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Except where specifically provided questions and examples are works of fiction and do no bear any resemblance or reference to any person living or dead. All disputes subject to Lucknow Jurisdiction only. Contents National …………………………………………………………………………………………..…… 1 International …………………………………………………………………………….…..……… 12 Legal News ……………………………………………………………………..………….………… 16 Economy ………………………………………………………………………………..….………… 18 Science & Technology ……………………………………………………………….…..……… 21 Sports ……………………………………………………………………………………….………… 26 Awards ………………………………………………………………………………..……………… 28 Summits ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 31 Persons in News ………………………………………………………………………..………… 33 Obituary ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 36 Days …………………………………………………………………………………….……………… 36 Miscellaneous ……………………………………………………………………………………… 37 Exercise Questions ……………………….……………………………………………………… 38 © Possible Education Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow. All rights reserved. 2018 This work is copyright protected under Indian and International Copyright Laws. All rights reserved .No part of this work may be reproduced, transmitted in any form by any means, including photocopying and recording, without the written permission of the copyright holder, an application for which should be addressed to the author. Such written permission should be obtained before any part of this publication is stored in a retrieval system of any nature. The copyright extends to the particular arrangement, sequence, construction and language of information presented, this list being indicative and not exhaustive. No copyright is asserted with regards to questions published by Universities, official and public documents, works where acknowledged and statutory references. Except where specifically provided questions and examples are works of fiction and do no bear any resemblance or reference to any person living or dead. All disputes subject to Lucknow Jurisdiction only. Contents National …………………………………………………………………………………………..…… 1 International …………………………………………………………………………….…..……… 12 Legal News ……………………………………………………………………..………….………… 16 Economy ………………………………………………………………………………..….………… 18 Science & Technology ……………………………………………………………….…..……… 21 Sports ……………………………………………………………………………………….………… 26 Awards ………………………………………………………………………………..……………… 28 Summits ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 31 Persons in News ………………………………………………………………………..………… 33 Obituary ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 36 Days …………………………………………………………………………………….……………… 36 Miscellaneous ……………………………………………………………………………………… 37 Exercise Questions ……………………….……………………………………………………… 38 Current Affairs March, 2018 MODULE March, 2018 announced that the country would skip the NATIONAL BS–V norms altogether and adopt BS–VI norms by 2020. By moving to BS–VI, the The National Highways Authority of India country will be using the highest (NHAI) has conducted detailed pre– specifications of fuel standard available in feasibility studies for setting up Inter the world right now. Modal Station at Nagpur and Varanasi President Ram Nath Kovind, received the and the development of DPRs for this is in first copy of the book ‘Fulfilling Bapu’s final stages of completion. For the pilot Dreams – Prime Minister Modi’s Tribute project, the satellite railways stations at to Gandhiji’ from Sadhguru Jaggi Ajni in Nagpur and Kashi in Varanasi Vasudev. have been selected for development of IMS. The Centre has decided to install these Justice Clocks with LED message Know more displayed on the screens, in all 24 high courts of India to show the daily rate of Intermodal Stations are terminal disposal of cases. The clocks will also infrastructure which integrate display the number of pending cases and various transportation modes like the individual rank of each of these rail, road, mass rapid transit system, courts. The idea of ‘justice clock’ was bus rapid transit, inland waterways, floated by Prime Minister Narendra auto–rickshaws, taxis and private Modi last year. The initiative was vehicles etc, so that people can move undertaken to create public awareness in from one mode to another judicial matters. Justice clock was first seamlessly, with minimum use of installed in the New Delhi office of the automobiles. Justice Department. In a bid to bring down pollution levels, 36 Hour Smart India Hackathon 2018 the Supreme Court asked the Centre to Grand Finale to be held in Chennai. consider increasing the price of diesel in Smart India Hackathon 2018 would be order to lessen the consumption of it. The the second massive scale hackathon bench also proposed a roll out of Bharat initiative in India following Smart India Stage–VI (BS–VI) fuel across 13 metros Hackathon 2017. by April 1, 2019 and directed the central Country’s first global counter terrorism government to consult the Oil Marketing and anti–insurgency centre will be set Companies (OMCs) and get their reply on up in Jaipur over a 50–acre plot. The this proposal. Bharat stage emission institute will be first–of–its–kind in India standards (BSES) are emission standards where activities such as discussions, instituted by the Government of India to training modules etc will be prepared to regulate the output of air pollutants from counter terrorism. Security agencies and internal combustion engines and Spark– armed forces would be trained to counter ignition engines equipment, including terrorism tactically and strategically. motor vehicles. The standards, based on European regulations were first introduced The Uttar Pradesh government has 1 in 2000. In 2016, the Indian government made it mandatory for all government © Possible education Pvt. Ltd: All rights reserved. Unauthorized copying, sale, distribution or circulation of any of the contents of this work is a punishable offence under laws of India Current Affairs March, 2018 offices in the state to have a portrait Choice awards for Destinations by picture of Dr BR Ambedkar from April 1. TripAdvisor. SAP (German software company) signed The ears of the bovine are being tagged a Statement of Intent (SOI) with NITI with UID numbers as a part of a scheme Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), a run by National Dairy Development flagship programme of the Government Board (NDDB). The UID given to cattle will of India to promote a culture of be linked to the Aadhaar number of its innovation and entrepreneurship. owner which would also keep a check on illegal sale, smuggling and abandoning of The NITI Aayog has recently launched its the cattle as well as to increase milk first round of ranking of India’s production. aspirational districts. The ranking was based on the socio–economic performance. Karnataka cabinet approves separate Niti Aayog is set to monitor on a real–time religion status for Lingayats. Karnataka basis the progress made by 115 State Minorities Commission had formed a “aspirational districts” that face seven–member committee, headed by challenges on health and nutrition, retired high court judge HN Nagamohan education and financial front, and display Das on the issue, which submitted its their ranking from next month. The report on 2 March stating that “Lingayats baseline ranking for the 115 aspirational in Karnataka may be considered as a districts is based on 49 indicators across religious minority”. five sectors that includes health and President Ram Nath Kovind released nutrition (30% weightage) education commemorative coins in denominations (30%), agriculture and water resources of ₹10 and ₹1000 on Lord Jagannath’s (20%), financial inclusion and skill Nabakalebar festival during the development (10%) and basic centenary celebration of Rastriya Sanskrit infrastructure (10%). Sansthan in Puri. As per the baseline ranking, Vizianagaram The National Annual Rural Sanitation in Andhra Pradesh is ranked highest Survey (NARSS) 2017–18 reveals that with score of 48. 13 per cent while 68% of rural households in India use Mewat in Haryana tails at the end with the toilet when required. 26.02 per cent. Among others, Asifabad (Telangana), Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh), The survey was conducted by a third party Kiphire (Nagaland), Shrawasti, agency Kantar Public, as a requirement by Siddarthnagar and Balrampur (Uttar the World Bank to begin payout on its Pradesh), Namsai (Arunachal Pradesh), $1.5 billion loan to the Swacch Bharat Sukma (Chattisgarh) are ranked at bottom Abhiyan–Gramin. The provisional of the list. summary report of the survey found that 77% of all rural households now have The longest elevated road in the country access to toilets, and that 93.4% of those in Ghaziabad has been inaugurated. The who had access to toilets used them elevated six–lane road is approximately 10 regularly. Kerala and Mizoram top the