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). The remaining 7 are,
- World
Health Day
- World
Blood Donor Day
- World
Immunization Week
- World
Malaria Day
- World
No Tobacco Day
- World
Hepatitis Day
- World
AIDS Day.
- British
Airways has
started rolling out a facial
recognition technology at itsLondon
Heathrow Airport to
allow passengers to go through boarding gates faster.
- The
biometric devices at the airport's main security screening area capture a
traveller's features and boarding pass, after which a facial scan at the gate
allows them to board the plane without showing documents.
- For the
first time, Chinese, Saudi and Turkish troops
joined the Pakistan
Day parade in the
capital Islamabad yesterday (23rd March 2017).
- President Mamnoon Hussain, who was the chief guest
at the event, called the participation of Chinese troops a "historic
event".
- Pakistan's
lower house of Parliament has passed a legislation to reinstate secret military courts that try civilians charged with
terrorism-related offenses.
- The
military courts had a two-year mandate that expired on January 7 this
year.
- The
courts were originally set up in response to the 2015 attack on a military-run
school by the Pakistani Taliban wherein 134 children were killed.
- India ranked 87th on the Global
Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI) released as part of report of Geneva- based World Economic Forum
(WEF).
- A total
of 127 countries were surveyed.
- Top 5
Countries in the Index :
- Switzerland
- Norway
- Sweden
- Denmark
- France
- The Parliament has passed The
Employees Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
- The
Bill amends the Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923.
- It
ensures compensation up to Rs 1 lakh to employee if an injured in an industrial
accident and imposes hefty penalty in case of any violation by the employers.
- An Indian Navy team is set
to scale Mount
Everest as a
part of its 'Sagar Tal se Sagar Matha (Seabed to Summit)' expedition.
- The
24-member team, with personnel from INS Chakra and INS Chennai, will plant an
ice-axe on the 8,848-metre high peak.
- Earlier,
the team took the ice-axe 40 metres below sea-level off Karwar in the Indian
Ocean.
- The
Union Cabinet approved setting up of National
Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (NSEBC) as a constitutional body.
- In this
regard, constitutional amendment bill for amending Constitution mainly by
insertion of Article 338B will be soon introduced in the Parliament.
- Centre
approves construction of 1 crore tonne capacity Silos (tall towers or pit on a farm used to store
grain) for
storage of #foodgrains by end of year 2019-20.
- German
scientists are testing an 'Artificial Sun', a massive light array
for making hydrogen fuel by dissociating water molecules.
- The
array consists of 140 Xenon lamps, typically used as cinematic spotlights, in a
honeycomb pattern focused on an 8-inch-by-8-inch patch.
- The
lamps can focus energy 10,000 times more intense than natural sunlight
generating temperatures up to 3,000ºC on the patch.
- Dr
Randeep Guleria was On
24th March appointed as the Director of the All
India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
- He
joined AIIMS as an assistant professor in 1992 and has been the HoD of the
department of pulmonary medicine and sleep disorders, since April, 2011.
- He has
replaced Rs M C Mishra, who retired from the post of AIIMS director in January
after serving for over three years.
- Flipkart is acquiring eBay
India in a
deal that is part of a $2 billion fundraising.
- This
comes after recent reports claimed that Flipkart has closed its $1 billion
funding from Microsoft, Tencent and eBay, and plans to raise $1 billion
more.
- Note : eBay is a small investor in Flipkart's rival Snapdeal.
- Noted
Tamil litterateur Asokamitran (85) passed away On 24th March.
- A well
known novelist and essayist, he was noted for his subtlety and refreshing
creativity in expression.
- Born
Thiagarajan, he assumed the pseudonym Asokamitran in the 1960s.
- His
work "Appavin Snegithargal", a collection of short
stories won him the Sahitya
Akademi Award
in 1996.
- He was
given the Tiru Vi
Ka Award in 2014
for his contribution to Tamil literature by late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
- Former
Indian cricketer Virender
Sehwag has
been roped in by a Mumbai-based entertainment company to anchor a TV sports
programme called 'Umeed Olympic'.
- The
13-part series will highlight the journey of country's top athletes preparing
for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
- Indian
para shuttler Sukant
Kadam won the Singles and Doubles Bronze Medals in the
recently-concluded Spanish
Para-Badminton International 2017 held in
Mallorca, Spain.
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