March 7 Current Affairs

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2 State : Tamilnadu : TN Budget to be presented on March 15 The Tamil Nadu Assembly will convene for its next session on March 15, when the State budget for Financial Year will be tabled in the House. Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister, O. Panneerselvam, will present the budget at a.m on March 15. Raja Raja Chola recorded all valuables and properties bequeathed to shrine Imagine the magnificent grandeur of a temple tower completely sheathed in gold rakes rising to a height of metre gleaming in sunlight to proudly proclaim the region s socio-cultural supremacy. Quotas mooted for Law Officers The Chief Justice of Madras High Court Indira Banerjee has suggested that the government could provide for reservations, within the constitutional framework, for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and also for women in the appointment of law officers since they were paid retainer fee from the public exchequer. Kerala : Programme to clear doubts of SSLC students The science park of the district panchayat here has launched the Dial Your Doubts programme for students appearing for SSLC examinations to clear their academic doubts, improve self-confidence, and fight exam-related anxities. Counselling to overcome exam-related stress. Equivalency certificates may soon be a thing of the past The requirement of equivalency or recognition certificates for securing jobs or admission for courses in the State could soon be a thing of the past. Setting in motion steps for the reform, the Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) has categorically stated that there was no need of such documents during appointments or admissions Govt takes steps to meet water scarcity 2

3 The government has expedited the work on water supply schemes and temporary check dams under plans to tackle the possibility of water scarcity during the summer ahead. Karnataka : Rohini Sindhuri transferred again Within 48 hours of withdrawing the previous notification transferring five IAS officers, including Hassan Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri Dasari, the State government issued a fresh notification on Wednesday, transferring 12 officers, including Ms. Sindhuri. 196th Sharanabasaveshwara car festival begins Thousands of devotees witnessed the annual car festival of the famed Sharanabasaveshwara temple to commemorate the 196th death anniversary of 18th century social reformer Sharanabasaveshwara and the ascension of the holy order of the eighth Peetathipati of the Sharanabasaveshwars Samsthan Poojya Dr. Sharanabasavappa Appa. Andhra Pradesh : First all-women railway station in A.P. Ahead of International Women s Day, the South Central Railway (SCR) management on Tuesday named the little-known Chandragiri station near Tirupati as the all-women railway station in the zone. As SCR General Manager Vinod Kumar Yadav formally handed over the responsibilities to a team of enterprising women, Chandragiri became the first station in Andhra Pradesh to get the privileged status, as Begumpet got the tag for Telangana the same day. RTC re-launchese-wallet The AP State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has re-launched e-wallet facility with revised features from March 8 to provide quicker advance reservation for long-distance services. This e-wallet account can be opened with zero balance, the e-wallet holder can have 5% cash back over basic ticket amount after journey made on the strength of ticket purchased through e-wallet. 3

4 India : Lenin statue vandalisation: Two held in Tripura s Belonia town The police in Belonia have arrested two people, including a former CPI(M) activist who had switched over to the BJP, in connection with the demolition of a statue of Vladimir Lenin. DCW chief detained on her way to PMO Ms. Maliwal has been gravely injured and she is not in a condition to move her arms. This has happened while she was on her way to the PMO in a peaceful manner, to deliver the thousands of letters that the commission received over the last few weeks said a DCW official. BSF rescinds order against jawan after PM's intervention Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked Border Security Force Director General K.K. Sharma to withdraw an order against a BSF jawan who was penalised seven days of his salary for showing disrespect towards Mr. Modi. Government committee asks to find correlation between ancient Indian history and epics The committee s mandate was to trace Indian culture from way back and compare it with other cultures across the world. It has got nothing to do with Hinduism or Islam. It is about our civilisation, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma told Aadhaar not mandatory for NEET In a huge relief to thousands of students, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a CBSE notification that made Aadhaar or Aadhaar enrolment proof mandatory to register or appear for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) World : Muslim shops, buildings targeted again in Sri Lanka s Kandy city 4

5 Scattered and sporadic, a series of attacks targeting Muslim-owned shops and other buildings in the suburbs of Akurana and Katugastota near Kandy were carried out by a mob, reportedly Sinhalese, local sources said. Disclose U.K. s role in Operation Blue Star: Sikh group If there was direct involvement in the form of advice or assistance, then the British public should be made aware of this, said the KRW counsel. Pakistan accepts India s humanitarian proposals for exchange of prisoners Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif, while accepting the proposals, also suggested that the exchange be applicable to child prisoners under 18 years of age and those who are over 60. Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull backs Adani s mine project in Queensland Speaking at a business forum in Sydney, Mr. Turnbull said This is a project that has gone through extensive environmental permitting both at the state level and federal level, mostly state. Business : UltraTech moves NCLT for a review of Binani Cement bids UltraTech has asked them [the IRP] to share the evaluation criteria. Earlier, they [IRP] said that the winning bidder will be decided based upon a scoring methodology, evaluating all parameters of the bid s evaluation criteria. Now, they went with the H1 bidder. Coca-Cola to launch its first alcoholic drink Coca-Cola has announced plans to launch an alcoholic drink for the first time in the company s 125-year history with an alcopop-style product in Japan. Rupee gains 8 paise to trade at one-week high of The rupee had gained 16 paise to close at on steady unwinding of dollars by exporters and corporates. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth Rs crore yesterday, as per provisional data released by stock exchanges. 5

6 India-China trade hits a record $84.4 billion The India-China bilateral trade has reached $84.44 billion last year, a historic high, notwithstanding bilateral tensions over a host of issues, including the Doklam standoff. Sports : Former India coach Oltmans takes charge of Pakistan Former India hockey coach Roelant Oltmans will take charge of their arch-rivals Pakistan on a two-anda-half year deal, the 63-year-old Dutchman announced. Nidahas Twenty20 Trophy: India looks to bounce back India will have to recover quickly from the eye-opening loss to Sri Lanka and lift its game by a few notches against an unpredictable Bangladesh in the Nidahas Twenty20 Trophy. BCCI announces new contracts; Dhoni and Ashwin relegated Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin were relegated from the top bracket of the annual players contract PDF Download -----***