Important Current Affairs 19th March 2018

Important Current Affairs 19th March 2018

Current Affairs 19th March 2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

President inaugurates innovation and entrepreneurship celebrations;

●        President Shri Ramnath Kovind today inaugurated the Innovation and Festivity of Entrepreneurship (Fine) at the Rashtrapati Bhawan and presented the Gandhian Youth Technology Innovation Award.
●        On this occasion, the President said that to build a relatively new and better India, some developmental objectives need to be completed, some of them will be celebrated in the year 2022 when we celebrate 75th anniversary of our independence.
 
Jitendra Singh will inaugurate the International Yoga Festival on March 21, representatives of 16 countries will participate in it.

●        The three-day International Yoga Festival will be held from 21 March to 23 March 2018 at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.
●        The International Yoga Festival is being organized as a preview of International Yoga Day (IDY) 2018.
●        This program is being organized by Morarji Desai National Yoga Institute (MDNIY).
 
 Draft of Agricultural Export Policy made publicly available

●        In order to realize the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'doubling of income of farmers', Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Suresh Prabhu has taken initiative to draft a 'Agricultural Export Policy' in the wider interest of farmers and agricultural exports. 
●        Ministry of Commerce and Industry has introduced a draft 'Agricultural Export Policy', which aims to double the agricultural exports and integrate the farmers and agricultural products of India with the global value chain.
 
In order to promote tourism in the North-East, four MoUs under the aegis of the Ministry of Donor were signed.

●        The presence of senior officials of the Central Northeast Region Development Minister (Independent Charge) and PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Minister of State of Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh and senior officials of the Department of Donor, 

NEC and various other organizations. Four MoUs (MoUs) were signed today under the aegis of Donor.

●        After signing the above agreements, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that the development of the North-Eastern region has a special significance for overall inclusive growth in India and keeping in view the natural beauty and cultural heritage of the North-Eastern region, the development of tourism sector is our focus areas. 

One of the monuments coming under the Taj Mahal "Acceptance of Heritage Project"

●        Tajmahal is one of the monuments under the "Acceptance of Heritage Project" launched on World Tourism Day, 2017.
●        In addition to the Taj Mahal, for issuing Vision bids for 75 destinations, 24 letters are being issued to the Agencies.
●        Two hues have been received for the Taj Mahal, but no decision has been taken so far.

Policy Commission released SATH-Education Roadmap 2018-2020 on March 17, 2018

●        Road map of the project of SATH-E for the continuous action to bring changes in human capital in education with the participation of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, issued by the Chief Executive Officer of the Policy Commission, Mr. Amitabh Kant on Saturday, 17th March was made.
●        On this occasion, Mr. Sudhir Tripathi, Chief Secretary of Jharkhand, Mr. Alok Kumar, Advisor to the Policy Commission, Principal Education Secretary of the States, State Project Director (SPD) Knowledge Partners and representatives working in the field of education were present.
 
Recommendation of granting status of Lingayat to different religion by Karnataka government
 
●        Karnataka's Siddaramaiah government has approved the demand for separate religion status on the Lingayat community on March 19, 2018.
●        This proposal has been sent to the Center for approval.
●        Nagamohan Das Committee was constituted to consider Lingayat demand.
●        The state cabinet has accepted the recommendations of the committee.
 
Discovering new species of insects living in water in Nagaland

●        The team of scientists of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered some new insects on water in Nagaland.
●        Scientists discover the insects of Tilomera Nagaland, Jehmar and Chandra in the INTakki river.
●        These pests will be known only in the name of Nagaland. In this regard, in the journal Jutexa, the research report was published in January 2018.

FCRA Amendment Bill passed
 
●        The Lok Sabha passed amendment in the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act-2010 (FCRA).
●        This act prevents foreign corporation from funding political parties.
●        Under this, the investigation of foreign funds received till now since 1976 will not take place.
●        The Central Government has also amended the FCRA under the Finance Bill 2016, which will enable the political parties to easily take foreign donations.
 
The youngest Sarpanch of Rajasthan is a 24-year MBBS student Shahnaz
 
●        Nowadays, in Rajasthan , which is infamous for female feticide , now daughters have presented a unique example of their empowerment in front of the whole world.
●        After completing the MBBS course, the daughter of a village in Bharatpur district has started working to help the girls fulfill their dreams.
●        The name of this daughter of Bharatpur is Shahnaz Khan who has been selected as the youngest woman sarpanch in the state.

Current Affairs 19th March 2018: GLOBAL  NEWS

Inaugurating the first India-Japan Workshop on the subject of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

●        Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Deputy Chairman, Policy Commission today inaugurated the first India-Japan Workshop on the subject of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) here today.
●        The two-day workshop is jointly organized by the Home Ministry, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Japanese Government.
 
Indian Railways handed over 18 microprocessor controlled Indian rail engines to Myanmar Railway

●        According to Vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Indian Railways is playing an important role in developing cordial relations with neighboring countries.
●        India and Myanmar have been collaborating in the field of rail for the last two decades.
●        In order to further encourage cooperation between the two countries, the Minister of State for Railways, Mr. Rajen Gohain, was present in the ceremony of formally giving the 18 AC-DC 1350, HP diesel electric engine, Myanmar Railway to Myanmar.
 

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi promoted to State Counselor

●        The State Councilor has been appointed on 19 March 2018 by promoting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
●        They can now be appointed new special representatives for the India-China border talks.
●        Wang Yi has replaced Yang Jiechi, who became a member of the Politburo last year.
●        The CPCB is a high level organization under the chairmanship of the Politburo Xi Jinping.
 
About 6.25 lakh children in India smoke every day

●        According to the Global Tobacco Atlas Report, more than 6.25 lakh children in India smoke daily, which is a serious warning to public health.
●        Tobacco use consumes 17,887 lives every week in the country.
●        Although this figure is lower than the average deaths in the countries of the Human Development Index (HDI).
 
United Nations urges $ 95.1 Crore million for Rohingya refugees
 
●        The United Nations has made an appeal of $ 95.1 crore, or 6200 crores, to meet the needs of nearly nine lakh Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
●        For the Rohingya refugees living outside Myanmar, UN and NGOs have jointly issued a shared plan to deal with the Rohingya humanitarian crisis.
●        More than 330,000 unsafe Bangladeshis have been included in the scheme for refugees in Myanmar.

Current Affairs 19th March 2018: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Diabetes can be of 5 types

●        According to scientists, diabetes actually has two, but not five different diseases, and all of these should also be treated differently.
●        In the research done in Finland and Sweden, experts have identified five types of diabetes.
●        Experts believe that this study provides a lot of new information about diabetes, but at present, on the basis of this study, the treatment of diabetes can not be changed.