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Weekly One Liners 25Th to 31St March 2019 Weekly One Liners 25Th to 31St March 2019 Weekly One Liners 25th to 31st March 2019 Weekly One Liners 25th to 31st March 2019 National Affairs Cabinet Approves MoU between India and Indonesia Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) on combating illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, announced that it has recorded cargo movement of psychotropic substances and its precursors. more than 200 million metric tonnes (MMT) at nine Cabinet Approves acquiring land of Central Water ports along the east and west coasts, becoming the Commission at Nallagandla, Hyderabad by first Indian port operator to achieve the Telangana State Government for road widening. milestone. Cabinet Approves creation of additional posts of Tashigang, a Himachal Pradesh village at an three Judicial Members and three Technical altitude of 15,256 feet has now become the highest Members in the National Company Law polling station in the world. Appellate Tribunal. An agreement has been signed between India and International Affairs the African Union to establish an India-Africa President Ram Nath Kovind embarked on a state visit health sciences collaborative platform. to Croatia, Bolivia and Chile to hold talks with the India and the US signed an agreement for leaders of these countries and strengthen ties in exchange of country-by-country (CbC) report. The trade, investment and renewable energy. move will give huge relief to subsidiaries of US- Oslo, the capital city of Norway will become the headquartered companies in the taxation-related world’s first city to install wireless, induction-based matter. charging stations for its fleet of electric taxis. On the second day of President’s three-day visit to The UN Security Council has unanimously passed Bolivia, India and Bolivia signed eight MoUs in the first-ever resolution ordering members to enforce the fields of culture, Visa waiver arrangement for laws against terror financing. diplomats, exchange between diplomatic academies, mining, space, traditional medicine, establishment of Centre of Excellence in IT and Bi-Oceanic Railway project. Summits and Conferences NITI Aayog has organized a day-long FinTech Conclave at Dr. Ambedkar International Center, New Delhi. The Conclave was inaugurated by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das. Schemes and Committees Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed 5- member committee under the chairmanship of Nandan Nilekani to strengthen digital payments as well as to boost financial inclusion through Financial Technology. Banking/Economy/Business News Agreements/MoUs Signed The Reserve Bank of India has slapped a penalty Oman has signed an agreement with the United of Rs 2 crore on Punjab National Bank for non- States of America that allow American ships and compliance of regulatory directions with regard to warplanes to take advantage of his ports and SWIFT operations. airports. Apple Inc & Goldman Sachs Group Inc jointly US President Donald Trump has signed a launched the Apple Card credit card for iPhones. proclamation recognising Israel’s sovereignty Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital over the Golan Heights and told the visiting Israeli services and consulting, and Roland-Garros Grand Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that Israel has Slam tennis tournament, also called the French an absolute right to self-defence. Open, announced a three-year strategic technology Cabinet Approves MoU between India and Republic partnership. of Korea on Startup Cooperation. Bank of Baroda has signed an MoU with agriculture services companies to develop an 1 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected] Weekly One Liners 25th to 31st March 2019 agriculture digital platform, Baroda Kisan, which First Indian Army Mountaineering Expedition to Mt will provide solutions for agricultural requirements. Makalu (8485m) comprising five Officers, two JCOs The Finance Ministry has decided to infuse Rs 5,042 and eleven OR was flagged off by Director General crore into state-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) Military Training. ahead of the merger of two other public sector lenders Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with BoB. State-owned lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) had sold stake in its housing finance arm, PNB Housing Finance (PNBHF) to General Atlantic Group and VardePartners for Rs 1,851 crore at Rs 850 per share. Wipro Limited (Bengaluru Based), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), signed an MoU to collaborate on high-impact, industry-focused applied research in the areas of 5G and AI. 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 second- largest government-owned financial player in Awards and Recognitions the country based on the current market capital after Winners of the 64th Filmfare Awards were announced State Bank of India (SBI). at Jio Garden, BKC, Mumbai. Winners in Short: 1. Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female): Alia Bhatt, Appointments/Resignations Raazi. Jet Airways Founders Naresh Goyal and wife 2. Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male): Ranbir Kapoor, Anita Goyal have stepped down from the board of Sanju. the cash-strapped airline. 3. Best Director: Meghna Gulzar, Raazi. The Amateur International Boxing Federation 4. Best Playback Singer (Male): Arijit Singh for Ae (AIBA) President Gafur Rahimov announced his Watan, Raazi. resignation claiming that political based discussions 5. Best Playback Singer (Female): Shreya Ghoshal for were harming the organizations progress. Ghoomar, “Padmaavat”. Supreme Court-appointed BCCI Ombudsman The Lalit Kala Akademi (LKA) announced 15 Justice D K Jain (retd) will now serve as the Ethics winners of the 60th Annual Academy Awards at Officer of the Indian cricket board on an ad-hoc the 60th National Exhibition of Art in New Delhi. basis. Peter Tabichi, a member of the Franciscan religious order has been conferred with the prestigious Defence News Global Teacher Prize for 2019 at a ceremony in Indian Navy’s frontline ASW corvette, INS Kadmatt Dubai hosted by Hollywood actor, Hugh Jackman. arrived at Langkawi, Malaysia on a 7 days official A consortium of two Indian oil companies, Bharat visit to participate in the 15th edition of Langkawi Petroleum Corporation Limited, and Indian Oil International Maritime and Aerospace Corporation Limited has been awarded the Exhibition, LIMA-19. exploration rights for Abu Dhabi’s Onshore Block 1. The Indian Navy's state of the art Nuclear, President Ram Nath Kovind has been awarded Biological, and Chemical Training Facility the Grand Order of King Tomislav with Sash and (NBCTF) was inaugurated by Chief of Naval Staff Grand Star by the President of Croatia Kolinda Admiral Sunil Lanba at INS Shivaji, Lonavala. The Grabar-Kitarovic. training facility has been named ABHEDYA. The Department for Promotion of Industry and The Indian Air Force formally inducted the CH 47 Internal Trade has recently awarded Geographical F(I)- Chinook heavy-lift helicopters into its inventory Indication (GI) to five varieties of Indian coffee. They at Air Force Station Chandigarh. are: The joint training exercise MITRASHAKTI – VI 1. Coorg Arabica coffee, between Indian and Sri Lanka Army kick-started 2. Bababudangiris Arabica coffee, at Diyatalawa in Sri Lanka. 3. Chikmagalur Arabica coffee, 2 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected] Weekly One Liners 25th to 31st March 2019 4. Araku Valley Arabica coffee, 59, according to the Skytrax World Airport 5. Bababudangiris Arabica coffee. Awards. Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of will be awarded the prestigious Bodley Medal, the 55770 fully covered tribal habitations with the safe highest honor granted by the University of Oxford's drinking water in the country followed by Odisha world-famous Bodleian Libraries. and Jharkhand. Three pioneers in AI, University of Toronto faculty member and Google Brain researcher Geoffrey Books and Authors Hinton, Facebook chief AI scientist and NYU Former Vice-President Hamid Ansari launched professor Yann LeCun, and Element AI founder the book titled 'Every Vote Counts-The Story of and University of Montreal professor Yoshua India’s Elections' authored by former Chief Election Bengio has been honored with the Turing Award. Commissioner Navin Chawla. President Ram Nath Kovind has been conferred with The Chairman of 15th Finance Commission of India, the highest State honor of Bolivia, “Condor de Los N.K. Singh launched the book “Indian Fiscal Andes en el Grado de Gran Collar” during his visit to Federalism”. The book has been written by Dr. Y. Bolivia. V. Reddy, former Governor of RBI and Chairman of the 14th Finance Commission of India along with Dr. G. R. Reddy, Advisor (Finance) to the Government of Telangana. Sc-Tech News Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch 29 satellites including the primary payload EMISAT, on the first of April. Ranks and Reports India has entered its name as an elite space power. In accordance with the preliminary world airport An Anti-Satellite Weapon (A-SAT) successfully traffic rankings for 2018 released by Airports Council targeted a live satellite on a low earth orbit. The International (ACI), Indira Gandhi International name of this mission was 'Mission Shakti'. After the Airport (IGIA) of New Delhi
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