NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
India becomes net exporter of power for the first time: According
to Central Electricity Authority (CEA), under Union Power Ministry, India for
the first time has become a net exporter of electricity during the
April-February period in fiscal 2016-17. During this period, India exported
around 5,798 million units of electricity to Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar. It
is 213 million units more than the import of around 5,585 million units from
Bhutan.
2.
Indian Navy inducts surveillance ship INLCU L51: Indian Navy has
commissioned latest indigenously developed surveillance ship INLCU L51. It was
commissioned at a ceremony held in Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Command of
Navy INLCU L51 is the first of the eight ships of the LCU Mk IV Class.
3.
IAF launches Aviation Turbine Fuel Digital Issue and Payment: Indian
Air force has formally launched web based e-billing system Aviation Turbine
Fuel Digital Issue and Payment (ATF DIP). It was unveiled by Chief of Air Staff
(CoAS), Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa in New Delhi and it will be implemented
from April 1, 2017.
4. Union Govt. imposes 10 % import duty on wheat
& Tur dal: The Union Government has
imposed 10% import duty on wheat and tur dal to
protect farmers’ interest amid projection of a record crop this year.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1. British PM Theresa May signs letter to trigger Brexit from EU: British
Prime Minister Theresa May has
signed the letter that will trigger Britain's exit
from the European Union. Official
notification to other 27 European Union members that Britain has invoked
Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, will be delivered to European Council
President Donald Tusk. Britain would be able to leave the economic bloc by 29th
March, 2019.
2.
UN appoints David Beasley to head World Food Programme: United Nations General Secretary Antonio
Guterres has appointed David Beasley as head of the Rome-based World Food
Programme (WFP).
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS
1. Gauri Singh becomes the first girl to swim from
Sea Link to Gateway of India: Gauri Singh (14-year) has become
the first Indian girl swim from Sea Link near Worli Koliwada to the Gateway of
India in the Arabia Sea. She took over 6 hours 30 minutes to complete the 36-km
long distance route. Gauri Singh is a class 8th student
from Udaipur (Rajasthan).
2. Bhubaneswar to host
2017 Men's Hockey World League final: Today, the International Hockey Federation (FIH)
has confirmed that the ‘Men’s Hockey
World League Final 2017’ and ‘Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018’ will
be held in Bhubaneswar, (Odisha)
India.
HONOURS & AWARDS
3. R Ashwin receives Sir
Garfield Sobers trophy: Indian off-spinner ‘Ravichandran Ashwin’ has received
the ‘Garfield Sobers Trophy’
for the ‘ICC Cricketer of the Year
2016’ as well as the ‘ICC
Test Cricketer of the Year 2016’ from
former India captains and ICC Cricket Hall of Famers Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar in
Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.
OBITUARIES:
4. Renowned playwright Arun Sarma passes away: Noted
playwright & Sahitya Akademi Award winner Arun Sarma (86-year)
passed away after a brief illness. He won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1998 for the
novel Ashirbadar Rong (The Hues of Blessing). He has won the Assam
Sahitya Sabha's Best Playwright Award for two consecutive years and also has
the rare distinction of having won the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2003
for his contributions to drama and the Sahitya Akademi award in 1998 for
literature. He was also the recipient of the Assam Valley Literary Award in 2005.
5. South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed
Kathrada passes away: Veteran South African’s Indian-origin
anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada (87-year)
passed away. Kathrada was among eight African National Congress activists sentenced
to life imprisonment in 1964. He spent 26 years and 3 months in prison,
including 18 years on the infamous Robben Island. He was one of Nelson Mandela’s closest
aides in his struggle to end the white minority
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