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
i. Centre has approved over 4,000 Post Graduate seats in medical
colleges and hospitals across the country for the academic session
2017-18.
ii. Health Minister J P Nadda in an official statement stated that
with this, the total number of PG seats available in the country will go up to
over 35 thousand. He also said this will further boost nation's resolve to
strengthen tertiary care and improve the medical education in the
country.
iii. Centre had announced the creation of additional 5,000 PG
medical seats every year during this year's (2017) budget with an aim to
bolster availability of specialist doctors at secondary and tertiary
levels.
Govt launches nationwide 'Swachh Shakti Saptah'
i. The Union Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Mr.
Narendra Singh Tomar has launched 'Swachh Shakti Saptah' in
Gurugram, Haryana to raise awareness on sanitation and cleanliness.
ii. Mr. Tomar has decided to observe 'Swachh Shakti Saptah' from
March 1 to 8, 2017 across the country. Over 1,500 women sarpanches of Swachh
Bharat Mission (SBM) and all women sarpanches of Gurugram division are
participating in this event.
iii. PM Modi will take part in a closing ceremony of the program
on March 8, 2017 at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
Himachal okays proposal to make Dharamshala its second capital
i. The Himachal Pradesh cabinet approved the proposal to make
Dharamshala as the second capital of the state.
ii. The decision was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief
Minister Virbhadra Singh, who had earlier during his winter sojourn to Kangra
had expressed his desire to make Dharamshala as the second capital.
Government’s biotech innovation BIRAC Regional Entrepreneurship
Centre set up in Bengaluru
i. The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms – C-CAMP,
technology, and innovation hub, will house the Biotechnology Industry Research
Assistance Council (BIRAC) Regional Entrepreneurship Centre (BREC) in
Bengaluru.
ii. The center has been set up with the objective of encouraging
the spirit of bio-entrepreneurship, facilitating the creation of life science
start-ups and mentoring start-ups to increase their chances of success.
JNU wins Visitor's Awards 2017 for best university
i. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has won the annual Visitor's
Award for the 'Best University', 2017.
ii. Deepak Pant from the Central University of Himachal
Pradesh won the Visitor's Award for 'Innovation' while the Visitor's Award for
'Research' has been jointly won by Shyam Sunder from Banaras Hindu University
(BHU) and Professor Niranjan Karak from Tezpur University.
iii. President Pranab Mukherjee will present the Visitor's Awards
on 06 March 2017 at a function to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan as part of the
'Festival of Innovations'.
GAIL signs 1st time-swap deal for US LNG with Gunvor
i. State-run gas company Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) has
signed a time-swap deal with Swiss trader Gunvor to sell some of its
US Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as the Indian firm tries to ease the burden
of its costly foreign LNG supplies.
ii. It is the first time-swap agreement by GAIL, which is trying
to juggle its LNG portfolio to cut costs for price-sensitive Indian customers
after a sharp fall in Asian spot prices made its US gas unattractive.
DRDO Hands Over 3 Developed Products to Indian Army
i. Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed
over three of its products for induction into the Indian Army in a formal
function.The products are namely:
(a) Weapon Locating Radar (WLR), SWATHI
(b) NBC Recce vehicle
(c) NBC Drugs
ii. The Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar who presided the
function handed over the products to the Chief of the Army Staff General Bipin
Rawat on behalf of DRDO.
Jindal Steel to make high nitrogen steel for DRDO
i. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has
signed a technology transfer agreement with Haryana-based Jindal Stainless
Ltd.(JSHL) for manufacturing High Nitrogen Steel (HNS).
ii. HNS has higher ballistic strength. It is not only tough but
also has good strength. It is non-magnetic and corrosion-resistant. Its cost is
about 40% less than that of Rolled Homogeneous Armour steel (RHA).
MTNL appoints P K Purwar as Chairman and Managing Director
i. P K Purwar was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director
of state-run telecom major Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).The
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment to the post
for five years.
Singareni Collieries records new highs in coal output, dispatches
i. Singareni Collieries Company Limited has set a new record with
coal production of 58.7 lakh tons and highest dispatches of 57 lakh tons in a
month during February 2017.
ii. The mining company’s 1,200 MW power plant has also logged high
plant load factor. With this, SCCL recorded a growth of 9.31% in coal
production against 53.7 lakh tons during February 2016.
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