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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Daily GK Updates - 23rd March, 2016

NATIONAL UPDATES:
1. India and Bangladesh PM launch two bilateral projects: Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh commissioned international gateway of interest service in Agartala and supply of 100MW power to Bangladesh from Tripura.

2. Core banking facility available at 25K post offices by April: The Department of Posts will offer core banking solutions (CBS) to its customers at 25000 post offices by April, against 20,429 CBS-enabled branches.

3. 21 states to implement National Food Security Act by April 1: The National Food Security Act (NFSA) will be implemented in 10 more states from April 1 this year, taking the total number of states implementing NFSA to 21, Union Minister of Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan.

4. H L Dattu appointed to International Human Rights body: Justice H L Dattu, chairperson, National Human Rights Commission, India emerged as the unanimous choice to be appointed as a member of the International Coordinating Committee of NHRIs (ICC) Bureau in Geneva.  

5. India’s Defence Lab develops Thermal Imaging Radar to look through walls: The Through Barrier Imaging Radar, named ‘Divyachakshu’ (divine eye), has been developed by DRDO’s Electronic and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) based in Bangalore and is going through development trials now.

6. Cabinet approves National Capital Goods Policy: The government believes implementation of the capital goods policy is critical and needed to give a boost to the sector and the ‘Make in India’ initiative.

7. Cabinet approves Udaan scheme till 2019-20: Udaan provides exposure to the youth of Jammu and Kashmir to the best of corporate India to the rich talent pool available in the state.

8. India, France sign MoU for construction of six nuclear reactors at Jaitapur.

9. ReNew Power inks pact with OPIC for $250-million debt facility: Sumant Sinha promoted ReNew Power Ventures signed an agreement to receive debt financing of up to $250 million from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the US Government’s development finance institution.

10. Cabinet Okays MoU between India and Lithuania for Agriculture: The capital of Lithuania is Vilnius.

11. Airtel signs pact with American Tower Corporation for tower sale in Tanzania: The capital of Tanzania is Dodoma.

12. Union Government and Industry Association signed MoU for effective-redressal of consumer complaints.

13. Mukund Padmanabhan appointed as new editor of The Hindu.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1. World Poetry Day 2016 observed globally on 21st March 2016.
2. World Meteorological Day 2016 observed on 23rd March 2016 with theme Hotter, Drier Wetter. Face the future.
3. Nepal became Dialogue Partner of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS:

1. Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka won BNP Paribas Open Men’s and Women’s title respectively.

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