Best Current Affairs 11Th March

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS ANALYSIS 10-11th March

https://gradeup.co/ https://gradeup.co/ Daily Current Affairs Analysis 1. Current Affairs Revision (10 Questions With Option Discussion) - Previous Day 2. Current Affairs From Different Sources 3. Newspaper Analysis (The Hindu) 4. Burning Issue of The Day - Understanding the delay convicts’ hanging 5. Static Awareness From Static Awareness 6. Recap Of the DAY Note : PDF Link in The Description

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Current Affairs REVISION (10 Questions)

https://gradeup.co/ International Women’s Day is observed on which of the following dates? अंतरा&'ीय म+हला +दवस +न23ल4खत म6 से +कस तारीख को मनाया जाता है?

a. 14th March b. 20th March c. 8th March d. 21st March

a. 14th March - Pi Day b. 20th March - World Sparrow Day c. 8th March d. 21st March - World Poetry Day

https://gradeup.co/ Unani Day is observed on which of the following dates? युनानी +दवस +न23ल4खत म6 से +कस तारीख को मनाया जाता है?

a. 25th October b. 11th Feb c. 10th April d. 4th January

a. 25th October - Ayurveda Day b. 11th Feb c. 10th April - Homeopathy Day d. 4th January - Siddha Day

https://gradeup.co/ Avani Chaturvedi was awarded the Nari Shakti Puruskar by the President of India. She is a ______अव+न चतुव>दी को भारत के रा'पAत Bारा नारी शDE पुरFार से सGा+नत +कया गया था। वह है

एक ______

a. Mountaineer b. Entrepreneur c. Vocalist d. Fighter Pilot

एक ______

a. Mountaineer - Tashi & Nugshi Malik b. Entrepreneur - Niza Wangmo c. Vocalist - Kaushiki Chakraborty d. Fighter Pilot

https://gradeup.co/ Who of the following was one of the seven women delegated the Twitter account of Prime Minister collected funds from the Public and built toilets for better hygiene in Uttar Pradesh? +न23ल4खत म6 से कौन सात म+हलाM म6 से एक थी 3जNOने PधानमंRी के +Sटर खाते को जनता

से एकR +कया और उWर Pदेश म6 बेहतर YZता के 3लए शौचालय का +नमा&ण +कया?

a. Sneha Mohandass b. Malvika Iyer c. Kalavati Devi d. Vijaya Pawar

से एकR +कया और उWर Pदेश म6 बेहतर YZता के 3लए शौचालय का +नमा&ण +कया?

a. Sneha Mohandass - Foodbank India b. Malvika Iyer - Specially Abled Achiever c. Kalavati Devi d. Vijaya Pawar - Banjara Community Handicrafts

https://gradeup.co/ India is ranked 12th in the list of countries with the maximum Ultra High Net Worth Individuals. Which country has topped the list? सवा&\धक अ]^ा हाई नेट वथ& `DEयO वाले देशO कa सूची म6 भारत 12 व6 cान पर है. +कस देश

ने सूची म6 शीष& cान Pाe +कया है?

a. USA b. Switzerland c. UK d. Australia

ने सूची म6 शीष& cान Pाe +कया है?

a. USA b. Switzerland c. UK d. Australia

https://gradeup.co/ The Next BIMSTEC Summit shall be held in which of the following countries? अगला fबgटेक hशखर सGेलन +न23ल4खत म6 से +कस देश म6 आयो3जत +कया जाएगा?

a. Sri Lanka b. Myanmar c. Bangladesh d. India

https://gradeup.co/ Which of the following companies has tied up with Hyderabad Metro for QR Tickets? +न23ल4खत म6 से +कस कंपनी ने jूआर kटकट के 3लए हैदराबाद मे^ो के साथ समझौता +कया

है? a. Amazon b. MasterCard c. Paytm d. Nokia

है? a. Amazon b. MasterCard c. Paytm d. Nokia - Pekka Lundmark

https://gradeup.co/ Which of the following states has the lowest rate of electricity among Government schools in India?

भारत के सरकारी FूलO म6 +न2 म6 से +कस राm म6 fबजली कa दर सबसे कम है? a. Madhya Pradesh b. Odisha c. Jammu and Kashmir d. Uttar Pradesh

https://gradeup.co/ Which of the following states has the lowest rate of electricity among Government schools in India?

https://gradeup.co/ Which of the following state shall start an All-Women Battalion in its state? +न23ल4खत म6 से कौन सा राm अपने राm म6 एक अ4खल म+हला बटा3लयन शुn करेगा? a. Uttar Pradesh b. Tamil Nadu c. Karnataka d. Maharashtra

https://gradeup.co/ Who of the following is not a part of the 100 Women of the Year list by TIME Magazine? +न23ल4खत म6 से कौन TIME पARका Bारा वष& कa 100 म+हलाM कa सूची का +हoा नहp है?

a. Amrit Kaur b. Indira Gandhi c. Greta Thunberg d. Katy Perry

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Andhra Pradesh tops in POSHAN Index

POSHAN इं डेs म6 आं t Pदेश सबसे ऊपर है

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Name of Yojna POSHAN POSHAN Prime Minister's Overreaching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment. Launch Date and Venue 8th March, 2018, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan Highlight Poshan Pakhwada (Fortnight) Focus Area of Pakhwada Men for Nutrition Focus of Mission address malnutrition with a targeted approach by 2022. Poshan Mah September Related Ministry Women and Child Development

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First Proposed 1909

Theme An Equal World is an Enabled World Celebration of Women’s Day 1975

Women’s Day In India Women : Free pass to monuments

All-women crew to operate 52 Air 15 Women Awarded Nari Shakti India flights today Puruskar 7 Women Take Over PM Modi’s A jawan of the ITBP has Account composed and sung a Hindi song to mark International Women’s Day (Lado) - Arjun Kheriyal

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Gujarat tops in domestic solar rooftop installations

घरेलू सौर nफटॉप PAतyानO म6 गुजरात सबसे

ऊपर है

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Top State Gujarat

%Share in Total Installations 64% Related Scheme Surya Urja Rooftop Yojana Gujarat Surya Urja Rooftop Yojana 2 lakh domestic consumers, 912 Gujarat crore Related Ministry Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

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Fagli Festival starts in Himachal Pradesh

फगली महोzव +हमाचल Pदेश म6 शुn

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State Himachal Pradesh

Venue kinnaur district in Yangpa village

Purpose receive blessings from Deota(God) for the upcoming harvest season.

https://gradeup.co/ Regional Festivals In India

Andhra Pradesh Ugadi Arunachal Pradesh Solung, Losar Festival Assam Ambubasi festival, Bohag Bihu, Baishagu festival, Majuli festival Bihar Bihula, Chhath Puja, Madhushravan Goa Fontainhas Festival of Art, sunburn festival, Ladainha, Mando Festival Gujarat Kite Festival, Modhera, Saptak Jammu and Kashmir Dosmuchey festival, Matho Narang, Gemis Festival Jharkhand Sarhul, Dansi, Karma, Hal Punhya https://gradeup.co/ Regional Festivals In India

Karnataka Pattadakal Dance festival, Kerala Onam, Nishagandhi festival Madhya Pradesh Tejaji Fair, Khajuraho festival Maharashtra Kalidas festival, Chikoo Utsav Manipur Yaoshang, Chavang Kut. Meghalaya Wangala Festival, Bob Dylan festival, Ahaia festival. Mizoram ChapcharKut Festival Nagaland Hornbill Festival, Moatsu festival Odisha Konark festival, International sand art festival.

https://gradeup.co/ Regional Festivals In India

Rajasthan Gangaur Festival, Bundi Utsav, Desert festival, Braj festival, Shekhawati festival, Matasya festival. Sikkim Saga Dawa Tamil Nadu Pongal, Thaipoosam, Jallikattu festiva Telangana Bonalu Tripura Kharchi Puja Uttarakhand Ganga Dusshera West Bengal Durga Puja, Nandikar National Theatre festival.

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India ranks 46th in Inclusive Internet Index 2020

भारत समावेशी इंटरनेट सूचकांक 2020 म6 46 व6

cान पर है

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Name of Index Inclusive Internet Index

Published by Economist Intelligence Unit Top Country Sweden

Aim measure the extent to which the Internet is not only accessible & affordable, but also relevant to all Worst Country Burundi

EIU London, UK

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Worldwide Education for Finland, India (35) the Future Index for the year 2019. Flourishing Index, 131(Korea), 77 (USA) Sustainability Index Intellectual Property USA, India (40th) Index Democracy Index Norway, India (51)

Global Social Mobility Denmark, India (76th) Index

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Moody’s lowers India’s GDP Growth Forecast

मूडीज ने भारत के सकल घरेलू उ{ाद म6 Aगरावट

का अनुमान लगाया है

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Rating Agency Moody’s Investor Service

GDP Prediction 5.3% (2020), Earlier - 5.4%

Moody’s New York, Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr.

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OECD 5.1

Fitch Solutions 4.9

Standard Chartered 4.9

ADB 5.1

IMF 4.8

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Praveen Rao wins Dr MS Swaminathan Award

Pवीण राव ने डॉ. एमएस Yामीनाथन पुरFार

जीता

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V Praveen Rao Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Professor JayaShankar Telangana State Agricultural University Awarding Organisation Agricultural Research Employees Association

Cash Prize 2 lakh

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President’s Colour INS Shivaji

M Venkaiah Naidu M.S. Swaminathan National Award Gandhi Citizenship Portugal Education Prize Nari Shakti Awards 15 recipients

FIH Awards Manpreet Singh, Lalremsiami, Vivek Sagar Changemaker Award Dutee Chand, ISRO

EY Indian Entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Award

https://gradeup.co/ Times of India Book “The 12 Commandments Of Being A Woman” launched

बुक “The 12 Commandments Of Being

A Woman” लॉ| }ई

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A Commentary and Digest on Apoorva Kumar Singh The Air, Act 1981 The Bloomsbury Anthology of Abhay K. Great Indian Poems Karmayoddha Granth Amit Shah Politics of Opportunism RPN Singh Mind-Master V Anand "Courts of India" Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi Bridgital Nation N Chandrasekaran

“Sridevi: Girl Woman Satyarth Nayak Superstar”

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Andhra Pradesh launches NIGHA app

आं t Pदेश ने NIGHA ऐप लॉ| +कया

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App NIGHA

Aim curbing the use of money and alcohol in the upcoming local body elections

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March 10 observed as CISF Raising Day

10 माच& को CISF cापना +दवस के nप म6

मनाया गया

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Day March 10

Related Minsitry Ministry of Home Affairs Setup 1969

Director General Rajesh Ranjan

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Govt Sets up a committee on Kisan Rail

+कसान रेल पर सरकार एक सAमAत का गठन

करती है

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Committee Kisan Rail

Kisan Rail national cold supply chain for perishables including meat, milk and fish The Kisan Rail will The Kisan rail will be set comprise refrigerated up by the Indian Railways coaches in Express and through the PPP Freight trains. arrangement.

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Mohun Bagan are the Hero I-League Champions

मोहन बागान हीरो आई-लीग चAपयंस ह

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Tournament I-League

Defeated Aizawl FC

I-League 2007, two co-existing premier football leagues in India together with Indian Super League.

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Mohun Bagan are the Hero I-League Champions

मोहन बागान हीरो आई-लीग चAपयंस ह

https://gradeup.co/ Daily Current Affairs Analysis THE HINDU (11th March)

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Indian filmmaker chosen for L’Atelier programme

भारतीय +फ +नमा&ता ने L’Atelier काय&म के

3लए चुना

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Name of Filmmaker Bauddhayan Mukherji Name of Programme L’Atelier programme at the Cannes Film Festiva Highlight programme brings together filmmakers with promising projects, along with their producers, and industry professionals, producers, distributors and potential partner Related Movie Marichjhapi, written by Mr. Mukherji and Abhinandan Banerjee

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Yes Bank allows inward NEFT, IMPS

यस बक ने इनवड& NEFT, IMPS कa अनुमAत दी

https://gradeup.co/ Context RBI has also superseded the institution’s board of directors for a period of 30 days. appointed Prashant Kumar, former CFO of State Bank of India as its administrator. What do these restrictions mean for the average Yes Bank cannot make in aggregate, a payment depositor? to a depositor of a sum exceeding Rs 50,000 lying to his credit, in any savings, current or any other deposit account till April 3. Why has it come to this situation? Yes Bank’s asset quality has deteriorated over the last few years Couldn’t Yes Bank have raised capital from Yes, this is what the lender has been hoping to private investors? do for over the last six months. Will the savings of depositors be protected? Yes, there is no indication that Yes Bank cannot pay back its depositors. The RBI has assured that their interests will be fully protected and that there is no need to panic.

https://gradeup.co/ BURNING ISSUE Understanding the delay convicts’ hanging

https://gradeup.co/ Context The mercy plea filed by one of the four convicts in 2012 Delhi gangrape case was recently rejected by the President. Now, they will be hanged on March 20.

Regular Procedure a trial court may pronounce the death sentence only in the “rarest of the rare” cases Such a sentence is automatically referred to the High Court for confirmation. the convict has the option of approaching the the convict may file a review petition, and a Supreme Court against the High Court’s decision. separate curative petition before the Supreme Court. a mercy petition before the President may be filed. Next a petition questioning the legitimacy of the President’s decision in the mercy petition.

the disposal of this petition ends the process, and it is a principle of criminal law that it is preferable the death sentence may be executed thereafter. to exonerate 10 criminals to condemning even a single innocent

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https://gradeup.co/ Max Verstappen won German Grand Prix. He belongs to which team? मैस वेरटापेन ने जमन ड िस जीता। वह कस टीम से सबंिधत है? a) Ferrari /फे र ा र ी b) Toro Rosso /टोरो रोसो c) Red Bull/रेड बुल d) Mercedes /मसडीज Max Verstappen won German Grand Prix. He belongs to which team? मैस वेरटापेन ने जमन ड िस जीता। वह कस टीम से सबंिधत है? a) Ferrari /फे र ा र ी b) Toro Rosso /टोरो रोसो c) Red Bull/रेड बुल d) Mercedes /मसडीज What is the capital of Benin – Republic ? बेिनन - गणतं क राजधानी या है? a) Cotonou/ कटौनौ b) Porto-Novo/पोट नोवो c) Parakou /परको d) Abuja /अबुजा What is the capital of Benin – Republic ? बेिनन - गणतं क राजधानी या है? a) Cotonou/ कटौनौ b) Porto-Novo/पोट नोवो c) Parakou /परको d) Abuja /अबुजा World Tiger day is observed on – िव बाघ दवस कब मनाया जाता है - जुलाई a) 28 July/ जुलाई b) 29 July / जुलाई c) 30 July / जुलाई d) 31 July / जुलाई World Tiger day is observed on – िव बाघ दवस कब मनाया जाता है - जुलाई a) 28 July/ जुलाई b) 29 July / जुलाई c) 30 July / जुलाई d) 31 July / जुलाई Khelo India Youth Games 2020 will be held in ______. खेलो इंिडया यूथ गेस 2020 ______म आयोिजत कया जाएगा। a) Assam / असम b) Sikkim / िसम c) Odisha / ओिडशा d) West Bengal / पिम बंगाल Khelo India Youth Games 2020 will be held in ______. खेलो इंिडया यूथ गेस 2020 ______म आयोिजत कया जाएगा। a) Assam / असम b) Sikkim / िसम c) Odisha / ओिडशा d) West Bengal / पिम बंगाल North East Skill Centre is located in ______. उर पूव कौशल क ______म िथत है । a) Sikkim/ िसम b) Assam / असम c) Meghalaya / मेघालय d) Arunachal Pradesh / अणाचल देश North East Skill Centre is located in ______. उर पूव कौशल क ______म िथत है । a) Sikkim/ िसम b) Assam / असम c) Meghalaya / मेघालय d) Arunachal Pradesh / अणाचल देश DOSE OF THE DAY

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