Yak March 2018 Electrical Flow Affairs Of Import Highlights (One-Liners)

Friends, hither are the Major Current Affairs Highlights of March 2018. These one-liners encompass all of import International, National, MOUs, Indexes, Banking, Technology, Books & Authors, Committees too Sports affairs of Oct calendar month (from 1st to 31st March 2018). We will  provide the pdf version soon, but nosotros advise you lot to write these on your ain thus that you lot wont forget them again. All the Best too Happy Reading :)

March 2018 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners) 

• 3rd March 2018 was observed equally World Wildlife Day amongst the subject 'Big Cats'.
• 15th March 2018 was observed equally the World Consumer Rights Day amongst subject ‘Making digital marketplaces fairer’.
  
• 17 twelvemonth old Gora Ho from the tribal belt of Jharkhand has won the squad recurve lawsuit Gold at Asia Cup Archery Stage 1. 
• 17th IAAF World Indoor Championships were late held inwards Birmingham (United Kingdom). USA topped the medal tally amongst xviii medals (6 Gold, 10 Silver too 2 Bronze).
• 18-year-old Indian shooter Elavenil Valarivan laid a qualification world tape before claiming a Gold medal inwards the 10-metre air rifle women junior lawsuit at the ISSF Junior Shooting World Cup inwards Australia.
• 1st March 2018 was observed equally Zero Discrimination Day amongst the subject “What if …”.
• 20th March 2018 was observed equally the 'International Day of Happiness' amongst the subject "Share Happiness - focusing on the importance of relationships, kindness too helping each other".
• 20th March 2018 was observed equally World Sparrow Day amongst the theme  "I LOVE Sparrows".
• 21st March 2018 was observed equally 'International Day of Forests' amongst the subject "Forests too Sustainable Cities".
• 11 Pacific Rim countries take maintain formally entered into Comprehensive too Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (also known equally CP TPP or TPP11) inwards Santiago, Chile. It volition live world’s 3rd largest merchandise bloc after European Union (EU) too North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
• 22nd March 2018 was observed equally World Water Day amongst the subject 'Nature for Water'.
• 22nd World Information Technology Congress (WITC) 2018 was late held at Hyderabad (Telangana). Theme of WITC 2018 : Future Enterprises.
• 23rd March 2018 was observed equally World Meteorological Day amongst the subject "Weather-Ready, Climate-Smart".
• 24th March 2018 was observed equally World Tuberculosis (TB) Day amongst the subject “Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world”.
• 25th March 2018 was observed equally "International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery too Transatlantic Slave Trade" amongst the theme  “Remember Slavery: Triumphs too Struggles for Freedom too Equality”.
• 2nd Th of March (8th March) was observed equally World Kidney Day amongst the subject “Kidneys & Women’s Health. Include, Value, Empower”.
• 3-day annual Krishi Unnati Mela held at New Delhi amongst a focus on doubling the farmers' income.
• 4th March 2018 was observed equally the National Safety Day amongst the subject "Reinforce Positive Behavior at the Workplace to Achieve Safety too Health Goals".
• 56-year-old Mangala Mani has larn ISRO's get-go adult woman scientist to pass 403 days inwards Antarctica. 
• 5th World Ocean Summit 2018 was late held at Riviera Maya, Mexico. Focus : Global struggle against plastic pollution.
• 6th Annual Garuda Shakti exercise betwixt the Special Forces of the Indian Army too the Indonesian Army was late held at Bandung.
• 8th March 2018 was observed equally the International Women’s Day amongst the subject #PressforProgress.
• A study yesteryear the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has revealed that Republic of Republic of India was the largest weapons importer inwards the world over the lastly v years, accounting for 12% of the total global imports. Russian Federation was India's largest supplier, accounting for 62% of the imports.
• Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan became the Youngest Cricketer at xix years, 165 days to captain a national side after leading the squad equally interim captain against Scotland.
• After 56 years, the Government has shifted headquarters of Animal Welfare Board of Republic of Republic of India (AWBI) to Ballabhgarh inwards Faridabad District of Haryana from Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
• Amid a shortage of banknotes inwards the country, Venezuelan urban marrow of Elorza has begun issuing its ain currency. The currency, which is available inwards 2 denominations, features the confront of local independence leader José Andrés Elorza.
• Arunachal Pradesh Assembly has passed Arunachal Pradesh Land Settlement too Records Amendment Bill, 2018. This neb volition allow the state's tribal people to take maintain ownership rights over their reason for the get-go time.
• Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government  presented its 1st “green budget” inwards the assembly, amongst an emphasis on education, health too environment. Out of the total Rs 53,000 cr budget, Rs 13,999 crore has been allocated for instruction sector inwards the state.
• As constituent of the 1st leg of his 2 state see (Mauritius too Madagascar) President Ram Nath Kovind visited Mauritius. During this visit, Kovind inaugurated World Hindi Secretariat edifice inwards Port Louis, Mauritius.
• Australia has abolished the subclass 457 visa category used yesteryear skilled overseas workers, specially Indians, to promote job of locals. The programme allowed companies to employ skilled workers for upwards to iv years.
• Bank of Republic of Republic of India announced it has been allowed to terminate/close its Yangon instance business office amongst resultant from Jan 19, 2018 yesteryear Myanmar’s Ministry of Planning too Finance, Directorate of Investment too Company Administration. Following BoI’s move, in that location are at nowadays solely 2 Indian financial entities -- United Bank of Republic of Republic of India too Export-Import Bank of Republic of Republic of India – amongst instance offices inwards Yangon.
• Bengaluru  observed the 2nd edition of Less Traffic Day on 11th Apr 2018.
• Bolivia's President Evo Morales unfurled 200 km long too 3 metre broad National flag. This flag is claimed to live world’s biggest flag.
• China has announced that it had already met its 2020 carbon dioxide emissions reduction target inwards 2017.
• China has announced that it volition pass $175 billion on Defence this year. This is nearly 4 times equally compared to India's $45-billion defence strength budget.
• China has topped the Hurun Global Rich List 2018 amongst 819 billionaires, beating the USA which had 571 billionaires. Jeff Bezos of Amazon stood at get-go identify amongst $123 billion.
• China voted to amend its Constitution to take a provision that bans to a greater extent than than 2 consecutive presidential terms. This displace allows electrical flow President of PRC Xi Jinping to serve indefinitely.
• Chinese President Xi Jinping became the country's get-go leader to choose oath on the Constitution after he was unanimously re-elected to serve indefinitely. 
• Citi Bank Republic of Republic of India has launched India's get-go domicile loan linked to the 3-month Government of Republic of Republic of India Treasury Bill benchmark rate.
• Cricketer Gautam Gambhir, who led Kolkata Knight Riders to 2 Indian Premier League titles, has been appointed equally Captain of Delhi Daredevils ahead of 2018 season.
• Cybersecurity agencies take maintain detected a novel malware called Saposhi, which tin choose over electronic devices too usage them for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
• Delhi Metro's Pink line running on the Majlis Park-Durgabhai Deshmukh subdivision was opened to world .
• Department of Posts nether Ministry of Communications has launched Cool European Monetary System Service betwixt Republic of Republic of India too Japan. It is one-way service from Nippon to Republic of Republic of India which allows customers inwards Republic of Republic of India to import Japanese nutrient items for personal usage which is allowed nether Indian regulations.
• Diu has larn the 1st too solely Union Territory inwards the province to live fully run on solar energy.
• E-commerce major Amazon has launched its 1st-ever debit carte du jour called 'Amazon Rechargeable' inwards Mexico.
• Elon Musk-led SpaceX  successfully launched its Falcon nine rocket for the 50th time, carrying the 6,000 kg Hispasat satellite, the largest geostationary satellite the companionship has e'er flown.
• Ferrari’s High German driver Sebastian Vettel won the F1 season’s opening Grand Prix too overall his 3rd Australian Grand Prix championship inwards Melbourne.
• Football's world governing trunk FIFA announced that it was lifting the three-decade-long ban on Republic of Iraq to allow the province to host international matches. 
• Former Republic of Republic of India captain Sunil Gavaskar has been named equally the Commissioner of the T20 Bombay League, which volition choose identify at Wankhede Stadium from 11th to 21st March 2018.
• Former world number 2 lawn tennis actor Tommy Haas officially announced his retirement from tennis. He finished his career amongst 569 wins.
• Formidable Supersonic Cruise Missile BrahMos successfully flying tested from Pokhran exam attain inwards Rajasthan.
• France's President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the province is going to create schoolhouse instruction compulsory from the historic menstruation of 3 instead of six.
• French President Emmanuel Macron was on a 4-day Republic of Republic of India visit. Aim of this Visit : To boost bilateral cooperation inwards defence strength too create clean unloose energy sector.
• GE Aviation's GE9X, world's largest jet engine, has completed its get-go exam flying inwards the US.
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected a plea demanding the country's national anthem 'Song of Germany' to live made gender-neutral. The plea proposed replacing "fatherland" too "brotherly" inwards the anthem amongst "homeland" too "courageously" respectively.
• German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is on a 3 twenty-four hours see to India. Aim of this Visit : To strengthen bilateral ties. 
• Google has announced that users inwards the US volition at nowadays live able to send or enquire for money yesteryear using its vocalism Assistant  via Googles Payments App. 
• Gurugram-based hotel aggregator Oyo has launched its ain cryptocurrency called 'Oyo Smart Coin'.
• Haryana has larn the 3rd Indian province to transcend a neb awarding transcend away penalty to those convicted of raping girls aged upwards to 12 years. Madhya Pradesh is the 1st province too Rajasthan is the 2nd.
• Hong Kong is going to pay 2.8 1000000 citizens a cash handout of upwards to HK$4,000 (over ₹33,000) amid reports of a ₹1-lakh crore surplus inwards its annual budget.
• Hong Kong's richest human Li Ka-shing announced his retirement equally the Chairman of conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings too belongings giant CK Asset Holdings.
• ICICI Securities, the brokerage too merchant banking arm of individual sector lender ICICI Bank, hitting the IPO marketplace on 22nd March 2018.
• In a completely online too paperless manner, the ICICI Bank has launched instant overdraft ‘InstaOD’ facility for MSME (Micro, Small too Medium Enterprises) customers.
• In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court  gave legal sanction to Passive Euthanasia, permitting 'living will' yesteryear patients on withdrawing medical back upwards if they sideslip into irreversible coma.
• In an endeavour aimed at rebuilding the economy, Hellenic Republic established the country's get-go infinite way titled the Hellenic Space Organisation.
• In the novel contract system, which was late announced, the Board of Control for Cricket inwards Republic of Republic of India (BCCI) has hiked the pay of Grade A+ cricketers from ₹2 crore to ₹7 crore.
• India too Hong Kong  signed a double taxation avoidance understanding (DTAA) that seeks to ameliorate transparency inwards taxation matters too assist curb taxation evasion too avoidance.
• India B won 45th edition of the Deodhar Trophy 2018 yesteryear defeating Karnataka inwards terminal jibe yesteryear 6 wickets at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium inwards Dharamsala.
• India defeated People's Republic of Bangladesh yesteryear iv wickets inwards the terminal of the T20I tri-series inwards Colombo to register their quaternary consecutive T20I serial victory. 
• India defeated Islamic Republic of Pakistan inwards the initiatory IBSF Snooker Team World Cup inwards Doha.
• India for get-go fourth dimension has started procedure of importing Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) from United States.
• India signed understanding amongst United Nations to build homes 50000 Houses for Nepal's Apr 2015 earthquake victims.
• India won Hero Nidhaas Cricket Tri Series tournament held inwards Sri Lanka yesteryear defeating Bangladesh.
• India, People's Republic of Bangladesh too Russian Federation take maintain signed tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation inwards construction of Rooppur nuclear ability flora close Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• India’s 1st Insect museum amongst state-of-the-art amenities was unveiled at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University campus inwards Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
• India’s 1st National Coastal Policing Academy, National Academy of Coastal Policing (NACP) to prepare constabulary forces inwards effectively safeguarding country’s shoreline volition start functioning from Apr 2018.
• India’s largest lender State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) too Republic of Republic of India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation (IMGC) take maintain signed an understanding to offering mortgage guarantee scheme for prospective non-salaried too self-employed domicile loan customers.
• India’s longest elevated route Hindon Elevated Road, was inaugurated inwards Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh yesteryear Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
• Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan has been appointed equally the Coach-cum-mentor of Jammu too Kashmir senior province side for the 2018-2019 domestic season. 
• Indian regular army released a volume on Paramveer Chakra Awardees titled ‘Paramveer Parwane’. Written yesteryear Dr. Prabhakiran Jain , the volume illustrates the bravery of Paramveer Chakra Awardees from 1947 to 1965.
• Indian billiards actor Pankaj Advani vanquish his preparation partner B Bhaskar 6-1 inwards the Asian Billiards Championships' terminal to larn the reigning Indian, Asian too world champion inwards billiards for 2017-18.
• Indian e-payments too e-commerce create Paytm has emerged equally the largest contributor to the overall volume of UPI transactions inwards Feb 2018.
• Indian authorities has inked $120 1000000 loan understanding amongst Asian Development Bank (ADB) for completion of projects to ameliorate Rail Infrastructure along high-density corridors too operational efficiency of Indian railways.
• Indian Navy’s indigenously built warship INS Ganga (F22) was decommissioned inwards Mumbai, Maharashtra after over 3 decades of service.
• Indian para-athlete Deepa Malik won a Gold medal inwards the F-53/54 category javelin lawsuit at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix inwards Dubai.
• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has entered into Technology Transfer Agreement (TTA) amongst Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) to transfer applied scientific discipline for manufacturing infinite degree Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) cells.
• Indian Super League football game monastic say owned yesteryear MS Dhoni too Abhishek Bachchan Chennaiyin FC won the Indian Super League for the instant fourth dimension after defeating Bengaluru FC inwards the finals.
• Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat won a silvery medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships inwards Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
• Indian yogi too mystic Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev released a volume titled ‘Fulfilling Bapu’s Dreams – Prime Minister Modi’s Tribute to Gandhiji’ at a constituent held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Author of the Book : Dr Bindeshwar Pathak (Noted sanitation activist)
• India's 15-year-old shooter Anish Bhanwala won a Gold medal at the ISSF Junior World Cup inwards the 25m rapid burn downwards pistol event.
• India's 16-year-old shooter Manu Bhaker won a Gold medal inwards the women's 10m Air Pistol lawsuit at the ISSF World Cup.
• India's 22-year-old shooter Akhil Sheoran won Gold medal the ISSF Shooting World Cup inwards Guadalajara, Mexico.
• India's 3rd largest Private sector lender, Axis Bank has opened a instance business office inwards Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This business office is the 3rd such Axis Bank business office inwards the UAE after Dubai too Abu Dhabi too volition engage primarily inwards promoting the Bank's retail products too services to non-resident Indians (NRIs).
• India's get-go helicopter taxi service was launched inwards Bengaluru.
• India's largest lender State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) has increased Marginal Cost-based Lending Rates (MCLR) across most maturities, making home, education, too auto loans to a greater extent than expensive. The banking concern raised the key one-year MCLR charge per unit of measurement to 8.15% from 7.95%, effective immediately.
• India's largest lender State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) slashed charges for non-maintenance of Average Monthly Balance (AMB) for customers inwards Metro too Urban centres from a maximum of ₹50 per calendar month to ₹15 per month. Similarly, for Semi-Urban too Rural centres, the charges take maintain been reduced from ₹40 to ₹12 too ₹10 respectively.
• India's Rio Olympics silvery medalist shuttler PV Sindhu is laid to live the Indian contingent's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games inwards Australia.
• India's tallest National Flag was unfurled inwards Karnataka's Belgaum inwards the presence of several schoolchildren too political leaders. The 9,600-square-foot-wide flag on an over 110-metre-tall post service is said to live a human foot taller than the 1 installed along Attari border.
• Investment banking concern Goldman Sachs has downgraded its forecast for the Indian economic scheme inwards the wake of the alleged $2-billion PNB fraud. It lowered its existent gross domestic product forecast on Republic of Republic of India for 2018-19 to 7.6% from 8% earlier.
• Iran has supported Islamic Republic of Pakistan over the Kashmir number yesteryear reiterating its back upwards "for the people of Kashmir for their correct to self-determination".
• Iraq has overtaken Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to larn India’s top unsmooth stone oil supplier yesteryear supplying 38.9 1000000 tonnes (MT) unsmooth stone oil inwards the electrical flow financial year.
• Karnataka Bank has informed the Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) nigh a fraud amounting to ₹86.47 crore related to extension of fund-based working uppercase facilities to fraud-accused jeweller Mehul Choksi's Gitanjali Gems.
• Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) has launched ‘Vikas She Plus’, a loan scheme for women to choose upwards novel ventures or for expanding/modifying the existing enterprises. Chairman of KVGB : S Ravindran.
• Kerala authorities has launched an app titled 'mKeralam'. This app offers around 100 authorities services through a unified interface.
• Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jayant Kumar Malaiya presented the province budget worth over ₹2 lakh crore amongst focus on agriculture, health, education, too employment. The budget allocated ₹37,000 crore for the agriculture sector.
• Madhya Pradesh has been awarded the Geographical Indication (GI) tag for Kadaknath chicken, a black-coloured diverseness bred inwards the state's Jhabua district. 
• Marshall Islands inwards Pacific Ocean is laid to larn 1st province inwards world to recognize Cryptocurrency equally its legal tender too adopt transparent crypto monetary system.
• Meeting for the get-go fourth dimension nether Chairman Jerome Powell, the US Federal Reserve officials raised the involvement charge per unit of measurement yesteryear 25 bps to a attain of 1.5% to 1.75%.
• Navjot Kaur became the 1st Indian adult woman wrestler to win a gilded inwards the Senior Asian Championships after winning inwards the 65 kg freestyle category event.
• NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) has signed Statement of Intent (SOI) amongst High German tech companionship SAP to promote civilization of project design too entrepreneurship across 100 Atal Tinkering Labs across India.
• North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was on a see to China. This is  his get-go known see abroad since assuming ability inwards 2011.
• Odisha Government has launched ‘Ama Gaon, Ama Vikas’ (Our Village, our development) programme to achieve out to people inwards rural areas too involve themselves inwards developmental activities.
• Oklahoma is going to larn the 1st US province to usage Nitrogen gas for executions.
• On the International Women's Day, the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced the 'Mukhyamantri Mahila Kosh' scheme aimed at providing pension to single women aged over l years.
• On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2018, the Union Ministry of Health too Family Welfare has launched a Menstrual Hygiene Campaign titled #YesIBleed.
• On the occasion of International Women's Day, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Nutrition Mission (NNM), too expansion of the coverage of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme, at Jhunjhunu inwards Rajasthan.
• Overtaking Bank of Baroda too Punjab National Bank, individual sector lender Bandhan Bank has larn India's eighth most valued banking concern amongst a marketplace capitalisation of over ₹56,000 crore. Note : HDFC Bank is India's most valued banking concern amongst a marketplace value of ₹4.9 lakh crore.
• Pakistan has successfully test-fired its indigenously designed too built nuclear-capable, submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM) Babur III.
• Passport details volition live made mandatory for availing loans worth to a greater extent than than ₹50 crore from state-owned banks, the authorities has announced .
• Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte formally informed the United Nations of the country's determination to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
• PM Narendra Modi is going to see neighboring countries Kingdom of Bhutan too People's Republic of Bangladesh during the coming months aiming to exhibit his government's back upwards to both Thimpu too Dhaka equally both fix for full general elections this year.
• President of the USA Donald Trump issued a announcement designating Apr 2018 equally 'National Sexual Assault Awareness too Prevention Month'.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi too French President Emmanuel Macron co-chaired the 1st Founding Conference of International Solar Alliance (ISA) inwards New Delhi’s Rashtrapati Bhavan. Note : The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is the get-go treaty-based intergovernmental organisation to live based inwards India.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 105th Indian Science Congress (ISC) at Manipur Central University inwards Imphal. Focal subject of ISC 2018 : “Reaching the Unreached Through Science & Technology”.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Delhi End-TB Summit at New Delhi.
• Private sector lender DCB Bank has launched a remittance service to facilitate customers send money online globally. Under DCB Remit, whatever resident Indian tin register online too transfer funds across 20 countries, including the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, the UAE too Germany.
• Private sector lender HDFC Bank  barred the usage of its credit, debit too prepaid cards to purchase or merchandise inwards cryptocurrencies similar Bitcoin. Earlier, Citibank Republic of Republic of India also banned the usage of its cards for buying cryptocurrencies.
• Private sector lender Yes Bank has launched a robotics based ‘Digital export Import’ payments solution equally a constituent of its Yes Transact Smart Trade production suite.
• Punjabi popular vocalizer Daler Mehndi was jailed for 2 years yesteryear a Patiala courtroom inwards a 2003 human trafficking case.
• Rajasthan's Jaipur Wax Museum is going to innovate a Robot guide to welcome visitors too give them information similar a 'well-trained guide'.
• Russia successfully launched high-precision aeroballistic Kinzhal hypersonic missile from a MiG-31 supersonic interceptor jet.
• Russian cybersecurity theater Kaspersky Lab's researchers take maintain discovered a malware titled 'Slingshot' which spies on users' PCs via routers.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that the province would live launching an unmanned mission to Mars inwards 2019. 
• Russia's Olympic membership has been restored yesteryear the International Olympic Committee (IOC) next its intermission from Pyeongchang 2018.
• Saudi Arabia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) amongst SoftBank Group Corp. for a $200 billion solar ability projection inwards the kingdom. This volition live the world's biggest solar ability generation company.
• Scientists take maintain discovered novel organ inwards human trunk too take maintain named it equally ‘interstitium’.
• Singapore has been named equally the world's most expensive urban marrow for the 5th fourth dimension inwards a row inwards the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2018 Cost of Living Index. Damascus has been listed equally the world's cheapest urban marrow inwards the list.
• Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) paid tribute to erstwhile BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya amongst a volume titled, 'A Tribute to Jagu'.
• Surat (Gujarat) has larn the 1st Indian district to take maintain 100% solar-powered Primary Health Centres (PHCs). 
• Swiggy, India’s largest nutrient ordering too delivery platform has partnered amongst ICICI Bank, the country's largest individual sector banking concern yesteryear consolidated assets, to gyre out 2 innovative digital solutions to facilitate a convenient too hassle-free way for its delivery partners to transfer funds to Swiggy. It includes a Unified Payment Interface (UPI) based solution for instant fund transfers on-the-go too an alternative for facilitating cash deposits at automated Cash Deposit Machines (CDM) available at ICICI Bank branches too ATM locations across the country.
• Telangana finance government minister Etela Rajender presented the province budget 2018-19 of Rs 1,74,453 crore.
• The 11th coming together of the China-India joint-group on Economic Relations, Trade, Science & Technology was held inwards New Delhi.
• The 1st e'er Indo-French Knowledge Summit successfully  concluded amongst a landmark understanding on mutual recognition of educational qualifications betwixt the 2 countries too a tape xv other MoUs betwixt universities too query institutions on articulation initiatives too partnerships. The two-day summit was held inwards New Delhi too coincided amongst the province see of French President Emmanuel Macron to India.
• The 1st Indian Sign Language (ISL) Dictionary comprising of 3000 words has been launched yesteryear Social Justice too Empowerment Minister Thawarchand Gehlot inwards New Delhi.
• The 1st National Conclave on Psychological Trauma, Child Protection, too Mental Illnesses was late held inwards New Delhi. Aim of this Conclave : To provide comprehensive synthesis of research, service provision too clinical practise inwards addressing psychological trauma too subsequent mental illnesses inwards Indian children too adolescents
• The 1st Regional Conference on Mass Rapid Transport Systems for Urban Areas – Opportunities too Challenges was late held at Kolkata.
• The 1st-ever International Print Biennale, an International Exhibition of Graphic Prints was held inwards New Delhi. This exhibition was organised yesteryear Lalit Kala Akademi.
• The 1st-ever National Conference on Drug Law Enforcement was held inwards New Delhi. The 2-day conference was jointly organized yesteryear Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) too Ministry of Home Affairs.
• The 44 African countries from total 55 members of African Union (AU) take maintain signed understanding to create African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), 1 of the world’s largest costless merchandise blocs. The understanding was signed at a summit held inwards Kigali, Rwanda.
• The 50th anniversary of English linguistic communication stone band The Beatles' see to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ashram was celebrated inwards Uttarakhand's Rishikesh.
• The ninth India-Japan Strategic Dialogue took identify at Tokyo. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj co-chaired the strategic dialogue amongst her Japanese counterpart Taro Kono too reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral ties.
• The African state of Sierra Leone has larn the world's get-go province to usage blockchain applied scientific discipline inwards elections.
• The Airport Authority of Republic of Republic of India (AAI) has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) amongst Assam authorities for sustainable evolution of human settlements at villages inwards Kamrup district.
• The Allahabad Bank received approving from Ministry of Corporate Affairs for amalgamation of its fully-owned subsidiary All Bank Finance Ltd. (ABFL) amongst itself. The All Bank Finance offers fee-based services similar debenture trusteeship, distribution of mutual fund schemes, investment advisory too portfolio management too safety valuation.
• The Andaman Nicobar naval ascendence has organized a multi-national mega lawsuit titled “Milan 2018” at Port Blair. Theme of MILAN 2018 : ‘Friendship Across the Seas’.
• The Assam authorities has extended the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 yesteryear 6 to a greater extent than months inwards the state. AFSPA gives special rights to safety forces to send out operations inwards "disturbed areas."
• The Board of Control for Cricket inwards Republic of Republic of India (BCCI) has appointed ex-Director General of Police (Rajasthan), Ajit Singh, equally the caput of its Anti-Corruption Unit ahead of the Indian Premier League 2018.
• The Cabinet approved a hike inwards Dearness Allowance to cardinal authorities employees too Dearness Relief to pensioners from 5% to 7%, amongst resultant from Jan 1, 2018. This hike is expected to make goodness 48.41 lakh cardinal authorities employees too 61.17 lakh pensioners.
• The cabinet approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked betwixt Republic of Republic of India too Sri Lanka for promoting cooperation inwards plain of Information Technology too Electronics (IT&E).
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved an Integrated scheme on schoolhouse instruction yesteryear including the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, too Teacher Education from Apr 1, 2018 to March 31, 2020. “The scheme aims to back upwards the states inwards universalising access to schoolhouse instruction from pre-nursery to Class 12 across the country,” a authorities contestation said.
• The CBI has booked a erstwhile General Manager of IDBI Bank, Battu Rama Rao, too thirty others for allegedly cheating the banking concern of ₹445 crore yesteryear availing Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) too fish farming loans on the footing of mistaken documents.
• The CBI has charged erstwhile CMD of United Bank of Republic of Republic of India Archana Bhargava for amassing assets worth over ₹3.6 crore, 133.23% to a greater extent than than her known sources of income. 
• The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against erstwhile Canara Bank CMD RK Dubey too 2 erstwhile executive directors of cheating too forgery inwards the alleged loan default of over Rs 68 crore sanctioned inwards 2013.
• The Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB) has claimed that India’s get-go cloned Assamese buffalo manly someone calf named Sach-Gaurav was born inwards Hisar, Haryana.
• The Centre approved projects worth over Rs 2,900 crore nether the Nirbhaya fund for viii major cities of the province inwards a bid to create them safer for women.
• The Cheque Books of 6 Banks that merged amongst State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) became invalid after March 31.
• The Election Commission has announced that voting for Karnataka Assembly elections volition choose identify on May 12 piece the counting of the votes volition live held on May 15.
• The Eurozone has approved a €6.7-billion loan to Hellenic Republic nether the 3rd bailout deal, amongst €5.7 billion expected to live released this week.
• The Export-Import Bank of Republic of Republic of India (Exim Bank) has inked line of credit (LoC) understanding amongst Bank for Investment too Development (EBID) to provide US $500 1000000 credit facility to fund diverse evolution projects inwards 15-member countries of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) part inwards western-south Africa.
• The Global Digital Health Partnership Summit was held at Canberra (Australia). Republic of Republic of India was represented yesteryear the Minister for Health too Family Welfare, J P Nadda.
• The authorities has extended the deadline for linking Aadhaar amongst Permanent Account Number (PAN) to June 30.
• The authorities has sanctioned ₹1,000 crore for the stage 2 of the IMPRINT Republic of Republic of India programme. IMPRINT -  Impacting Research Innovation too Technology
• The authorities of Telangana launched Women Entrepreneurship Hub (WE-Hub), India's get-go state-led incubator for women entrepreneurs.
• The authorities late revealed that nearly 25% of the overseas branches of the state-owned banks suffered losses inwards 2016-17. India's largest lender State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) topped the listing amongst nine loss-making unusual branches, followed yesteryear Bank of Republic of Republic of India amongst 8 such branches.
• The Gujarat authorities has made it compulsory for all schools inwards the province to learn Gujarati to students of Classes 1-8 from the adjacent academic session. 
• The Gulf Shield – 1 military machine exercise of 23 countries including Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) fellow member states was late held inwards Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia.
• The Indian authorities plans to borrow ₹2.88 lakh crore betwixt April-September inwards the upcoming fiscal. This amounts to 47.5% of government's budgeted gross borrowing target for the financial year.
• The Indian Space too Research Organisation (ISRO) has postponed launch of India’s instant lunar mission ‘Chandrayaan-2’ from Apr 2018 to October-November 2018 equally experts take maintain suggested to a greater extent than tests. It volition live launched on board of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III (GSLV-F10).
• The Indo-French articulation naval exercise Varuna-18 was late held inwards Arabian Sea off Goa coast. Aim of Varuna xviii : To explore measures to facilitate operational-level interactions betwixt Indo-French armed forces too increment mutual cooperation, considering the mutual global threats.
• The Insolvency too Bankruptcy Board of Republic of Republic of India (IBBI) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) amongst Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) for increased cooperation inwards effective implementation of insolvency law.
• The issuer of Indian currency, Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has announced that it is going to number Rs 350 money to grade the 350th nascency anniversary of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. 
• The Karnataka authorities approved a carve upwards flag of the province too volition at nowadays live sent to the cardinal authorities for approval. The flag is a tricolour similar our national flag, they are Yellow, White too Red.
• The Karnataka authorities has accepted the proposition of an skilful panel too sought carve upwards religion condition for the Lingayat community.
• The King of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein was on a 3 twenty-four hours see to India. Aim of this see : Taking bilateral relations to a "new high".
• The Lok Sabha has passed Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2017 to empower authorities to fix menstruation of motherhood leave of absence too tax-free gratuity amount amongst an executive order. The Bill seeks to amend the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.
• The Maharashtra Government banned the usage of Plastic inwards time-bound manner.
• The Maharashtra government  announced that the sale of Gutka, banned inwards the state, would live made a non-bailable offence.
• The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution recommending the Centre to rename the Kolhapur drome equally the 'Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj Airport'.
• The Member Countries of World Health Organization-Regional Office for South-East Asia (WHO-SEARO), participating inwards Delhi End Tuberculosis (TB) Summit take maintain adopted ‘Delhi End TB Summit Statement of Action’.
• The Ministry of Health too Family Welfare launched a novel programme titled LaQshya. Aim of LaQshya : Improving character of motherhood attention inwards labour room too motherhood Operation Theatre (OT).
• The Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises launched Udyam Sakhi Portal (www.udyamsakhi.org) for women entrepreneurs on the occasion of International Women’s Day. 
• The National Aeronautics too Space Administration (NASA) has partnered amongst individual infinite launching companionship SpaceX to launch Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to search for exoplanets using the transit method.
• The National Aeronautics too Space Administration (NASA) is going to launch the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) on Apr 16. TESS is seen equally a successor to the Kepler Space Telescope which has discovered over 2,500 exoplanets too is currently running out of fuel.
• The National Aeronautics too Space Administration (NASA) is going to send its 1st-ever mission named equally InSight dedicated to exploring the deep interior of Mars. InSight volition live stationary lander that volition live launched inwards May 2018.
• The National Conference on Down Syndrome was late held inwards New Delhi.
• The National Institution for Transforming Republic of Republic of India (NITI) Aayog has launched Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) on the occasion of International Women’s twenty-four hours (March 8, 2018). Aim of WEP : To build an ecosystem for women across Republic of Republic of India to realise their entrepreneurial aspirations, scale-up innovative initiatives too chalk-out sustainable, long-term strategies for their businesses.
• The Parliament has passed the Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill which volition increment the ceiling of tax-free gratuity amount to Rs 20 lakh from Rs 10 lakh.
• The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence has recommended making 5-year military machine preparation compulsory for aspirants of province too cardinal authorities jobs. Head of this Committee : Maj Gen (retd) B C Khanduri (BJP MP)
• The President of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang was on a 3 twenty-four hours see to India.
• The President, Prime Minister, too Vice President volition larn their ain customised planes yesteryear early on 2020.
• The Punjab authorities cleared a proposal mandating Chief Minister too other province ministers to pay the income taxation on their salaries themselves.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹2 crore on Indian Overseas Bank after a "fraud was detected" at 1 of its branches. The RBI has also imposed a penalty of ₹3 crore on Axis Bank for violation of bad loan classification norms.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹5 crore on Airtel Payments Bank for breaching Know Your Customer (KYC) norms.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has levied a ₹40 lakh penalty on State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) for violating rules of detection too impounding of counterfeit notes.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has penalised India's third-largest lender ICICI Bank amongst ₹58.9 crore for failing to comply amongst held-to-maturity (HTM) guidelines.
• The Reserve Bank of Insia (RBI) has discontinued the issuance of Letters of Undertaking (LoUs) too Letters of Comfort (LoCs) for import merchandise credits. This comes after Nirav Modi too Mehul Choksi's firms allegedly defrauded PNB of $2 billion yesteryear raising overseas credit using fraudulent LoUs.
• The scam-hit Punjab National Bank (PNB) raised its lending charge per unit of measurement yesteryear xv footing points to 8.30% amongst immediate effect.
• The shareholders of European Bank for Reconstruction too Development (EBRD) take maintain approved India’s candidature to international financial institution. With this, Republic of Republic of India volition larn the 69th fellow member of EBRD.
• The South Korean National Assembly has passed a law reducing the maximum weekly working hours from 68 to 52.
• The Supreme Court indefinitely extended the March 31 deadline to link Aadhaar amongst banking concern accounts too mobile numbers.
• The Supreme Court ruled that authorities authorities cannot accuse to a greater extent than than ₹50 equally application fee for those seeking information nether the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
• The Telangana authorities has decided to create Telugu a mandatory plain of study till Class 10 inwards all world too individual schools. 
• The third-largest manufacturer of flash retention SanDisk has unveiled the world's fastest microSD carte du jour called Extreme UHS-I microSDXC amongst 400 GB of storage.
• The UK has reached a legal understanding amongst the European Union (EU) to terminate the Brexit transition yesteryear Dec 31, 2020.
• The Union Cabinet approved the Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission. Aim : To provide an annual health encompass of ₹5 lakh to 10 crore pitiable families.
• The Union Cabinet has   approved   signing   of Memorandum   of Understanding (MoU) betwixt Republic of Republic of India too United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland too Northern Republic of Ireland regarding cooperation too Exchange of Information for the Purposes of Combating International Criminality too Tackling Serious Organised Crime.
• The Union Cabinet has approved Agreement for Avoidance of Double Taxation too Prevention of Fiscal Evasion amongst observe to taxes on income betwixt Republic of Republic of India too Iran.
• The Union Cabinet has approved draft rules to laid upwards National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA), an independent regulator to oversee auditing too accounting standards. 
• The Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) betwixt Republic of Republic of India too Canada to flora bilateral cooperation activities inwards plain of Intellectual Property (IP).
• The Union Cabinet has cleared the proposal for hiking the salaries of Members of Parliament (MPs). Their constituency allowance volition live increased from ₹45,000 to ₹70,000, business office expense allowance from ₹45,000 to ₹60,000, too the one-time article of furniture allowance from ₹75,000 to ₹1 lakh.
• The Union Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers has approved proposal of setting upwards of Plastic Park inwards Deoghar District, Jharkhand.
• The Union Textile Ministry has approved a proposal for setting upwards a  Garment academy inwards Bengaluru's Bommanahalli.
• The US too Israeli military machine officials take maintain launched a month-long articulation military machine exercise titled "Juniper Cobra 2018". The biennial drill is jointly held yesteryear the Israeli military machine too the US European Command (USEUCOM).
• The US province of New Bailiwick of Jersey has declared Apr equally ‘Sikh Awareness too Appreciation Month’ equally constituent of its endeavour to promote awareness of the faith.
• The Uttar Pradesh authorities has decided to add together 'Ramji' equally Dr BR Ambedkar's middle bring upwards inwards all documents too records.
• The Uttar Pradesh Secretariat volition go paperless from Apr equally all 93 departments inwards the Secretariat volition live connected amongst an e-office system. 
• The vehicles of India's top constitutional authorities, The President, the Vice President, Governors too Lieutenant Governors volition shortly take maintain to display their registration numbers.
• The West Bengal authorities is going to launch a projection worth ₹700 crore to convey l lakh rural women nether the Self Help Group (SHG) model.
• The World Bank has said India's highest GST charge per unit of measurement of 28% is the 2nd highest amidst a sample of 115 countries which take maintain a similar indirect taxation system. Only v countries, including India, usage iv non-zero GST slabs.
• The World Wildlife Fund for Nature has organized the twelfth annual 'Earth Hour' on 24th March 2018 from 8:30 to 9:30 PM.
• The world’s largest solar park, Shakti Sthala, was inaugurated inwards Karnataka's Pavagada yesteryear Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah too province Power Minister DK Shivakumar.
• To attract unusual students to pursue higher instruction inwards India, the Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) has approved ‘Study inwards India’ programme. 
• To convey applied scientific discipline to remote corners, the Andhra Pradesh Government launched multi-utility vehicle NAIPUNYA RATHAM (World on Wheels).
• To create world awareness inwards judicial matters, the cardinal authorities is going to install 'Justice Clocks' at all 24 high courts soon.
• To enable Indian enterprises to efficiently care their occupation concern go expenditure, Happay, a occupation concern expense management solution provider, inwards collaboration amongst HDFC bank, introduced a novel prepaid card-linked Travel too Entertainment (T&E) expense management solution.
• To encourage domestic assembling of panels, the authorities has slashed the customs duty on 'open cell', a key constituent used inwards the manufacturing of LED too LCD goggle box panels, from 10% to 5%.
• To ensure condom time to come for immature women, West Bengal authorities has launched a scheme titled “Rupashree”. Under Rupashree scheme, the authorities provides one-time financial back upwards for wedlock of pitiable girls.
• To ensure that all employees have their due promotions, Madhya Pradesh has increased the retirement historic menstruation for authorities employees from threescore to 62 years.
• To assist boost overseas sales inwards a twelvemonth of surplus production, the Indian authorities has scrapped the 20% carbohydrate export tax. Note : Republic of Republic of India is world's second-largest producer of carbohydrate after Brazil.
• To aspect into the evolution too regulation of the financial applied scientific discipline (fintech) sector inwards India, the Union Government has laid upwards 8 Member steering committee. Head of this Committee : Subhash Garg (Economic Affairs Secretary).
• To promote job inwards North Eastern Region states including Sikkim, the Union Cabinet has approved North East Industrial Development Scheme (NEIDS), 2017. This scheme volition take maintain financial outlay of Rs. 3000 crores upto March, 2020.
• To promote the production too sale of Jackfruit, the Kerala authorities has declared it equally the province fruit.
• To protect domestic producers from below-cost shipments, the Indian authorities has imposed anti-dumping duty on import of ‘Ofloxacin’ from China.
• To tackle organised criminal offense amongst strict punishment, the Uttar Pradesh Assembly has passed the Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Act (UPCOCA) 2017 bill. This neb covers kidnapping, illegal mining, extortion, amidst others.
• Union Minister Ananthkumar launched 100% Oxo-biodegradable Sanitary Napkin, ‘Suvidha’, nether the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP).
• Union Minister for Commerce too Industry Suresh Prabhu inaugurated 3-day Republic of Republic of India Chemicals too Plastics Exhibition at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai.
• Union Minister for Food Processing Industry Harsimrat Kaur Badal has inaugurated Rajasthan’s get-go mega nutrient common Greentech Mega Food Park Private Ltd at Roopangarh Village inwards Ajmer district.
• US President Donald Trump imposed $60 billion (Rs 3.9 lakh crore) of tariffs on Chinese imports to punish the province for its “unfair” seizure of American intellectual property, a displace that could escalate the already tense merchandise relations betwixt the world’s 2 biggest economies.
• US President Donald Trump unveiled 'Keep America Great' equally his stimulate slogan for the 2020 presidential election.
• US-based companionship Nimbus Data has unveiled world's largest solid province drive (SSD) ExaDrive DC100 amongst 100 TB of storage. This comes a calendar month after Samsung unveiled an SSD offering around thirty TB of storage.
• Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced to re-denominate the country's bolívar currency yesteryear knocking 3 zeroes off, effective from June 4 this year.
• Vidarbha has won their maiden Irani Cup trophy yesteryear defeating Rest of India. This is Vidharbha's 2nd championship inwards domestic cricket after Ranji Trophy.
• Viola Desmond, a adult woman who stood upwards for the rights of dark people inwards Nova Scotia too went to jail for it, was honoured equally a novel $10 neb featuring her ikon was unveiled.
• Wadhwani AI, India’s get-go query institute dedicated to developing artificial news solutions for social goodness was inaugurated inwards Mumbai.
• Washington has became the 1st US province to laid upwards its ain net-neutrality requirements after U.S. regulators repealed Obama-era rules that banned cyberspace providers from blocking content or interfering amongst online traffic.
• WhatsApp has started testing payments through QR codes for selected users inwards its latest beta update. Users tin scan the code, come inwards the amount payable too UPI PIN for verification to send money.
• With a marketplace capitalisation of $768 billion, Jeff Bezos-led Amazon overtook Alphabet for the get-go fourth dimension to larn the world's instant most valuable company.  
• With a meshwork worth of $112 billion, Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos has topped the Forbes billionaires listing for the get-go time, dethroning Bill Gates who topped the listing xviii times inwards the yesteryear 24 years. Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has been ranked India's richest person.
• World champions Commonwealth of Australia won 27th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah loving cup 2018 for tape tenth fourth dimension yesteryear defeating England .
• World rapid chess champion Viswanathan Anand lifted the Tal Memorial rapid chess title.

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