Abhinandan will be
awarded Mahavir Award –
· IAF Wing Commander, Abinandan Varhtman will be the
first recipient of the ‘Bhagwan Mahavir Ahimsa Puraskar’ instituted by the
Akhil Bharatiya Digambar Jain Mahasamiti.
· He shot down a Pakistani Air Force Jet F-16 with an
R-73 an air-to-air missile in the dogfight on February 27, 2019.
· He will be awarded on April 17, 2019. The award has a
cash prize of Rs. 2.51 lakh, citation, and momento.
Gwalior: Center for Disability Sports –
· A centre for Disability Sports will be set up at Gwalior in Madhya
Pradesh.
· It will ensure the effective participation of Persons
with disabilities in sports activities.
· It is being developed by the Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment.
· It will have an Outdoor Athletic Stadium, Indoor
Sports Complex and Aquatic Centre.
Bajrang Punia won Gold
in Bulgaria
–
· Wrestler Bajrang Punia won a gold medal in 65 KG
freestyle in Bulgaria.
· The tournament, Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov was held in Ruse.
· He overpowered Jordan Oliver of USA by 12-3 in
the final of March 2, 2019 and secured the maximum ranking points from the
tournament.
· This is his 10th medal in international
tournament since the 2017 World Championships in Paris.
One Nation One Card
launched by PM –
· Pm Narendra Modi launched ‘One Nation One Card’ in
Ahmedabad on 4 March, 2019.
· It can be used for paying for travel on any mode of
transportation.
· It will enable people to use them their in PoS
machines deployed at ticket counters or just use them like Metro Rail smart
cards to enter a platform.
PM on 2-day visit to Gujarat –
· PM Narendra Modi is on a 2-day visit to Gujarat from 4 March, 2019.
· He will launch the Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan
Yojana (PM-SYM) and inaugurate the first phase of 6-km-long Ahmedabad Metro
service.
· He will also lay foundation stones for Umiya Dham
temple and launch SAUNI water scheme.
4 Banks fined by RBI –
·
RBI imposed a
monetary penalty of Rs.3 crore on Union Bank, Rs.2 crore on Dena Bank and Rs.1
crore each on IDBI and the SBI on 2 March 2019.
·
They were charged
for non-compliance with various directions.
·
The Penalty on
the Union Bank was imposed for delay in adherence to its directives on
‘Time-bound implementation and strengthening of SWIFT-related controls’.
Aadhaar, voluntary ID
proof in banks –
· President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to an
ordinance that allows voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof for opening bank
accounts and buying SIM cards.
· The ordinance will omit Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act
relating to the use of Aadhaar by private entities.
· The changes entail a civil penalty of up to Rs. 1
crore on entities that violate the provision of the Aadhaar Act.
Indian Bank received
Best Bank Award –
· Public sector Indian Bank bagged the Best Bank Award
from the Tamil Nadu government on March 3, 2019.
· It was awarded for meeting the needs of women’s
self-help groups (SHGs).
· Chief Minister of the state K Palaniswami handed over
the award to the executive director of the bank M K Bhattacharya.
New Memorandum of
Understanding –
· An MoU was signed between the Maharashtra Industrial
Development Corporation and Chinese paper manufacturing firm ‘Nine Dragons’ to
invest Rs. 4500 crore in the State.
· EDB, the investment promotion arm of Bahrain, signed
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra Government to provide
a framework for co-operation to promote fintech in their respective markets.
ICC’s Cricket
Committees head: Anil Kumble –
· The ICC has reappointed former Team India captain Anil Kumble as the chairman of
ICC’s Cricket Committee during its quarterly meet in Dubai.
· Kumble, who has been the chairman of the committee
since 2012, will be serving for a final three year team.
· Kumble had replaced former Windies’ captain Clive
Lloyd in 2012.
Adani Power’s Jharkhand
SEZ project –
· The government as approved Adani Power’s Rs.14,000
crore Special Economic Zone (SEZ) project in Jharkhand.
· It will export power generated to Bangladesh.
· The group had sort approval for setting up the project
over an area of 425 hectares.
Deal with Russia to
produce AK-2013 rifles –
· India signed a deal with a Russian firm to manufacture 7.5
lakh AK-203 rifles, the latest derivative of the AK-47 rifles.
· The AK-203 rifles will be produced at the Indian
Ordnance Factory at Amethi’s Korwa.
· The new rifles will replace the indigenous INSAS
rifles in the Army, Air Force, and Navy.
U.S closed Jerusalem consulate –
· The US
officially shuttered its consulate in Jerusalem,
downgrading the status of its main diplomatic mission to the Palestinians by
folding it into the US
embassy to Israel.
· The consulate functioned as a de facto embassy to the
Palestinians for decades.
· The symbolic shift hands authority over U.S. diplomatic channels with the West Bank and Gaza to Ambassador David
Friedman.
CISF set new Guinness
World Record –
· Central Industrial Security Force achieved a Guinness
World Record feat in single line bicycle parade the mark the 50 years to the
paramilitary force on March 3, 2019.
· The new record was created at the Yamuna Expressway in
Noida.
· Personnel of CISF rode 1,327 bicycles non-stop with a
uniform distance between bicycles in a single line.
· The parade covered 3.2 km distance non-stop.
Only 6 countries give
equal rights to women –
· The World Bank found that only 6 countries in the
world enshrine gender equality in laws affecting work as per its report ‘Women’
business and the law 2019 report’.
· These countries are Sweden,
France, Denmark, Belgium,
Luxembourg, and Latvia.
· The index assessed eight indicators that influence
economic decisions women’s make during their working lives, of which only 6 got
full marks.
Bhagwan Lal Sahni to
head NCBC –
· Bhagwan Lal Sahni, a BJP leader from Bihar’s
Muzaffarpur, assumed charged as the chairman of the newly constituted National
Commission of Backward Classes (NCBC).
· The NCBC was given constitutional status by Parliament
in 2018.
· Kaushalendra Singh Patel, Sudha Yadav., and Achary
Talloju have been appointed as members of the commission.
2 New Rail projects
flagged off –
· Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis flagged off 11.28 km
long 2nd phase of the Chembur-Wdala-Jacob
Circle of Mumbai mononrail network on 3 March
2019.
· PM Narendra Modi flagged off the Tejas Express between
Madurai and
Chennai, with two commercial stops.
Crew Dragon Rocket
launched –
· SapceX launched an unnamed Crew Dragon craft from Florida to the
International Space Station on 2 March 2019.
· It is a milestone for Elon Musk’s goal of enabling
humans to live on others planets.
Essar got nod for shale
exploration –
· Essar Oil & Gas Exloration and Production Ltd
(EOGELP) received environment clearance for exploring shale gas reserves in its
Raniganj Block in West Bengal.
· The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) allowed Essar to
drill 20 wells to explore shale gas in its Raniganj CBM block.
· It has been awarded an exploration lease for sale gas,
CBM, and hydrocarbons in the Raniganj Block.
Hailakandi: Top
aspirational districts –
· Assam’s Hailakandi districts has shot up to number 1 from
the 52nd position, among the aspirational districts of the country
as per a new report by the Niti Aayog.
· It ranked 1st among the 112 aspirational
districts of India
based on the performance during November-December 2018 and January 2019.
· Deputy commissioners of awarded districts would
receive an additional allocation on 6 March 2019.
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