Current Affairs 13th March 2016

Current Affairs 13th 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:

• Union Power Minister announces name ‘UJALA’ for LED based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme
• President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates Festival of Innovations at Rashtrapati Bhavan today
• Lok Sabha passes Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016
• Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu launched “Clean My Coach” service
• India to Supply 18 Meter Gauge Diesel Electric Locomotives to Myanmar
• State Budget of Chhattisgarh presented
• Long march against Indo-Bangladesh power plant near Sundarbans started
• Capacity utilisation criteria for SSP Manufacturing Units scrapped
• Govt sets new norms for Hydrocarbons licensing
• Aadhar Scheme Collects Biometric Data of 99 Crore Indians
• Union Cabinet gave green signal for amendment to Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925
• Gujarat: Leaks In Kakrapar Nuclear Plant, One Unit Shut

International News:

• India and China discuss possibility of jointly producing and distributing films in the two countries
• Japan Tsunami: Japan holds ceremony of remembrance in Tokyo for victim
• Arab League declares Lebanese movement Hezbollah a terrorist group
• Snowden starts campaign against cyber censorship

New Appointments:

• Ola appoints former Goldman Sachs executive Sunil Shirguppi as VP for engineer

Banking & Business:

• HDFC Bank ties up with 5 start ups
• PSUs Spent Over Rs 2400 Crore In CSR In 2014-15
• Government relaxes norms under public procurement for start-up MSMEs
• Union Cabinet approves New price formula for Undeveloped Gas Discoveries
• Call drops in India above global average : Survey
• Wikipedia to develop speech engine for blind

Sports:

• Jitu Rai wins gold at Shooting World Cup
• Saina Nehwal crashes out of the All England Badminton Championship

Science & Technology:

• Kakrapar power station shuts down after leakage
• Scientists find Plastic eating bacteria

Awards & Honours:

• Tezpur University and JNU won the annual Visitor’s Awards for Central Universities