# 39 Indians, who has been abducted by ISIS in Iraq was dead:
External Affairs Minister, Ms. Sushma Swaraj
# President, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind presented the Padma Vibhushan,
Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri Awards
# Jawaharlal Nehru University and University of Hyderabad are
the two central institutions that will be granted the highest autonomy as
Category – I institutions under the new scheme of higher autonomy for quality
institutions: Ministry of HRD
- Banaras Hindu University, Aligarh Muslim University and the
English and Foreign Languages University, Telangana are in Category – II
# Bihar Governor, Mr. Satya Pal Malik was given additional
responsibility as Governor of Odisha; Mr. S. C. Jamir completed his five – year
term as Governor of Odisha
# CSIR has given in-principle approval to NAL for design,
development and certification of Hansa-NG, a next generation trainer aircraft
of the two – seater Hans-3 aircraft
# Department of Posts released a Commemorative Postage Stamp on
Solar System and Special Cover and Special Cancellation on renowned scientist
Stephen Hawking
# Department of Posts entered into a MoU with World Wide Fund,
India (WWF) regarding development of Philately products based on the theme of
conservation and preservation of our natural heritage. The partnership would
help in promoting the causes of Environment protection, Wildlife conservation
and the fight against Global Climate Change through the exciting world of
Philately and Philatelic products.
# National Cultural Audiovisual Archives (NCAA) project of the
Ministry of Culture, Government of India, implemented by Indira Gandhi National
Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) has been certified as the world’s first Trusted
Digital Repository as per ISO 16363:2012 standard, granted by Primary
Trustworthy Digital Repository Authorisation Body Ltd. (PTAB), United Kingdom.
- The primary objective of the NCAA is to identify and preserve
the cultural heritage of India available in audiovisual form through a process
of digitization and making it accessible to the people.
# 105th Indian Science Congress concluded at Imphal; 106th
Indian Science Congress 2019 will be held in Bhopal from Jan 03-07, 2019 with
the theme “Future India: Science &
Technology”
# Ministry of Women and Child Development conducted first
National workshop on POSHAN Abhiyaan involving all the States and Union
Territories at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, New Delhi
- POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched on March 08, 2018 by the Prime
Minister in Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan). The Abhiyaan targets to reduce stunting,
under-nutrition, anemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and
reduce low birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per annum respectively. The target
of the mission is to bring down stunting among children in the age group 0-6
years from 38.4% to 25% by 2022.
# Sporadic protests were held across the State due to the VHP’s
“Rath Yatra”; Chief Minister Mr. Edappadi K. Palaniswami defended the action
saying it was the government’s duty to protect the democratic rights of all
STATES
SCAN
# Delhi: Government launched “Delhi’s Date with Democracy”, a
mobile application that will serve as a platform for aspiring singers and
dancers in the city to showcase their talents on a big stage
# Goa: Inland ferry service was inaugurated in the port city of
Vasco in Goa.
# Jammu & Kashmir: BHEL commissioned the first unit of 110
MW of the Kishanganga hydro – electric project (HEP) of NHPC in the State
# Jharkhand: Union Government has approved the setting up of a
Plastic Park in Deoghar District, Jharkhand
BILATERAL
ISSUES
# India has joined Europe’s mega global arrangement of sharing
data from Earth observation satellite (Copernicus); Data from a band of Indian
remote sensing satellites will be available to the European Copernicus
programme while designated Indian institutional users will in return get to
access free data from Europe’s six Sentinel satellites and those of other space
agencies that are part of the programme, at their cost
# First India – Japan workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction was
held in New Delhi
# Phase I of Ex. VARUNA 2018, an Indo – French Naval exercise
was held in Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) in Goa
# Lockheed Martin (American aerospace) has announced the setting
up of F – 16 jet production unit in India
# India and Hong Kong signed agreement for the Avoidance of
Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion
WORLD
# Nepal: Mr. Nanda Bahadur Pun took charge as Country’s Vice –
President for a second term
# Saudi Arabia: “Gulf Shield 1” joint drills, organized by Saudi
Arabia’s Defence Ministry held in the eastern region of the country; military
forces of Saudi Arabia and 23 other countries participated in the event
# USA: banned Venezuela’s cryptocurrency (Petro)
ECONOMICS
# New telecom policy was almost ready and would be brought in
the next session of Parliament after the Cabinet nod: Department of
Telecommunications
# First G20 meeting of Finance ministers and central Bank of
Governors under Presidency of Argentina was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina
# IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation)
announced its partnership with Ola Cabs, in order to provide a book taxi option
in its app and website
# Indian airlines registered a more than 24% increase in
passenger traffic in February compared with a year earlier. Indian carriers
flew 10.7 million passengers in the past month, up from 8.6 million in February
2017, as per the DGCA.
SPORTS
# Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar figure in the Asian
Squash Federation’s list of performance awards for 2017e
MISC
# World’s last male northern white rhino (named as Sudan) died
in Kenya
- At his death, there are only two females remaining alive and
the hope that in-vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques will advance enough to
preserve the sub – species
# March 21: World Forest Day; theme: “Forests and Sustainable Cities”
# March 21: World Puppetry Day
# Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat, released a book on
Paramveer Chakra Awardees - ‘Paramveer
Parwane’. The book illustrates the bravery of Paramveer Chakra Awardees
from 1947 to 1965 and is written by Dr Prabhakiran Jain
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