NATIONAL UPDATES
1. Odisha Govt Launches ‘Ama Gaon, Ama Vikas’
Programme:
The Odisha government has launched a programme Ama Gaon, Ama Vikas (our village, our development) to reach
out to the people in rural areas and involve themselves in the developmental
activities. Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik flagged off mobile video vans for ‘Ama Gaon Ama Vikas’ programme that
will move across the State to highlight various welfare schemes at villages in
the state.
2. BJP won Tripura for the first time: The BJP defeated the CPI(M) in Tripura to form the state
government for the first-ever time after winning 35 seats. The CPI(M), which ruled the state
for 25 years, reportedly won 16 seats in the 60-member Assembly with 43% vote
share. BJP-ally Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) won 8 seats after
fielding candidates in 9 constituencies.
3. BJP,NDPP claim stake to form govt. in Nagaland:
The BJP and NDPP met Nagaland Governor PB Acharya to stake claim to form
the state govt. The NDPP-BJP has secured a simple majority of 32 out of 60
seats.
4. Hung Assembly in Meghalaya, Congress the single
largest party: Meghalaya
faces a hung state Assembly after no party won the required 31 seats to form
the government in the 60-member Assembly. The Congress, which has ruled the
state for 10 years, won the maximum of 21 seats, followed by the National
People’s Party which won 19 seats. The BJP secured two seats in the state
Assembly.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES
1. Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha Wins Lifetime
Achievement Award in UK: Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha has been
honoured with a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to the fields
of arts and politics at a ceremony in the UK’s Parliament complex. The annual
‘Political and Public Life Awards’ presented by Britain’s Asian Voice weekly
newspaper recognises individuals who have made a significant impact on public
life or made a difference in their local communities.
2. World Wildlife Day 2018 celebrated: On 20 December 2013, at its 68th
session, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 3 March – the day of signature of
the CITES as UN World Wildlife Day. This day was proclaimed to celebrate
and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. The theme for World
Wildlife Day 2018 is ‘Big Cats’.
OTHER UPDATES
SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY:
1. NASA finds water on Saturn-mass planet: Using NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer
space telescopes, astronomers have found evidence of water in the atmosphere of
a Saturn-mass exoplanet some 700 light-years away.The planet, WASP-39b, has
three times as much water as Saturn does, which suggests it developed far away
from its host star, where it was bombarded by a lot of icy material, said NASA.
DEFENCE:
1. ICG C-162: Bharati Defence delivers interceptor
boat to Coast Guard: Bharati Defence and Infrastructure Ltd (BDIL)
delivered high-speed
interceptor boat ICG C-162 to Indian Coast Guard (ICG) at
BDIL jetty in Mangaluru, Karnataka. It is fifth interceptor boat delivered by
BDIL’s Mangaluru shipyard to ICG. The sixth boat will be delivered after
three-and-a-half months of the delivery of the fifth boat. The vessel will be
based at Kochi,
Kerala and will be used for patrolling purposes.
SPORTS:
1. Rizvi sets world record in his first-ever World Cup: Indian shooter, Shahzar Rizvi clinched the gold
medal with a world record score in a memorable maiden ISSF World Cup
appearance, while Jitu Rai grabbed bronze in the same event. He shot
a world record
242.3 in the 10m air pistol event’s final to beat reigning Olympic
champion Christian Reitz of Germany, 239.7, to win the top prize. Mehuli Ghosh added
another medal to India’s tally as she shot world junior record score to
win bronze in
the women’s 10m air rifle event.
2. India wins IBSF Snooker Team World Cup: The
Indian Snooker team has lifted the first edition of IBSF Snooker Team World Cup title
and won the prize money of $15,000. The Indian duo of Pankaj Advani and Manan Chandra
defeated Pakistan (Muhammad Asif, Babar Masih) in the best-of-five final
played in Doha.
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