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