March 2016 Current affairs - Week 4

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BHEL  (Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited) , a public sector power equipment manufacturing
company  has commissioned (bring into working condition) 2nd 40MW " hydro power"  generating unit at the 'Teesta low dam hydro electric project stage IV in  Darjeeling district of West Bengal .
         
The estimated annual power generation form the project is around '720 million unites'

Haryana State Assembly has unanimously passed Haryana Backward Classess ( Reservation in services and admission in educational institutions ) Bill 2016 . This bill aims to provide reservation to people belonging to Backward classes including ' JATS'  and 5 other castes .
                                           Jats, Jat Sikhss, Ror, Bishnoi, Tyagi and Muslim jat have been included in Block C of  three divisions of Backward classes ( Block A , Block B, Block C) . With this bill 10% reservation  will be provided to theses castes for Class III & IV government posts. and 6% reservation in class 1 and 2 posts.




 Dial "112" as the single "Emergency number" in India has been approved by Telecom communication  . Those who are in emergency situations will be able to get all services like Police, fire department ,ambulance etc  by just dialing this single 112 number.
                 
   In developed countries like USA  emergency number  "911" and  United Kingdom emergency number "999"  are already in use .



India's  Biggest Defence Expo 2016 has begun in Goa on March 28 which will end in March 31. (4 days) . This Expo was inagurated by Union Defence minister Manohar Parikar . This is the 1st time Defence Expo being organised outside New Delhi.
                           Defence Expo 2016 is the 9th edition of biennial (Once in 2 years) land, Naval and Homeland security systems Exhibition. Theme of this years Expo is "Rise of Futurism"  with vision to make India prosperous by establishing world class science and technology base in defence sector .

                                                             SPORTS

Sergey Karjakin

Russian  Grand master, Sergey Karjakin has won FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament held in Moscow by defeating American grandmaster Fabiano Caruana after scoring 8.5 points.

Sergey Karjakin has record for World's youngest grand master  after qualifying for this title at age of 12 years 7 months.






2016 Hockey India Annual Awards  have been announced in Bengaluru  in which Late captain.Shankar Laxman was posthumously(After death) was chosen for the 2016 "Major Dhyan Chand Life time achievement award". worth 30 lakh rupees.  Shankar Laxman was a goal keeper and was part of Olympic medal winning teams in the years 1956 ( Gold medal in Melbourne ) , 1960 ( Silver medal in Rome) and 1964 ( Gold in Tokyo)
Below is the list of others awards:
Dhruv Batra Player of the Year Award:  P.R Sreejesh (male), Deepika (female).

Baljit Singh Goalkeeper of the Year Award: Savita. Pargat Singh 

Defender of the Year Award: Kothajit Singh. 

Ajit Pal Singh Midfielder of the Year Award: Ritu Rani

Dhanraj Pillay Forward of the Year Award: Rani. 

Asunta Lakra Upcoming Player of the Year Award: Harjeet Singh (male), Preeti Dubey (female). Jaman Lal Sharma Award for Invaluable Contribution: Baldev Singh.

 President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement: Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy.



                                         ECONOMY

Nandita Bakhshi

Nandita Bakhshi (57) , an Indian-American has been appointed as President and CEO of "Bank of West" , which is a subsidiary unit of BNP Paribas, Currently she also serves on the board of Consumer banks association.
 Nandita Bakhshi  in several exceutive posts at Washington Mutual in Seattle(WASH), FleetBoston(Bank of America) , First Data corp, Home saivings of America and Bank One Corp. She is recipient of New England news "women of the year "ward for the year 2002.




Asian Development Bank (ADB) and USAID  have inked MoU(Memorandum of Understanding) for the development of Solar Parks across India which is worth 848 million US dollars.This is initially targeted in state of Rajasthan and will finance government of India's renewable energy targets.

Union Government of India has Notified Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of financial and other subsidies , benefits and services )Act, 2016 . This Act will provide support for transfer of subsidies and benefits to eligible persons in India having Aadhar Card/ UID Number

                                     AWARDS

63rd National film awards for year 2015 were announced on March 28, 2016 .  Below is the list of winners.
✍Best Film: Baahubali
✍Best Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali, ‘Bajirao Mastani’
✍Best Actor: Amitabh Bachchan, Piku
✍Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut, Tanu Weds Manu
✍Best Supporting Actor: Samuthirakani for  Visaaranai
✍Best Supporting Actress: Tanvi Azmi, Bajirao Mastani
✍Best Hindi Film: Dum Laga Ke Haisha
✍Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film Of A Director: Neeraj Ghaywan, Masaan
✍Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Bajrangi Bhaijaan
✍Best Choreography: Remo D’Souza, Deewani Mastani song in Bajirao Mastani
✍Best Female Playback Singer: Monali Thakur, Moh Moh Ke Dhage
✍Best Cinematography: Sudeep Chaterjee, Bajirao Mastani
✍Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration: Nanak Shah Fakir

✍Best Screenplay Writer (Original): Juhi Chaturvedi (Piku) and Himanshu Sharma (Tanu Weds Manu Returns)
✍Best Screenplay – Dialogues: Juhi Chaturvedi (Piku) and Himanshu Sharma (Tanu Weds Manu Returns)
✍Best Malayalam Film: Pathemari, Artistically narrated saga of 2 generations of Malayali workers who migrated to gulf for livelihood
✍Best Film on Social Issue: Niranayakam
✍Best Music Direction: M Jayachandran for Song Kaathirunnu Kaathirunnu for the Ennu Ninte Moideen
✍Best Music Direction- Background Score: Ilaiyaraaja, Thaarai Thappattai
✍Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation: Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal
✍Best Children’s Film: Duronto
✍Best Tamil Film: Visaaranai
✍Best Telugu Film: Kanche
✍Best Sanskrit Film: Priyamanasam
✍Best Kannada Film: Thithi
✍Best Marathi Film: Ringan
✍Best Maithili Film: Mithila Makhaan
✍Best Punjabi Film: Chauthi Koot
✍Best Bengali Film: Sankhachil
Best Konkani Film: Enemy
Best Assamese Film: Kothanodi
✍Best Haryanvi Film: Satrangi
✍Best Khasi Film: Onaatah
✍Best Bengali Film : Shankhachil
✍Best Manipuri Film: Eibusu Yaohanbiyu
✍Best Mizo Film: Kima’s Lode Beyond the Class
✍Best Odiya Film: Pahada Ra Luha
✍Special Mention: Ritika Singh for the film Irudhi Suttru
✍Best Editing: Late Kishore T.E for Visaranai


                         Science and Technology
 India's first Indigenous rotavirus vaccine , ROTAVAC  to combat infant mortality due to diarrhea is launched  by Ministry of Health and Family welfare miinister J.P.Nadda  as part of Universal immunization programme (UIP) . ROTAVAC  vaccine is administered to infants  in 3 doses at ages of 6, 10 and 14 weeks.

                                         Rotavac vaccine is addition to the 3 new vaccines introduced by Government as par of countrys UIP , These 3 other vaccines are  Inactivated Polio |Vaccine(IPV, Measles, Rubella (MR) Vaccine and Adult Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Vaccine.


 Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO has sucessfully installed Gadanki Ionospheric Radar Interferometer(GIRI) Radar System    at National Atmospheric research laboratory , NARL  near

Tirupathi.   GIRI Radar system primary objective is to carry out unattended observations for studying the forcing from sun  , like  variation in solar flare, solar flux, and magnetic storm on the ionospheric irregularities.
                       It's application is on investigations made using the system are expected to improve Equatorial Plasma Bubble forecasting.


                             

                                    INTERNATIONAL

Surya Deva, an Indian born academician is appointed as United Nations, UN Adviser on Human rihgts and Businesses by UNHRC for the Asia-Pacific . He is one of the founding Editor in chief of Business and Human Rights Journal.






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Friends , we are presenting you the latest GK questions asked  along with correct answers asked in Today's(March 29) RRB exam held in Morning shift. We hope this will help you to understand which type of questions are being asked in exam . If you want any further information , Leave your comments in comments section

1. Pollination by wind is called?
Answer - Anemophily

2.  Where is UNESCO Head Quarter located ?
Answer- France

3. Kunchikal water falls is located in which state?
Answer -Karnataka

4. World Environment Day is celebrated on ?
Answer-June 5

5. Where in the human body can you find islets of Langerhans?
Answer -Pancreas

6. Brightest star in our sky?
Answer-Sirius A

7. Maximum football world cup titles are won which country?
Answer -Brazil

8. Medieval Indian book of mathematics?
Answer -Leelavati

9. Who is Last mugal emperor?
Answer -Bahadur Shah Zafar

10.  What is Thailand currency?
Answer-Baht

11. Mangalyan is launched by ISRO from which location ?
Answer-Sriharikota

12. RBI Nationalized in which year?
Answer -1949

13. Queen berry rule  is seen in which game?
Answer -Boxing

14.  Term "Tee" used in which game?
Answer -Golf

15. A Deep crack in glacier is called?
Answer-Crevasse


16. Who is called Frontier Gandhi ?
Answer-Abdul Ghaffar Khan

17. National song  is written by?
Answer : Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

18. What did Edward Jenner pioneer in ?
Answer - Small pox Vaccination

19. .Which element is always present in organic compounds?
Answer -Carbon

20. What is the  Largest fresh water lake?
Answer-Lake Baikal

21.Wha tis the Largest non polar desert?
Answer -Sahara

22. Which is also known as Aurum?
Answewr -Gold(Au)

23. Which Organ in the human body that can Regrow/Regenerate?
Answer -Liver

24. Granite is an example of?
Answer -Igneous Rock

25. Interpol Head Quarter is located at?
Answer -Lyon, France


26. Who is the founder of "  Din i illahi "  ?
Answer-Akbar

28. What is the Minimum age to be a member of lok sabha?
Answer -25 years

29. Which Indian king used naval power to conquer part of east Asia?
Answer-Chola

30. Paper was invented in which country?
Answer-China

31. Island of Seychelles is in which ocean?
Answer- Indian Ocean

32. Who  was first to score a perfect 10 in Olympic in gymnastics?
Answer -Nadia Comanesi

33. Which revolutionary legen took his own life (Sacrificed)?
Answer-Chandra Shekhar Azad

34. What is the  Official language of Brazil?
Answer-Portugese

35. Madhubani painting is native to which state?
Answer-Bihar

36. Technology used in compact disc?
Answer-Electromagnetic

37. which Gases are responsible for green house effect?
Answer-Carbon dioxide and Methane

38. Punchcered card  is also called?
Answer -Hollerith Card

39. Jimmy wales & Larry Sanger related with?
Answer -Wikipedia

40. Reared for its fleece or Fiber in?
Answer -Alpacas

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Awards and Honours


Kerala Tourism   campaign  title  " New Worlds" has won Golden City Gate Award at the Internationale Tourismus-Borse Berlin (ITB-Berlin) 2016.
- It potrays the importance of responsible tourism initiatives under taken in Kerala which have led to the life changing stories and have become  the heart of it.

Hanan Al Hroub , a Palaestinian teacher from a refuge camp has been awarded prestigious Global Teacher Prize 2016 , worth 1 Million US Dollars.She was presented this award  at a ceremony held in Dubai for her outstanding contribution to the profession


International 
Htin Kyaw (69) is elected as first civilian President  of Myanmar after 53 years of military rule.  He was candidate of National League of Democracy ( NLD) party and  was elected after securing 360 of the total 652 casted votes.
-Htin Kyaw is a close aide and adviser of Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi who is the leader of NLD party that has majority in the parliament

H Depp Saini , noted Indian scholar and plant physiologist has been appointed as 5th VC (vice chancellor) of Australia's prestigious University of Canberra . 
-Earlier he had received many awards including Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal


Important Days
March 15th is celebrated as "World consumer rights day" . It's significance is to provide  opportunity to promote the basic rights of all consumers and demand those rights that  must be respected and protected and also for those protesting against market abuses and social injustices.
Theme For World Consumers Rights day 2016  is " Antibiotics off the menu".

Science and Technology
An unmanned spacecraft named "ExoMars 2016" was successfully launched jointly by Europe and Russia to search for bio signature on Mars( Martian life) in past or present. It is the 1st of two phase of ExoMars program.
-  This space craft was launched on a porton - M rocket operated by Russia Roscosmos  from Baikonur, Kazakhistan.

Indigenously developed , nuclear capable , surface to surface ballistic missile AGNI-I was successfully test fired off the Odisha coast as part of training exercise by SFC of Indian Army.
- Agni I is the first missile of Agni Series launched in 1983 by DRDO  as part of Integrated Missile development program me in India.

National 
Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh  has notified maximum sale price of Bt Cotton seed for the year 2016-2017 accordin to which Price of BG-1 version of Bt Cotton  hybrid has been fixed at 635 rupees and Price of BG-II version of Bt Cotton hybrid has been fixed at 800 rupees.

- Kakrapar Nuclear Plant located near Vyara in South Gujarat has been shut down for indefinite period after leakage of Heavy Water ( Deuterium Oxide)  is detected .
- Heavy Water( Deuterium Oxide ) is used for cooling the reactor core and neutron moderator.

Allahabad High court has celebrated its 150th  Foundation year on March 14th . President of India Pranab Mukerjee was the chief guest of the event .
- On this occasio , Chief justice of India ( CJI)  TS Thakur dedicated digization centre of Allahabad Highe Court . RBI released a 10 rupee coin
Deaths
Anita Brookner(87). a renowned British author and art historian has passed away . She has won man Booker awards in 1984 for her famous novel Hotel du Lac .
-Anita Brookner was also awarded Commander of the order of the British Empire in 1990 and James Tait Black memorial Prize in 2010

Lloyd Stowell Shapley(92) , a Nobel prize winning Economist has passed away on 12th March 2016
He was considered as one of the "Fathers of Game Theory"and he also contributed in the fields of mathematical economics .
- He has recieved Nobel Prze in 2012 along with Alvin E Roth in Economic sciences for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design.


Sports

Lin Dan from China has won the All England Badminton 2016  title  in men's single category. In teh final match played at Birmingham , he defeated teammate Tian Houwei by 21-9,21-10 score.
- In women's singles category  Nozomi Okuhara( Japan) won the title by defeating Wang Shixian ( china) .

Services team has won the 70th Santosh football Championship title 2016 by defeating host Maharashtra in the final match.
- This is service team 5th time win this title after 1961,2012,2013 and 2015.

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Awards and Honors

 Veteran film actor and director Manoj Kumar has been selected for the prestigious 47th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2015.

→ Dadasageb Phalke Award is conferred by the Union Government on person for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema.

Veteran gurru Ratan Thiyam selected for the 11th META Life time Achievement Award for 2016  .He is currently working as Chairman of National School of Drama . He has been conferred with this (Mahindra Excellence in Theater Award)  in recognition for his work for creating a new language in theater and enriching the art form in various roles like director , writer, composer, designer and choreographer.

International Affairs

Indian- American Sunil Sabharwal took charge as Alternate Executive Director at International Monetary Fund (IMF) . With this he became first Indian-American to occupy a key administration post at the IMF.

World's most expensive train station is opened at the 9/11 Site in New York, United States  It has been named "World Trade Center Transportation Hub". This train station is built to next to Twin Towers in New York which were destroyed in the terror attacks in 2001.

 Bill Gates, Mricro Soft founder has retained the title of World's Richest Person  in Forbe's 30th Annual ranking of the world's billionaires 2016 list. This is his 17th time to top the list in last 23 years with a net worth of $75 Billion. 2nd Top most rich is Amancio Ortega(Italy) who is founder of clothing retail giant ZARA with net worth of $67 Billion.

Sports

 Martin Crowe(53) Former New Zealand Cricket Captain passed away after a long battle with cancer. He had played 77 test matches and scored 5444 runs  with highest score of 299 runs. he was captain of New Zealand team from 1990 to 1994.

 Aaron Phangiso , South African Spinner has been suspended by ICC for illegal bowling action  as he was found bending his hand exceeding 15 degree level of tolerance permitted by ICC.

 Mumbai U-23 team wins CK Nayudu Trophy 2015-2016  which is worth of 20 lakh rupees ..In the final match played at Holkar Stadium in Indore, Mumbai has defeated Madhya Pradesh team .

 Jitu Rai won Gold Medal  in 50m Pistol  event at ISSF World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand.  He had scored 191.3 points in the final round beating Chinese Olympic team Pan Wei and Wang Zhiwei

National

Parliament passes "Carriage by Air ( Amendment) Bill, 2015 to empower Union  government ot revive the limits of liability for airlines and compensation as per the Montreal convention which india accepted in 2009.

India has been ranked at the 90th place in a list of 126 countries on the basis of their ability to deliver  secure, affordable and sustainable energy . This list was revealed by Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report compiled by World Economic Forum. Top 3 counties in the list are Switzerland(1) , Norway(2) , Sweden(3).

 First Raisina-Dialogue 2016  , a flag ship conference on Geopolitics and Geo-economics held  in New Delhi from March 1st to 5th  . This three day conference is joint initiative of Union Ministry of External Affairs ( UMEA) and Observer Research Foundation(ORF) , an independent think tank of India.

→ The theme of Raisina Dialogue 2016 is "Asia: Regional and Global Connectivity"

"National Conference on Women Legislatiors: Building Resurgent India " began in Delhi on March 5th was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukerjee . The two day conference will provide women legislators a platform to interact with their counter parts from across the country.

 The Traditional festival of Chapchar Kut of the Mizos was celebrated across the state of Mizoram and in the Mizo-inhabited areas in neighboring states. This festival is celebrated every year in the month of March which observes advent of Spring.

Narendra Modi  has launched "Setu Bharatam "project to make all national highways free of railway crossings by 2019. Under this project 2018 places have been identified for the construction of rail over bridges(ROB) or underpasses with an estimate of 50,000 crore  rupees .

Union governament approved proposal of 4 states for issuance of Ujwal Discom assurance Yojana (UDAY) bonds. 

Films

 Veteran film actor and director Manoj Kumar has been selected for the prestigious 47th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2015.

→ Dadasageb Phalke Award is conferred by the Union Government on person for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema.

Film Scholar PK Nair ( Parmesh Krishnan Nair) passed away on March 4th in Maharashtra . He had won epithet of 'celluloid man'for his life long dedication towards the acquisition and preservation of cinematic heritage of the country.

  

Veteran guru Ratan Thiyam selected for the 11th META Life time Achievement Award for 2016  .He is currently working as Chairman of National School of Drama . He has been conferred with this (Mahindra Excellence in Theater Award)  in recognition for his work for creating a new language in theater and enriching the art form in various roles like director , writer, composer, designer and choreographer.

  

Important Days

 "World Wildlife Day (WWD) is celebrated on 3rd March this year also with the theme of "The future of wild life is in our hands".  Every year 3rd March is celebrated as World Wildlife day to raise awareness of the world's wild fauna and flora. It calls for taking urgent steps to fight wild life crime which has wide ranging environmental, economic and social impacts.

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