A2Z March 2017 Current Affairs PDF www.aspirantszone.com A2Z Current Affairs PDF for upcoming exams March 2017 www.aspirantszone.com υ A2Z March 2017 Current Affairs PDF www.aspirantszone.com MOU/Agreement Countries 1 India Portugal To set up an institutional mechanism to collaborate in areas of electronic manufacturing, ITeS, start- ups, cyber security and e-governance. 2 India UAE Cooperation in the field of energy management and conservation. 3 India Indonesia Cooperation in youth and sports matters 4 India Kyrgyzstan Cooperation in the field of youth development 5 China Saudi Arabia Memorandums of Understanding(MoU) and Letters of Intent(LoI) worth about $65 billion. 6 India Bangladesh On Aids to Navigation (AtoNs) 7 India Brazil Social security agreement. This is the first SSA agreement between the BRICS Countries. 8 India Russia Two agreements for long-term support to the Su-30 MKI fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) 9 India Mauritius To execute a US $ 20 million (Rs.130 cr) social housing project in Mauritius 10 India Bavaria, Federal Set up Joint Group to Identify Areas of Co- Republic of Operation in Water Sector Germany MOU Industry/States/Others 1 Reliance General Catholic Syrian Bank Bancassurance tie-up Insurance 2 National Mission for Rotary India Rotary India will support clean Ganga Clean Ganga mission through their ‘WASH in (NMCG) Schools’ program in various schools. 3 HDFC Life ET Money For Data-Led Group Term Insurance Plan 4 Snapdeal Truecaller To enhance consumer experience by integrating Truecaller Priority in the company’s IVR and order confirmation numbers. 5 Odisha Invest India To promote start-ups in the state. 6 Telangana Assam For joint promotion of tourism places in each of their respective States 7 Tamil Nadu National Institute of To create contemporary designs. Handicrafts Fashion Technology Development (NIFT), Hyderabad Corporation Limited(Poompuhar) φ A2Z March 2017 Current Affairs PDF www.aspirantszone.com 8 Punjab Jammu and Kashmir For the completion of the Shahpur Kandi Dam project 9 Google India Telangana government To support the digitisation efforts of the state. 10 Bharti Airtel Millicom International To combine their operations in Cellular SA (Millicom) Ghana. 11 Reliance Jio Cisco To expand Jio’s existing multi-terabit capacity with the first All-IP converged network in India. 12 Bharti Airtel Nokia For 5G and IoT applications 13 India United Nations Entity of To provide technical support to the Gender Equality and the Ministry of Panchayati Raj in Empowerment of Women strengthening capacities of (UN-Women). governance institutions including Panchayati Raj Institutions(PRIs) to better leverage opportunities created for gender equality through legislation, policies and programmes. 14 Fiji Airways Jet Airways To offers convenience and seamless connectivity to guests travelling on both carriers. 15 IFMR Capital Sumitomo Mitsui To facilitate priority sector Banking Corporation of investments in India. Japan 16 State Bank of India German KfW $274 million (approximately Rs. Development Bank 1,800 crore) 15-year promotions loan facility to support lending for affordable housing in India. 17 Karnataka Samsung India To help the state efficiently manage Government its public healthcare facilities. Samsung Tab IRIS, the first commercial tablet to be approved by UIDAI for Aadhaar and KYC verification, would enable Public Health Centers (PHC) in the state to build their database in a digital format. 18 German Energy Efficiency Loan agreement for €200 million Development Bank Services Limited (EESL) with a four year moratorium and a 12- (KfW) year repayment period. 19 Karnataka Bank Bajaj Allianz General General Insurance business Insurance Company 20 Indian Railways United Nations Signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to Environment formalise joint cooperation in the Programme(UNEP) area of environmental conservation in Indian Railways. χ A2Z March 2017 Current Affairs PDF www.aspirantszone.com 21 Sashastra Seema Bal National Skill For Skill training. (SSB) Development Corporation (NSDC) and National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) 22 Chennai Port Trust Government of For handling EXIM cargo Puducherry 23 State Bank of India Confederation of Real To work towards development of the Estate Developers’ real estate sector. Associations of India (CREDAI) 24 Bandhan Bank Avenues India Pvt Ltd To provide the merchants with access to the point of sale (POS) and the payment gateway products 25 Himachal Pradesh HDFC bank For introducing digital transaction in government public transport like luxury buses and ration depots. 26 Snapdeal Japan External Trade Exclusive partnership to showcase Organization (JETRO) products from popular SME brands from Japan on Snapdeal. 27 Institute of Railway Indian Railways To support future research and Technology (IRT) technology development related to critical infrastructure in India. 28 ICRISAT ICAR To work together for crop improvement and agronomy programmes for grain legumes and dryland cereals. 29 Reserve Bank of Central Bank of Nigeria Supervisory Cooperation and India Exchange of Supervisory Information 30 CoinTribe SMERA Ratings To simplify MSME loan facilitation 31 State government of State Bank of India(SBI) To provide housing loan and Assam education loan for its employees 32 Indian Computer US Homeland Security On cooperation in the field of Cyber Emergency Response Department Security Team (CERT-ln) 33 Andhra Pradesh Singapore-based Fintech For establishment of a fintech government major Lattice 80 incubation centre. 34 Oxigen Services Department of Tourism, For becoming the preferred partner Arunachal Pradesh for providing digital payment solution to the residents and tourists visiting the state. 35 Repco Home National Housing Bank For Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme for Finance Ltd (RHFL) Middle Income Groups 36 Vijaya Bank Piaggio Vehicles For providing financial support for the purchase of vehicles under Small ψ A2Z March 2017 Current Affairs PDF www.aspirantszone.com Road Transport Operators (SRTO) scheme in Bengaluru. 37 Pawan Hans Hindustan Aeronautics To train helicopter pilots. Limited (HAL) 38 Indian Oil Nepal Oil Corporation To Renews Fuel Supply Pact for Five Corporation (IOC) (NOC) Years. IOC to supply Nepal 1 mn tonnes fuel for 5 years 39 Odisha State Bank of India To provide banking services through Self Help Groups (SHGs). 40 Bharat Dynamics Ltd Larsen & Toubro (L&T) For export of torpedoes (BDL 41 Indian Institute of Indian Army To identify the critical technological Technology, Madras areas that can be enhanced in the armed forces. 42 Truecaller Google For integration of Google Duo into the Truecaller app, allowing users to make video calls directly through it. 43 Truecaller ICICI Bank To Launch UPI-based ‘Truecaller Pay’ 44 Truecaller Airtel To bring Truecaller app to feature phones in India. 45 Tata AIA Life Tata Teleservices Limited To launch m-Insurance for the Insurance (TTSL) prepaid customers of the Telecom Company. The pilot launch has been made in Andhra Pradesh and Telengana The m-Insurance is a term life plan with two options for the sum assured- Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 1 Lakh. 46 FSSAI Coca Cola To train 50,000 street food vendors under FSSAI’s project named ‘Clean Street Food’ 47 Axis Bank Wells Fargo To offer real time remittances from the Indian diaspora to their relatives back home. 48 National Payments Reliance Retail To launch its digital payments Corporation of India solutions such as UPI and BHIM (NPCI) across all retail stores in Mumbai. 49 Ericsson IIT Delhi To launch ‘5G for India’ program 50 Karnataka Bank SBI Card Launch of co-branded credit card – ‘Karnataka Bank Platinum SBI Card’ and ‘Karnataka Bank SimplySAVE SBI Card’. ω A2Z March 2017 Current Affairs PDF www.aspirantszone.com Appointments and Resignations S.No Name Post Institution 1 Nand Kumar Sai Chairman National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) 2 Gopal Baglay Spokesperson Ministry of External Affairs 3 Sudeep Lakhtakia Director General Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) 4 Amjad Hussain B Sial Secretary General SAARC 5 Vanaja N. Sarna Chairman Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) 6 JS Deepak India’s Ambassador to World Trade Organization 7 Kripa Shankar Bishnoi International match referee by United World Wrestling (UWW) 8 Amina Mohammed Deputy Secretary- United Nations (Nigeria) General T Jacob Secretary Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) 9 P K Purwar CMD Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) 10 D. Bala Venkatesh Varma Ambassador of India Andorra to 11 William B Thomas Global Chairman KPMG International 12 Sachin Tendulkar Ambassador of Women’s Cricket World Cup 2017 13 B P Kanungo deputy governor Reserve Bank of India (RBI) 14 Narendra Kumar Chairman Central Water Commission (CWC) 15 Mark Tucker Chairman HSBC Holdings Plc. 16 Amitabh Bachchan Brand Ambassador OnePlus India 17 Babul Supriyo Vice-President FIFA U-17 World Cup 18 Mallikarjun Kharge Chairman Public’s Account Committee (PAC) of Parliament. [Will take charge from 1 May 2017. Present Chairman- K.V. Thomas] 19 Manhar Valji Bhai Zala Chairperson National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) 20 Shahid Afridi ambassador fifth edition of ODI blind cricket world cup. [To be held in Pakistan and UAE] 21 Dilip K Saha President All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC) 22 Jason Kothari CEO FreeCharge 23 P.V. Sindhu brand ambassador Gatorade ϊ A2Z March 2017 Current Affairs PDF www.aspirantszone.com 24 Ankur Khanna Chief Financial International Cricket Officer Council(ICC) 25 Vanita Gupta President The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights 26 David Beasley Executive Director World Food Programme (WFP) by UN. 27 AB de Villiers Brand Ambassador Montblanc International 28 Sunaina Singh Vice Chancellor Nalanda University 29 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Assumes Additional Charge of Defence Ministry 30 Jwala Gutta and BV Papa Rao appointed in Sports Authority of India (SAI) governing body member 31 Sun Pharma’s Dilip Shanghvi appointed as member on RBI’s western board 32 Soumya Swaminathan director of Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) has been inducted to the ad hoc Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance.