CURRENT AFFAIRS 7th 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:
- National anthem should be sung in all private schools: Madras HC
- President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the national conference on Women Legislation at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
- Lok Sabha passes 1 Bill, Rajya Sabha 3 in ongoing Budget session
- River Information System Like ATC To Be Launched For Inland Waterways Traffic
- First Edition Of e-Newsletter of Textiles Ministry Launched by Santosh kumar Gagwar
- The first Raisina-Dialogue 2016, a flagship conference on Geopolitics and Geo-economics began in New Delhi.
- Uttar Pradesh Assembly passes UP Revenue Code (Amendment) Bill, 2016
- 15 States have Joined UDAY Scheme
- The traditional festival of Chapchar Kut of the Mizos was celebrated across the north-eastern state of Mizoram and also in the Mizo-inhabited areas in the neighbouring states.
International News:
- Cuba and the European Union are close to a deal on a new bilateral agreement, which would improve their decades old chilly relations.
- India moves WTO against US on temporary working visa issue
- Philippines seizes North Korea ship after sanctions
- India Signs Agreement With IEA For Energy Initiatives
- Pakistan’s Senate rejects national airline privatization bill
Newly Appointed:
- TCS chief N Chandrasekaran appointed to board of Reserve Bank
- Ajit Singh sworn in as Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court
- Union of European Football Associations named Theodore Theodoridis as interim general secretary
- Sanjiv Kohli concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Independent State of Samoa
Banking & Business:
- Country’s first small finance bank to start ops on April 13
- Myanmar grants operating licenses to four Asian banks
- Paytm ties up with Delhi Metro for card recharge
- Amazon is India’s most trusted online shopping brand: Survey
- MoU between Indian Army and Induslnd Bank
Sports:
- Indian men’s and women’s teams win gold medals at World Table Tennis Team Championship
- Patna Pirates defeating defending champion U Mumba 31-28 in the dying seconds of the game to win the title at the Indira Gandhi indoor Stadium.
- PepsiCo Named As New Associate Sponsor Of BCCI
Awards & Honours:
- President Mukherjee presented Standard to 119 HU & Colours to 28 ED of IAF
- The Advertising Club Madras conferred its 1st Distinguished Service Award on Srinivasan K Swamy
- Sirshendu De selected for Innovation Award 2016 for developing laterite based arsenic water filter
Obituaries:
- Pat Conroy, Prince of Tides And Great Santini Author, Dies At 70
- Congress MLA R. Venkat Reddy Passes Away
