Daily Current Affairs for 15th March 2017 ( English )
Prepared by D.Sarala, Viluppuram
1. BJP’s N Biren Singh took
oath as the Chief Minister of Manipur. He was administered oath to
the office and secrecy by Governor Najma Heptulla. National
People’s Party’s (NPP) Joykumar takes oath as the deputy
chief minister. This is for the first time in India’s history since
independence, BJP was able to form government in Manipur.
2. Former Union Defence
Minister Manohar Parrikar took oath as the Chief
Minister of Goa for the fourth time. He was administered oath to the
office and secrecy along with nine ministers of his government by Governor
Mridula Sinha
3. Pakistan is
going to conduct its first national census in 19 years and
overall sixth population census. It will be conducted in two phases and will be
completed by May 25, 2017.
4. Bangladesh Parliament has
unanimously adopted a resolution declaring March 25 as Genocide Day.
It will be remembrance day of the atrocities carried out by the Pakistani Army
in the night of March 25, 1971. The Pakistan Army on the night of March 25,
1971 had launched ‘Operation Searchlight’ to crush the Bengali rebellion
following refusal by the West Pakistan military leadership to accept the
election results of 1970 in which the Awami League got thumping majority.
5. The United States (US)
Senate has confirmed Indian-American Seema Verma for a top health
care position in the Donald Trump administration. She is the second
Indian-American in the administration to be confirmed by the Senate
after US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley. Seema Verma will head the $1
trillion Centres of Medicare and Medicaid Services that provides
health care to 130 million people in US.
6. India’s largest lender State
Bank of India (SBI) has incorporated SBI Infra Management
Solutions Pvt. Ltd (SBIIMS) to manage its premises and estate related
matters. SBIIMS primary role will be to handle non-core business such as
transaction management, facility management, project management, advisory
services and implementation of policies and initiatives.
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7. The Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) has removed all limits on cash withdrawal from
savings bank account imposed on November 8, 2016 after the demonetisation
drive.
8. Justice (Retd) Chittaranjan
Sharma was sworn in as Assam’s Upalokayukta. He was
administered oath to the office by Governor Banwarilal Purohit at
a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhawan. Justice Sharma was a former Judge of the
Guwahati High Court.
9. The Madhukar
Gupta Committee on border protection has submitted
its report to the Union Government to strengthen border protection and address
vulnerabilities in fencing along the Indo-Pakistan border. It was announced by
the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju in a written
reply to question in the Lok Sabha.
10. According to Mercer’s Quality of
Living index rankings 2017, for the third consecutive time, Hyderabad
(Telangana) has emerged as the best Indian city in terms of
quality of living. Globally, Vienna (Italy) for the fourth
time in a row has emerged as world’s best city for overall quality of
living for the eighth year running. In
terms of city infrastructure rankings, Singapore has
topped the list followed by Frankfurt and Munich both in 2nd place. Baghdad
(230) and Port au Prince (231) ranked at the bottom for city infrastructure.
Amongst Indian cities, Mumbai is ranked the highest at 141, followed by Kolkata
(149) and Pune (151) in city infrastructure rankings. Bangalore was rated the
lowest (177) by the report.
11. Scientists have discovered polka dot
tree frog (Hypsiboas punctatus), the world’s first fluorescent
frog in Argentina. The newly discovered amphibian
sports a muted palette of greens, reds and yellows under normal light, but in
the dark gives off a bright blue and green glow. In
ultraviolet flashlight (or black light), polka dot tree frogs gave off an
intense greenish-blue glow instead of a faint red. Three molecules hyloin-L1,
hyloin-L2 and hyloin-G1 were responsible for green fluorescence.
12. The Parliament has passed Enemy
Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016 by voice vote to make
amendments to the Enemy Property Act, 1968. The Bill replaces the Enemy Property
(Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2016 promulgated by President Pranab
Mukherjee for five times.
13. The Union Government is going
to launch pilot project on ornamental fisheries in 8 potential
States with total outlay of over 61 crore rupees. These 8 potential States
identified includes Assam, West Bengal , Odisha, Maharashtra , Gujarat ,
Karnataka , Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
14. World Consumer Rights Day was
Observed on March 15th. The theme of this year is “Building
a Digital World, Consumers can Trust”
15. Krish Unnati Mela 2017 was
inaugurated in New Delhi
16. Pakistan introduced China’s
low to medium altitude air defence system ( LOMADS) LY 80 in its air defence
system recently .
17. Volkswagen Group signed
a MOU with Tata Motors for exploring joint development
projects.
18. New Delhi is hosting the three
day international conference on Vision Zero and its relevance to
Occupational Health and Safety
19. The Theme of 2017 Common Wealth Day is
“ A Peace building common wealth “
20. State Bank of India has
announced a one-time farm loan settlement scheme worth Rs.
6000 Crore primarily for tractors .
21. The former President of BCCI Shashank
Manohar has resigned as the Chairman of
International Cricket Council.
22. The highest court of European Union ruled
in favour of allowing employees to ban their workers from wearing visible
religious symbols including Hijab
23. Hockey India recently roped in
three scientific advisors to work with fitness aspects of their senior and
junior national teams
24. The Great Britain Cycling Team Double
Olympic Gold medalist Joanna Rowsell Shand announced her
retirement from International Cycling
25. Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Act of
2017 ( HR 1449) was introduced in the US House of representatives by Ted
Poe , the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism
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