CURRENT AFFAIRS WEEKLY ONE LINERS: March 15– March 21

Dear Bankers daily Aspirant,

The SBI Clerk  exam and Bank of Baroda Po is coming in the forthcoming days. Are you prepared for the General Awareness section and the Banking Awareness which is the scoring part for many aspirants ? If not you should definitely read this one liners if you need a quick & Short content for your preparations henceforth we provide the One Liners for the 3rd  Week of ,March 2018.

We are providing the aspirants with the curated list of Recent happenings in the 3rd week of March and so this  could be vital for your preparations for the General Awareness and Static Awareness and also for the Banking Awareness section in the forthcoming exams.

Check the Weekly One Liners from March 15- March 21 and you could also download the Weekly Current Affairs One Liners as PDF from the link below. There are chances that the recent events from the current affairs can be asked in the forthcoming exam like , SBI Clerk exam and Bank of Baroda Po which happens in the forthcoming days.

You can download the Weekly One Liners of  March 15–March 21 from the link given below and you can read the one liners also which is provided below.

Click here to download CURRENT AFFAIRS WEEKLY ONE LINERS : March 15–March 21-pdf now

NATIONAL

• Pune has emerged as the top city to show improvement in quality of governance, according to a survey.Janaagraha released its 5th edition of its Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS), which evaluated the quality of governance in 23 major cities across 20 states based on 89 questions.
• The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) launched a mobile app called ‘Citizen Services’ on March 11, 2018, on the occasion of its 33rd Inception Day.
• The Telangana government is setting up a ₹100-crore Apparel Super Hub in Sircilla.
• PM Modi inaugurates the 105th Indian Science Congress in Imphal.
• The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the National Aviation University.
• The three-day annual Krishi Unnati Mela will begin in New Delhi with a focus on doubling the farmers’ income.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of Department of Fertilizers.
• Union minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the 5th Nadi Mahotsava at Bandrabhan of Hoshangabad District of Madhya Pradesh.
• Andhra Pradesh stands at equivalent to 51st rank globally in Multidimensional Poverty Index according to a recent household survey conducted in the state.
• NITI Aayog will release comprehensive roadmaps and detailed timelines for its initiative Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital in Education (SATH-E) project in New Delhi.
• Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba will begin a five-day visit to the US during which he will hold extensive talks with the top military brass of the Trump administration to consolidate bilateral naval cooperation, including in the Indo-Pacific region.

• The Lok Sabha passed the Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) bill which seeks to empower the government to fix period of maternity leave and tax-free gratuity amount with an executive order.

• The first National workshop on POSHAN Abhiyaan involving all the states and union territories is being held at PravasiBharatiya Kendra,New Delhi.
• The first National workshop on POSHAN Abhiyaan involving all the states and union territories is being held at PravasiBharatiya Kendra,New Delhi.
• The navies of India and France are currently engaged in a joint bilateral exercise named “Varuna-18”.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the long overdue airport project at Navi Mumbai.
• The Informal World Trade Organisation Ministerial Meeting held in New Delhi.
• President of India to Inaugurate Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FINE) at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

• Karnataka’s Siddaramaiah-led Congress government accepted an expert committee’s recommendation, and accorded the status of a religion (a minority one) to the Lingayat sect.

• The Jharkhand cabinet gave its nod to the government for forming a special purpose vehicle (SPV) and an industrial park for promoting plastic industries in state.

• The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind presented the Padma awards to 43 eminent personalities at a Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• The 106th Indian Science Congress to be held in Bhopal. “Future India: Science and Technology” will be the theme for next Science Congress.
• National Cultural Audiovisual Archives (NCAA) project of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, has been certified as the world’s first Trusted Digital Repository as per ISO 16363:2012 standard.
• The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship signed an MoU to conduct skill development training programmes.
• The NITI Aayog and Piramal Foundation entered into a Statement of Intent (SoI) to work closely with the District Collectors and Key officers of ‘Aspirational Districts’.
• The State-run power equipment maker Bhel has commissioned first unit of 110 MW of the Kishanganga hydro-electric project (HEP) of NHPC in Jammu and Kashmir.

INTERNATIONAL

• Saudi Arabia’s cabinet approved the national policy of the atomic energy program.The national policy includes limiting all nuclear activities to peaceful purposes, within the limits defined by international treaties.
• India,Madagascar signed umbrella agreement in defence.Under the agreement, both the countries will explore various ways of co-operation in the field of defence. An amended air service agreement was also signed to support efforts towards improving connectivity between the two countries.
• President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the World Hindi Secretariat building in Mauritius on the third day of his visit to the country.
• The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income between India and Iran.
• Oklahoma plans to start carrying out executions with nitrogen gas, a method that has never been used in the U.S.

• The Philippines informed the UN Secretary-General of its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).

• Qatar has announced a $50 million donation to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
• Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), on the occasion of the 70th independence of the island nation, paid a glowing tribute to former BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya.

• United Nations agencies and NGO partners have released a 2018 Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis, with a $951 million appeal.

• India and the European Union signed an agreement that will enable them to share earth observation data from each other’s satellite.
• Greece launched its first space agency as an effort to rebuild the ailing economy as it exits a severe eight-year debt crisis.

• India and Hong Kong has signed a double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) that seeks to improve transparency in tax matters and help curb tax evasion and avoidance.

BANKING AND BUSINESS

• The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness. Finland has overtaken Norway to become the happiest nation on earth, according to a UN report. India ranks 133rd in the report.
• The World Bank has projected India’s GDP growth at 7(point)3 per cent for the next financial year which it states will accelerate further to 7(point)5 per cent in 2019-20.
• com Inc launched its first-ever debit card in Mexico, part of a push to encourage shoppers without bank accounts to buy online.
• India has been ranked at 78th, lower than its emerging market peers like Brazil and China, among 114 countries on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) energy transition index.
• The Asian Development Bank, ADB committed 120 million USD loan for India.

• Singapore is the world’s most expensive city for the fifth straight year in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Worldwide Cost of Living report.

• Muthoot Finance Ltd., the flagship company of Muthoot Group tied up with Global IME Bank to expand its money remittance services between Indo Nepal Corridor.
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has raised the exposure limit under exchange-traded currency derivatives trading for residents and foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to $ 100 million across all currency pairs involving the Indian rupee.

• The public sector undertaking Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) announced its partnership with cab-hailing app, Ola.
• India’s largest lender SBI and India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation (IMGC) has igned a pact to offer mortgage guarantee scheme for prospective non-salaried and self-employed home loan customers.The offering will help increase home loan eligibility up to 15 per cent within the regulatory norms.
• Axis Bank has announced a new representative office in Sharjah.

APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

AWARDS & HONOR

• The 2017 Kochon Prize was awarded to the Indian Council of Medical Research in New Delhi for building a tradition of excellence in TB research and development.
• Actor Jackie Shroff’s short film ‘Shunyata’ has won an award at Best of India Short Film Festival in Los Angeles, US.
• Indian filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda’s “Halkaa”, which had its world premiere at the 21st Festival International du Film Pour Enfants de Montreal Film (FIFEM), has bagged the Grand Prix de Montreal at the gala.

• The Canadian mathematician Robert Langlands has been named as the winner of the Abel Prize for 2018.He is currently a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the US.

SPORTS

• After Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, FIFA had banned the country from international turfs.
• Indian para-athlete Deepa Malik top-scored in the discus throw Asia Ranking 53 category and secured second place in the Asian Games combined category event 51/52/53 of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2018.
• Baskaran Adhiban clinched the 33rd Reykjavik Open. He defeated Mustafa Yilmaz in the finals to clinch the title.
• KL Rahul is the ‘Cricketer of the Year’ in the sixth edition of Wisden India Almanack.
• India’s Purva Barve has won the Women’s Singles (Under-19) title at the Israel Junior 2018 held in Rishon LeZion, Israel. She defeated top-ranked Russian Anastasiia Pustinskaia to clinch the title.

• Former US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro defeated top-ranked Roger Federer to win his first Indian Wells title and second consecutive ATP crown.
• Nepal have gained ODI status for the first time in their history after defeating Papua New Guinea by six wickets in the Cricket World Cup Qualifier play-off.
• England batsman Kevin Pietersen announced his apparent retirement from cricket.

OBITUARY

• The Bollywood actor Narendra Jha passed away.
• A Well known Malayalam writer M Sukumaran passed away.
• The Veteran poet and author Kedarnath Singh, one of the doyens of modern poetry in Hindi, passed away.
• The Billionaire Peter Peterson, who co-founded private equity firm Blackstone Group and served as U.S. President Richard Nixon’s commerce secretary passed away.

HISTORIC EVENT OF THE DAY

You can check the weekly current affairs – One Liners of previous week of March from the links given below and you can download the same too.

CURRENT AFFAIRS WEEKLY ONE LINERS: MARCH 1– MARCH 7

CURRENT AFFAIRS WEEKLY ONE LINERS: MARCH 8– MARCH 14

You can check the weekly current affairs – One Liners of previous week of February  from the links given below and you can download the same too.

CURRENT AFFAIRS WEEKLY ONE LINERS: FEBRUARY 8– FEBRUARY 14

CURRENT AFFAIRS WEEKLY ONE LINERS: FEBRUARY 15– FEBRUARY 21