Current Affairs 19th March 2017
NATIONAL:
- Airbus to set up India’s first full flight simulator in Delhi
- Chandigarh renames highways of the state as district roads
- Arunachal boy Anang Tadar invents ‘Goggles For Blind’ to locate objects
- MP Sushmita Dev start online petition to remove tax on sanitary napkins
- Families of CRPF martyrs to receive Rs.6 lakh donation from Saina Nehwal
- Ryan Gosling actor in ‘La La Land’ features on cover of GQ India
- Korean company Posco requests Odisha govt to take back land acquired for steel plant
- Assam govt approves proposal of 7th Pay Commission
INTERNATIONAL:
- Conference on ‘Make in India’ to be conducted by US group in Houston
- Voice recognition to be used by Germany to identify origins of migrant
BANKING NEWS:
- Ministry gives approval for RBI to print Rs.10 plastic notes
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS :
- Kerala based ESAF Small Finance Bank launched its operations
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
- Japan launches satellite to monitor North Korea’s land and maritime movements
AGREEMENTS:
- Deal signed between India and Russia on Sukhoi-30 jets’ maintenance
APPOINTMENTS:
- Trivendra Singh Rawat becomes CM of Uttarakhand
- Senior UN official Rima Khalaf quits after ‘apartheid’ Israel report pulled
OBITUARY:
- National racing champ Ashwin Sundar charred to death as car catches fire
