31st March 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (31st 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 31st March 2019

International Current Affairs

• The World Wildlife Fund for Nature has organized the 13th annual 'Earth Hour' on Saturday from 8:30 to 9:30 pm local time. 
• The worldwide event encourages individuals to turn off non-essential lights for one hour as a symbol of their commitment to the planet.
• Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has revoked royal decorations awarded to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra over his corruption conviction.
  
• Shinawatra, who lives in self-exile in Dubai, was ousted in a military coup in 2006.

National Current Affairs

• The Election Commission and Indian Railways have collaborated to spread voter awareness messages through four long-distance trains : Kerala Express, Himsagar Express, Howrah Express and Guwahati Express. 
• The trains will bear slogans like 'My Vote Matters' and will also carry poll-related important contact details. 
• The trains will cover as many as 19 states.
• For the first time in Meghalaya, Braille-enabled ballot papers will be made available at all polling booths. 
• The ballot paper pasted on the EVMs will have the names and symbol of candidates in braille alphabets. 
• The move will facilitate more than 800 visually impaired electorates to vote by a secret ballot.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

• The Central Board of Direct Taxation (CBDT) extended the deadline to link PAN with Aadhaar by 6 months from March 31 to September 30, 2019.
• However, it'll be mandatory to quote and link Aadhaar while filing income tax return from April 1, 2019 unless specifically exempted.
• India offered a $100 million line of credit to Bolivia for financing development projects during President Ram Nath Kovind's visit to the country. 
• The two countries also signed 8 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) in various fields, including visa waiver for diplomats, space and traditional medicine. 
• Bolivia also joined the framework agreement on International Solar Alliance.

Science & Technology

• In a first, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) opened a visitors' gallery with 5,000 capacity at Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota island. 
• The gallery has a clear line of sight to two launch pads and large screens to explain launcher and satellite features.
• After a successful anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test, India is set to launch DRDO's EMISAT satellite along with 28 foreign satellites aboard PSLV-C45 on April 1. 
• EMISAT, a defence intelligence satellite, can identify enemy radar, number of active communication devices and also map topography. 
• Note : This will be the first time ISRO will launch satellites in three different orbits.

New Appointments

• Zuzana Čaputová won Slovakia's Presidential election becoming the country's 1st female head of state.
• Fighter pilot Air Marshal NJS Dhillon was appointed as the new Strategic Forces Command Chief. 
• The Strategic Forces Command looks after the strategic nuclear arsenal of the country. 
• Pakistan's High Commissioner to India, Sohail Mahmood, has been appointed as the country's new Foreign Secretary.
• He is going to replace Tehmina Janjua, who is the first female Foreign Secretary of Pakistan.

Sports Current Affairs

• The Indian hockey team lost to South Korea in the final of the Azlan Shah Cup after losing 2-4 in the penalty shootout. 
• RCB leg-spinner Prayas Ray Barman (16 years and 157 days) has become the youngest cricketer to feature in an IPL match after taking the field against SunRisers Hyderabad.
• Note : Kings XI Punjab's Mujeeb Ur Rahman was the previous youngest (17 years and 11 days) to feature in an IPL match.
• Ashleigh Barty, who took a sabbatical from tennis five years ago to play professional cricket, made history at the Miami Open by becoming the tournament's 1st-ever Australian winner. 
• Denmark's men's singles badminton player Viktor Axelsen beat India's Kidambi Srikanth in the final to lift his career's second India Open title.  

Note : Daily Current Affairs of 1st, 2nd and 3rd April 2019 will be available soon. 

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