Daily Current Affairs Update --- 24th & 25th March 2017

• World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is being observed today ( 24th March )
Theme of the year 2017 : Unite to end TB


• An Indian Navy team is set to scale Mount Everest as a part of its 'Sagar Tal se Sagar Matha (Seabed to Summit)' expedition.


• Dr Randeep Guleria was today appointed as the Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).


• Flipkart is acquiring eBay India in a deal that is part of a $2 billion fundraising.


• Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag has been roped in by a Mumbai-based entertainment company to anchor a TV sports programme called 'Umeed Olympic'.



• Indian para shuttler Sukant Kadam won the Singles and Doubles Bronze Medals in the recently-concluded Spanish Para-Badminton International 2017 held in Mallorca, Spain.


• The World Bank signed US dollar 100 million credit agreement with the Centre and the state government of Uttarakhand in New Delhi to improve quality of health care services in all 13 districts of the state.


• The Financial services company Tata Capital has launched a mobile application ‘myLoan’ to offer personal loans to young and mobile savvy audience. The maximum limit of the loan is Rs.13 lakh .


• Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has commissioned a 250 MW coal-based thermal power unit at North East’s largest coal based power plant Bongaigaon Thermal Power Station (TPS) in Assam .


• Indian photographer and photojournalist Raghu Rai has conferred with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting  M. Venkaiah Naidu at 6th National Photography Awards.


• First vertical garden of India has setup at the Hosur Road Electronics City Flyover in Bengaluru to control the pollution level of the city.It will also act as a sound proofing barrier.


• The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh has launched the book titled “50 Years – The Great Indian Milk Revolution” to commemorate National Dairy Development Board’s (NDDB) Golden Jubilee .


• Today (25th March) is International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Theme for the year 2017 : "Remember Slavery: Recognising the Legacy and Contributions of People of African Descent"


• The 5th edition of ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM) – 2017’ was held in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.


• Bajaj Auto today announced that it has agreed with Japan’s Kawasaki to end their eight-year old alliance for sales and services in India from April 2017.


• India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has launched a new app titled Mera iMobile app.


• Upendra Tripathy was appointed as the full-time Interim Director General (IDG) of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).



• Ankur Khanna has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of International Cricket Council (ICC).


• Mangaluru based Karnataka Bank has launched a new card option for its premium and HNI (high net worth individual) customers in line with the bank’s digital banking initiative.The novel card named ‘MoneyPlantTM RuPay International Platinum Debit Card’ can be used for domestic and international cash withdrawals and purchases.