IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 28, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 28, 2017 

• Union Petroleum Ministry launches MoPNG e Seva
•  Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched MoP&NG e-Seva. 
•  It is a dedicated grievances redressal platform on Social Media for all queries and grievances relating to Oil and Gas Sector. 
• ESIC launched Mobile Clinic Services in AP and Telangana
• The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) launched Mobile Clinic Services for the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. 
•  Union minister of state for labour and employment Bandaru

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 29, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 29, 2017

• US President Donald Trumpwould be hosting PM Narendra Modi later this year, the White House announced today.
• The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to scrap a Barack Obama-era rule that required internet providers to get customers' permission before sharing their browsing history with other companies. 
• The rule also required internet providers to protect that data from hackers and inform customers of breaches. 
• The bill will become law once US President Donald Trump signs it.
• The British government On 29th Marchdelivered the formal notification of the country's intention to leave

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 26, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 26, 2017 

•        On 26th March (26th March) is theIndependence Day of Bangladesh.
•    This day commemorates the country's declaration of independence from Pakistan in the year 1971.
•   Important Points to Know about Bangladesh
•     Capital - Dhaka
•     Currency - Taka
•     National language - Bengali
•     President - Abdul Hamid
•     Prime Minister - Sheikh Hasina
•     Chief Justice   Surendra Kumar Sinha
•     Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak has been released from detention

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 24, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 24, 2017

• World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is being observed ^{On 24th March}. 
• Theme of the year 2017 : Unite to end TB
• Important Points to Note :
• This day is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease. 
• This year it is second year of a two year “United to End TB” Campaign. 
• 8.6 million new cases of tuberculosis occur each year globally, of which 2.2 million occur in India.
• This day is one of eight official global public health campaigns marked by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Important current affairs of march 23, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 23, 2017

• Nation paying tribute on 86th martyrdom day: 23 March
•  Nation is paying tributes to freedom fighters -Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev on their 86th martyrdom day (23 March).
• On this day in 1931, British rulers had executed them in Lahore for their revolutionary activities against the British rule.
• World Meteorological Day 2017 observed globally
•  The World Meteorological Day was observed globally on 23rd March 2017.
•  The theme of WMD 2017 is 'Understanding Cloud' to highlight the enormous

Important current affairs of March 22, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 22, 2017

• World water day observed globally
•  World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
•  In 2017, the theme for World Water Day is 'Wastewater'.
• Rs 2 lakh is the cash transaction limit, Aadhaar mandatory for I-T returns
•  The Rs 3-lakh limit proposed for cash payments in the Budget for 2017-18 will

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 21, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 21, 2017

• The fifth 'International Day of Forests' is being observed On 21st March.
• This day was initiated by the United Nations to raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests and trees. 
• As per the UN, around 1.6 billion people, including over 2,000 indigenous cultures, depend on forests for their livelihood.
• Theme for 2017 : Forests & Energy
• On 21st March  is World Puppet Day.
• World Poetry Day is being observed On 21st March.
• This day was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OFMARCH 20, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 20, 2017         

• Finance Minister finalized capital infusion for 10 PSU banks
• Coming in support of weak and non-performing Public Sector Banks (PSBs), the Finance Ministry has chalked out a turnaround-linked Rs 8,586-crore capital infusion plan for 10 PSBs.
• The Top five capital gaining banks are IDBI Bank (Rs 1,900 crore), Bank of India (Rs 1,500 crore), UCO Bank ( Rs 1,150 crore), Andhra Bank and Indian Overseas Bank with Rs (1,100 crore) each.
• 3 Day International Buddhist Conference in Bihar
• The three days 'International Buddhist Conference' organized by Ministry of Culture and Nava Nalanda Mahavira Deemed University in Rajgir, Bihar.

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 17, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 17, 2017

Cabinet Approvals

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in its meeting has approved several MoUs.

Some important cabinet approvals are as follows:

1. National Health Policy, 2017 approved by Cabinet Focus on Preventive and Promotive Health Care and Universal access to good quality health care services.

2.  MoUs for cooperation in Youth and Sports Matters with Indonesia and the Kyrgyz Republic.

3.  MoU between India and Bangladesh on Aids to Navigation (AtoNs). 

India joins WHO call to end TB by 2030 in South East Asian

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 7,8, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 7,8, 2017

International Women's Day being observed

i. International Women's Day is observed globally on 8th March every year. 

ii. The theme of International Women's Day (IWD) 2017 campaign is 'Be Bold For Change'.

iii. It is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

India announces new licensing policy to boost oil output

i. India has announced an Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP)  for conducting oil and gas exploration in India. The new OALP policy will allow the bidder to select the exploration areas on their own and carve out areas where they want to drill. 

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 4,5, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 4,5, 2017

GST Council approves draft CGST and IGST Bills

i. The Centre and States approved the model draft Bills for Centre and Integrated goods and services tax (GST).The Council has also included a revised peak rate of 20 percent under GST, instead of the earlier 18 percent. This would mean that the total incidence of the tax could go as high as 40 percent.

ii. The next meeting of the Council will now be held on March 16, when it will finalize the draft Bills for State and Union Territory GST.

Punjab, J&K seal fresh deal on Shahpur Kandi project

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 3, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 3, 2017

Indian Navy successfully test-fires missile from Kalvari submarine

i. The Indian navy successfully test-fired an anti-ship missile for the first time from an indigenously built Kalvari class submarine.

ii. The weapon was fired from the submarine, the first of India’s six Scorpene-class submarines which are being built under the Project 75 and it “successfully hit” a surface target during the trial in the Arabian Sea.

iii. The submarines were designed by French naval defense and energy company DCNS and are being built by Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai.

Centre approves over 4,000 PG seats in medical colleges & hospitals

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 2, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 2, 2017

DRDO tests interceptor missile successfully

i. India’s Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) shield got a further fillip with the successful test of an interceptor supersonic missile conducted by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

ii. The Advanced Area Defence (AAD) endo-atmospheric missile capable of intercepting incoming target missile at an altitude of 15 to 25 km range was tested.
iii. It was launched from the Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast to stop an incoming enemy missile which was launched from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur

Number of Jan Dhan accounts rose by 2.26 crore after note ban

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 1, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MARCH 1, 2017

Author Neil Gaiman Named U.N. Goodwill Ambassador

i. The author Neil Gaiman has been appointed as a global Goodwill Ambassador of the UN Refugee Agency,UNHCR by Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. 
ii. He has appointed to raise awareness about the plight of forcibly displaced people and to generate much needed funds.

Delhi: India’s first heliport inaugurated in Rohini

i. Built by Pawan Hans Limited, a Public Sector Undertaking of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, India’s first heliport has been inaugurated in north Delhi’s Rohini. Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju inaugurated the heliport. 

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2017

National Science Day: 28 February

i. National Science Day is celebrated all over India with great enthusiasm on 28th of February every year in order to commemorate the invention of the Raman Effect in India by the Indian physicist, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman on the same day in the year 1928. 

ii. For his great success in the field of science in India, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was honored with the Nobel Prize in the Physics in the year 1930.

India & Ukraine to strengthen bilateral cooperation through Cinema 

i. Minister for Information & Broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu and Member of the Parliament of Ukraine and Chairman of the National Council of Television Ukraine Mr. Iurii Artemenko have agreed to strengthen the bilateral cooperation between the two countries through the medium of Cinema in New Delhi.