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).
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