Important Current Affairs 25th March 2018

Important Current Affairs 25th March 2018

Current Affairs 25th March 2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

Government nominated J. S. Rajput as an Indian representative in the UNESCO Executive Board

●        The Government of India has decided to nominate former Director of NCERT Professor JS Rajput as the representative of India in the UNESCO Executive Board.
●        Pro. JS Rajput is a well-known educationist who has extensive experience in working in diverse fields, including UNESCO.
●        Union Human Resource Development Minister, Mr. Prakash Javadekar, during his participation in UNESCO's General Meeting during October 30 to November 4, 2017, met the ministers of other countries for his membership in the UNESCO Executive Board and sought his support.

UIDAI prepares to implement 'face recognition' for Aadhaar from 1st July
 
●        Apart from fingerprints and finger prints of the Indian Unique Identification Authority, the 'face recognition' is now ready to be included from July 1, 2018.
●        The 12-digit unique identity card issuing agency, UIDAI, announced in January that it will also include the Face Authentication feature.
●        This feature will benefit people who had trouble scanning their fingerprint or eye.
 
Railways to reduce fares of 25 Shatabdi trains
 
●        Rental of premium-season trains running in the country can be reduced.
●        In order to fully utilize the resources, the Railways are considering reducing the rent of Centenary trains running on such routes, which has less passenger numbers.
●        Indian Railways has identified 25 such trains that will be reduced.

Mukesh Ambani's son Akash will marry Shloka
 
●        Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani's son, Akash, is going to marry diamond businessman Russell Mehta's younger daughter, Shloka, in December.
●        Photos of the Pre-engagement Ceremonies in Goa are getting viral on social media.
●        Sky is the largest among Mukesh Ambani's three children and is currently the chief strategist of Geo.

Corruption increases in India in one year, slips 2 places down

●        Transparency International has released the Corruption Index of countries around the world for the year 2017.
●        In this case, India slipped two places to 81st in 183 countries.
●        India was ranked 79th in 2016.
●        India has also got 40 points equivalent to 2016.
 
Personal information from users of the Modi app shared with the Third Party
 
●        A French researcher has claimed that the details of the user who use Narendra Modi app are being shared with the third party without asking them.
●        French citizen Elliot Alderson claims that many personal information including email, photo, name, gender of app users is being shared with the website named in.wzrkt.com.
●        Narendra Modi app has been developed by BJP.
●        Nearly 5 million users have downloaded it. However, the BJP has denied these allegations.
 
Indian railways became digital to encourage employees share their best work

●        Continuing its transformation journey, Indian Railways have developed online portal "Rail Good Work Portal" for the employees to share the best work done by their employees.
●        Through this, other units can also be encouraged to follow these excellent works faster.
●        This has encouraged the employees of various sectors, production units and divisions of the Indian Railways to share their best practices with freedom.

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.

Government approves setting up of plastic park in Deoghar district of Jharkhand

●        Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Anant Kumar has announced that the Government of India has approved the establishment of a plastic park in the district of Deoghar of Jharkhand.
●        The project will be set up in 150 acres of land at a cost of Rs 120 crores and several polymer products will be produced in it, which include knit bows, moulded furniture, water tank, bottle, pipes, mosquito net etc.
 
Kiren Rijiju addressed the concluding session of the first India-Japan Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

●        The two-day India-Japan Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is successfully concluded here today.
●        In this, the focus was on activities under long-standing cooperation between India and Japan on DRR.
●        In the workshop, the technical experts of both the countries gathered and special discussions were discussed on the information and warning of earthquake and ignoring all possible areas of cooperation with Japan in the field of DRR.
●        The workshop was organized jointly by the Home Ministry, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Government of Japan.
 
Indian Army is World's Fourth Most Powerful Army

●        In the Global Firepower Ranking-017, the world's most powerful armies were included.
●        The Indian Army has been ranked fourth in this list.
●        A total of 133 countries are included in the list, in which India has been ranked fourth after USA, Russia and China.

Current Affairs 25th March 2018: SPORTS

Captain Steve Smith suspended by ICC for 1 Test

●        In the ball-tampering case, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has found guilty under Australian captain Steve Smith and opener Cameron Bancroft.
●        While the ICC has suspended captain Smith for a match and fined 100% of match fees, opener Cameron Bancroft has been fined 75% of match fees.
●        They were also given 3Demember Point.

Current Affairs 25th March 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Global trade war will impact on India's exports: Assocham

●        The impact of the global 'trade war' on the country's economy, especially the country's exports, is to believe that Assocham's
●        Assocham said in a statement: "If the global trade war spreads on a large scale, it will also have an impact on the Indian economy.
●        The country's declining exports, the pressure of fiscal deficit and the poor condition of GDP will affect the country's economy.
 
Telecom sector will employ 10 million people in the next 5 years
 
●        Due to the integration, a large number of people have been unemployed in the telecom sector , but the hope is that the situation is going to change now.
●        The body TSSC, which has a skill development for the telecom sector, has said that in the next 5 years, more than 10 million people will be employed in this sector .
 

 Demonstration at 700 Places Against Gun Culture
 
●        After the death of 17 children in a firing that took place 40 days earlier in the Florida school in the US, the performance of gun control began to turn into a historic March on Saturday.
●        Against Gun Culture, Washington has emerged as the world's largest march.
●        More than five lakh people joined in this.
●        More than this, they were only in the oath of former US President Barack Obama .
●        Apart from Washington, there are over 700 locations in the entire United States.

For the first time women marathon competition organized in Saudi Arabia
 
●        For the first time on March 04, 2018, a marathon race has been organized for women in Saudi Arabia.
●        It is considered to be an important step for modernization of Saudi Arabia and encouraging women for sports.
●        Another female marathon race will be organized on April 6 in the holy city of Saudi Arabia, Mecca.
●        Correctional campaign is continuing in Saudi Arabia. In the meantime, new laws are being brought to encourage women.

Current Affairs 25th March 2018: DAYS AND DATES

Inauguration of World Consumer Rights Day 2018 celebrations
 
●        The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan has launched an integrated portal for consumer services on the occasion of World Consumer Rights Day.
●        The Union Minister gave special emphasis on important consumer rights such as security, information, options, lodging complaints and disposal of complaints.
●        Paswan also said that consumers have every right to know what they are spending on.

Current Affairs 25th March 2018: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Public establishment of the Ministry of Railways, RITES Limited is the main partner of Myanmar Rail

●        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.