Current Affairs 3rd March 2018

Current Affairs 3^rd March 2018

NATIONAL

• India back as world’s fastest-growing economy

• Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India have identified a new plant species from two protected National Parks in West Bengal.

• New law for rape offenders in Haryana

• Union Minister of Civil Aviation P Ashok Gajapathi Raju inaugurated the country’s first Aviation Multi Skill Development Centre at Chandigarh Airport’s old terminal.

• India’s first defence ‘Quad’ to be made

BANKING & ECONOMY

• Corporation Bank reports fraud of ₹6.77 cr
• April-Jan fiscal deficit hits 113.7%
• Aircel files for bankruptcy
• SBI steeply hikes deposit rates
• EPFO Makes Online Claims necessary
• Catholic Syrian Bank ties up with Celebrus

SPORTS

• Mascot chosen by children for 2020 Olympics