Daily Current Affairs 8th March 2017 ( English)
Prepared by Ms.SaralaDhavamanoharan, Viluppuram
1. Pablo cuevas ( Uruguay’s Tennis player ) won the Men’s single
title in Brazil Open 2017 , which is held annually in Sao Paulo
(Brazil)
2. Men’s doubles title in Brazil Open 2017 was won by Rogerio Dutra Silva
and Andra Sa
3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
inaugurated India’s longest cable-stayed bridge in Bharuch,
Gujarat. It is 1.4-kilometer long four-lanes bridge over the river Narmada.
It has 216 cables of 25-40 metres length. It is 21 meters wide, having a
17.4-metre wide four-lane road, a three-metre wide footpath. The bridge was
built by Larsen and Toubro (L&T) as a part of 6 laning project of the NHAI
(National Highways Authority of India) and was completed well ahead of its
schedule. It will ease the traffic flow on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai National
Highway ( Section of NH 8) Pwhich is considered to be one of the busiest in
India. Previously, the record for being India’s longest extra dosed
bridge was Nivedita Sedhu, Hoogly ( West Bengal )
4. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
was ranked 8th in the top 10 of Times Higher Education’s (THE) Best
Small Universities-2017 global rankings. IISc was only the Indian
university to feature in the list of 20. It is also the second-highest ranked
Asian University.
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5. The Central Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE) has launched a mobile application named ‘Exam
Locator’ to help students appearing for class 10th and 12th
examinations to locate their exam centres. It will help students to quickly
know the exam centre on the basis of their roll number. Student can easily find
the address, geolocation and images of the designated centre on the map.
6. According to Financial
Times, China’s banking system has overtaken the Eurozone to
become the world’s largest by assets. It indicates both, China’s increased
influence in world finance and its reliance on debt to drive growth since the
2009 global financial crisis.
7. Manipur High Court has
declared four month long economic blockade called by United Naga
Council (UNC) as illegal. The court passed the order on public
interest litigation and directed the authorities to deal with those supporting
the blockade according to the law. The UNC cadres had blocked key national
highways (number 2 and 37) connecting Manipur with rest of the northeast region
since November 2016. It had completely stopped normal movement of vehicles ferrying
essential items, severely affecting the normal life in the state. The UNC was
protesting against creation of seven new districts in the state, citing that it
will bifurcate ancestral land of the Naga people.
8. The first smart tribal
model village ‘Hubbi’ was inaugurated at Rajouri district of Jammu
and Kashmir. It was inaugurated by the Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Food,
Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali. The village was
developed by Rural Development Department of the State Government. The smart
tribal village has been introduced with smart classes in the schools, better
roads, electricity and water facilities.
9. GMR’s Hyderabad International
Airport ranked 1st in the world in the prestigious Airports Council
International (ACI)-Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey in the 5-15 million
passengers per annum (MPPA) category in 2016.
10. The two-day International
Yoga fest was held at Talkatora stadium in New Delhi. It
was inaugurated by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu.
It was organised by Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga in association
with the Indian Yoga associations.
11. The national conference on Jal
Kranti Abhiyan was held in New Delhi. The main four
important components of Jal Kranti Abhiyan were Development of Model Command
Area, Jal Gram Yojana, Pollution Abatement and Mass Awareness Programme.
12. The Union Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has launched the web portal for obtaining
Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearances.
13. The Indo -Nepal Joint
Military exercise Surya Kiran XI commenced on 7th March
2017 at Pithoragrah, Uttarahand
14. The European Union launched
the fifth satellite of Copernicus Observation Program
from European’s space craft in New Guinea. The Sentinel – 2B satellite is a
part of Sentinel Earth Observation satellites , a system of satellites that
monitors Earth
15. President Pranab Mukherjee
presented Nari shakti Purashkar Award 2016 in New
Delhi on the occassion of International’s Women’s day . Some of
the awardees are Scientists Anatta Sonney, B Codanayaguy and Subbhu Varier
and many more.
16. International Women’s day ( March
8) is celebrated world wide.The theme of 2017 is Women
in the Changing World of Work : Planet 50-50 by 2030
17. Viola Davis (
Oscar Winner )was honoured as the Harvard foundation’s “Artist of
the Year 2017 “Award at Harvard’s 32nd Cultural
Rhythms festival in Cambridge.
18. The Leader’s Summit in Commemoration of 20th Anniversary of the
Indian Ocean Rim Association concluded in Jakarta, Indonesia.In the
Summit India was represented by Vice President Hamid Ansari
19. Bolywood Actress Aishwarya Rai won Best
Actress Award at the International Film Festival and Awards of Australia (
IFFAA) for her role in the movie” Sarbjit “
20. The Upper house of the British Parliament , The
House Of Lords called for a meaningful Parliamentary vote on the final terms
of Brexit Bill.
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