22nd March 2017 Current Affairs
| News headline | Detalis of the news | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | World water day observed globally Today | It means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. In 2017, the theme for World Water Day is 'Water and Wastewater'. |
| 2 | RBI will shortly issue Rs. 10 denomination bank notes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series 2005. | With inset letter 'L' in both the number panels, bearing signature of RBI Governor Urjit R Patel, the note will have year 2017 printed on the reverse of it, according to an official release issued by the central bank. All notes in the denomination of Rs. 10 issued by the bank in the past will continue to be the legal tender, |
| 3 | Bajaj Hindusthan To Sell Power Business For Rs. 1,227 Crore To Group Firm | The company had announced plans in December to sell its co-generation power business, having 449 MW capacity at 14 locations in Uttar Pradesh, to LPGCL for about Rs. 1,800 cror |
| 4 | RBI proposes to fix upper limit in PPIs at Rs 1 Lakh | The RBI proposed to fix the upper limit for Pre-paid Payment Instruments (PPIs) at Rs 1 lakh in view of growing usage of PPIs for a purchase of goods and services. |
| 5 | India’s 1st carbon neutral district will be Majuli | Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched initiatives to develop Majuli, world biggest river island, as India’s first carbon neutral district and as a biodiversity heritage yet not officially released. |
| 6 | Samsung launched Samsung Pay in india | It is to to gain from the rapidly-evolving digital payments Samsung Pay helps a consumer make payments at various retail locations by using select devices of the company, which facilitate the transactions by making use of the previously-selected credit or debit cards or mobile wallets. |
| 7 | Ankur Khanna appointed as new Chief Financial Officer of ICC | He will join the ICC by the end of March 2017. Presently, he is serving Air Asia India as the Chief Financial Officer. Prior, Khanna also worked in senior roles at Air France, KLM Royal |
| 8 | Upendra Tripathy appointed as Interim Director General of ISA | Earlier, he served the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy as its secretary from 1st April 2014 to 31st October 2016. |
| 9 | GST will implement from July 1 | According to Mr Jaitley It will increase the volume of taxation, there is no tax on tax and therefore makes goods, commodities and services little cheaper and far more convenient |
| 10 | Ravindra Jadeja tops ICC's test bowler rankings | He moves past ‘Ashwin’ after the nine wickets haul in the drawn third Test against Australia at Ranchi. Jadeja has become only the third Indian player after ‘Ashwin’ and ‘Bishan Singh Bedi’ to top the bowling charts. |
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Mixed graph DI 1 ( PI chart & Table )
| States | Sex ration (M : F) | Literacy ratio (Literate : illeterate) |
|---|---|---|
| UP | 5 : 3 | 2 : 7 |
| Bihar | 3 : 1 | 1 : 4 |
| AP | 2 : 3 | 2 : 1 |
| Karnataka | 3 : 5 | 3 : 2 |
| Maharastra | 3 : 4 | 5 : 1 |
| TN | 3 : 2 | 7 : 2 |
| Kerala | 3 : 4 | 9 : 4 |
21st march 2017 current affairs
| News headline | Detalis of the news | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Day of Forests observed on 21st March | The theme of 2017 is ‘Forests and energy'. This global celebration of forests provides a platform to raise awareness of the importance of all types of woodlands and trees, and celebrate the ways in which they sustain and protect us. |
| 2 | ICICI Bank launched mobile banking app 'Mera iMobile' for rural customers. | Mera iMobile allow them to access banking services as well as information on agri-services. The app is open for both bank customers as well as others and is available in eleven different languages. |
| 3 | ICRISAT, ICAR join hands for crop improvement | In a bid to benefit small farmers in India and globally, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) would work together on crop improvement and agronomy programmes for grain legumes and dryland cereals. |
| 4 | Bharatiya Mahila Bank to be merged with SBI | SBI has already announced the merger of its five associates- State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of Travancore. |
| 5 | Bill Gates topped the Forbes magazine 2017 Billionaires list. | Bill Gates for the fourth year in a row. He is the richest person in the world for 18 out of the past 23 years. Mukesh Ambani leads the pack of Indian billionaires, coming in at the 33rd position with a net worth of $23.2 billion. US President Donald Trump is ranked 544th on the list with his net worth of $3.5 billion. India is home to world’s fourth highest number of billionaire |
| 6 | Cash transaction limit slashed to ₹2 lakh | , the government has proposed that the limit of ₹3 lakh for cash transactions, beyond which it is illegal, be reduced to ₹2 lakh. The penalty for violating this is a fine equivalent to the amount of transaction |
| 7 | SBI assosiate banks will operate as SBI branches from April 1 ,2017 | All branches of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ), State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH), State Bank of Mysore (SBM), State Bank of Patiala (SBP) and State Bank of Travancore (SBT) will function as branches of State Bank of India from April 1, 2017. |
| 8 | Government will infusse Capital In IDBI, Dena, Bank of Maharashtra | IDBI Bank will get Rs. 2,500 crore funding from the government, subject to regulatory approvals.Bank of Maharashtra received Rs. 300 crore. Dena Bank received Rs. 800 crore. |
| 9 | Navanithi Prasad Singh sworn in as Kerala Chief justice | Governor P. Sathasivam on Monday administered the oath of office to Justice Navanithi Prasad Singh as Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court at a solemn function in Raj Bhavan on Monday. Justice Navanithi Prasad Singh was a judge in the Patna High Court before his elevation as the Chief Justice of Kerala. |
| 10 | Cheteshwar Pujara becomes first Indian to face 500 balls in Test innings | He broke past Rahul Dravid's record of 495 balls, which were the most faced by an Indian in one Test innings. Pujara scored the third double century of his Test career |
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