Important Current Affairs 14th March 2018

Important Current Affairs 14th March 2018

Current Affairs 14th March 2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

Deadline of March 31 removed

●        To link the Aadhaar with bank accounts, mobile number and other government schemes, the Supreme Court upheld the deadline of March 31 till the decision was reached.
●        Support for government subsidized schemes will be necessary.

NDMC will broaden the Taj Mansingh will increase the auction spectrum
 
●        Municipal Council Taj Mansingh is increasing the scope of qualification required for the hotel 's bid.
●        NDMC has taken this step due to its first failure to lease the hotel on lease.
●        In the previous auction, the owner of the Hotel Brands and the companies operating on them were allowed to bid.
 
 
Walmart to buy up to 26% stake in Flipkart
 
●        Wal-Mart Inc. of America has reached the country's biggest e-commerce company to become Flipkart 's largest shareholder.
●        He is in the last round of talks with the Indian company for this deal.
●        Walmart can initially take a 20-26% stake in Flipkart and later it can increase it gradually to 51%.
●        After this, there will be a direct flight between America's Walmart and Amazon India in the Indian e-commerce market.
 
 
Railways spends ₹ 99.54 to earn a hundred rupees 
 
●        Concerned over the rising expenses of the Indian Railways, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has suggested that to overcome such a situation, the railways should first refurbish the passenger fares in their passenger fare as well as free bunch Need to be applied.
●        At present, the condition of his growing expenditure has been that the Railways have to spend Rs 99.54 for earning one hundred rupees.

Former SEBI chief U.K. Sinha made Vedanta's non-executive independent director

●        Former Chairman of SEBI K. Sinha has been appointed by the Vedanta Limited as a non-executive independent director.
●        His appointment will be considered effective from March 13.
●        After the company's Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday, his appointment was stamped.
●        U.K. Sinha took over the tenure of Chairman of SEBI from February 2011 to March 2017.
 

Minimum balance deducted up to 75% on savings accounts
 
●        State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest bank, has not reduced the average monthly amounts in savings accounts by reducing the penalty amount by almost 75%.
●        The new charge will be effective from 1 April 2018.
●        This move of SBI will benefit 25 million subscribers.
●        SBI said that the decision to cut the average monthly balance (AMB) has been taken in view of the feedback of various parties.

Inauguration of state's largest solar power plant in Uttar Pradesh

●        India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Excellency President of France, Emmanuel Macron inaugurated the 75 MW Solar Power Plant of Uttar Pradesh's largest capacity (101 MW).
●        About Rs 528 crore in Vijaypur village of Mirzapur district With the cost of this plant, this plant will generate 13 million units of electricity per year.
●        This plant was set up by the French company INGIE under the transparent auction under the solar park scheme of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

Current Affairs 14th March 2018: ECONOMY

Cover of better margins to Indian shrimp exporting firms

●        Shares of companies that export aqua feed and shrimp exports have shown a decline.
●        In the initial review of the import duty, the US Commerce Ministry has indicated to impose more import duty on Indian prawns.
●        However, due to rising demand for shrimp in the US and better operating profitability of companies, there is no major impact on Indian exports.
●        In the initial review of the import duty, the American authorities have indicated that the duty on frozen shrimp imported from India to frozen shrimp from 0.84% to 2.34% has been indicated.
 
 
RBI stops use of LOU for trade credit
 
●        The Reserve Bank of India took a major decision on the Letter of Undertaking , the root cause of the country's largest banking scam .
●        RBI has stopped banks from issuing LoU.
●        Billionaire Jweller Nirav Modi and Mehul Chaukasi, through this, carried out a scam of Rs 13,000 crore in the country's second largest government bank.
 
SBI closed 41.16 lakh savings account for not keeping minimum balance in the account
 
●        State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest bank, has not reduced the average monthly amount in savings accounts by reducing the penalty amount by about 75%.
●        The bank has closed approximately 41.16 lakh accounts without minimum deposit amount.
●        Due to the provision of penalty recovery from customers, during the first 10 months (April-January) of the current financial year, the country's largest bank has closed these accounts.
 

SBI carrying 5 companies from Kolkata to NCLT on loan default of Rs. 3250 crores
 
●        SBI is dragging five companies in Kolkata into the National Company Law Tribunal for insolvency procedures.
●        One of these is Burnpur Cement and rest Patni Group companies.
●        These companies have failed to repay the bank about Rs 3,250 crore.

Current Affairs 14th March 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Now the biggest companies in the world trying to mining Asteroids

●        Many companies of the world are at mining on the asteroid (asteroids).
●        Companies are showing a lot of interest for mining at Asteroids.
●        Until this time, you could have imagined this thing, but NASA is working on a similar project.
●        NASA is exploring the possibility of mining at a nearby Astro, NASA's mission is to look at companies from around the world. 

Gina Haspel CIA's first woman chief selected
 
●        US President Donald Trump appointed American intelligence agency Mike Pompey as foreign minister on March 13, 2018, and in his place, Jean Heppel was selected as CIA Chief.
●        He has been nominated by the President, if the final stamp is placed on his name by the Senate, then Jeena Haspel will be the first female head of the CIA.
 
 
Bidhya Devi Bhandari elected the President of Nepal for the second time
 
●        Nepal was voted for the presidential election held on March 13, 2018, in which the current President, Vidya Devi Bhandari has been elected for the second time. She is the country's first woman president.
●        She was elected the President of Nepal on October 28, 2015 for the first time.
●        Presidential Deity Bhawari defeated Nepali Congress candidate Kumari Lakshmi Rai.
●        Vidya Devi Bhandari achieved more than two-thirds majority.

Current Affairs 14th March 2018: OBITUARY

Scientists Stephen Hawking dies at age 76

●        Stephen Hawking, the scientist who tells the mysteries of the universe, has passed away.
●        He was 76 years old.
●        Hawking Motor was passing through negligible illness known as neuron.
●        Stephen Hawking is an important contributor to understanding black hole and bang theory.
 
Famous actor Narendra Jha dies
 
●        Famous actor Narendra Jha died on March 14, 2018
●        He was 55 years old.
●        He died of a heart attack.
●        Narendra Jha, who started his career with commercials, is now a well-known name in the movies and movies.
●        His work in Bollywood was greatly appreciated and he was known as a serious artist.