Showing posts with label current affairs on march. Show all posts
Showing posts with label current affairs on march. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

MOST IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT EXAM QUESTIONS ON CURRENTS AFFAIRS

1) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched an electronic intelligence satellite ‘Emisat’ for the Defence Research Develop Organisation (DRDO) along with 28 third party satellites.

2) Zuzana Caputova has won Slovakia’s presidential election, making her the country’s first female head of state. Mr Sefcovic is the vice president of the European Commission.

3) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has stated that all branches of public sector lenders Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank will function as branches of Bank of Baroda (BoB) from April 1, 2019.

4) The people of the Nizamabad in Telangana will vote through Ballot Papers. Whereas the entire Country will vote in EVMs in the Lok Sabha Polls 2019

5) The Ministry of Commerce and Industries has launched blockchain-based e-marketplace for coffee.

6) Tashigang, a small Himachal Pradesh village has got the distinction of the highest polling station in the world. Tashigang is located at an altitude of 15,256 feet.

7) Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition 2019 (LIMA 2019) is the fifteenth edition of the Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition. LIMA 2019 was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir bin Mohammed.

8) World Theatre Day is observed annually on March 27 with an aim to generate awareness about the importance of theatre arts.

9) India and the African Union have signed an MoU to initiate and strengthen the cooperation in the health sector in a structured and organised manner by establishing the India-Africa health sciences collaborative platform.

10) The World Autism Awareness Day was celebrated on April 2nd with the theme ‘Assistive Technologies, Active Participation’.

11) During the state visit of the President Ram Nath Kovind to Bolivia, Bolivia has signed the framework agreement to join the International Solar Allian.

12) Gianni Infantino, the President of International Football Federation (FIFA), announced that India will host the U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2020

Sunday, March 24, 2019

Air pollution in China, Asian Championships, GST Council, World TB Day - Current Affairs on March, 2019

1) Lalit Kala Akademi has announced the winner of 60th Annual Academy Awards. Totally 15 winners are there in Lalit Kala Akademi. Total prize money of Rs 1 lakh during the 60th National Exhibition of Art. The awards will be offered during the 60th National Exhibition of Art. The awardees will be honoured with a plaque, a shawl and 1 lakh prize money.


2) Air pollution in China raises the risk of diabetes. The risk of diabetes has increased by 16 percent over 10 micrograms per cubic meter in PM2.5 particle exposure.

3) Bihar Diwas was celebrated on March 22nd. Bijari was celebrated as a memorial day in 1912 from the province of Bengal. In 1911 , the Bengal Presidency was split into four sabhas Bengal, Orissa, Bihar and Assam when the capital of then British India was shifted to Delhi

4) Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) reseachers Gyan Data (an IIT-M incubated company) together launched Superstats, It's a new metrics to analyse the game of cricket. The Superstats has includes three metrics such as Luck Index, Forecaster and Smart Stats.

5) Neeraj Chopra lead the Asian Championship for the Indian athletics team. Neeraj Chopra lead the 39-member Indian athletics team for next month's Asian Championships in Doha.

6) Former India hockey captain Sardar Singh has appointed in Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) at 38th General Assembly in Bangkok. All the Olympic committee members have been elected for a four-year term from 2019 to 2023.

7) Thailand's first general election was held after 5 years of military rule. In 2014, the army removed an elected government in regime change. About 51.4 million people voted in the election. It will appoint 500 members to the House of Representatives under lower house of the Parliament.

8) GST Council approves new tax rates transition plan for real estate sector. The Goods & Services Tax (GST) Council held at March 19, 2019 to discuss the details for implementation of the lower GST rate in Real Estate Sector. The council approved the New transition plan tax rate.

9) World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2019 with an aim to raise public awareness about the upsetting health and economic consequences of tuberculosis and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic. the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched a joint initiative “Find. Treat. All. #EndTB” on World TB Day.

10) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said India one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. India has carried out several key reforms in the last five years. Indian economy growth revealed at the upcoming World Economic Outlook WEO survey report to be released by the IMF.

Thursday, March 21, 2019

SAIL Smart Garbage Bin, Google BOLO App, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex found Bennu - Current Affairs on March, 2019

1) International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (IWDRI) 2days workshop held in New Delhi. This workshop organised by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) partnership with the Global Commission on Adaptation, United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank was held at new Delhi.

2) SAIL produce Smart Garbage Bin which is made stainless steel with integrates Technology for smart waste management. The Smart Garbage Bin 'll send the signels to garbage collection vechicles when it's full. This smart garbage bin useful for better clean and reduce the human intervention.

3) Google launches BOLO app which help to the childern to read in Hindi and English. Bolo app which is bein launched in India first. This app currently include up to 100 stories in Hindi and English. All smartphones running Android 4.4 (Kit Kat) and higher able to downloading this BOLO app.


4) Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Gujarat, (IIPHG) developig a ‘Conquer Exam'mobile application which help to reduce the exam pressure for the student. IIPHG joined hands with National Mental Health Program, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Gujarat for developing this mobile app.

5) IIT- Kharagpur Students has developed the new app which detect the fake money. This app is an kind of image processing which can detect fake currency. This new innovation technology easy to solve challenging faced to find the fake currency.

6) Reserve Bank of India has replaced the previous expenditure-based system with a rule-based approach in fixing new Ways and Means limits for the state governments on 18th march, 2019

7) Indian get Benefits as on PhD- Level Work Visas : U.K. government to remove any limit on the number of PhD-level work visas. U.K. Chancellor Philip Hammond announced in a Budget update, referred annual Spring Statement, 2019, to as the Tier 2 (General) category of work visas, accounting for 54% . Indian nationals also increase in the grant of Tier 2 visas last year, up by 6% compared to the previous year.

8) NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission found the evidence of particle plumes water source on asteroid Bennu. Bennu has most rugged surface than NASA expected. Bennu’s diameter, rotation rate, inclination and overall shape exactly presented as projected. Radar observations not provide any information about colours or brightness of the Bennu.

World Consumer Rights Day - Tourism Awards - Statehood Day -Education Day - Current Affairs On March

1) March 15 of every year is celebrated as World Consumer Rights Day. The theme of the World Consumer Rights Day 2019 is “Trusted Smart Products”.

2) World Kidney Day 2019 was observed on 14th March. The theme of the World Kidney Day 2019 is Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere. And the theme denotes universal health coverage (UHC) for prevention and early treatment of kidney disease.

3) Vastradan Campaign initiated by the former royal family of Udaipur has set the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of clothes for donation. The campaign had collected more than 3 lakh items of clothing.

4) In 'TV Cinema Spot' Category at ITB (Internationale Tourismus-Borse), Berlin. The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has won the First Prize at prestigious international Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2019.

5) The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has been renamed as the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.

6) The first-ever International Day of Education was celebrated on 24 January 2019 as per the resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly.

7) Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched its own payment aggregator system, IRCTC iPay. This is to promot the government’s Digital India initiative.

8) The states of Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya celebrated their 47th Statehood Day on 21st January. These state became full-fledged states on January 21, 1972.

9) Suman Kumari becomes the first Hindu woman to have became a civil judge in Pakistan after passing an examination for induction of judicial officers.

10) Saudi Arabia has appointed Princess Reema bint Bandar, as its first female ambassador to the United States.

Most Important current Affairs On March

1) Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Railways and Coal has awarded the Carnot Prize 2018 for the evolutional changes brought by him during his Union Minister Power.

2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiated the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi in Navsari district, Gujarat on January 30, 2019 cause of Mahatma Gandhi's 71st death anniversary.

3) Dhanlaxmi Bank, Allahabad Bank and Corporation Bank has been removed by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), from the PCA (Prompt Corrective Action) framework by moving them out of its weak-bank watchlist.

4) Government Approves Construction of more than 5 lakh Affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). The approval was given by the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee under the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs

5) The Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal has announced a PRANAM Commission to look after the issues related to the Parents Responsibility and Norms for Accountability and Monitoring (PRANAM) Bill

6) Astronomers from Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai have identified a new population of ultraviolet stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808 using the India multi-wavelength space observatory AstroSat, launched in September 2015.

7) The government of Madhya Pradesh has announced the increase of the reservation quotas for the OBCs and has stated that it would also implement 10 per cent quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) under the general category.

8) The Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee has unveiled a new scheme Yuvashree Plan II or Yuvashree Arpan to encourage entrepreneurship among youth in this scheme around fifty thousand Youths who have completed ITI or polytechnic institutes will be eligible to get financial support of Rs One Lakh from the state MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) department to set up their own business initiatives.

9) The 33rd edition of India-Indonesia coordinated patrol (IND-INDO CORPAT) was inaugurated at Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The IND-INDO CORPAT 2019 is held from 19 Mar to 04 Apr 2019.

10) The Aero India 2019 was inaugurated in Bangalore at the Yelahanka Air Force Station by Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. And the Areo India event has be held for 5 days from February 20 to 24.

11) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to prepare a noise pollution map and remedial action plan to solve the issue across the country.

12) The Special Olympics World Games 2019 was inaugurated at Abu Dhabi. The Special Olympics World Games 2019 is being hosted by the cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Most Important Current Affairs on March

1) Uttar Pradesh is taking otters census in its otters protected areas. This is the first Otters survey conducted by the Uttar Pradesh state government. This census started in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve . India has 3 of the world's 13 kinds of living ottars, these are
Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) – IUCN status: Near Threatened.
Smooth-coated Otter (Lutra perspicillata) – IUCN status: Vulnerable.
Small-clawed Otter (Aonyx cinereus) – IUCN status: Vulnerable....


2) NGT Direct CPCB to plan to obtain Noice Polution map   : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) request to prepare a noise pollution map setting up in where cities are more polluted beyond permissible limits. All the states and union Territories Police departments are give the further request to obtain the noice monitoring devices within three month.

3) Indian writen Raghu Karnad has won Windham-Campbell Prize: Indian Writer Raghu Karnad has won the Windham-Campbell Prize $165,000 in the Non-fiction for his debut book, The Farthest Field. The Farthest Field book tells of an Indian Second World War Story. The other award was got American writer Rebecca Solnit for the diverse body of work in the Non-fiction Category. Raghu Karnad is the second Indian who got a Windham-Campbell prize

4) The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) has accepted the two resolutions piloted by India. One of these main resolution is Single Use Plastic. The important role of plastic resolution is reduction of plastics and their products from plastics producers, retailers and the consumer goods industry, as well as importers. Another one resolution is Sustainable Nitrogen Management.

5) SBI Launches cardless ATM withdrawal : India’s largest Bank State Bank of India (SBI) has announced the YONO Cash App which helps to customer can withdraw money from ATM without using a card. ATM enabled with YONO cash Point Service.

6) West Nile Virus : West Nile Virus has been detected from 7 years old child. This virus spread by mosquitoes. People suffer from fever, headache, fatigue, body aches, nausea, vomiting, occasionally with a skin rash when they infected with WNV ( West Nile Virus )

7) India Post Released Ice Stupa Stamp. Ice Stupa placed is the artificial glaciers. Ice Stupa stamp released at an event presence of Himalayan Institute of Alternatives Ladakh founder Sonam Wangchuk who spearheaded the Ice Stupa initiative.

8) In 2019, India is ranked 140th among the world's happiest countries. The most happiest country report was released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations on March 20. This survey report also noted that there has been an increase in negative emotions, including worry, sadness, and anger. Pakistan is ranked 67th in the happiest country in the world.

9) According to the Economist Intelligence Unit's world's Most expensive cities are Singapore, Paris and Hong Hong which cost of expensive living Survey city. Singapore, Paris and Hong Kong share the title as world's most expensive city. According to this report, India's Bangalore, Chennai and New Delhi are among the cheapest city to surveyed. This report include food, drink, clothing, household supplies and personal care items, as well as private schools etc..

10) Business line Changemaker Awards 2019 was revealed. GST Council Iconic Changemaker: Bezwada Wilson (Safai Karmachari Andoloan) won the Businessline Changemaker of the year Award.

11) Microsoft launched project Sangam which is developed to Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in India. It is one of the world’s largest Cleanliness Programme. Microsoft announced this project with The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).

12) India won a total of 188 medals at the Special Olympics World Games.This Special Olympic world games held at Abu Dhabi. The medals include 50 gold, 63 silver and 75 bronze medals. India won four gold and one silver medal in Table Tennis.