Friday, 24 March 2017

Daily Current Affairs Update --- 23rd March 2017




• Today is World Meteorological Day.
Theme of the World Meteorological Day 2017 : Understanding Clouds.


• 86th Shaheed Diwas (Martyr’s Day) of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Hari Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar.



• The UGC has directed all universities and educational institutions to include the students' photograph and Aadhaar number in degrees and certificates awarded by them.


• The Centre has approved the construction of over 1.10 lakh houses for urban poor in six states at a cost of ₹5,773 crore under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) scheme.
The six states included Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, and Jharkhand.


• Indian shooter Ankur Mittal equalled the world record in the double trap event, winning the Gold medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup in Mexico.


• The Ministry of Culture is organizing the 5th Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM) 2017 from March 23-31, 2017 in the North Eastern Region of India.


• India has been placed at 87th position among 127 countries in the global Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI) 2017 by World Economic Forum released .
The 5th annual index has been topped by Switzerland while Bahrain is ranked the lowest at 127th.


• Assam has signed two MoUs with State Bank of India(SBI) to provide housing loan and education loan for its employees .


• Kerala based South Indian Bank has introduced Aadhar-based UPI mobile application SIB M-Pay.


• Mysterious Night Parrot Sighted in Western Australia for First Time in 100 Years .



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