Important Current Affairs March 12, 2018 – One Liner
- India’s tallest tricolor was hoisted in Belgavi, Karnataka of 110m high from the base plate at the top.
- West Bengal is the best performing state in terms of allotting jobs and utilizing funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREA).
- Banlotwa has become the first “Alcohol – free” village in Ranchi district of Jharkhand.
- Multilateral Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Air force exercise “Samvedha” began off the coast of Kerala on March 12, 2018.
- Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma presented state’s first e-budget at the legislative assembly.
- The National academy of Coastal Policing (NACP) India’s first coastal policing academy has been set up in Okha, Gujarat.
- World Ocean summit 2018 held in Mexico hosted by the economist group.
- India ranks 33rd world wide on the list of countries facing web – borne threats. As per Kaspersky.
- Bolivia unveiled its 200km long flag which its claims to be world’s biggest flag.
- DCB bank has launched “DCB Remit” a remittance service to enable customers to send money online globally.
- India topped the medal tally at ISSF shooting world cup by winning four gold, one silver and three bronze held in Mexico.
- Bishworjit Singh and Samira Abraham won gold medals in the men’s and women’s categories of the senior national triathlon championship held Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
- Navjot Kaur has become world number 2 in womens 65kg category in the united world wrestling ranking.
- On 11th March 2018 lees traffic day was observed in Bengaluru.