Current Affairs 20th March 2016
Daily Current affairs Latest News Updates about the National, International and Miscellaneous events were listed here for the candidates preparing for various competitive exams
National News:
- Modi will inaugurate Krishi Unnati Mela
- FENI is now Goa’s Heritage Spirit
- Karnataka CM presents Budget in phone torchlight
- Government allows 49% automatic route FDI in insurance
- Maharashtra Exempts mills from Paying Cane tax
- Webportal Launched for allocation and monitoring of Coal resources
- Andhra Pradesh becomes the first open defecation free village in Srikakulam district
- Govt. scraps repeat tests on animals for drugs
- CJI TS Thakur to inaugurate new building of Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court in Lucknow
- Domestic air traffic grew by 24% in February
- Integrated payment gateway – consumer to SNA and SNA to Coal Company
- 8 crore LED bulbs distributed under UJALA scheme
International News:
- FBI probes B’desh bank account theft: Report
- EU strikes deal with Turkey to return migrants
- Russia starts its own Credit-ratings firm
- Russia slashes space budget by 30%
- China gets APAC’s largest Nuclear Security Hub
- Cuba to eliminate tax on US dollars
- Denmark firm to set up pumps manufacturing unit near Hyderabad
- WHO suspends TB drugs made by Svizera Labs
- US Defence Secretary nominates first female in military history to lead a combatant command
New Appointments:
- Ex Wipro CFO Suresh Senapaty Has Appointed As The New Chairman Of Honeywell Automation
- Times Internet appoints Gautam Sinha as CEO
Banking & Business:
- Government cuts PPF interest rate from 8.7% to 8.1%
- 5600 wilful defaulters owe banks Rs 60K Crore
- RBI revises rules for resolution of stressed MSME loans
- IOB becomes first bank to sell Indian gold coins
- Switzerland to exchange tax information with India soon
- RBI asks banks to remain open full day on Mar 30 and Mar 31
- Ford Foundation free from Government’s Watch list
Sports:
- England complete 2nd-highest successful T20I chase
- De Kock equals record for SA’s fastest T20 fifty
- FIFA to trial fourth substitute in extra-time
- Du Plessis 2nd fastest to reach 1,000 T20I runs
- TCS named official tech partner for London Marathon
- Shweta Rathore wins Miss India title in Body building
Science & Technology:
- Twitter to keep 140-character limit: CEO Dorsey
- India top contributor to FB’s Bug Bounty Program
- BSNL to Converge Fixed and Mobile connections
- Four Giant Exoplanets Discovered
- Three astronauts launch to the Space Station
- China’s first dark matter satellite concludes in-orbit testing
Awards & Honours:
- Skoch Lifetime Achievement Award conferred on Venkaiah Naidu
- Akshay Kumar features on cover of ‘Man’s World’
Obituaries:
- LA Law actor Larry Drake passed away
