March 2018 GK Digest March 2018 www.BankExamsToday.com Ramandeep Singh 4/4/2018 GK Digest March 2018 Contents World's Largest Solar Park Inaugurated in Karnataka .................................................................................................................... 4 Anti Tank Guided Missiles Nag Successfully Tested ........................................................................................................................ 4 India's First Mega Food Park Inaugurated in Maharashtra ............................................................................................................ 5 Paschim Lehar: Tri-service Maritime Exercise Concludes ................................................................................................................ 6 Establishment of National Financial Reporting Authority Approved .............................................................................................. 6 India-Seychelles Exercise Lamitye 2018 .......................................................................................................................................... 7 CCEA Approves to Continue Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme ..................................................................... 7 Govt Ropes in IIFT, ICAI for Improving 'Doing Business' Ranking. ................................................................................................... 9 India’s first Aviation Multi Skill Development Centre launched in Chandigarh ............................................................................. 10 Trafficking of Persons Bill, 2018 Approved by Cabinet .................................................................................................................. 10 CCEA Doubles Bank Guarantee Limit for Pulses and Oilseeds for NAFED ..................................................................................... 12 Cabinet approves Action Plan for Champion Sectors in Services .................................................................................................. 12 Cabinet approves Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018 ............................................................................................................ 13 Government Approves Rs 2,919 Crore to Nirbhaya Fund ............................................................................................................. 15 90th Oscar Awards 2018- Winners List ......................................................................................................................................... 16 India, Russia, Bangladesh Sign Pact for Rooppur Atomic Plant .................................................................................................... 18 Navjot Kaur Becomes First Indian Woman to Win Gold at Asian Championships ........................................................................ 19 Military Strength Ranking 2017: India Ranks 4th ......................................................................................................................... 19 Subhash Chandra Garg Committee Constituted to Regulate Fintech Sector ................................................................................ 20 Animal Welfare Board of India Shifted Headquarters From Chennai to Haryana ........................................................................ 22 India's first heli taxi launched in Bengaluru .................................................................................................................................. 22 Swachh Shakti 2018 Campaign Organised in Lucknow ................................................................................................................. 23 Balkrishna Doshi Wins The Prestigious Pritzker Prize ................................................................................................................... 23 Centre Approves Rs. 1151.80 Crore Fund For Crop Residue Management ................................................................................... 24 Dearness Allowance For Government Employees Hiked to 7% ..................................................................................................... 25 Cabinet Approves Relief Measures For Stressed Telecom Sector .................................................................................................. 26 Sukhad Yatra App And Emergency Number Launched For Highway Users ................................................................................... 27 European Development Bank Approves India’s Membership ....................................................................................................... 28 Nari Shakti Puraskar 2017- List of Awardees ................................................................................................................................ 29 India’s First Coastal Policing Academy Set up in Gujarat .............................................................................................................. 34 India wins 'Best Exhibitor Award' at ITB in Berlin ......................................................................................................................... 35 First Indo-French Knowledge Summit held in New Delhi .............................................................................................................. 35 First meeting of Executive Committee under POSHAN ................................................................................................................. 36 ICMR wins 2017 Kochon Prize for TB Research ............................................................................................................................. 37 www.BankExamsToday.com Page 1 GK Digest March 2018 Justice Khanwilkar To Head Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal ................................................................................................. 38 President Kovind Inaugurates World Hindi Secretariat building in Mauritius .............................................................................. 38 Bidya Devi Bhandari, Nepal’s 1st Female President, Wins Aecond Term ...................................................................................... 40 Government Forms Committee to Probe Illegal Cultivation of HT Cotton .................................................................................... 40 End of TB Summit Held in New Delhi............................................................................................................................................. 41 India-UK Joint Team wins Newton-Bhabha Fund .......................................................................................................................... 42 MILES-18: Naval Exercise Held in Andaman .................................................................................................................................. 43 Samvedna 2018: IAF’s First Multilateral HADR Air Exercise in South Asia .................................................................................... 44 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India inks MoU with RBI ...................................................................................................... 44 LaQshya Program Launched to Improve Quality of Maternity Care ............................................................................................. 45 World Happiness Index 2018: India ranks 133 .............................................................................................................................. 46 Pune Tops in Urban Governance: ASICS 2017 Report ................................................................................................................... 47 Jaipur to Host 8th Theatre Olympics ............................................................................................................................................. 49 Odisha to Collaborate with RIMES for Disaster Management ...................................................................................................... 50 Krishi Unnati Mela Begins in Delhi ................................................................................................................................................ 50 Celebration of 6th Foundation Day of BIRAC ................................................................................................................................ 51 NITI Aayog, Piramal Foundation Ink Agreement ........................................................................................................................... 52 Cabinet Approves North-East Industrial Development Scheme (NEIDS) 2017 .............................................................................. 53 Cabinet Approves Amendments in Surrogacy Bill, 2016 ............................................................................................................... 54 Cabinet Approves Opening of18 Missions in Africa ...................................................................................................................... 56 Parivara and Talawara: Cabinet Approves Inclusion of Communities ST List ............................................................................... 56 World Water Day: 22 March 2018 ................................................................................................................................................ 57 MCX Launches World’s First Brass Futures Contracts ..................................................................................................................