NATIONAL UPDATES:
1. 'Earth Hour' being observed today: 25 March: The World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) is observing
the 10th anniversary of 'Earth Hour' today i.e. 25 March,2017. The
worldwide event is held annually encouraging individuals to turn off
non-essential lights for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 PM local time as a
symbol of their commitment to the planet. It was started as a lights-off event
in Sydney, Australia, in 2007.
2. Indian Navy fires surface-to-air missile from INS
Vikramaditya: The country’s sole aircraft
carrier INS Vikramaditya successfully carried out the maiden test of
the newly installed Barak short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM). The
44,500-tonne carrier was commissioned into the Navy in November 2013 at
Severodvinsk in Russia.
3. Tanushree Pareek becomes BSF's first woman field
officer: Tanushree Pareek, a resident of Rajasthan became BSF's
first woman field officer. She led the passing-out parade at the BSF Academy as
the first woman field officer.
4. Aadhaar to be mandatory for getting Telecom
connection: The Department of Telecom
(DoT) has sent a notice to all telecom operators that all mobile phone
subscribers (prepaid and post-paid) will have to be verified using e-KYC.
5. Pawan Hans set to launch its "Delhi
Darshan" rides from 1st April: Through this ride the visitors can experience the beauty through aerial
view of Pritampura Tower, Majnu Ka Tila, Red Fort, Rajghat, Akshardham Temple
and surrounding areas by paying about Rs. 5,000 rupees for a 20-minute ride and
about Rs. 2,500 for a ten-minute ride.
6. Nellore in AP to get Post Office Passport Seva
Kendra: The External Affairs Ministry and the department of
posts announced the opening of a Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) at
Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. It would be the 86th POPSK in the country.
7. Assam Forest department starts elephant census starts:
Today, the Forest department has started the five-day
long elephant census in Assam. As per last census (in 2011), there was 5,620
elephants in Assam.
8. Osmania University to host 105th Indian Science
Congress: The 105th session of Indian Science Congress (ISC)
will be hosted by Osmania University, Hyderabad during January 3-7,
2018. The theme of the 105th session of Indian Science Congress is
'Science and Technology - Reaching the Unreached’.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1. 116 million African children to get polio vaccines:
According to World Health Organization(WHO),116
million children in 13 countries in west and central Africa are to receive
polio vaccines as part of its efforts to eradicate the disease from the
continent.
The synchronized vaccination campaign programme will see all children
under the age of 5 in these countries immunized from today in a coordinated
effort to raise childhood immunity to polio.
SPORTS:
1. Ashwin breaks
record for most wickets in a Test season: Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has broken the record
for most wickets in a single Test season, taking his 79th this season
during the Dharamsala Test against Australia.
BANKING
& FINANCE:
2. SEBI bans Reliance Industries from equity
derivatives trading for one year: Securities
and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) has banned Reliance Industries and 12 other
entities from equity derivatives trading for one year. The case relates to
alleged fraudulent trading in the futures and options space in the securities
of RIL's erstwhile listed subsidiary Reliance Petroleum Ltd.
2. SBI's Arundhati Bhattacharya among world's greatest
leaders: State Bank of India (SBI) Chairperson Arundhati
Bhattacharya has been ranked 26th among the world's 50 greatest leaders,
according to Fortune Magazine.
HONOURS
& AWARDS:
3. French Mathematician Yves Meyer wins Abel Prize
2017: The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has
announced that the 2017 Abel prize has been awarded to mathematician
‘Yves Meyer’ for his pivotal role in the development of the mathematical
theory of wavelets”.The prize ceremony will be at Oslo in May.
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