Current Affairs 19th March 2017

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