Daily GK Updates - 26th March, 2016

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Union Cabinet approved MoU between India and UAE to mobilise long term investment into National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF).

2. Union Government notified E-Waste Management Rules, 2016: The new set of rules will supersede the E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 and will pave the way for more transparent and environment friendly management of e-waste across the country.

3. BHEL commissioned 600 MW Jaipur Thermal Power Plant in Adilabad district of Telangana.

4. Government to create 2.5 lakh dalit entrepreneurs under Stand Up India.

5. 4^th unit of NTPC-Bihar Government owned 195 MW plant synchronised: The 4^th unit of 195-MW Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station (MPTS) has been successfully synchronised with the national grid.

6. Mizoram and Japanese International Cooperative Agency (JICA) signed an agreement on Capacity Enhancement for Sustainable Agriculture and Irrigation Development.

7. Andhra Pradesh Government set to inaugurate country’s first lift irrigation project: It is set to inaugurate Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Project, described as the first river linking project in country, connecting Godavari with Krishna in this lower riparian state, as it has been completed in a record time of one year.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Iran signs oil contract with France’s Total: Iran signed a confidential oil agreement with France’s Total to develop the South Azadegan oil field shared by Iran and Iraq.

2. Pakistan and Iran agree to boost cooperation on security, trade: Both the countries have agreed to fight extremist and terrorist groups in their countries’ shared border.

OTHER UPDATES:

FINANCE/BANKING:

1. RBI issued revised Framework for Revival and Rehabilitation of MSMEs.

OBITUARIES:

2. American Actor Peter Brown died at the age of 80.