And poorti agri services sitting aiadmk mla from sulur constituency

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Important News – India

1.India and Sri Lanka conducted a joint exercise in Sri Lanka for the year 2018-19_____Mitra Shakti.

Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) Delhi.

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➢The preliminary world airport traffic rankings for 2018 has been released by the Airports Council International (ACI). ➢The IGI airport saw 6.9 crore domestic and international flyers in 2018, which is 10.2% points higher than the combined

CBSE.

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➢The CBSE is set to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Yoga as skill subjects in the school curriculum for the

➢The IAF pilot went on leave around 12 days ago after security agencies completed a nearly two-week debriefing after

his return from Pakistan.

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➢Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the test, called ‘Mission Shakti’, successful in a specially televised

announcement.

China.

6.Who has prohibited imparting distance degree programmes in agriculture_____University Grants Commission (UGC).

➢As per UGC Open and Distance Learning Regulations, 2017, professional programmes (like medicine, engineering, architecture, nursing, dental, pharmacy and physiotherapy) are not permitted to be offered in distance mode.

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➢SpiceJet has joined global airlines’ grouping International Air Transport Association (IATA) as a member, becoming the first Indian low-cost carrier to get the membership.

➢The IATA represents more than 290 airlines, including Air India, Jet Airways and Vistara.

➢It will provide an opportunity to air-warriors to interact with their Royal Malaysian Air Force counterparts and foster close relationship between the two services.

➢This will also serve as a foundation for any future interaction with the Malaysian Air Force.

➢According to CBSE, its first episode, on the evaluation process of Class 10 and 12 board examinations, has been released on the platform.

➢As the examinations proceed, the episode helps students understand how their completed papers will be evaluated. 12.Mr. N.K. Singh (Chairman-15th Finance Commission of India) has launched the book ___Indian Fiscal Federalism.

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➢Sharda Peeth is an ancient Hindu temple and cultural site in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

➢It will be the second religious tract after Kartarpur corridor in Pakistan-controlled territory that will connect the two neighbouring nations.

Important News - States

1.Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu attended the 16th Convocation of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) in____ Mumbai.

➢Now, Indian Railway’s oldest and premier coach manufacturing unit becomes the single largest rail coach manufacturer in the world.

Important News – World

➢The processing capacity of this recycling hub is 100,000 tones total integrated waste (per year), of which 39,000 tonnes is e-waste.

➢The facility can process the entire range of WEEE from consumer and industrial to commercial and military.

4.Google unveiled a video-game streaming platform ____Stadia.

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➢The platform will store a game-playing session in the cloud and lets players jump across devices operating on Google's Chrome browser and Chrome OS, such as Pixel phones and Chromebooks.

7.India-African Union sign MoU on strengthening cooperation in the ____Healthcare sector.

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➢An agreement has been signed between India and the African Union to establish an India-Africa health sciences collaborative platform.

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➢Over 600 investors (265 from China, 120 from India) and delegates from 40 countries including India are participating in the two-day summit.

➢The main objective of the event is to project Nepal as a favourable investment destination.

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➢The cave stretches for over 10-kilo meters (6.25 miles), through Mount Sodom (Israel's largest mountain) and spills out to the southwest corner of the adjacent Dead Sea.

➢It was mapped out over two years by cavers from nine countries, led by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

➢Modelled after the Nobel Prize, the Abel Prize is presented by the King of Norway and carries cash award USD 700,000.

2.A Social entrepreneur from India is among 16 persons selected by Yale University as the 2019 World Fellows ___Neha Upadhyaya.

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➢All the awardees will be honoured with a plaque, a shawl and a prize money of Rs 1 lakh at the 60th National Exhibition of Art at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) and Sir JJ School of Art.

➢The Lalit Kala Akademi is India's national academy of fine arts based in Delhi and established in 1954 by Government of India promote and propagate an understanding of Indian art, in and outside the country
5.According to Electoral Commission of the Indian Ocean archipelago, Comoros President was re-elected___ Azali Assoumani. 6.President Ram Nath Kovind was honoured with Croatia's highest civilian award _____Grand Order of the King of Tomislav.

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➢The Medal is awarded to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the fields in which the Bodleian is active, including literature, culture, science and communication.

➢Amartya Sen was born in a Hindu family in Bengal, British India, in the district of Manikganj (modern-day Bangladesh).

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➢‘SWIFT’ is a global messaging software used for sharing information on inter-bank transactions by financial entities. ➢Earlier this year, the Reserve Bank had imposed penalties worth Rs 71 crore on 36 public, private and foreign banks for

non-compliance with various directions on time-bound implementation and strengthening of SWIFT operations.

was declared as World Happiness Day by the UN General Assembly in 2012.

➢Indian figures at 140th place (seven spots down from last year) on this year's UN World Happiness Report.

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5.ICICI Bank has launched two instant home loan products up to ____Rs. 1 crore.

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➢The instantaneous home loan facility enables customers to get final sanction letter for new home loans as well as for a top-up the loan in a fully-digital way.

7.The Union Government has decided to infuse around 5,042 crore rupees into ____Bank of Baroda (BoB)
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➢In September 2019, the 'Alternative Mechanism' (AM) headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had decided to merge Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda.

➢After the entity formed by the merger of BoB, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank will be second the third biggest in the Indian banking sector, by virtue of assets and businesses
8.Bank of Baroda (BoB) has signed an MoU with agriculture services companies to develop an agriculture digital platform ______Baroda Kisan.

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➢He was first-time MLA (AIADMK)from Sulur constituency.

➢Several leaders have offered their condolences to his family for his demise.

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➢Scott Walker shot to fame in the mid-'60s as the frontman of The Walker Brothers (Scott Walker, John Maus, Gary Leeds).

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➢Shivalli was elected thrice from Kundgol constituency in Dharwad district.

➢Her professional experience began at the age of 11, as a playback singer of Notun Shur (1963), and appeared on

television from 1964.

spaceflight.

➢Bykovsky was one of 20 Soviet military pilots in the first group picked to prepare for space.

1.The World Water Day is observed every year on _____22nd March.

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➢The theme of this year is ‘Leaving no one behind’.

3.The Bihar state has celebrated 107th foundation day on _____ 22nd March.

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➢Bihar Diwas (Bihar Day) is observed every year on March 22, marking the formation of the state of Bihar. ➢It was on this day when the British carved out the state from Bengal Presidency in 1912.

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➢The theme of WMD 2019 is ‘The Sun, the Earth and the Weather’.

6.The "World Tuberculosis Day" observed every year on ___24th March.

recent years, as attacks against the United Nations intensify.

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➢ITI was founded in 1948 by UNESCO and the international theatre community.

New Appointments

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➢PhonePe is one of India’s fastest growing payment platform and is based on UPI.

➢A brand ambassador is a person who is hired by an organization or company to represent a brand in a positive light and by doing so help to increase brand awareness and sales.

➢The board also approved the constitution of an Interim Management Committee to manage and monitor the daily operations and cash flow of the company.

5.Who sworn in as a Cabinet Minister by Governor Mridula Sinha at the Raj Bhavan in Dona Paula, Goa___ Dipak Pauskar.

➢Maruti Suzuki India Limited is an automobile manufacturer in India.

➢It is a 56.21% owned subsidiary of the Japanese car and motorcycle manufacturer Suzuki Motor Corporation.

➢The woman behind 'Village Rockstars', India's Official Entry to Oscars 2019 would like to see more and more women in

➢The International Boxing Association (AIBA) is a sports organization that sanctions amateur (Olympic-style) boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships.

➢The organization has been involved in multiple corruption scandals including on several editions of the Summer Olympic Games.

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➢Manu and Saurabh shot a combined score of 784, breaking the record set by Russians Vitalina Batsarashkina and Artem Chernousov at the European Championships.

➢The pair made it to the Final after smashing the world record in the qualification.

➢It is responsible for the development and promotion of the sport at all levels.

5.The Sultan of Azlan Shah Cup Men's Hockey tournament (28th edition) held in ____Ipoh, Malaysia.

➢The 2019 SAFF Women's Championship is the biennial international women's football championship contested by the national teams of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).

7.FIFA bans former Ecuador football chief for life after finding him guilty of taking bribes ___ Luis Chiriboga.

➢Dronacharya awardee Rajkumar Sharma (former Ranji Trophy player) is a cricket coach.

➢Earlier, the three-member COA requested Justice Jain to take over as Ethics Officer on an ad-hoc basis till a permanent

appointment takes place.

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