Current Affairs 25th 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:
- World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is observed every year in order to create public awareness about the disease and the need for regular screening and prevention.
- Cabinet approves National Capital Goods policy
- Cabinet approves construction of 1 crore houses
- Centre approves 11 highway projects worth 6,284 crore rupees for various states
- Union Water Resources Ministry implementing its flagship programme Jal Kranti Abhiyan
- Government hikes dearness allowance by 6%
- Mumbai service tax dept releases advt for auctioning of Mallya’s Airbus A319 jet
- Punjab Assembly passes Agriculture Indebtedness Bill
- Government developing aptitude test for students
- India Post releases customised ‘My Stamp’ on HAL
- World Bank to extend 9,000 Crore to Swachh Bharat
- Union Government and Industry Association signed MoU for effective redressal of consumer complaints
- OECD released Standardised e-format for Exchange of Country-by-Country reports to assist Tax Administration
International News:
- India, Bangladesh PMs launch two bilateral projects
- Nepal and Azerbaijan became Dialogue Partner of SCO
- India joins hands with Russia for disaster management
- South Korea tops global average internet speed
- North Korea conducts fresh missile engine test
- China to provide millions of dollars in soft loan to Nepal
New Appointments:
- Mobile Payment and e-commerce site Paytm has appointed Bhusan Patil as its new President. He was the head of Alibaba wholesale groups earlier.
- Mukund Padmanabhan appointed as new editor of The Hindu
- Retired Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court Justice Permod Kohli has been appointed as the Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal.
Banking & Business:
- Core banking facility available at 25K post offices by April
- RBI makes liquidity monitoring rules easier for banks
- RBI revises liquidity measuring rules for Basel III
- South Indian Bank gets ISO 9001:2008 certification
- Anand Mahindra and Aditya Puri among top global 30 CEO’s
- Wings Travel acquired taxi service Bookmycab
- Flipkart, Ola Co-founders invest in HashLearn
- Uber to pay up to $10,000 on finding bugs
- Air India One crew to wear Khadi clothes soon
- Vijay Mallya exits from Sanofi after 33 years as chairman
Sports:
- Dhoni crosses 1,000-run mark in T20Is
- Denmark’s 17-year-old Mohamad Al-Bacha was crowned the FIFA’16 world champion after winning the final in New York.
- Germany’s Nico Rosberg won 2016 Australian Grand Prix
- Bangladesh’s key pace bowler Taskin Ahmed lost his appeal against suspension from international cricket for illegal action.
Science & Technology:
- Indian Coast Guard ship Arnvesh commissioned at Visakhapatnam
- DRDO develops RADAR to look through walls
- India deploys P8I maritime aircraft to Seychelles
- Sundarbans becomes No-Pollution Zone
- Google building new live-streaming app
Obituaries:
- Phife Dawg, a member of rap pioneers A Tribe Called Quest, has died at the age of 45.Born Malik Isaac Taylor in 1970, he co-founded the philosophically focused rap group in 1985.
