Committee) within six
weeks of the Supreme Court’s February 16, 2018 judgment
# Governor, Mr. Banwarilal Purohit launched KANCHI (Kisan
Advancement through Cashless Innovation), a digital financial inclusion
platform developed for farmers
- KANCHI platform has been developed by the CDFI (Centre for Digital
Financial Inclusion) in partnership with NAF (National Agro Foundation) for
farmers in Tamil Nadu
# Finance Minister, Mr. O. Panneerselvam presented his 8th
budget for the State
- Fiscal deficit stands at 2.79% of GSDP
- growth in 2018-19 to be 10.45%
- Importance given to farm sector
- School Education gets Rs. 27, 025 crore
STATES
SCAN
# Assam: Government has proposed an insurance scheme for
journalists and their families in the State budget for the year 2018-19
# Haryana: becomes third State after Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
to pass a bill on awarding death penalty for raping a girl child below 12 years
of age
# Odisha: Government and Tata Trusts signed a MoU for
implementing the State's decision on land rights settlement for slum dwellers
in urban areas
BILATERAL
ISSUES
# An India-UK Joint Team has won the Newton-Bhabha Fund for a
project on Groundwater Arsenic Research in Ganga River Basin.
# "Indian Images:
People and Places", a photo exhibition about India was inaugurated in
Cairo, Egypt
WORLD
# China: set up an agency named SIDCA (State International
Development Cooperation Agency) that will channel foreign aid and plan strategic
projects related to the belt and Road initiative
# Germany: German lawmakers voted to re-elect Ms. Angela Merkel
as Chancellor for a fourth term
# Nepal: Chief Justice Gopal Parajuli was removed from his post
by Nepal's Judicial Council for providing fake date of birth in order to remain
longer in office
# Philippines: pulled out its support from the International
Criminal Court (ICC) in protest against the “baseless” and “outrageous” attacks
against the administration as well as violations of due process.
# Saudi Arabia: Cabinet approved the national policy of the
atomic energy program
# UK: To cut high – level contacts with Russia over the poisoning
of a double agent in an English city earlier; Britain warned its citizens
travelling to Russia; Government also decided to expel 23 Russian diplomats and
withdrawn an invitation for the Russian Foreign Minister to visit the country;
France, Germany, UK and USA jointly accused Russia
# USA: Mr. Larry Kudlow has been appointed as the new Chief
Economic Advisor to US President, Mr. Donald Trump
ECONOMICS
# India’s economy is expected to grow 7.3% in the next financial
year and accelerate to 7.5% in 2019-20, bottoming out from the impact of
demonetisation and GST: World Bank
# Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) announced that it will
set up a multi-skill centre in Darjeeling, West Bengal
# International Air Transport Association (IATA) has signed a
MoU with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and National Aviation University to
improve human resource availability in India's aviation industry
# Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill 2018 and Appropriation Bill
for 2018-19 with 21 amendments without any debate
# Chennai has the maximum download speed among 20 Indian cities: Ookla [Click for more details]
SPORTS
# Lionel Messi scored his 100th goal in Champion League; he
achieved this feat by playing in 123 matches; Cristiana Ronaldo got 100 goals
by playing in 144 matches
# Indian football team has re-entered the top 100 of the FIFA World
rankings; India now at 99th position
MISC
# March 15: world Consumer Day; theme: "Making digital marketplaces fairer"
# Renowned British Scientist (Physics) Stephen Hawking passed
away at the age of 79
- Author of the famous book "A Brief History of Time"
- He was well known for his work on black holes and relativity
theory
- He discovered that, black holes leak energy and fade to
nothing. This phenomenon is referred to as "Hawking Radiation"
# Hindi film actor Narendra Jha passed away
# Actor Jackie Shroff's short film "Shunyata" (22 minutes) has won an award at Best of India Short
Film Festival in Los Angles, USA; film directed by Chintan Sarda
# World Happiness Report 2018: Finland tops the list [Click for more detials]
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