30th March 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 30th March 2019

International Current Affairs

• President Ram Nath Kovind today inaugurated the plaque of the Mahatma Gandhi Hall at the Gabriel Rene Moreno University in Santa Cruz during his visit to Bolivia.
• President also participated in the India - Bolivia Business Forum today. 
• President is in Bolivia on the 2nd leg of his three nation tour.
  
• He is on a 3-nation visit to Croatia, Bolivia and Chile from March 25th to April 4th.
• The European Parliament has voted for an EU-wide ban on single-use plastic products such as the straws, cutlery and cotton buds that are clogging the world’s oceans. 
• The law on single-use plastic ban sets a target to gather 90 per cent of plastic for recycling by 2029 and mandates the production of plastic bottles with 25 per cent recycled material by 2025 and 30 per cent by 2030.
• The law also insists on polluters pay principle by insisting polluters to pay the costs of a clean-up.

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29th March 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 29th March 2019

International Current Affairs

• President Ram Nath Kovind reached Bolivia today on the 2nd leg of his 3 nations tour. 
• President of Bolivia Evo Morales welcomed Mr. Kovind at Viru Viru International Airport, Santa Cruz.
• During his 3 day visit to Bolivia, President will hold delegation level talks with his counterpart. 
• He will participate in India-Bolivia business forum meeting and also interact with the students at the University in Santa Cruz.
• Note : Kovind is the 1st President of India to visit Bolivia.
• The UN Security Council has unanimously passed the 1st-ever resolution ordering members to enforce laws against terror financing.
• UNSC's resolution demands all states "ensure that their domestic laws and regulations establish serious criminal offenses" to collect funds or financial resources to terrorist groups or individual criminals.
• It also calls on members to create financial intelligence units. 
• Nations that fail to carry out the resolution would face U.N. sanctions. 
• Brunei is going to impose Death by stoning as a punishment for gay relationships and adultery under the new sharia law which will come into effect next week.
• Note : The sharia law would apply only to Muslims, who make up about two-thirds of Brunei's population.
  

National Current Affairs

• The Home Ministry today announced that the next Census of India will be carried out in 2021 with March 1 as the reference date. 
• For Jammu and Kashmir and snowbound non-synchronous areas of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the reference date will be October 1, 2020. 
• Note : India's last census was carried out in 2011.
• RailTel Corporation of India Limited under the Ministry of Railways has completed the work of turning 1,000 railway stations across India into free WiFi zones. 
• The Reay Raod station is the 1,000th station to get a free WiFi connection. 
• RailTel had started the project in January 2016 from Mumbai Central station in Maharashtra.
• Assam Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Mukesh Sahu launched the Enajori initiative in Guwahati. 
• It is a special initiative for persons with disabilities with an aim that 'No Voter to be Left behind'.
• It is a joint initiative of CEO Assam and Social Welfare Department with an objective to make Lok Sabha Elections accessible to Persons with Disability, PwD voters.
• Under this initiative comprehensive mapping of PwDs will be done in consultation with Booth Level Officers, Divyang Sarothis and a woman mascot-Chandraprabha, to facilitate the PwD voters for barrier-free and inclusive accessible elections.

Science & Technology

• In a major fire-power boost for the country, 4 indigenous 'Dhanush' Howitzer guns were inducted to the Indian Army at a ceremony held the Ordnance factory in Jabalpur.
• The Dhanush gun system is based on designs of the Bofors howitzer which was inducted in the Army in 1980s and would be the third type of artillery gun to be inducted into the force after the K-9 Vajra and the M-777 ultra-light howitzers, as per inputs.
• The 155mm x 45mm calibre artillery gun is capable of firing projectiles at a relatively higher angle with a steep angle of descent.
• Hyderabad based pharma player Laurus Labs Ltd has entered into a strategic partnership with the Global Fund, an organization working towards ending AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics, for a period of three-and-a-half years.
• Through this agreement, Laurus Labs will have volume commitments from the Global Fund for the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
• Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir bin Mohammed, inaugurated the 15th edition of Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition, Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition 2019 (LIMA 2019).
• LIMA provides a platform where industry stakeholders could engage and expand their networks towards forging new partnerships and business agreements.
• INS Kadmatt and India’s indigenous supersonic fighter jet Tejas are taking part in the LIMA 2019.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

• State-owned Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has completed the acquisition of majority stake in REC Ltd by transferring Rs 14,500 crore to the government.
• This acquisition and merger will make PFC 2nd-largest government-owned financial player in the country based on the current market capital after State Bank of India (SBI) and also PFC will be the third-highest profit-making financial player in India.
• NITI Aayog had organised a day-long FinTech Conclave 2019 in New Delhi. 
• The objective of the conclave was to shape India’s continued ascendancy in FinTech, build the narrative for future strategy and policy efforts, and to deliberate steps for comprehensive financial inclusion. 

Sports Current Affairs

• England football team captain and forward Harry Kane received the MBE award for services to football after leading the English national team to the World Cup semi-final in Russia last year.
• Chelsea's Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain has retired from the Argentina national team with immediate effect. 
• The 31-year-old made 75 appearances for Argentina, scoring 31 goals. 
• Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth advanced to India Open quarter-finals in their respective categories . 
• RCB captain Virat Kohli became the 1st batsman to score 5,000 runs for one team in Indian Premier League (IPL), achieving the feat during his 32-ball 46-run innings against Mumbai Indians.
• He is the fastest batsman to reach the 5,000-run mark (157 innings) and second batsman after Chennai Super Kings batsman Suresh Raina to achieve the feat.
• The Committee of Administrators, COA running Indian cricket has said that the newly appointed ombudsman by the BCCI, Justice (Retd.) DK Jain will also be its ad-hoc Ethics Officer.

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28th March 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 28th March 2019

International Current Affairs

• India's Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale held bilateral talks with his Nepalese counterpart Shanker Das Bairagi in Kathmandu today.
• They reviewed all aspects of bilateral partnership between India and Nepal and exchanged views on issues of mutual interest.
• Both sides also agreed to strengthen the traditionally close, friendly and multi-faceted partnership between the two countries.
  
• Indian Foreign Secretary Gokhale  is on a 2 day visit to Nepal.
• During this visit, he called on Prime Minister of Nepal K P Sharma Oli and Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali.
• President Ram Nath Kovind today had a bilateral meeting with the President of Republic of Latvia Raimonds Vcjonis at Zagreb before concluding his state visit to Croatia.
• During Mr Kovind's visit, India and Croatia signed 4 MOUs for cooperation in the field of tourism, Sports and also Establishment of the Hindi and Sanskrit Chair at University of Zagreb.
• The President also participated in the India-Croatia Business Forum and addressed the students at the University of Zagreb. President has since left for Bolivia on the second leg of his three-nation tour.
• On the second leg of his tour, President will reach Bolivia on March 29th. 
• In Bolivia, the President will hold delegation level talks with his counterpart. 
• He will participate in India-Bolivia business forum and interact with students.

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NIACL AO Interview Call Letters & Phase II Exam Cutoffs, Marks out

Friends, the New India Assurance Company Ltd (NIACL) has released the Interview Call Letters for it's Administrative Officers (AO) Recruitment 2019. You can download your call letters from the official website of the New India Assurance Company Ltd (www.newindia.co.in) or from below link by entering your Registration No / Roll No and Password / Date of Birth. The Call Letter download link will remain active from today (28th March 2019) to 22nd April 2019.

The organization has also released the Marks & Cutoff details of NIACL AO Phase II Exam. Check complete details below. All the Best :)

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27th March 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 27th March 2019

International Current Affairs

• Today (27th March) is World Theatre Day (WTD). 
• This day was initiated in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute.
  
• US President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation recognising Israel's sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights. 
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was with Trump at the White House as he signed the presidential proclamation.
  
• Note : Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognised internationally.
• European Parliament today adopted controversial copyright reforms championed by news publishers and the media business. 
• Under the reform, European law for the first time would hold platforms legally responsible for enforcing copyright, requiring them to check everything that their users post to prevent infringement.
• Pakistan government has approved a proposal to establish a corridor which would allow Hindu pilgrims from India to visit Sharda Peeth in the region of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). 
• Sharda Peeth Corridor will be the 2nd corridor to be established after the Kartarpur Corridor which provides access to Gurudwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur in Pakistan.

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Mission Shakti - India Becomes 4th Space Super Power

India has successfully tested its Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Missile by destroying an LEO satellite under a highly complex anti satellite missile test titled Mission Shakti. With this, our country has became the 4th nation in the world to demonstrate anti-satellite missile capability by shooting down a satellite.  Other 3 super powers are United States, China and Russia.  The team Mission Shakti completed this feat in just three minutes, making India's way in the space power league. In a special address to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described it as a rare achievement that puts the country in an exclusive club of space super powers. Let's see some important details about Mission Shakti.

What is Mission Shakti (ASAT)?

• Mission Shakti was a "highly complex" anti-satellite missile test conducted today (27th March 2019), at a high speed by India's scientists.
• Under the mission, India successfully launched a missile at a satellite in low-earth orbit. 
• The test was safely conducted in Earth's lower atmosphere so that no space debris is created.
• The anti-satellite (ASAT) missile which was made by the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) destroyed the LEO satellite in a span of three minutes. 
• Note : Anti Satellite weapons also called the ASAT are developed to destroy satellites.
• Mission Shakti will make the country stand strong and secure. 
• It will further protect the nation from disharmony and bring peace.

Mission Shakti is not directed against any country, the government has said. The capability achieved through the test provides credible deterrence against threats to India's growing space-based assets from long range missiles, the government added. It further clarified that the test did not violate any international law.

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26th March 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 26th March 2019

International Current Affairs

• Today (26th March) is the Independence Day of Bangladesh.
• This day commemorates the country's declaration of independence from Pakistan in the year 1971.
• Important Points to Know about Bangladesh
• Capital - Dhaka
• Currency - Taka
• National language - Bengali
• President - Abdul Hamid
  
• Prime Minister - Sheikh Hasina
• Chief Justice  :  Syed Mahmud Hossain
• The joint training exercise MITRASHAKTI - VI between Indian and Sri Lanka Army is being held from today at Diyatalawa in Sri Lanka. 
• An Indian contingent of 120 Army personnel, including 11 officers arrived last evening to take part in the two-week long exercise. 
• The exercise is an annual event held in India and Sri Lanka alternatively.
• Note : MITRASHAKTI is one of the largest bilateral armies to army exercises conducted in the region. 
• The exercise is designed to enhance interoperability and mutual understanding between both the armies and build a relationship based on professional respect, personal bonding and extensive training interaction.

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25th March 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 25th March 2019

International Current Affairs

• Today (25th March) is International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade.
• This day aims to raise awareness about the dangers of racism and prejudice in today's world.
• Theme for the year 2019 : "Remember Slavery: The Power of the Arts for Justice"
  
• President Ram Nath Kovind has left on a 3-nation visit to Croatia, Bolivia and Chile.
• In the 1st leg of his visit, he will reach Zagreb (capital of Croatia) this evening and will  meet his Croatian counterpart and Prime Minister of Croatia and discuss the issues of mutual interest.
• There is a scope for further investment in diverse sectors in Croatia. 
• Note : It will be Mr Kovind's first visit to Croatia.

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24th March 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 24th March 2019

International Current Affairs

• Today (24th March) is World Tuberculosis (TB) Day. 
• Today is World Tuberculosis Day. The day is observed on 24th March every year to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global epidemic. 
• The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB. 
• Tuberculosis is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide.  
  
• In India, the government has taken many steps in order to tackle the problem of TB by 2025. 
• Theme of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2019 : ‘It’s time’ 
• This year's theme focusses on the urgency to act on the commitments made by global leaders to scale up access to prevention and treatment of the disease, build accountability and ensure sufficient and sustainable financing including for research among others.
• This day is one of eight official global public health campaigns marked by the World Health Organization (WHO). The remaining 7 are, 
• World Health Day
• World Blood Donor Day
• World Immunization Week
• World Malaria Day
• World No Tobacco Day
• World Hepatitis Day 
• World AIDS Day.
• The Indian naval crew has rescued more than 192 people in the Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique in Africa.
• 3 Indian ships, INS Sujata, ICGS Sarathi and INS Shardul are undertaking Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief in coordination with local authorities and the High Commission of India, Maputo.
• Medical assistance has been provided to around 1,400 people in medical camps set up by the Indian Navy.
• Helicopter Chetak took several sorties to facilitate aerial survey by Disaster management officials of Mozambique, for evacuation of people in coordination with local authorities and for dropping of food and water packets in cyclone-affected areas.
• Note : Indian Navy was the first responder in the evolving humanitarian crises in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai that hit Mozambique earlier this month causing widespread destruction and loss of lives.
• Italy has signed a non-binding protocol with China to take part in Beijing's new Silk Road of transport and trade links stretching from Asia to Europe. 
• Note : Italy became the 1st G7 country to sign up for the project.
• Chinese President Xi Jinping and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte both attended a ceremony in Rome yesterday for the signing of 29 Memoranda of Understanding, which Italian media said were worth 5.6 to 8 billion US Dollars.
• Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today handed over a proposal seeking to declare the Theravada Tripitaka, the sacred ure of Buddhists, as a UNESCO World Heritage.
• The proposal was officially handed over during a national ceremony held in Kandy to the UN resident coordinator in Sri Lanka, Hanaa Singer.
• Note : The Theravada Tripitaka was declared a National heritage of Sri Lanka by President in January this year.
• Buddha’s teachings were initially propagated through word of mouth for generations till the Tripitaka was finally written down in Sri Lanka about 100 years BC. 
• The teachings are contained in three volumes titled ‘Sutta, Vinaya and Abhidhamma’.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

• In it’s Global Economic Outlook report, Fitch Ratings has cut India’s economic growth forecast for the next financial year 2019-20 starting from April 1 to 6.8 per cent from its previous estimate of 7 per cent, on the account of weaker than expected momentum in the economy.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has postponed the implementation of Indian Accounting Standards by the banks for the second straight year. 
• It said necessary legislative amendments are still under consideration by the government. 
• Japan has donated $69 million to the United Nations World Food Programme to provide vital aid to 28 countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, with the biggest shares of the money being earmarked for Yemen and Iraq.
• World Food Programme is a leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

Awards & Honors

• Honoring the best Hindi Language films of the year 2018, the 64th Filmfare Awards 2019 ceremony was held at Jio Garden, BKC, Mumbai. 
• The ceremony was hosted by bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, Rajkumar Rao and Vicky Kaushal. 
• Alia Bhatt won the Best Actress award for her role in 'Raazi', clinching the Filmfare top actress trophy for the second time. 
• Ranbir Kapoor was named the Best Actor for portraying Sanjay Dutt in 'Sanju'. 
• Complete Winners List of 64th Filmfare Awards 2019
• Best Actor (Popular) : Ranbir Kapoor, Sanju
• Best Actress (Popular) : Alia Bhatt, Raazi
• Best Actor (Critics) : Ranveer Singh, Padmaavat and Ayushmann Khurrana, AndhaDhun
• Best Actress (Critics) : Neena Gupta, Badhaai Ho
• Best Film (Popular) : Raazi
• Best Film (Critics) : Sriram Raghavan, AndhaDhun
• Best Director : Meghna Gulzar, Raazi
• Best Debut Actor (Female) : Sara Ali Khan, Kedarnath
• Best Debut Actor (Male) : Ishaan Khatter, Beyond The Clouds
• Lifetime Achievement Award : Sridevi 
• Best Action : Vikram Dahiya And Sunil Rodriguez, Mukkabaaz
• Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male) : Gajraj Rao, Badhaai Ho and Vicky Kaushal, Sanju
• Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female) : Surekha Sikri, Badhaai Ho
• Best Dialogue : Akshat Ghildial, Badhaai Ho
• Best Original Story : Anubhav Sinha, Mulk
• Best Actor (Male) in a Short Film : Hussain Dalal, Shameless
• Best Actor (Female) in a Short Film : Kirti Kulhari, Maya
• People's Choice Award for Best Short Film :  Plus Minus
• Best Short Film (Fiction) : Rogan Josh
• Best Short Film (Non-Fiction) : The Soccer City
• Best Playback Singer (Male) : Arijit Singh for Ae Watan, Raazi
• Best Playback Singer (Female) : Shreya Ghoshal for Ghoomar, Padmaavat
• Best Sound Design : Kunal Sharma, Tumbbad
• Best Music Album : Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Padmaavat
• Best Lyrics : Gulzar, Ae Watan, Raazi
• Best Background Score : Daniel George, AndhaDhun
• Best Choreography : Kruti Mahesh Midya, Jyoti Tomaar for Ghoomar, Padmaavat
• Best Cinematography : Pankaj Kumar, Tumbbad
• Best Editing : Pooja Ladha Surti, AndhaDhun
• Best Costume : Sheetal Sharma, Manto
• Best Production Design : Nitin Zihani Chaudhary and Rajesh Yadav, Tumbbad
• Best VFX : Red Chillies Fx, Zero
• Best Debut Director : Amar Kaushik, Stree

Sports Current Affairs

• The Indian Premier League 2019  also known as IPL 12, started yesterday. 
• The season will end on 12th May 2019.
• Every year, a glittering opening ceremony precedes the first game of the season. 
• However, this time around there was no such ceremony.
• The money which was due to be spent in the opening ceremony was donated to the martyred jawans in the recent Pulwama attacks.
• Defending champions Chennai Super Kings defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets in the opener at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium to register their 7th straight victory against the Bengaluru-based side.  

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64th Filmfare Awards Winners List 2019

Honoring the best Hindi Language films of the year 2018, the 64th Filmfare Awards 2019 ceremony was held at Jio Garden, BKC, Mumbai. The ceremony was hosted by bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, Rajkumar Rao and Vicky Kaushal. Raazi directed by Meghna Gulzar has won 5 awards including Best Film, Best Actress (Alia Bhatt) and Best Director (Meghna Gulzar). Ranbir Kapoor won the Best Actor Filmfare Award for playing the role of Sanjay Dutt in biopic Sanju. Ranveer Singh won Best Actor Critics' Award for his menacing role in "Padmaavat" while Neena Gupta was awarded in the Best Actress Critics' category for playing a middle-aged pregnant mother in Badhaai Ho. Here's the complete winners list of 64th Filmfare Awards 2019.

Complete Winners List of 64th Filmfare Awards 2019

• Best Actor (Popular) : Ranbir Kapoor, Sanju
• Best Actress (Popular) : Alia Bhatt, Raazi
  
• Best Actor (Critics) : Ranveer Singh, Padmaavat and Ayushmann Khurrana, AndhaDhun
• Best Actress (Critics) : Neena Gupta, Badhaai Ho
• Best Film (Popular) : Raazi
• Best Film (Critics) : Sriram Raghavan, AndhaDhun
• Best Director : Meghna Gulzar, Raazi
• Best Debut Actor (Female) : Sara Ali Khan, Kedarnath
• Best Debut Actor (Male) : Ishaan Khatter, Beyond The Clouds
• Lifetime Achievement Award : Sridevi

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23rd March 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (23rd March 2019) Important Current Affairs updates. You can download the pdf version of these current affairs from below link. Check complete Daily Current Affairs of the year 2019 from HERE. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 23rd March 2019

International Current Affairs

• Today is World Meteorological Day.
• This day is celebrated every year on 23 March to commemorate the entry into force in 1950 of the convention that created the World Meteorological Organization. 
• Theme of the World Meteorological Day 2019 : 'The Sun, the Earth and the Weather'
• President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Croatia, Bolivia and Chile from 25th of this month to 2nd of April.
• Mr Kovind will meet his Croatian counterpart and Prime Minister of Croatia and discuss the issues of mutual interest.
• In Bolivia, the President will hold restricted and delegation level talks with his counterpart. 
  
• He will participate in India-Bolivia business forum meeting and interact with students.
• On the last leg of his visit, Mr Kovind will reach Chile and will hold talks with Chile Counterpart and discuss issues of mutual interest. Improving Trade and Economic relations will be on the agenda. 
• President's visit to these three countries will further strengthen India's bilateral relations with them.

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Meet India's new Navy Chief - Karambir Singh

Vice Admiral Karambir Singh has been appointed as India's Chief of Naval Staff. He is going to replace the current Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sunil Lanba, who is going to vacate the office on 31st May 2019.

Vice Admiral Karambir Singh was commissioned into the Navy in 1980 and has been honoured with the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Param Vishisht Seva Medal. The officer earned his wings as a helicopter pilot in 1982. With this new appointment, Singh becomes the 1st helicopter pilot to helm the Navy.

At present, he is serving as the Flag Officer Commanding in Chief of the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam.

He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla. He is a graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington; College of Naval Warfare, Mumbai.

In his 36-year-old career, the officer has commanded an Indian Coast Guard Ship, a Naval Missile Corvette as well as Guided Missile Destroyers. 

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22nd March 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 22nd March 2019

International Current Affairs

• Today (22nd March 2018) is World Water Day.
• This day is a United Nations initiative to celebrate clean water and bring attention to those who don’t have enough of it.
• The first World Water Day was celebrated in 1993 after the United Nations approved of the same. 
  
• Theme of World Water Day 2019 : 'Leaving no one behind'
• India has been ranked 140 out of 156 countries in the United Nations' World Happiness Report 2019, dropping 7 positions from last year. 
• India's neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and China are ranked 67th, 125th and 93rd respectively. 
• Finland topped the list for the second consecutive year, followed by Denmark and Norway, while war-torn South Sudan was ranked last.
• Top 10 in World Happiness Index 2019
1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Iceland
5. Netherlands
6. Switzerland
7. Sweden
8. New Zealand
9. Canada
10. Austria

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21st March 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 21st March 2019

International Current Affairs

• Today (21st March) is 'International Day of Forests'.
• This day was initiated by the United Nations to raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests and trees. 
• As per the UN, around 1.6 billion people, including over 2,000 indigenous cultures, depend on forests for their livelihood.
• Theme for 2018 : "Forests and Education"
  
• World Poetry Day is being observed today.
• This day was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999.
• The purpose of the day is to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world.
• World Down Syndrome Day is being observed today.
• International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is being observed across the world today.
• On this day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid pass laws.
• Proclaiming the day in 1966, the United Nations General Assembly called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination.
• 2019 Theme : "Mitigating and countering rising nationalist populism and extreme supremacist ideologies"

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21st March 2019 Hindu Editorial Vocabulary - PDF Download

Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 21st March 2019. You can download PDF Version of the editorials and meanings from below link. Happy reading :)

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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "T.N. elections: a lot to lose for regional players"

• Regional - relating to or typical of a particular area of a country or the world
• Dramatically - in a sudden and surprising way that is easy to notice
• Obvious - clear to almost anyone
• Towering - extremely impressive, important, or successful
• Distinctive - easy to recognize because of being different from other people or things of the same type
• Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
  
• Liability - legal responsibility for causing damage or injury, or for paying something
• Dilution - the action of making something weaker
• Rapport - a relationship in which people like, understand, and respect each other
• Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
• Variant - something that is related to another thing but is not exactly the same
• Outcome - the final result of a process, meeting, activity etc
• Reinforce - to make an idea, belief, or feeling stronger

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20th March 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (20th March 2019) Important Current Affairs updates. You can download the pdf version of these current affairs from below link. Check complete Daily Current Affairs of the year 2019 from HERE. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 20th March 2019

International Current Affairs

• Today (20th March) is 'International Day of Happiness'.
• This day is observed by the United Nations to recognise the importance of happiness in the lives of people around the world. 
• Theme of International Day of Happiness 2019 : "Happier Together".
• Today (20th March) is World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People.
• Today is World Sparrow Day. 
• It is an international initiative by the Nature Forever Society of India in collaboration with the Eco-Sys Action Foundation (France) and numerous other national and international organisations across the world.
  
• This day is designated to raise awareness of the house sparrow and other common birds to urban environments, and of threats to their populations.
• Theme of World Sparrow Day 2019 :  "I LOVE Sparrows"
• After 29 years in power, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan's 1st and only President, announced his resignation today. 
• He has been Kazakhstan's President since 1990 and was formally elected in 1991 after the fall of the Soviet Union. 

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

• Fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi, wanted in the ₹14,000-crore PNB scam, has been arrested in London and will be produced in the court later today. 
• This comes days after the 48-year-old was seen walking on the streets of London by a reporter of the UK newspaper The Telegraph. 
• Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai has overtaken China's largest coach manufacturing unit to become the largest rail coach maker in the world. 
• From April 2018 to February 2019, ICF manufactured 2,919 coaches, while the biggest Chinese firm produces around 2,600 coaches/year. 
• ICF registered 40% increase as compared to the production in the first 11 months of the previous financial year.

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20th March 2019 Hindu Editorial Vocabulary - PDF Download

Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 20th March 2019. You can download PDF Version of the editorials and meanings from below link. Happy reading :)

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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Goan roulette"

• Roulette - a game of chance in which a small ball is dropped onto a wheel that is spinning and the players guess in which hole it will finally stop
• Stability - a situation in which things happen as they should and there are no harmful changes
• Crack down - to start dealing with someone or something much more strictly
• Take office - to start an official job
• Dramatically - in a sudden and surprising way that is easy to notice
• Early hours - the period of time between midnight and the very early morning
• Regime - a system or form of government
• Excluding - used for saying that you are not including someone or something in what you are saying
  
• Longevity - the fact of having a long life or existence
• Speculation - ideas or discussion about why something has happened or what might happen
• Hung assembly - an assembly in which no party has won enough seats to control the parliament and form the government
• Machinations - secret, complicated, and clever plans and actions intended to achieve an aim
• Veneer - a pleasant appearance, or a polite way of behaving that is not sincere
• Pursuit - the process of trying to achieve something

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Meet India's 1st Lokpal - Pinaki Chandra Ghose

President Ram Nath Kovind appointed former Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose as India's 1st Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman. Justice Ghose retired as Supreme Court judge in May 2017 after a tenure of four years. He is a member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) since June 29, 2017.

The appointment of Lokpal has come through 5 years after the Lokpal Act was notified for effecting a panel of ombudsmen to look into cases of corruption and maladministration by public servants. 

A selection committee, comprising the Prime Minister, Chief Justice of India, Lok Sabha Speaker and an eminent jurist, finalised Justice Ghose's name in a meeting held last week.

Lokpal is a 3-member, anti-corruption watchdog comprising a chairman, a judicial and non-judicial member. The members of the Lokpal will include eight members - former High Court judges and civil servants.

Former Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) chief Archana Ramasundaram, ex-Maharashtra Chief Secretary Dinesh Kumar Jain, Mahender Singh and Indrajeet Prasad Gautam have been appointed as non-judicial members of Lokpal.

Justices Dilip B Bhosale, Pradip Kumar Mohanty, Abhilasha Kumari and Ajay Kumar Tripathi have been appointed as judicial members in the anti-corruption ombudsman.

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19th March 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 19th March 2019

International Current Affairs

• India, Pakistan and the other members states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will take part in a joint anti-terrorism exercise to be held this year by the grouping.
• The decision to hold the joint exercise 'Sary-Arka-Antiterror 2019' was announced during the 34th meeting of the SCO's Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) council held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• The SCO, in which China plays an influential role, is also comprised of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan. 
• India and Pakistan were admitted into the bloc in 2017.
• Singapore, Paris and Hong Kong share the title of the world's most expensive city, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Worldwide Cost of Living Survey. 
• Switzerland's Zurich and Geneva and Japan's Osaka are also among top five most expensive cities. 
• Note : According to the report, India's Bengaluru, Chennai and New Delhi are among the 10 cheapest locations surveyed.
  

National Current Affairs

• International workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure will begin in New Delhi tomorrow.
• The 2-day event is being organised by the National Disaster Management Authority in collaboration with United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.
• Aim of this workshop : To identify good practices of disaster risk management in key infrastructure sectors.
• It will bring together countries from different parts of the world, multilateral development banks, UN agencies, academia and research institutions.
• The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to prepare a noise pollution map and remedial action plan to solve the issue across the country.
• The green panel said the absence of implementation of noise pollution norms affects health of citizens, especially infants and senior citizens.
• It also affects sleep, comfort, studies and other legitimate activities, it said.

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19th March 2019 Hindu Editorial Vocabulary - PDF Download

Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 19th March 2019. You can download PDF Version of the editorials and meanings from below link. Happy reading :)

Note : Click on titles to read Editorials from THE HINDU News Paper

Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Lokpal, at last"

• Graft - dishonest or illegal activities in politics or business that involve giving people money or advantages in exchange for their help or support
• Unjustified - not fair, or not based on any good reason
• Nevertheless - despite a fact or idea that you have just mentioned
• Ought to - used for saying what is the right or sensible thing to do, or the right way to behave
• Milestone - an event or achievement that marks an important stage in a process
• Ombudsman - someone whose job is to deal with complaints that people make about an organization or particular type of business
• Enact - to make a proposal into a law
• Unreasonable - not fair
  
• Regime - a system or form of government
• Amendment - a change made to a law or agreement
• Asset - something valuable belonging to a person or organization that can be used for the payment of debts
• Obvious - clear to almost anyone
• Ultimately - after a process or activity has ended
• Stern - a stern action is so firm that you cannot oppose it
• Ultimatum - a statement that orders someone to do something and threatens to punish or attack them if they do not

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Meet the new Chief Minister of Goa - Pramod Sawant

Goa speaker Pramod Sawant (Bharatiya Janata Party) took oath as the 13th Chief minister of Goa in a ceremony held at 2am today. He has replaced from former defence minister and 4-time Chief Minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar, who passed away due to life threatening  Pancreatic Cancer.

The new government has two deputy chief ministers, Goa Forward Party chief Vijai Sardesai and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLA Sudin Dhavalikar, from the two small parties backing BJP in the coastal state.

Pramod Sawant took oath along with ministers in his 12-member cabinet that included his two deputies.

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18th March 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (18th March 2019) Important Current Affairs updates. You can download the pdf version of these current affairs from below link. Check complete Daily Current Affairs of the year 2019 from HERE. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 18th March 2019

International Current Affairs

• Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been hit by "Idai", a vicious cyclone that has killed nearly 150 people, left hundreds more missing and stranded tens of thousands. 
• According to the UN and government officials, Idai Cyclone has affected more than 1.5 million people in the three southern African countries.
• India has decided to divert three Indian naval ships to the port city of Beira in Mozambique to provide humanitarian assistance to the people affected by  tropical cyclone ‘IDAI’.
• The ships will provide relief materials in the form of food, clothes and medicines.
• Note : In 2017, India had provided 10 million dollars  to Mozambique  for food grains after the country suffered food shortage due to natural calamities.
  

National Current Affairs

• The Election Commission today issued a notification for the 1st phase of Lok Sabha polls.
• 91 Parliamentary constituencies spread over 20 states and Union Territories will go to polls in this phase.  
• Last date for filing of nominations : 25th March 2019
• Scrutiny of the nomination papers : 26th March 2019
• Last date for withdrawal of nomination papers : 28th March. 
• For the first phase of elections, polling will be held on 11th April 2019. 
• Elections will be held for all 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh, and 17 in Telangana in the first phase.  
• Among other constituencies going to polls in this phase are : 8 in Uttar Pradesh; 5 in Uttarakhand; 4 in Bihar; 7 in Maharashtra; 5 in Assam; 4 in Odisha; 2 each in Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and West Bengal; and one each in Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.
• Election Commission also issued the Notification for all 32 Assembly seats in Sikkim, 60 constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh and Assembly elections for all the 175 Assembly constituencies of Andhra Pradesh. 28 Assembly constituencies in Odisha will go to the polls in Phase 1.
• The counting of votes will be taken up on 23rd of May after the completion of all phases of polling.

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18th March 2019 Hindu Editorial Vocabulary - PDF Download

Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 18th March 2019. You can download the pdf version of this vocabulary from below given link. Happy reading :)

Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 17th March 2019 (Sunday) 

Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Lapse and collapse: on Mumbai's pedestrian bridge accident"

• Lapse - a period of time between two events
• Collapse - if a building or other structure collapses, it suddenly falls down
• Pedestrian - someone who is walking, especially in a town or city, instead of driving or riding
• Creak - a high sound that something, especially something wooden, makes when it moves or when you put weight on it
• Infrastructure - the set of systems within a place or organization that affect how well it operates, for example the telephone and transport systems in a country
• Upgrade - to improve the quality of a service or product
• Terminus - the end of a bus or train line
  
• Underscore - to emphasize something, or to show that it is important
• Irony - a strange, funny, or sad situation in which things happen in the opposite way to what you would expect
• Stampede - if a group of animals or people stampede, they all start to run in a very fast uncontrolled way because they are
• Overcrowding - unpleasant conditions caused by too many people or things being in the same place

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Goa Chief Minister and former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar Passes Away

Goa Chief Minister and Former Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar (63) had passes away at Panaji today. He had been battling life threatening  Pancreatic Cancer for more than a year.

Mr Parrikar's health had been fluctuating for several days and worsened yesterday's morning. The former Defence Minister had been in and out of hospital in Goa, Mumbai, Delhi and New York since February last year. After coming back from New York, Parrikar, was seen wearing medical paraphernalia -a nasogastric tube. The 3-time chief minister had said in January that he "will serve Goa till my last breath."

Mr Parrikar was the Defence Minister in 2016 when India conducted a surgical strike on terror launch pads across the Line of Control days after the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri. Parrikar proposed the name of Narendra Modi as the Prime Ministerial candidate before the 2013 BJP parliamentary elections convention in Goa.

Political leaders across the country have condoled Mr. Parrikar's death.

About Manohar Parrikar :

• Born on : 13th December 1955
• Died on : 17th March 2019
• Occupation : 10th Chief Minister of Goa
• Reason of Death : Pancreatic Cancer
• Awards :
• Distinguished Alumnus Award 2001 IIT-MUMBAI
• Dr. S P Mukherjee Award at 2018 Swarajya Awards
• Honorary Doctorate by National Institute of Technology Goa
• CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2012 in politics category

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17th March 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (17th March 2019) Important Current Affairs updates. You can download the pdf version of these current affairs from below link. Check complete Daily Current Affairs of the year 2019 from HERE. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 17th March 2019

International Current Affairs

• Prime Minister of Guinea Dr. Ibrahima Kassory Fofana  has arrived in New Delhi this evening on a 10 day official visit to India.
• During the visit, Mr Fofona will call on President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan tomorrow.
• He will also have a meeting with Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu.
• He will address the inaugural session of 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Partnership Project in New Delhi tomorrow.
• Nations made the 1st global commitment to reduce the consumption of single-use plastics, including plastic bags, bottles and straws, by 2030. 
• The pledge came after marathon talks at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Kenya. 
• The nations also made other commitments, including reducing food waste and marine litter, as well as developing and sharing innovative technologies.
• External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is on a 2-day official visit to Maldives.
• She held a high-level meeting at the Maldives Foreign Ministry at Male. 
• Several ministers, including Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid, are present at the meeting to discuss bilateral cooperation and development assistance to the Maldives.
• During the visit, the Minister of External Affairs will call on President of the Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the Speaker of Parliament Qasim Ibrahim and meet with several ministers.
• Both sides will discuss ongoing and future collaboration arrangements.
• It is expected that discussions will focus on development cooperation, cooperation in the field of health, and enhancing people-to-people contact.

National Current Affairs

• The 1st Indian-origin woman in space, Kalpana Chawla was born on this day (17th March) in the year 1962. 
• Chawla moved to the United States in 1982 and joined NASA in 1988. 
• Describing her first mission in space, she said, "You are just your intelligence", on experiencing weightlessness. 
• The astronaut died with six crew members on her second mission aboard the Columbia spacecraft in 2003.
• Note : Sunita Williams became the second Indian-origin woman to travel into space in 2006.
• Former IAS officer Shah Faesal, who became the 1st IAS topper from J&K in 2009, has launched a political party named 'Jammu and Kashmir Peoples' Movement' at a function in Srinagar today. 
• He resigned from the Indian Administrative Service in January to protest killings in Kashmir. 
• The Geographical Indications Registry has granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Coorg Arabica Coffee, Wayanad Robusta Coffee, Chikmagalur Arabica Coffee, Araku Valley Arabica Coffee and Bababudangiris Arabica Coffee.
• About GI Tag :
• A GI tag is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation by virtue of their geographical association.
• The tag conveys an assurance of quality and distinctiveness which is essentially attributable to the geographical origin of the product. 
• The owner of the GI tag has exclusive rights over the product.
• The NITI Aayog and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) organized the 1st workshop on development of the India Energy Modelling Forum (IEMF), which has been envisaged as a pan-stakeholder platform for debating ideas, scenario-planning & discussing the India's energy future.
• The 2-day workshop, being held with the support of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), was organized under the Sustainable Growth Pillar of the India-U.S. Strategic Energy Partnership. 
• The inaugural session of the workshop was chaired by Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog and Mr Mark A. White, Mission Director, USAID India.
• The National Green Tribunal (NGT), has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), to prepare a noise pollution map and remedial action plan to solve the issue across the country.
• A  bench headed by National Green Tribunal Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the CPCB to identify noise pollution hotspots and categorise cities with specified hotspots and propose a remedial action plan within three months.
• The NGT said the absence of implementation of noise pollution norms affects health of citizens, especially infants and senior citizens.

New Appointments

• Retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose has been recommended to be India's 1st Lokpal (Anti-corruption ombudsman of India).
• Selection Committee for Lokpal, comprising the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and an eminent jurist Mukul Rohatgi finalised Justice Ghose's name in a meeting today.

Sports Current Affairs

• National record holder Irfan KT became the 1st Indian from athletics to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympics. 
• Irfan achieved the feat after finishing 4th in the 20-km event of Asian Race Walking Championships in Japan's Nomi. 
• 18-year-old Diksha Dagar became the 2nd Indian to win an event on Ladies European Tour after clinching South African Women's Open in Cape Town. 
• Note : Aditi Ashok was the first Indian to win on the Ladies European Tour after clinching Hero Women's Indian Open in Gurugram in 2016. 
• FIFA President Gianni Infantino today confirmed plans to launch an expanded 24-team Club World Cup in 2021 following a meeting in Miami. 
• The new tournament, which has recently drawn threats of a boycott from leading European football clubs including Manchester United and Barcelona, is to be staged in June-July 2021 instead of the Confederations Cup.
• India have bagged 70 medals (18 golds, 22 silver and 30 bronze) so far in Special Olympics, which are being held at Abu Dhabi. 
• In Roller Skating, Supreet Singh from Haryana in 1000-meter, Rishabh Jain from New Delhi in 1000-meter and Priya Prakash Gada from Maharashtra in 100-meter won a Gold Medal each. 
• Amanjot Singh won gold in the squat contest after lifting 385kg.
• Indian roller skaters bagged a staggering 29 medals comprising 9 golds, 13 silver and two bronze. 
• The powerlifters of India also found the podium 23 times by the end of the second day of competitions.
• The cyclists fetched two yellow metals while the judokas brought in two more gold medals. 
• The athletics and swimming contingents, who are competing in Dubai, were also successful in winning eight medals. 
• About Special Olympics 2019 : 
• The Special Olympics World Games are an international sporting competition for athletes with intellectual disabilities, organized by the IOC-recognised Special Olympics organisation.
• The Special Olympics World Games 2019 is being hosted by the cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
• For the 1st time, the Special Olympics is being held in the Middle East and North Africa region. 
• The host UAE had introduced the term “people of determination” as part of a new National Strategy for Empowering People with Disabilities.
• Motto of Special Olympics : “Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me brave in the attempt.’
• Previous Special Olympics were held in Austria (2017) and the next Special Olympics will be held in Sweden (2021). 

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