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Daily News Analysis for IAS / UPSC (14th March, 2016)

March 14, 2016 by Admin Leave a Comment



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National News

Aadhaar bill 2016 passed

  • Aadhaar card to be mandatory to avail the subsidies and schemes of the Government
  • Aims to ensure targeted services to intended beneficiaries through Aadhaar card

 

370 crore mobilized for Swachh Bharat Khosh

  • It is a fund created to support the various cleanliness programs across the nation

 

IMF and India to establish SAARTAC

  • To further strengthen the economic operations of the Nation
  • Regional cooperation center will be established in Delhi

 

India to supply Locomotives to Myanmar

  • 18 Meter Gauge 1350 HP Diesel Electric Locomotives will be supplied to Myanmar Railways.

 

Haryana to join UDAY scheme

  • Scheme for restructuring debt of power distribution companies (discoms) in the state.
  • Seven states have already joined the UDAY (Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana) scheme

 

NITI Aayog launches Women Transforming India Campaign

  • Seeks for entries in the form of written essays/stories.
  • Should reflect new ground broken by women in empowering themselves/others, or of challenging stereotypes.

 

Kakrapar nuclear plant shut down

  • There was heavy water leakage at the plant.
  • A small leak in the Primary Heat Transport (PHT) System.
  • No harmful, radioactive leakage and the backup safety mechanisms were active

 

International

Mumbai and Bangalore among cheapest cities to live

  • London was sixth and New York seventh
  • Survey was done by a top London forecast group (EIU)

 

Serbia declares state of emergency over floods

  • Heavy rains are causing extensive flooding and might force thousands to leave their homes
  • More than 50 people died in the deluge and about 700 homes were flooded across the country
  • 170 people needing to be moved for their safety forcing thousands to leave their homes.
  • 2 billion euros worth of damage

 

India, US launch Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship

  • Initiative will advance bilateral cooperation on climate change
  • Will enable Indian research scholars to work with American institutions in the field.

 

Business and Economy

Employees to get incentive for 1 year from EPFO

  • Incentive for the employees who register between January and December 2016.
  • Employees can claim 5 to 10% of administrative charges for 1 year

 

Yes Bank signs pact with Indo-Brazil chamber for strategic co-op

  • Yes Bank is India’s fifth largest private sector Bank
  • Core sectors covered under this MoU are
    • Sports,
    • Media and entertainment with
    • Special focus on IT,
    • Infrastructure,
    • Broadcast driven business opportunities
  • MoU emphasizes strategic grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS).
  • Yes Bank and IBCC will jointly effort to explore exchange of best practices in sports goods manufacturing, CSR in sports, SM&E talent management.

 

PSUs Spent Over Rs 2400 Crore in CSR in 2014-15

  • Rs 2447.59 crore was spent on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities in 2014-15.
  • A meeting would be called to monitor spending of these funds.

 

Uber opens Asia’s first engineering hub in India

  • Tech Hub to have software engineers, product developers and others working initially on problems specific to users in India,
  • Will expand to improving Uber’s customer support worldwide.

 

BSNL Jumps into Video-On-Demand Service

  • Have announced partnership with DTH Major Tata Sky to kick-start their operations.
  • Tata Sky, which has a user base of about 11 million, will approach potential subscribers across the country.
  • Will offer its VoD service free for the first month to download content worth up to Rs 500.

 

Science and Technology

Plastic Decaying Bacteria Discovered

  • Japan researchers have discovered a new species of bacteria that is capable of breaking down plastic

 

Railway launches online ‘clean my coach’ service

  • You can ask for your coach or toilet to be cleaned by putting a request on the app.
  • A total of 18,709 requests have already been served since the service was launched.

 

Google’s next operating system is ‘Android N’

  • Upgraded OS “Android N” for now, offers a split-screen feature so users can toggle between apps more easily.
  • Enables users to reply directly to notifications
  • New edition initially being recommended only for mobile app makers
  • Will only work on a few smartphones and tablets.

 

People in News

Ajit Singh & Satish Mittal sworn-in as Guwahati & Rajasthan HC CJ respectively

  • Justice Satish Kumar Mittal was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.
  • Justice Ajit Singh was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Guwahati High Court.

 

Lt Gen N P S Hira appointed as Deputy Chief of Army Staff

  • Has been the commander of Sikh Light Infantry
  • Has wide experience in counter insurgency operations in J&K
  • Has commanded Assam battalion during high violence period
  • He has experience in North eastern states
  • He commanded 10 Infantry Division in Jammu and Kashmir on the Line of Control with distinction for which he was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal.

 

Keyboardist Keith Emerson dies

  • Emerson’s first commercial success with the Nice in the late 1960s
  • Founding member of Emerson, Lake and Palmer one of the early super groups, in 1970.
  • Considered as one of the top keyboard players of the progressive rock era.

 

Awards

Tezpur and JNU won Visitors Award for 2016

  • Tezpur University won the annual Visitor’s Award for the Best University.
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has won the Visitor’s Awards for Research and Innovation.
  • Professor Rakesh Bhatnagar of JNU Won Visitors Award for Innovation for development of a vaccine and a therapeutic antibody against anthrax

 

Kerala Tourism campaign wins Golden City Gate Award

  • It won the award at the travel trade show ITB in Berlin.

 

Filed Under: Current Affairs Today Tagged With: Daily News Analysis

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