Current affairs : March 4th, 2017 for all competitive exams
Students will now be required to have an Aadhaar
number for getting their midday meals across the country.
- The
HRD ministry issued this notification. This rule will be applicable across
the country, except Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya and Assam.
- However,
the ministry has given time till June 30, 2017 for those who are not yet
enrolled.
India
to Host 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic
Governance: ICEGOV 2017
The Ministry of Electronics & Information
Technology, Government of India, in collaboration with United
Nations University and UNESCO, is organizing a three-day
International Conference 10th ICEGOV 2017 in Delhi in March.
- Theme: Building Knowledge Societies: From Digital
Government to Digital Empowerment.
- The
key objective of ICEGOV2017 is to explore how Digital Government can lead
to Digital Empowerment by local knowledge.
India
to train Myanmar Navy:
Indian Navy
will set up meteorological facilities and impart training for the Myanmar Navy.
This was agreed upon during a recent visit of a Myanmar delegation to Kochi.
Myanmar will soon send a proposal with its requirements.
- This
fits into India’s overall effort to boost strategic cooperation under the
‘Act East’ policy and will help offset increasing Chinese presence in its
neighbourhood.
NMCG Signs MoU with Rotary India for the Success of
Namami Gange
In its effort to make Namami Gange program a mass
movement with the involvement of more and more voluntary organizations,
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) under Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation signed an MoU with Rotary India in New
Delhi.
- Rotary
India will support clean Ganga mission through their WASH in Schools
program in various schools.
Yatra inks MoU with Madhya Pradesh govt to promote
homestays
Online travel company Yatra.com has signed an agreement
with Madhya Pradesh government to jointly promote homestays in the state.
- Under
the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Yatra will promote all the state
tourism approved homestays, where travelers can book a room with a local
family or the entire house.
West
Bengal passes Bill to rein in private hospitals
The West
Bengal Assembly has passed the West Bengal Clinical Establishments
(Registration, Regulation and Transparency Bill) Bill 2017 aimed at overhauling
private healthcare and taking stringent measures against health institutions
indulging in medical negligence and corrupt practices.
- The
legislation repealed The West Bengal Clinical Establishment (Regulation)
Act, 2010.
- The
law is aimed at bringing transparency, ending harassment of patients and
checking medical negligence in private hospitals and nursing homes. The
law also covers clinics, dispensaries and polyclinics.
Low
MR vaccine coverage in TN a worry
According to a
report, only about 50% of children aged nine months to 15 years in Tamil Nadu
have been vaccinated by the measles-rubella (MR) combination vaccine since the
campaign was launched.
- It
is because the present situation would lead to an increase in the number
of newborns with congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) — hearing impairments,
eye and heart defects and brain damage — when women get infected with
rubella virus during the early stages of pregnancy.
Lakkaram
tank regains lost glory
The Lakkaram
tank of Kakatiya period here has received a new lease of life following near
total restoration of the water body at an estimated cost of Rs 13.5 crore under
the Mission Kakatiya scheme.
- Mission
Kakatiya is the Telangana government’s flagship programme aimed at
restoring minor irrigation sources like tanks and other water bodies to
help small and marginal farmers.
- The
name ‘Mission Kakatiya’ is given in the remembrance and tribute to the
Kakatiya rulers who developed large number of the irrigation tanks.
Ukraine region to use Russian ruble as currency
Ukraine’s self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s
Republic, state in eastern Ukraine, will use the Russian ruble as
its official currency, along with the Ukrainian Hryvnia.
- The
Russian ruble is already being used in pro-Russian territory which serves
to stabilize the volatile economic situation in the region.
Rihanna Receives Harvard University's Humanitarian
Award, 2017
Harvard named the 29-year-old singer Rihanna its
Humanitarian of the Year, pointing to her projects that include an advanced
center to treat breast cancer in her native Barbados and support for girls’
education around the developing world.
SBI to charge for breaching monthly average balance
in saving accounts
State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest public
lender, will resume charging customers who don’t maintain Monthly Account
Average Balance (MAB) in their savings bank accounts from April 1, 2017.
- The
minimum monthly balance for savings bank account holders in metropolitan
areas is Rs 5,000. Similarly, in urban areas, SBI customers will need to
maintain a monthly average balance of Rs 3000. In semi-urban areas, the
amount is Rs 2,000, while for rural areas, the monthly average is Rs
1,000.
Pakistan diplomat Amjad Hussain B
Sial assumes office as new Sec Gen of SAARC
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
(SAARC) has named Amjad Hussain B Sial, as secretary general with immediate
effect from March 1, 2017.
- Mr.Sial
from Pakistan succeeded Nepal’s Arjun Bahadur Thapa as the SAARC secretary
general who was appointed the Secretary-General in 2014.
INHS ASVINI Mumbai receives Raksha Mantri’s Trophy,
named best service Hospital in the AFMS
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar presented the
Raksha Mantri’s Trophy and Citation for the best Service Hospital in the Armed
Forces Medical Services (AFMS) for the year 2016 to INHS Asvini, Mumbai.
- The
Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune and Command Hospital (Northern
Command) Udhampur have jointly adjudged the second best Service Hospitals.
French football legend Raymond Kopa passes away
French football legend Raymond Kopa who won the
European Cup three times with Real Madrid in the 1950s died in Paris after a
long illness. He was 85.
- He
was a central part of the French side beaten by Pele’s Brazil in a classic
World Cup semi-final in 1958.
Australian cricketer Sarah Coyte announces
retirement
Australian women cricketer Sarah Coyte, who was
also a part of Australia's 2014 World T20-winning squad, has announced her
retirement from all forms of the game.
- Coyte's decision arrives a year after she stepped down from international duty with the Southern Stars to combat mental health issues.
