Current Affairs 23rd March 2017

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Current Affairs 23rd March 2017

NATIONAL:
  • UP CM orders to ban cow smuggling in state
  • Majuli of Assam to become India’s 1st carbon neutral district
  • Railway Dept Report : Aadhaar not mandatory for train tickets of senior citizens
  • CBSE introduced new 2-semester exam system from Class VI onwards
  • UP Police orders to form anti-Romeo squad in Lucknow
  • Waitlisted passengers can now take next alternative train from April 1
  • Streets of Juri village in Jharkhand named after most educated girls
  • Govt recommends to make Aadhaar mandatory for I-T returns
  • Govt plans to disallow cash transaction above Rs.2 lakh
  • Techkriti 2017 to be host in IIT Kanpur from March 23 to 26
  • Drive against illegal slaughter houses launched by Uttar Pradesh Govt
  • Aadhaar made mandatory for crop insurance schemes by Maharashtra govt
  • 5th Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav being planned in NE Region from 23 March to 31
INTERNATIONAL:
  • Iceland consider increase tax over tourism sector
  • Laptops, tablets from 6 Middle East nations on flights banned by UK
  • Bill on NASA funding, Mars exploration got approval from US President Trump
  • UN insists wastewater key to solve global water crisis
BANKING NEWS:
  • SEBI  approves Hudco on IPO to raise funds
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS :
  • Vodafone, Idea merger to worth Rs.13,400 crore : Report
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
  • ISRO commissions world’s 3rd largest hypersonic wind tunnel
APPOINTMENTS:
  • Brian McClendon Vice President of mapping at Uber resigns
  • Goa Assembly elects Dr Pramod Sawant as speaker of Assembly
  • SEBI appoints Madhabi Puri Buch as its Whole Time Member
  • Upendra Tripathy becomes Interim Director General of ISA:
SPORTS NEWS:
  • Owing to security problem Hong Kong forfeits Davis Cup at Pakistan
  • India bags 18 medals in Olympics World Winter Games at Austria