Important Current Affairs March 14, 2018 – One Liner
- According to a study titled “India’s digital divide” Chennai tops in fixed broad band speed in India.
- As per fifth edition of the Annual Survey of India’s City System (ASICS) Pune tops quality of governance survey.
- Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) announced that it will set up a multi skill Centre in Darjeeling, West Bengal.
- IAF’s largest transport aircraft C – 17 Globe master makes historic landing in Arunachal Pradesh.
- World happiness report – 2018: India ranks 133rd in the annual report published by the UN Sustainable Development solution network. Finland top list.
- Saudi Arabia’s cabinet approved the national policy of the atomic energy program.
- As per world bank’s biannual publication India Development update: India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for next financial year FY 2018 – 19 is projected at 7.3%.
- Bidya Devi Bhandari reelected president of Nepal for second term.
- Gina Haspel to became CIA’s first women Director (Central Intelligence Agency)
- Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) was awarded the International Kochon prize 2017 for promoting Research and Development (R & D) in Tuberculosis treatment.
- An India – UK joint team has won the Newton – Bhabha fund for a project on ground water arsenic research in Ganga river basin.
- British scientist Stephen Hawking passes away at 76.
- Jayendra Nath Chaturvedi first commissioner of Delhi police and former director general of Uttar Pradesh.
- Bollywood actor Narendra Jha died recently in Maharashtra.