NATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.
PM Modi inaugurates Ahmedabad Metro
service : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has partially
inaugurated the first phase of the 6.5 km-long Ahmedabad Metro train
service in Gujarat. PM Modi also laid
the foundation stone of the 28.28 kilometres second phase
of Ahmedabad Metro project and travel some distanceon
the phase-I stretch.
Total
completion cost of Phase-II metro is estimated at Rs. 5,384.17
crores. Ahmedabad Metro is an
under the construction mass-transit rail system for the cities
of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar in Gujarat, India.
2.
PM Modi inaugurates ordnance factory in
Amethi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a
factory to manufacture AK 203 rifles in Korwa area of Amethi. These Rifles will help the security forces to
tackle terrorists and Naxals. The rifles will progressively replace the Army’s
in-service INSAS and AK-47 rifles. Around 7.5 lakh units of the latest version
of AK-47 will be manufactured in the new unit.
3.
Maharashtra govt to appoint Lokpal in
universities to resolve student grievances : Maharashtra Government has appointed ‘Lokpal’ in all
universities except agricultural universities to resolve student grievances.
The appointment of the students' ombudsman would be made in the next two to three
months. Maharashtra would be
the first state in the country to have such a Lokpal for universities. The Lokpal will be a person related to the
university and someone not below the rank of the retired district judge or a
retired vice-chancellor.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
World Wildlife Day being observed : The World
Wildlife Day has been observed across the world on 3rd March raise
awareness of the world's wild fauna and flora.The theme of World Wildlife Day
2019 is “Life Below Water: For people and planet”.The day is celebrated and
implemented by the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), in collaboration with other
relevant United Nations organizations.
OTHER
UPDATES:
BANKING/FINANCE:
1.AN Jha replaces Shaktikanta Das as 15th
Finance Commission Member : Former Finance Secretary Ajay Narayan
Jha (1982-batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre) has joined as a member of
the 15th Finance Commission. Jha has been posted in
place of Shaktikanta Das, resigned after being appointed the RBI Governor. Mr. Jha was retired as a Finance Secretary to the
central government.
SPORTS:
1.
CISF creates Guinness world record in a
single-line bicycle parade : The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has
created a Guinness world record in a single line bicycle parade to mark the 50
years of the paramilitary force.
Personnel
of the central force rode a total of one thousand 327 bicycles non-stop with a
uniform distance between bicycles in a single line at the Yamuna Expressway in
Noida.The bicycle parade covered 3.2 km
distance non-stop. Earlier, this record was held by Hubballi bicycle club of
India which had one thousand 235 bicycles in a single chain.The CISF was raised in 1969 and
has about one lakh 80 thousand personnel in its ranks.
2.
Wrestler Bajrang Punia wins gold in Bulgaria : India's star
wrestler Bajrang Punia has won a gold medal in 65-kilograms freestyle
in Bulgaria. Punia overpowered
Jordan Oliver of USA 12-3 in the final. This was Punia's 10th medal in as many international
tournaments since the 2017 World Championships in Paris.Earlier, Pooja Dhanda claimed
gold in women's 59 kg while Sarita Mor won a silver in the same weight
category. In the men's freestyle events, Sandeep Tomar claimed silver in 61kg.
OBITUARIES:
1.Russian physicist and Nobel laureate Zhores
Alferov passed away : Russian physicist and Nobel Prize laureate Zhores
Alferov (88-years) passed away. In 2000, Alferov received the Nobel Prize in Physics together
with US scientists Jack Kilby and Herbert Kroemer, for developing semiconductor
heterostructures used in high-speed-and optoelectronics. He was elected a corresponding member of the USSR
Academy of Sciences in 1972, and a full member in 1979.
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