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# Special Status Category status no longer exists: Finance
Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley
- Andhra Pradesh sought funds under Special Status Category as
the state was affected due to bifurcation
- Finance Minister said that, the category of special status
category no longer exists as per the fourteenth finance commission report and
hence Andhra no longer be put in that category
- Special Status Category status used to be originally granted
to state in the northeast because their own revenue was inadequate and in case
of any centrally sponsored schemes, the centre pays 60% and the states can pay
only 40%
# Aadhaar card is not mandatory for NEET: Supreme Court
# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi condemned the vandalism of
statues across the country; Ministry of Home Affairs issues two strongly worded
advisories to the State Governments to prevent such incidents from occurring
- Tripura: Lenin
- Tamil Nadu: “Periyar” E. V. Ramaswamy
- West Bengal: Syama Prasad Mookerjee
- Uttar Pradesh: B. R. Ambedkar
# Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, operated
by GVK MIAL, and Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, operated by
GMR-led consortium, have been jointly rated as the World’s Best Airport for
customer experience in the 40 million passengers category at the prestigious
Airport Service Quality awards 2017. In 2016, Seoul’s Incheon International
Airport had bagged the first place, and Mumbai and Delhi had jointly won the
second place along with Singapore International Airport. [Click for more details]
# Central Government has sanctioned a grant of Rs. 1000 crore
for the second phase of the IMPRINT (Impacting Research Innovation and
Technology) India Programme
# The headquarters of the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI)
has been shifted from Chennai to Ballabhgarh (Haryana)
# Mobile App named “Sukhad Yatra” and toll free emergency number
1033 was launched for highway users
# Union Cabinet has approved the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Public
Service Commission of Mauritius.
# Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of Swatantra
Sainik Samman Yojana (SSSY) during 2017-2020 beyond the 12th Five Year Plan
which ended on 31/03/2017.
# Union Cabinet has approved the signing of a Memorandum of
Cooperation between India and France in the field of environment
# Union Cabinet has approved the signing of Migration and
Mobility Partnership Agreement between India and France. The Agreement is expected to be signed during
the forthcoming State visit of the French President to India.
# Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing of an
Agreement between India and France to facilitate Mutual Recognition of
educational qualifications and periods of study undertaken by students in duly
approved, recognized and/or accredited educational Institutions within the two
countries. The Agreement is expected to be signed during the forthcoming State
visit of the French President to India.
# Union Cabinet has approved an Agreement between India and
France on the Prevention of the Illicit Consumption and Reduction of Illicit
Traffic in Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Chemical Precursors, and
related offences.
# Union Cabinet has been apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on
Cooperation in the field of Renewable Energy between India and Hellenic.
# Union Cabinet has approved the Arbitration and Conciliation
(Amendment) Bill, 2018 for introduction in the Parliament. It is a part of the
efforts of the Government to encourage institutional arbitration for settlement
of disputes and make India a centre of robust Alternative Dispute Resolution
(ADR) mechanism.
# Union Cabinet has given its approval to release an additional
instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and
Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 01.01.2018 representing an increase
of 2% over the existing rate of 5% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for
price rise.
# Union Cabinet has approved two key measures in telecom sector
to facilitate investments, consolidation in the sector and enhancing ease of
doing business.
1. Restructuring of Deferred Payment Liabilities of telecom Service
providers for spectrum
2. Revision of limits of cap for spectrum holding
# Union Cabinet has approved the Commercial Courts, Commercial
Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Bill,
2018 for introduction in the Parliament.
TAMIL
NADU
# Tamil Nadu Budget 2018 – 19 to be tabled in the Assembly on March
15, 2018
# Major reshuffles in bureaucracy
# IAS/ IPS Conference: Best District Collectors Award given to
the collectors of Kanchipuram, Villupuram and Salem
# Police inhumanity act kills a pregnant woman in Tiruchy
# Police personnel suicide continues in the State
STATES
SCAN
# Arunachal Pradesh: Silver jubilee of the Losar festival was
celebrated by Buddhist community
# Karnataka: Lokayukta Justice P. Vishwanatha Shetty, the state’s
anti-corruption ombudsman, was stabbed multiple times by a complainant in his
office chamber
# Nagaland: Mr. Neipihu Rio to be sworn in as the Chief Minister
of the State today [Click for More details]
# Telangana: aviation show titled as “Wings India 2018” in
Hyderabad
BILATERAL
ISSUES
# “Vision of Future” event was conducted to celebrate the 70
years of successful Indo – Russia ties in New Delhi
WORLD
# Spain: World Air Traffic Management Congress (WATMC) 2018 was
held in Madrid
ECONOMICS
# Forbe’s 2018 “World’s Billionaires List”
- Amazon’s Jeff Bezos
topped the list with turnover of $112 billion, followed by Bill Gates with $90
billion and Warren Buffet with $84 billion
- USA tops the list with 585 billionaires followed by China with
373 and India with 119
- Mukesh Ambani with $40.1 billion is the richest India
(globally ranked at 13th) followed by Azim Premji and Lakshmi Mittal
- The list has 256 women, of which 8 women are from India
SPORTS
# Australia sails to finals of Azlan Shah Cup 2018
MISC
# March 08: International Women’s Day; theme: “Time is Now:
Rural and urban activists transforming women's lives”
- President, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind to present Nari Shakti
Puraskars 2017; 30 individual awardees and 9 institutional awardees are
selected for these Puraskars.
- Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi to visit Jhunjhunu in
Rajasthan; BetiBachao, BetiPadhao program to be expanded to 640 districts;
National Nutrition Mission to be launched
- "Swachh Shakti 2018" in Lucknow: 8000 women
sarpanches, 3000 women Swachhagrahis, 2000 mahilasamakhyas from Uttar Pradesh
and women sarpanches from across the country have been invited to recognize
their outstanding contribution towards making Swachh Bharat a reality in rural
India.
- Delhi government announced that state –run buses would be installed
with panic alarm systems
- Bill and Melinda Gates foundation announced a USD 170 million
projects aimed at advancing women’s economic empowerment in India, Tanzania,
Kenya and Uganda
- Barbie made 17 dolls depicting the modern-day and historic
women
# An Indian – origin British man (Harry Athwal) has been
selected for “Pride of Birmingham” award in UK [awarded for his courageous act
to save an injured person during the 2017 Barcelona terror attack]
# “iQ Trivia Live”: a digital game show launched by Shilpa
Shetty Kundra
# Sainthood for Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Romero
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