# India’s second predominantly S – band
communication satellite (GSAT – 6A) to be launched on March 29 from Sriharikota
- It will complement GSAT - 6 which has
been orbiting since Aug 2017
- The 2000 kg class 6A costs about Rs. 270
crore
- GSAT – 6A is designated for the use of
the Armed Forces and will not add any transponder capacity for general uses
# Government likely to observe April 14
(Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s birthday) as “Social Justice Day”
# The first-ever International Exhibition
of Graphic Prints ‘Print Biennale India 2018’ was held in New Delhi
# Government of India has decided to
nominate Professor J S Rajput, former Director NCERT, as India’s representative
to the Executive Board (EXB) of UNESCO.
TAMIL NADU
# Protest against the Sterlite plant
expansion in Thoothukudi; protest also done against outside Vedanta chief’s
home in London
# Direct flight from Tiruchirappalli to
Delhi and Mumbai (Jet Airways) was launched
# Salem – Chennai flight service (True Jet
airways) was re-launched
STATES SCAN
# Delhi: Government presented a “Green
Budget” aimed at controlling pollution and monitoring its impact on the
environment
BILATERAL ISSUES
# 7th session of India – Egypt joint
commission meeting was held in New Delhi
# Joint naval exercise of India and Myanmar
(IMNEX-18) was held in Vishakhapatnam
WORLD
# Germany: Police arrested Catalonia’s
former President, Mr. Carles Puigdemont as he crossed the border with Denmark
by car after Spain’s Supreme Court vowed to prosecute 13 key separatists over
their breakaway bid
# UK:
Six cities in the U. K. will take part in the first – ever “National Samosa
Week” (April 9 – 13, 2018); participants will make, sell, and consume the
popular Indian snack to raise money for charity
# USA: World’s
biggest cruise ship “Symphony of the Seas” was delivered to US Company Royal
Caribbean Cruise Ltd. By French shipbuilder STX; it weighs 362 metres long and
weighs nearly 228000 tonnes; cost of the ship is approximately USD 1.35 billion
ECONOMICS
# Top mobile networks in India: Airtel
(25.32%), Vodafone (18.56%), Idea (17.16%), reliance Jio (14.62%) and BSNL
(9.405)
# Top broadband networks in India: Reliance
Jio (44.54%), Airtel (19.84%), Vodafone (14.50%), Idea (9.87%) and BSNL (5.77%)
# All the Public Sector Banks (except SBI)
must be privatized: Former NITI Aayog Vice – Chairman, Mr. Arvind Panagariya;
he also added that, political parties must make this as election manifesto in
their 2019 General Election
SPORTS
# Australian Cricket team captain Steve
Smith have been handed a one-match suspension and 100% of his match fee for his
part in the ball tampering incident during the third test against South Africa
in Cape Town: ICC; Similarly Australia Opener Cameron Bancroft has been fined
75% of his match fee and handed three demerit points after he was caught on
tampering with the ball
- South African cameraman Oscar has become
a national hero after catching Cameron Bancroft tampering with the ball
# Sebastain Vettel (Ferrari team) won the
Australian Grand Prix 2018; this is Vettel’s 48th GP title
# P. V. Sindhu has been chosen by the
Indian Olympic Association as Indian contingent’s flag – bearer at the opening
ceremony of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2018 at Gold Coast, Australia
# India’s Pankaj Advani retained his Asian
Billiards Championships title by winning over B Bhaskar in Yangon, Myanmar;
this victory makes Pankaj Advani the reigning Indian, Asian and world champion
in billiards for 2017 – 18
MISC
# Veteran journalist Ghulam Muhammad
Mustafa passed away
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