HDFC Bank crossed Rs 6
trillion –
· HDFC Bank Ltd crossed Rs.6 trillion market
capitalization for the first time on 13 March 2019, making it only the
countries third firm to achieve the milestone.
· HDFC Bank stock gained for the fifth session in a row,
rising as much as 6% during the period.
· Tata Consultancy Service Ltd (TCS) and Reliance
Industries Ltd (RIL) are the other 2 companies to cross it.
World Kidney Day
celebrated –
· World Kidney Day (WKD) is observed annually on the
second Thursday in March.
· It is celebrated to create awareness on the importance
of the Kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of Kidney diseases.
· The theme of WKD 2019 is ‘Kidney Health For Everyone
Everywhere’, which calls for universal health coverage for prevention and early
treatment of kidney diseases.
India awarded scholarship to Nepali students –
· The Indian Embassy in Nepal awarded 200 Golden Jubilee
Scholarship too meritorious Nepali students on 13 March 2019.
· This year the scholarship recipients cover the 36
undergraduate courses including MBBS, BDS, BE, BSc, BBA and B.Com etc.
· The government of India started the Golden Jubilee Scholarship
scheme in 2002 too mark the completion of 50 years of India-Nepal Economic
Cooperation.
India-Oman Joint
Exercise began –
· Indo Oman Joint Exercise AI Nagah III 2019, a joint
military exercise between India
and Royal Army of Oman (RAO), commenced on 13 Marc 2019 at Nizwan, Oman.
· The Omani contingent was represented by Jabel Regiment
of the RAO while the Indian side was represented by troops of ‘Tenth Battalion
of The Garhwali Rifles Regiment’.
2 Amendment Regulation
approved by Cabinet –
· The Union Cabinet approved Promulgation of Daman and
Diu Civil Courts (Amendment) Regulation, 2019 and the Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(Civil Courts and Miscellaneous) Provisions) Amendment Regulation, 2019 under
Article 240 of the Constitution.
· The move will be helpful in bringing uniformity in
Judicial Services.
Special Olympics Worlds
Games 2019 began –
· Special Olympics World Games 2019 is being held from
March 14-21, 2019 in UAE.
· It made history by welcoming a record-breaking 200
nations ahead of the games.
· Of the 200 nations, 195 will complete in the Games and
5 will observe.
· It is being held in West Asia
for the first time. 7,500 athletes will take part in 24 Olympic-style sports
over 7 days.
Indian Oil won Gold Cup
–
· Indian Oil retained their Bombay Gold Cup Hockey crown
on 13 March 2019.
· They defeated Punjab
and Sind Bank (PSB) 9-7 via penalty shootout in the summit clash.
· Bharat Petroleum’s Darshan Gawkar was adjudged as the
most promising player of the tournament and received a cheque of Rs. 10,000
awarded by the Sport’s Journalist Association of Mumbai.
Airbus India launched
programme for women –
· Airbus India launched an Ambitious programme for women
professionals who want to return to corporate careers after a sabbatical or
maternity leave.
· ‘Fly Again’ was launched on International Women’s Day
(March 8, 2019).
· It will support Air Bus India in meeting its requirement
for talent as well as increase diversity and inclusion at the workplace,
contributing to long-term business success.
RBI to inject $5
billion liquidity –
· RBI will conduct a US dollar/Indian Rupee buy/sell
swap auction of $5 billion for a tenor of 3 years on March 26 to inject Rupee
liquidity for longer duration.
· Under the buy/sell foreign exchange swap, a bank will
sell US dollars to the RBI and simultaneously agree to buy the same amount of
US dollar at the end of the swap period.
· This will support credit growth and soften bond yields.
Rohit Sharma: 3rd
to cross 8000 ODI runs –
· Rohit Sharma became the 3rd fastest player
to cross 8000 runs in the ODI cricket.
· He is also the 9th Indian batsman to do so after Virat
Kohli, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Virendra
Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Mohammed Azharuddin.
· He surpassed MS Dhoni as the player to record for most
ODI sixes for India.
MCA released national
guidelines –
· The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) came up with
National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct (NGRBC).
· For this purpose, the National Voluntary Guidelines on
Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business, 2011 (NVGS)
have also been revised.
· MCA is also in the process of developing India’s
National Action Plan on Business & Human Rights (NAP) by 2020.
Cabinet approved 3
agreements –
·
The Cabinet
approved the proposal for accession of India to:
·
(i) The nice
agreement concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for
the purpose of Registration of Marks.
·
(ii) The Vienna
Agreement establishing International Classification of the figurative elements
of marks.
·
(iii) The Locarno
Agreement establishing International classification for industrial designs.
US to setup 6 Nuclear
plants in India
–
· India and the United States
have committed to strengthen bilateral and civil nuclear cooperation, including
the establishment of six US
nuclear power plants in India.
· The 9th round of the India-US Strategic
Security Dialogues was held in Washington
DC on 13 March 2019.
· The Indian delegation was led by Foreign Secretary
Vijay Gokhale.
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