NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Girl child ratio increases to 938 per 1000
male: Haryana: The
Haryana govt. has informed that the girl child ratio has increased to 938 per
1000 male children in February in Haryana. In January 2017, the registered girl
child ratio was 922.
The gradual increase in the ratio of girl child
is the result of effective implementation of 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao'
programme.
2. Karnataka CM
Siddaramaiah launches 'Pratibimba' to project achievements: Karnataka Chief Minister
Siddaramaiah launched a comprehensive web-based platform Pratibimba to showcase
the government’s performance and achievements to the citizens. This dash board
will serve as a tool to improve efficiency in governance and allow citizens to
track government’s progress.It is available both in English and Kannada. After
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka has such dash board which will help to report, track
and measure departmental performance on programmes, projects and promises made
by the government.
3. 2-day North-East
Business Summit begins in New Delhi: A two-day North-East Business Summit (NEBS)
begins in New Delhi. The summit aims to display the strengths, potentials, and
initiatives of the North-East, promote investment the region and also have focused
deliberations on strategic areas like healthcare, connectivity, agriculture,
food processing and energy. The Summit will also showcase the untapped
business potential of North-East to investors worldwide.
4. INS Tillanchang
commissioned by Indian Navy: India Navy has commissioned INS Tillanchang at Karwar, Karnataka. It is
a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) It is the third ship of four follow-on
WJFAC built by the Kolkata based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
(GRSE). The first two ships INS Tarmugli and INS Tihayu which were
commissioned in 2016.
5. India Has Highest
Bribery Rate Among 16 Asia-Pacific Nations: According to the Global Corruption Barometer
released by Transparency International (TI), in Berlin for 16 Asia Pacific
countries India tops the list for being the most corrupt nation. According to
the survey, about 69 percent of the population in India paid bribe to get their
work done. India was followed by Vietnam (65%), Thailand (41%), Cambodia,
Pakistan and Myanmar, each with 40%. Besides, China (26%) was one of the
least corrupt nations and it was the lowest in Japan (0.2%).
6.
Vice President Hamid Ansari Attends IORA Summit
in Jakarta: Vice
President Hamid Ansari was on a two-day visit to Indonesia to attend the
21-nation Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia from
March 6-7, 2017. The theme of Summit is ‘Strengthening Maritime Cooperation for
a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous Indian Ocean’. IORA has 21 member states,
including Australia, Bangladesh, Comoros, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya,
Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Oman, Seychelles, Singapore,
Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, UAE, and Yemen.
7.
'India by Nile' fest to begin in Egypt: India has organized the
fifth edition of the mega cultural festival 'India by the Nile' in Egypt on 8th
March to showcase the diversity of the country's culture, arts and cuisine for
building enduring partnership between the two ancient civilizations. For the
first time, the Indian flag will be projected onto the Giza Pyramids as part of
the celebration. The festival, to be held in Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, Port Said
and Ismaila governorates from March 8 to April 27, 2017. It is the largest
cultural foreign festival in Egypt and has been a great success in the country.
8. India launches Stage II
of HCFC Phase Out Management Plan: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and
Climate Change (MoEFCC) has launched Stage II of HCFCs Phase Out Management
Plan (HPMP) for the 2017-23 period. It aims to phase out use of
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), harmful ozone-depleting substances (ODS) by
switching over to non-ozone depleting and low global warming potential
technologies.
9.
D. Bala Venkatesh Varma concurrently accredited
as the Ambassador of India to Andorra: IFS officer, D. Bala Venkatesh Varma has been
concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of lndia to the Principality of
Andorra, with residence in Madrid (Spain). Venkatesh was presently working as
the ambassador of lndia to the Kingdom of Spain.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1. China's Parliament approves Prez Xi Jinping
as core leader: China's Parliament has approved President Xi Jinping as the
core leader, elevating him to a status higher than others in the ruling
Communist Party of China's collective leadership system. The core leader
status, that had earlier been approved by the Communist Party, puts him at par
with party founder Mao Zedong reinforcing his hold over all the organs of
power.
2. CIA contractors source of WikiLeaks
release: US officials: US officials on Wednesday said that CIA contractors
likely breached security and handed over documents about the agency's use of
hacking tools to whistleblower organisation WikiLeaks. Intelligence agencies
have been aware of the breach since the end of last year, they added. The
officials further said that the documents about CIA hacking techniques used
between 2013 and 2016 were authentic.
3.
US, Russia set up buffer zones to protect Kurdish town: In
their first team up, the US and Russia have created buffer zones in Syria to
protect the Kurdish town of Manbij from being seized by their common ally
Turkey, which threatened to capture it last week. The US considers Kurdish
forces allies in the fight against the Islamic State while Turkey considers
Kurds as terrorists.
SPORTS:
1.
Ashwin, Jadeja jointly ranked number one
in ICC Test rankings: India’s Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have become the first
pair of spinners to be jointly top-ranked in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings
for Test Bowlers as Jadeja has caught up with his spin-partner in the rankings
after the second Test against Australia in Bengaluru.
2.
Vijay Goel constitutes committee to look
into women players' grievances: The sports minister Vijay Goel has constituted a
high-level committee to look in to the grievances of women players in New
Delhi. The five- member (two- woman player and one sports journalist) committee
will be headed by Joint Secretary of Sports Ministry. The government will soon
start a diploma course for women coaches.
First “Gramin Khel Mahotsav” will be held from
25th to 31st March in New Delhi.
This festival will help participation of rural
youth in large numbers in popular sports and encourage them to achieve
excellence and adopt healthy life style.
3. India beat Belarus 3-1 to clinch series 5-0: The
Indian women’s hockey team defeated Belarus 3-1 to make a clean sweep of the
five-match Test series (5-0) in Bhopal. For India, Vandana Katariya, Gurjit
Kaur and Rani (Captain) scored one each, while Yuliya Mikheichyk scored the
solitary goal for Belarus.
4. Cuevas wins third Brasil Open tennis title: Pablo Cuevas
(Uruguay) has won his third consecutive Brazil Open title by beating Albert
Ramos-Vinolas (Spain) 6-7 (7-3), 6-4, 6-4 in a final. It was Cuevas' sixth
career ATP singles title
BANKING:
5.
IDFC Aadhaar Pay launched: IDFC Bank has launched
India’s first biometric-based payment system 'Aadhaar Pay' in New Delhi. The
Aadhaar Pay app has been developed by IDFC Bank under the guidance of the
Ministry of IT, NITI Aayog, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI),
and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The android app will use the
fingerprint of the customer as a digital identity. Customers simply need to
select their bank’s name and enter their Aadhaar number in the merchant’s
phone.
HONOURS & AWARDS:
6. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wins the best actress
award for Sarabjit: The
actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has
won the Best Actress award for her performance in Sarbjit at the International
Film Festival and Awards of Australia (IFFAA).
The film “Sarabjit“ was based on the story
of an Indian national Sarabjit Singh (Randeep
Hooda) who was punished by Pakistan’s Supreme Court on the charges of spying. Sarbjit’s
sister Dalbir Kaur (Aishwarya
Rai Bachchan) fought for him for years to get him back to the country.
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