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Daily Current Affairs of 13th March 2019
International Current Affairs
- Italy bans unvaccinated children from school.
- All parents have been warned not to send their children to school unless they've been properly vaccinated, while children under the age of six can be turned away altogether.
- Parents could be fined up to €500 if they send unvaccinated children to school.
- Venezuela's parliament declared a 'state of alarm' as the power outage entered its fifth day.
- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has blamed the US for the blackout, claiming it attacked its main hydroelectric plant in Guri.
- The lack of electricity has affected the water and food supply and also left patients without proper treatment in hospitals.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
- Indian lender HDFC Bank Limited (Housing Development Finance Corporation) crossed the ₹6 lakh crore market capitalisation mark for the 1st time today.
- With this, the bank has became only 3rd Indian company to achieve the milestone.
- Other two are :
- Reliance Industries (With market value of ₹8.50 lakh crore)
- TCS (With market value of ₹7.50 lakh crore)
- India has banned Boeing 737 Max aircraft from its airspace from 4 pm today, following the fatal crash of a plane of the same type in Ethiopia on Sunday, which killed all 157 people on board.
- Note : China, Indonesia, South Korea and Mongolia have already grounded their fleets of Boeing's 737 MAX 8 aircraft in response to the Ethiopian Airlines crash.
- Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma, who holds the finance portfolio, presented the budget of 2019-20 in the ongoing assembly session today with a fiscal deficit of 1323 crore rupees, which is around 3.65 per cent of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).
- As per the budget estimates for 2019-20, excluding borrowings, the total receipt stood at 14463 crore rupees.
- India, which is the world’s largest consumer of gold, ranked 11th in Gold Holding, according to recently released World Gold Council (WGC) Report 2019.
- The current holding of India has been pegged at 607 tonnes.
- The top spot is occupied by the United States with Gold reserves of 8,133.5 tonnes, followed by Germany with 3,369.7 tonnes.
- Top 11 in World Gold Council Report 2019
- US
- Germany
- IMF
- Italy
- France
- Russia
- Mainland China
- Switzerland
- Japan
- Netherlands
- India
Science & Technology
- The United States has begun building parts for a new ground-launched cruise missile after suspending the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.
- The Cold War-era pact banned both the US and Russia from using short and medium-range missiles.
- The US has suspended its obligations under the agreement, accusing Russia of violating the treaty.
New Appointments
- Private Sector Lender Axis Bank today appointed Rakesh Makhija as Non-Executive Chairman for a period of 3 years.
- He is going to replace Sanjiv Misra when his term ends on July 17.
- Defence Ministry has initiated the process to appoint the next Navy Chief and the decision is expected to be announced soon.
- The incumbent Navy Chief, Admiral Sunil Lanba, is scheduled to retire on May 31 this year.
- Note : As per seniority of the Navy, Vice Admiral Bimal Verma is the senior-most among the top three officers of the force.
Sports Current Affairs
- Former Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal (67) has announced his retirement from football.
- In his managerial career, Van Gaal won one Champions League, four Dutch league titles, two La Ligas, and one Bundesliga title.
- The 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament was recently concluded at Helsinki, Finland.
- India has won 1 Gold, 4 Silver and 3 Bronze medals in the tournament.
- Gold - Kavinder Singh Bisht
- Silver -
- Mohammed Hussamuddin
- Govind Kumar Sahani
- Shiva Thapa
- Dinesh Dagar
- Bronze -
- Sachin Siwach
- Sumit Sangwan
- Naveen Kumar
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