NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
6th National Science Film Festival begins in Mumbai: The
festival has been jointly organised by Nehru Science Centre and Vigyan Prasar.
2.
R K Verma assumed charge as Secretary of Railway Board.
3. India ranks 37 on USCC IP Index: India
has ranked 37 out of 38 countries for its intellectual property rights
environment in the annual IP index released by the United States Chamber of
Commerce (USCC).
4. Draft National Wildlife Action Plan
(NWAP) 2017-31 unveiled by the environment ministry accords special emphasis to
rehabilitation of threatened species of wildlife.
5. Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori to
quit Flipkart: Mukesh Bansal, the head of commerce and
advertising business and Ankit Nagori, Chief Business Officer of Flipkart has
put in his papers.
6. Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank inks
pact with NSFDC: Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank has signed
a MoU with the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation
(NSFDC) for obtaining funds. These funds will be used for onward lending to
schedule caste borrowers.
7. Kalyan Jewellers partners with
Flipkart to sell jewellery online.
8. Isuzu Motors India appoints Hitoshi
Kono as new Deputy MD.
9. Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change notified wild boar as Vermin for a year in Uttarakhand.
10. Marine Museum inaugurated at Marine
Aquarium and Regional Centre in Digha, West Bengal.
11. Assam CM Tarun Gogoi unveiled a
draft document, Vision Assam-2030: Everything for Everyone-Achieving inclusive
and Sustainable development.
12. HeyBiz, a sales-marketing support
application for SMEs tied up with Su-Kam Power Systems Ltd.
13. Elephanta Island, famous for its
Hindu cave sculptures depicting the cult of shiva will be completely
electrified by Independence Day 2016.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
India Australia Energy Security Dialogue held at Canberra, Australia: To
implement the PM’s vision of affordable energy for all, Shri Piyush Goyal Union
Minister of State (IC) for Coal, Power and New and Renewable Energy had an
energy security dialogue with Australian minister for Resources, Energy and
Northern Australia, Mr Josh Frydenberg at Canberra.
2.
National Assembly of France voted for stripping of nationality for terrorists.
3.
NATO and European Union signed agreement on Cyber Defence Cooperation.
4.
Tamar Hahn of Israel took charge of Director of United Nations Information
Centre in Buenos Aires.
5.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company agreed to store crude oil in India’s Strategic
Storage.
OTHER UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
1. RBI tells banks to set aside more for
stressed loans: The Reserve Bank of India has directed commercial
banks to accelerate provisioning requirement from April 1, for existing stock
of restructured loans that are showing signs of stress.
2. Yes Bank partnered with Smartbox to
help reduce delivery returns for ecommerce firms.
AWARDS:
3.
Adele named International Federation of Phonographic Industry’s (IFPI) the
Global Recording Artist of 2015 across all music formats.
OBITUARIES:
4. Veteran Director Aurobindo Mukherjee
passes away at the age of 97.
5. Siachen Avalanche survivor Lance Naik
Hanamanthappa passes away at the age of 33.
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