6th March 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (6th March 2018) Important Current Affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 6th March 2018

International Current Affairs

• With a total of 42,07,250 personnel, India has been ranked as the 4th most powerful military in the world in Global Firepower Index 2017.
• Top 3 of Global Firepower Index 2017 :
• United States
  
• Russia 
• China. 
• Sri Lanka today imposed a 10-day nation-wide state of emergency due to clashes between the Buddhist and Muslim communities in the Kandy district.
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected a plea demanding the country's national anthem 'Song of Germany' to be made gender-neutral. 
• The plea proposed replacing "fatherland" and "brotherly" in the anthem with "homeland" and "courageously" respectively.

National Current Affairs

• India's first helicopter taxi service was launched in Bengaluru.
• This helicopter taxi service will fly passengers from Kempegowda International Airport to Electronic City which is expected to reduce the time taken to cover the distance from 2 hours to 15 minutes. 
• The Chief Minister of Nagaland TR Zeliang today resigned from his post after the BJP stood by its pre-poll alliance with Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP). 
• The 50th anniversary of English rock band The Beatles' visit to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ashram was celebrated in Uttarakhand's Rishikesh. 
• The band had visited the ashram to practice transcendental meditation in 1968 and had written nearly 50 songs there. 
• Note : The ashram, now commonly known as 'Beatles Ashram', has been turned into an eco-friendly tourism destination by the state authorities.
• The Rajasthan government has decided to introduce uniforms for college students.
• The Assam government has extended the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 by 6 more months in the state. 
• AFSPA gives special rights to security forces to carry out operations in "disturbed areas." 

Baking, Business & Economic Affairs

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today announced that it has imposed a penalty of ₹2 crore on Indian Overseas Bank after a "fraud was detected" at one of its branches. 
• It said the bank failed to comply with Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations. 
• Note : The RBI has also imposed a penalty of ₹3 crore on Axis Bank for violation of bad loan classification norms.
• ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and Axis Bank MD Shikha Sharma have been summoned by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) in the PNB fraud case. 
• They have been called in connection with working capital loans given to Mehul Choksi-owned Gitanjali Gems.
• Note : ICICI Bank had led a 31-lender consortium which gave loans worth ₹5,280 crore to the company.
• China has announced that it will spend $175 billion on Defence this year.
• This is nearly 4 times as compared to India's $45-billion defence budget.

Deaths

• Veteran actress Shammi (89) passed away.
• She appeared in over 100 films including 'Khuda Gawah', 'Hum', 'Arth' and 'The Burning Train'. 
• Shammi also worked in many television shows like 'Dekh Bhai Dekh', 'Shrimaan Shrimati' and 'Kabhi Yeh Kabhi Woh'.

Science & Technology

• Elon Musk-led SpaceX today successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket for the 50th time, carrying the 6,000 kg Hispasat satellite, the largest geostationary satellite the company has ever flown.

New Appointments

• The president of the National People's Party (NPP), Conrad Sangma, today sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Meghalaya. 
• Multinational steel manufacturing corporation ArcelorMittal today announced the appointment of Aditya Mittal as President of the group in addition to his current role as CFO and CEO.
• BJP has named former RSS volunteer, Biplab Kumar Deb as the Chief ministerial candidate for Tripura.
• Note : Jishnu Deb Burman has been selected for the post of Deputy CM.
• Ryoko Azuma has been appointed as the Commander of the First Escort Division of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
• With this she became the 1st woman to command a warship squadron. 
• London's Metropolitan police Scotland Yard has appointed Neil Basu as the new head of its counter-terrorism operations. 
• Basu, who is known for his work in combating terror including the 2017 London attacks, is the first Indian-origin officer to be appointed to the role which is believed to be the toughest in British policing.

Sports Current Affairs

• Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has been named as the Commissioner of the T20 Mumbai League, which will take place at Wankhede Stadium from 11th to 21st March 2018. 
• India's 16-year-old shooter Manu Bhaker won her 2nd Gold medal in in a mixed team event at the ISSF shooting World Cup today. 
• Note : India is on top of the medal tally with seven medals overall and three golds.
• The opening ceremony of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL), which was scheduled to be held on April 6, has been moved to April 7. 
• The budget for the ceremony was also reduced to ₹30 crore from ₹50 crore.
• The venue has been changed from CCI to Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

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