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.12.2018 NATIONAL Centre announces new scheme.2018 for tourist vehicle operators The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has announced a new scheme for tourist vehicle operators. Any tourist vehicle .11.2018operator may apply for an All India tourist authorization and permit through online mode. It will be issued, after relevant documents are submitted and fees deposited, within 30 days of submission of such applications. Govt announces linking of OTPRMS certificates with DigiLocker Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has announced linking of Online Teacher Pupil Registration Management System, OTPRMS certificates with DigiLocker. This has been done in order to ensure hassle free access to verified OTPRMS Certificates. The issued certificates will automatically be transferred to DigiLocker and the same may be traced at the website of National Council for Teacher Education and DigiLocker. The Minister also informed that the registration fee of 200 rupees payable for obtaining OTPRMS Certificates, issued by NCTE has been waived off. This will enable all stakeholders across India to be digitally empowered facilitating ease of doing business. I&B Minister inaugurates Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav exhibitions at 6 places Information and Broadcasting Minister, Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the exhibition to commemorate 75 years of India‟s Independence, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav at six places in the country virtually. The six places where Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav exhibitions were inaugurated are Jammu, Imphal, Patna, Bhubaneshwar, Pune and Bengaluru. India’s first centralised AC railway terminal in Bengaluru to operational soon India‟s first centralised air-conditioned (AC)railway terminal has been built at Baiyappanahalli in Bengaluru. Named after „Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvaraya‟one of the foremost civil engineers, the AC railway terminal is set to become operational soon. It has been built at an estimated cost of Rs 314 crore. The Byappanahalli terminal is the third coach terminal named after Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvaraya, sanctioned in 2015-16. BANKING AND ECONOMIC New mobile app ‘BolSubol’ on poll stats launched for Assembly Elections Ahead of the assembly elections in four states and a union territory, a startup firm has unveiled a mobile application with poll statistics and data on the country‟s economy to help voters take fact-based decisions before exercising their franchise The startup – Demokratika- launched the application, BolSubol, which has economic and political information about all the constituencies in India for over 60 years on average, they claimed. STATE GOVT NEWS J&K govt sanctions interest-free loan worth two lakh rupees for PMAY-U beneficiaries Jammu and Kashmir government has approved a proposal to provide interest-free loan up to 2 lakh rupees to the urban homeless economically weaker section beneficiaries under Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC) component of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U). J&K Administrative Council, which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, approved the proposal of the Housing and Urban Development Department. Covid Tracker helpline launched in Mumbai The coronavirus cases in Maharashtra including Mumbai have been witnessing a sharp spike since last few days. In order to make the testing convenient for citizens, the Covid Tracker helpline is enabling Mumbaikars to do Covid testing at home without going to the hospital. „Covid Tracker‟ helpline has been launched for the citizens of Mumbai.
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Mizoram paired with Bihar.12.2018 through Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat campaign A country wide Ek .2018Bharat Shrestha Bharat campaign, which highlights the age-old tradition of our country – unity in diversity. The campaign portrays the very common principle of cultural harmony of the people though we are living in different.11.2018 geographical areas with diversity of language, food, custom and costumes. Exchange of different languages, food habits, and similarly paying respect to others‟ culture, music, dances and customs are in fact the mantra of Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat. J&K celebrates festival of Shivratri ‘Herath’ The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Celebrates the festival of Shivratri „Herath‟. It is a three day festival starting from March 10, 2021 to March 12, 2021. Festival Mahashivratri locally known as Herath in Kashmir is being celebrated across J&K by Kashmiri Pandit Community with religious fervour by offering “Watak Nath Pooja”. DAY AND DATES International Day of Mathematics – Observed on Mar 14 The International Day of Mathematics is 14 March. It is also known as the Pi Day, because the mathematical constant π can be rounded up to 3.14. UNESCO‟s 40th General Conference decided Pi Day as the International Day of Mathematics in November 2019. This year, the themeof the International Day of Mathematics is “Mathematics for a Better World”. On the occasion of International Day of Mathematics 2021, Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO in an official statement said, “Mathematics, with its many technical applications, now underpins all areas of our lives. World Consumer Rights Day – Observed on Mar 15 Consumers International is the membership organization for consumer groups around the world. The World Consumer Rights Day 2021 themeis to gather all the consumers in a fight to “Tackle Plastic Pollution”. Founded on 1 April 1960, it has over 250 member organizations in 120 countries. Its head office is based in London, England, with regional offices in Latin America, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. INTERNATIONAL World’s fastest supercomputer “Fugaku’ introduced The world‟s most powerful supercomputer named “Fugaku”,developed by Japanese scientific research institute RIKEN and Fujitsu, has been made available for research work. The development of the machine was started about six years ago in 2014 and was completed in May 2020. 74 research projects have already been selected by Japan‟s Research Organization for Information Science and Technology (RIST) and will be implemented from April 2021. First Quad Leaders Summit held Virtually On March 12, 2021, the first historic virtual summit of Quadrilateral leaders The virtual summit was attended by the leaders of India, Japan, US and Australia Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Biden (US), Prime Minister Scott Morrison (Australia) Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (Japan) addressed the first Quad leaders virtual summit. In November 2017, India, Japan, the US and Australia gave shape to the long-pending proposal of setting up the Quad to develop a new strategy to keep the critical sea routes in the Indo- Pacific free of any influence. AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay bags Sahitya Academy Award Eminent author Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay, better known as Shankar, is set to receivethe Sahitya Academy Award this year for his Memoirs „Eka Eka Ekasi„. Sponsored by Sahitya AcademyGovernment of India, India‟s National Academy of letters, the award comprises a plaque and a cash prize of 1 lakh.
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Kerala author V Krishna .12.2018Vadyar honoured Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award For V Krishna Vadhyar,.2018 based at Irinjalakuda, the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Best Children‟s book is recognition of his work towards promoting Konkani language. But these awards har dly make a difference to him as he continues to pursue writing, be it in Malayalam or Konkani..11.2018 Born in Alappuzha, Vadhyar, who retired as a senior superintendent from the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), has authored a handful of novels. MISCELLANEOUS Indian Navy extends technical assistance to stranded merchant vessel at sea The Indian Navy provided technical assistance to a stranded merchant vessel at sea. It was done by seven Indian crew members INS Talwar deployed in the Gulf of Oman received a broadcast call from the ship requesting for technical assistance. The cargo ship was drifting at sea since March 9 owing to failure of its propulsion, power generation and navigational systems. The naval teams worked continuously for seven hours on board MV Nayan to operationalise her key equipment such as generators, steering pump, sea water pump, compressor and main engine. Union Culture Minister Prahlad Singh inaugurated digitization of 4.5 Crore pages of Records On March 11, 2021, Union Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated Digitisation of 4 crore 50 lakh pages of Records and Exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi & the Non-Cooperation Movement. On the occasion of 131st foundation day of the National Archives of India Mr. Patel launched the process of digitisation The exhibition on „Mahatma Gandhi and the Non-Cooperation Movement‟ is based on the original documents. ISRO Launches RH-560 To Study attitudinal variations On March 12, 2021, The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched a sounding rocket (RH-560) from Andhra Pradesh‟s Sriharikota-based Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC). It is mainly for studying the attitudinal variations in the neutral winds and plasma dynamics. ISRO currently has three different versions of sounding rockets, namely RH-200, RH-300-Mk- II and RH-560-Mk-II The three different versions of sounding rockets are capable of carrying 8 to 100 kilogram of payload to an altitude varying between 80 to 475 kilometres from the ground. APPOINTMENT NEWS Kia Motors India appointed Hardeep Singh Brar as the new National Head-Sales & Marketing Kia Motors India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kia Corporation, has appointed Hardeep Singh Brar as National Head of Sales and Marketing. Brar will be responsible for enhancing Kia‟s leadership position in the Indian market and for enabling the next wave of growth, a release issued by the company stated. Brar has over two decades of experience in the automotive industry and was most recently working at Great Wall Motors as Director Marketing & Sales. Hemiandrus jacinda New insect Species named after New Zealand PM A newly discovered Hemiandrus jacinda cricket has been named after New Zealand‟s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, making it the fourth insect to be named in her honour. Steven Trewick, the scientist named and formally described the insect. ONE LINER French billionaire MP Olivier Dassault passed away Olivier Dassault, deputy of the Les Republicains (LR) conservative party and son of billionaire industrialist Serge Dassault, was killed in a helicopter crash. He was 69. Former middleweight champion Marvin Hagler Passed away On March 13, 2021, Former undisputed middleweight world champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler has Passed away. He was 66.
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World Kidney Day .12.2018is observed annually on the 2nd Thursday in March.The World Kidney Day Steering Committee has declared 2021 the year of “Living Well with Kidney Disease”. .2018 World Sleep Day is an annual event observed on March 13 organized by the World Sleep Day Committee of the World Sleep Society, formerly World Association of Sleep Medicine, since 2008. .11.2018 Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will be chairing a Conference of States and UTs Ministers on Jal Jeevan Mission and review the progress made under the Mission. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shri Prakash Javadekar will inaugurate exhibitions at six places virtually. The first Meeting of the BRICS Contact Group on Economic and Trade Issues (CGETI) was held under India‟s Chairship from 9th till 11th of this month. Indian Navy Ship (INS) Talwar, deployed in the Gulf of Oman, provided technical assistance to a stranded merchant vessel carrying seven Indian crew members. Five heads of state and heads of government from the South Asian region will participate in the ten-day-long celebrations being organised on the occasion of the centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib and 50 years of liberation of Bangladesh. In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the District Administration, Ramban has developed a mobile application named e-Suvidha, which shall bring many public delivery services and departments on the digital platform. The Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru now has India‟s first dedicated Express Cargo Terminal exclusively for export and import of international couriers. Government will soon launch „Atma Nirbhar Niveshak Mitra‟ portal for handholding and facilitation of domestic investors. Politician-writer M Veerappa Moily, poets Arundhathi Subramaniam and Anamika are among the twenty writers who will be conferred with the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020. Renowned writer Nikhileswar, and one among the six „Digambara Kavulu‟ has been chosen for the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award-2020 for his anthology of poems Agniswaasa penned in 2017. American TowerCorporation announced that Sanjay Goel has been appointed Executive Vice President and President, Asia-Pacific succeeding Amit Sharma. The Union Cabinet has approved to increase the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit to 74 percent. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has Developed an important milestone in the development of Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) System by proving the land- based prototype. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed the development of a radar for the joint earth observation satellite mission with the US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). State-owned Indian Bank will divest stake in joint venture entity ASREC (India) Ltd as part of asset monetisation exercise. On March 12, 2021, Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution launched “Mera Ration” Mobile App for those ration card holders who migrate to new places in search of livelihood. The Indian Poet, cultural theorist Ranjit Hoskote released a poetry collection titled, „Hunchprose‟. The readers‟ editor of The Hindu S. Panneerselvan authored a book titled Karunanidhi: A Life. Actor, producer, director, writer Susmita Mukherjee‟s new book of short stories „Baanjh: Incomplete Lives of Complete Women‟ released in January 2021. The National Anti-Doping Agency‟s (NADA) disciplinary panel imposed sanctions on weightlifter Madhavan R and boxer Ruchika for violation of its code. On March 12, 2021, Mithali Raj became the first Indian woman to score 10000 runs in international cricket across all formats.
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