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 in a military hospital, six years after he was overthrown. 
•     He was sentenced to life in 2012 for inciting the deaths of at least 850 protesters during the 18-day revolt in 2011 that ousted him.
•     The British Parliament has passed a resolution condemning Pakistan's move to declare Gilgit-Baltistan in PoK as its fifth province. 
•     "Gilgit-Baltistan is a legal and constitutional part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India, which is illegally occupied by Pakistan since 1947," the motion said. 
•     The motion also called the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as "illegal".
•     Union Government is going to launch Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) scheme for providing physical aids and assisted-living devices for senior citizens belonging to BPL category. 
•     It is the first-of-its-kind Central Sector Scheme (CCS) in India, to be fully funded by the Central Government. 
•     It is expected to benefit 5,20,000 Senior Citizens.
•     In order to check the cases of fraudulent driving licences, the Centre is planning to ask states to make Aadhaar identification mandatory for new licences and renewal of old licences. 
•     The new rule is likely to be implemented from October. 
•     The move comes after the government recently proposed making Aadhaar mandatory for filing Income Tax returns and PAN applications.
•     Ayodhya, Mathura, Varanasi and Gorakhpur, four holy cities for Hindus, will get 24-hour power supply, Uttar Pradesh Power Minister Shrikant Sharma announced On 26th March. 
•     Sharma added that his department was committed to providing 24-hour power supply to UP by 2019.
•     Chief Justice JS Khehar has On 26th March announced that the Supreme Court will go paperless in six to seven months in a bid to save funds and make the judiciary eco-friendly.
•     He further said the apex court will collect all the records electronically from the lower courts and the high courts so that there is no need to file hard copies.
•     All existing subscribers of mobile services will have to go for Aadhaar-based re-verification soon, with the government instructing telecom operators to initiate the process. 
•     Cellular operators’ body COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India)said its members may meet this week to discuss the modalities of rolling out the verification process for the existing one billion-plus mobile phone users.
•     Government has notified that Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), a statutory advisory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF) will now be permanently chaired by a senior MoEF official. 
•     Recently, new Board of 18 members, chaired by Sharad Singh Negi, Special Secretary and Director-General (Forests), MoEF came into effect for three years term.
•    Tanushree Pareek has became the first woman field officer in the 51-year history of the BSF (Border Security Force). 
•     A resident of Bikaner, Pareek is the first woman to join the force in the officer rank after she was selected in the all-India exam conducted by the UPSC in 2014. 
•     She also led the passing out parade of 67 trainee officers.
•     Arun Jaitley’s Finance Bill, 2017 has been passed in Lok Sabha On 26th March.
•     The Finance Bill 2017 comes with a number of amendments, including imposing a limit of ₹2 lakh on cash transactions. 
•     The Bill also makes Aadhaar mandatory for filing Income Tax returns and for getting a PAN. 
•     Further, the Bill enables Income Tax officers to raid homes without providing any reason.
•    Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has announced the allotment of ₹169 crore for the IT sector, including ₹15 crore for startups. 
•     The Goa government will also set up a startup promotion board with the aim of creating 4,000 jobs a year. 
•     Parrikar also allocated ₹50 lakh to encourage incubation centres and entrepreneur development centres in the state
•    The Indian Navy successfully conducted the trial firing of the newly installed surface-to-air Barak missile system from onboard its aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. 
•     As a part of the 'Operational Readiness Inspection' of the Western Fleet, the missile was fired against a live low-flying high-speed target, which was successfully engaged and destroyed, officials said.
•     India won 73 medals, including 37 gold, at the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, held in Austria from March 14-25. 
•    The Indian contingent, known as the Special Olympics Bharat, also won 10 silver and 26 bronze medals in disciplines including alpine skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, among others. 
•     Note : The event featured over 2,600 intellectually disabled athletes from 105 countries.
•     Kashmiris in UAE organised an IPL-like T20 league called the Kashmir Super League, the second edition of which concluded recently. 
•     The league started in January with 14 teams consisting of 200 Kashmiri players, and was inaugurated by Indian cricketer Parvez Rasool. 
•     The teams were named after different regions in Kashmir and reportedly attracted sponsorship worth 10,000 dirhams (₹1.8 lakh).
•    Ferrari's Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel began the Formula One season with a win at the Australian Grand Prix On 26th March.
•     Bangladeshi batsman Tamim Iqbal became the first cricketer from his country to score 10,000 runs in international cricket after going past the landmark in his 127-run innings in the first ODI against Sri Lanka On 26th March.