Important Current Affairs 11th March 2018

Important Current Affairs 11th March 2018

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Current Affairs 11th March 2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

Prime Minister will receive the French President Mr. Emmanuel Macro in Varanasi tomorrow

●    Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will receive the French President Mr. Emmanuel Macron in Varanasi tomorrow morning.
●    Both politicians will depart for Mirzapur, where they will inaugurate a solar power plant and then they will return to Varanasi.
●    In Varanasi, both politicians will visit Deendayal Handicraft Complex.
●    They will interact with the artisans and their artworks will be in direct form.

Premium tag for coffee grown in the Araku valley

●    The Coffee Board has applied for the registration of Araku Coffee under geographical indications for the conservation of the distinctive identity of the coffee being developed by tribal communities of the Araku valley located in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh.
●    Information about this effect was made by Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, C.R. In today's reply in the Lok Sabha, Chaudhary gave a written question.
●    The Central Government is implementing 'Integrated Coffee Development Project' through the Coffee Board and is promoting coffee production in the Araku Valley.

The Prime Minister inaugurated the new building of Central Information Commission in New Delhi.
 

●    The Prime Minister inaugurated the new building of Central Information Commission in New Delhi today.
●    On this occasion, he said that the construction work of the building has been completed before the scheduled time, for which all the agencies involved in the construction are eligible for the congratulations.
●    He said that this building has been provided environment friendly rating Home-IV, which will ensure savings and will be helpful in environmental conservation.

Under National Road Lighting Program, 49 lakh LED Street lights have been installed.

●    Under National Road Lighting Program (SLNP), so far 49 lakh LED Street lights have been installed in 28 States / UTs.
●    The program was started by the Prime Minister on January 5, 2015, with the purpose of replacing 1.34 million conventional street lights with energy-efficient LED lights by March 2019.
●    The SLNP is being implemented by Energy Efficiency Service Limited (EESL), a joint venture company of Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) under the Ministry of Power.

Two Acts passed from Parliament for Social Justice

●    Two Act passed by Parliament is extremely important for achieving the objectives of social justice.
●    The first act is the Civil Rights Protection Act (PCR), 1955.
●    Through this, there is a provision to punish anyone who practices untouchability in any form.
●    The second act is Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Inhibition of Atrocities, POA) Act 1989.

Rajpa's merger with BJP

●    Former Minister and MLA Dr Kirodi Lal Meena, who was away from the BJP for ten years, returned home on Sunday.
●    In the BJP headquarters, CM Vasundhara Raje has added sweets to Kirodi Lal Meena in the party.
●    At the behest of the BJP state president Ano Paranami, Kirori Lal, his wife Golma Devi and Sikarai MLA Gita Verma gave a missed call on the mobile and got the BJP's membership.

TTV Dinakaran will announce his party on March 15

●    TTV Dinakaran has also announced the launch of its political party amid continuous changing political equations in Tamil Nadu.
●    He told that on March 15, he will announce his party and party's symbol.
●    By making Dayakaran's party, another strong opponent will emerge in Tamil Nadu.

More than half of Coca-Cola products will be desi

●    Coke Coca Cola Company, a cold drink company, is engaged in expanding its business in the country.
●    The company is planning to localize its two-thirds of its product portfolio in the next few years, under which it plans to introduce its native beverage and fruit juice.

Man Mohan Vaidya and Mukund are also included in the list of RSS headquarters

●    In the meeting of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) meeting in Nagpur, some changes were made in the organization on Sunday after Suresh Bhaiyaji Joshi was again elected as the Chief Minister.
●    Dr. Manmohan Vaidya, publicity chief of the All India Representative House, has been made the co-ordinator of the organization.
●    Along with Vaidya, All India Co-Intellectual Head Mukund CR has also been given the responsibility of co-servicemen.

Current Affairs 11th March 2018: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

ISRO may launch Chandrayaan-2 next month

●    Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) can launch Chandrayaan-2 in April this year.
●    This time, a rover will also be sent on this mission, which will land on the surface of the moon and gather its information.
●    ISRO chairman According to Siwan, if the mission of this mission can not be completed in April, it will be launched in October.

Current Affairs 11th March 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

China's president can be President of China for forever

●    The parliament of China has cleared the compulsory requirement of two years for President and Vice President with a two-thirds majority on Sunday and has cleared the way for the country's current president, Xi Jinping, to remain in the top post throughout his lifetime.
●    After the constitutional amendment, 64-year-old xi's life has ended the barrier to stay as a leader of China.
●    He is currently in the second term of five years.

Nepal's Prime Minister Oli wins trust vote with two-thirds majority

●    Nepal's newly elected Prime Minister KP Oli won the historic vote of confidence in the lower house of the country with a two-thirds majority today.
●    Officials said that on February 15, Oli, who was appointed the Prime Minister, got 208 votes out of the total 268 MPs present in the House of Representatives (lower house of Parliament).
●    Oli (66) got support from all other political parties, except the main Opposition Nepali Congress and some smaller parties.

Current Affairs 11th March 2018: ECONOMY

Foreign investors pulled out Rs 6,000 crore from Indian market

●    Due to better opportunities in other emerging countries, withdrawal of foreign investors from the Indian capital market continues.
●    Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) has cleared nearly Rs 6,000 crore in just 6 business days of the current month.
●    According to the depository data, between March 1 and 9, March, FPI has raised Rs 2,410 crore from the stock market and the date
●    3,473 crore withdrawal from the market. Thus, these investors have withdrawn a total of Rs 5,883 crore.

SpiceJet deals with CFM International for 810 billion rupees 

●    SpiceJet, the cheap aviation company, said on Saturday that it has tied up with CFM International to buy 155 engines of Boeing-737 MAX aircraft, with an approximate value of 810 billion rupees.
●    Spares engines will also be purchased with this.
●    CFM develops engines of international aircraft. It is a 50:50-share company of American General Electric and France's Safran Aircraft Engine.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) initiated special audit process of government banks

●    Concerned with fraud cases in banks, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has started the process of special audit of government banks.
●    The main focus of this audit will be on trade finesans and guarantees issued by banks.
●    The RBI will also see whether the banks had prior permission from the credit limit and whether or not they had adequate cash margin available before issuing the guarantee letter.

Air India's outstanding amount of Rs 325 crore

●    In order to improve the loss of Air India, the government engaged in all measures is not paying the airline due on time.
●    VVIP Chartered flights were used for foreign visits, but the government has not paid 325 crores of rent.
●    National airline company on the path of privatization has informed that the various ministries have not paid the bills for VVIP visits.