Daily Current Affairs for 15th March 2018 ( English)
Important Days :
1. March
15- World Disabled day.
Tamil Nadu:
1. The
Tamil Nadu government on March 14, 2018 said that it has set up a committee to
probe into the death of 11 trekkers caught up in a forest fire in Kurangani
Hills in Theni district. The probe team will be headed by Principal Secretary,
Revenue and Disaster Management, Atulya Misra. The committee would have to complete the enquiry and send
its report to the state government within two months time The committee's terms
of reference include a review of the procedure established in Forest Department
for regulation/permission of trekking in Reserved Forest area; role and lapses,
if any, on the part of trekking organisers; role and lapses on the part of
forest officials, if any; and recommendations to avoid such incidents/tragedy
in forest areas shall be given by the Enquiry Officer.
2. TTV
Dhinakaran launched a new political party on March 15, 2018 in Madurai. The
party has been named Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, after late J Jayalalithaa. Dhinakaran also
unveiled party flag featuring bands of black, white and red with the image of
late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa embossed on it. Dhinakaran said
that the party would contest in pressure cooker symbol in elections to
cooperatives, local bodies, assembly and Parliament until he retrieved the two leaves
symbol.
National:
1. The agreement for
Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to
taxes on income between India and Iran has been approved by the Union Cabinet. The agreement
will stimulate flow of investment, technology and personnel from India to Iran
& vice versa and prevent double taxation. It also meets treaty related
minimum standards under G-20 OECD Base Erosion & Profit Shifting (BEPS)
Project, in which India participated on equal footing.
2. A Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) inked between India and Sri Lanka for promoting cooperation
in field of Information Technology and Electronics (IT&E) was approved by
the Union cabinet. The MoU intends to promote closer co-operation in areas of
e-Governance, e-Public Services Delivery, m-Governance, cyber security,
software technology parks, start-ups ecosystem etc.
3. Delhi End
Tuberculosis (TB) Summit have adopted ‘Delhi End TB Summit Statement of Action’. The Member
Countries of World Health Organization-Regional Office for South-East Asia
(WHO-SEARO), participating in Delhi End Tuberculosis (TB) Summit. The summit
was co-hosted by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, WHO-SEARO and Stop TB
Partnership in New Delhi. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and also launched TB Free India Campaign. This summit identifies roles,
responsibilities and directions of member countries of WHO SEARO region to make
their countries free from this disease
4. The proposals for
implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for disbursement of fertilizer
subsidy and the continuation of Urea Subsidy Scheme from 2017 up to 2020
has approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). Implementation
of DBT in Fertilizer Sector will reduce diversion of fertilizers to
non-agricultural use and plug leakages. The continuation of the urea subsidy
scheme will ensure timely payment of subsidy to urea manufacturers resulting in
timely availability of urea to farmers at statutory controlled price.
5. The
Haryana Government is planning to make drunk driving that leads to death a
non-bailable offence in order to take a tougher stand against road accidents
caused by inebriated drivers. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ram Bilas
Sharma said the government was considering making drunk driving, resulting into
the death of the victim, a non-bailable offence to keep a check on the
increasing number of road accidents. He was replying to a calling attention motion during the
ongoing budget session of the assembly here.
6. The
Union Government has decided to discontinue the Haj subsidy from the year
2018-19. The amount of Haj subsidy provided by the Government of India
reflects in the budget of Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), which is the nodal
Ministry responsible for making air travel arrangements for Haj pilgrims
identified by the Haj Committee of India (HCoI). Budgetary provision of Rs
200 crore for the Haj subsidy has been made in the Budget Estimates for
2017-18. It
has been decided to allocate bulk of the additional funding for educational
empowerment of Minority communities.
International:
2. India
and Madagascar have signed an umbrella agreement in the field of defence. Under
the agreement, both the countries will explore various ways of co-operation in
the field of defence. An amended air service agreement was also signed to
support efforts towards improving connectivity between the two countries. The two countries
will have co-sharing agreement with Air Seychelles through Air India and Air
Madagascar.
Science & Technology/ defence:
1. AYUSH QOL-2C – the development of coded drug for improving
quality of life in cancer patients has been undertaken by the Central
Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS). CCRAS is
autonomous body under the Ministry of AYUSH. It had conducted clinical studies
of the drug in breast cancer patients at St. John’s Medical College, Bengaluru
and AIIMS, New Delhi and in lung canc er patients at Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer
Hospital and Research Centre, Jaipur.
Appointments/Resignations:
1. Nepal's
controversial Chief Justice Gopal Prasad Parajuli was removed by the Judicial
Council on March 14, 2018 amid a raging dispute over his multiple birth
certificates. The Council removed him stated that as per the available
certificates, he should have retired from the post on August 5, 2017. Parajuli
completed 65 years on that day and as per Nepali law, civil servants should
take retirement after reaching 65 years, the Council said.
Books and authors:
1. 'The
King of the Dark Chamber' - the English translation of his famous Bengali play
'Raja' written by Rabindranath Tagore. The hard copy of the book
was sold for USD 700 at an auction in the United States. It was signed
by Tagore on
the introductory page in fountain pen. The Bolpur edition of the book was
published by the Macmillan Company in 1916.
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