Page-3 of Current Affairs - March, 2014

Newly acquired IAF aircraft C-130J Super Hercules crashed near Gwalior

March 29, 2014

The newly-acquired US-made C-130J Super Hercules Special Operations transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed near Gwalior. All the five members of the crew died in the incident. Recently, India has inducted six C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, which were bought ..

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Third Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) 2014

March 28, 2014

The Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) 2014 held at The Hague, Netherlands. In the third edition of nuclear summit, 58 world leaders participated to enhance the global nuclear security structure. Objective: To prevent nuclear terrorism by reducing the amount of dangerous ..

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India’s spices export registered 41% increase in April-Dec 2013

March 28, 2014

As per the data released by the Spices Board at Kochi, the India’s spices export in rupee terms registered an increase of 41% in the current financial year (April-Dec 2013). The total volume of 1,93,625 tonnes seed spices valued at ..

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Internet transition to speedier Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)

March 28, 2014

The Internet transition from the current Internet Protocol IPv4 to the next-generation Internet protocol IPv6 is set to speed up in 2014 as web addresses under the system IPv4 come to an end. IPv6 addresses are longer and more complex ..

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“Universal Account Number (UAN)”- will be provided by EPFO from Oct 2014

March 28, 2014

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) will provide permanent account numbers to it’s’ over five crore subscribers from October, 2014. EPFO is a statutory body of the Government of India under the Ministry of Labour and Employment. It administers a ..

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“Indian Rhino Vision (IRV) 2020”-Launched by WHO-India to protect Vulnerable Rhinos

March 28, 2014

WHO-India launched Indian Rhino Vision (IRV) 2020 programme to protect and increase the population of the one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis). IVR 2020 is a partnership among the Government of Assam, the International Rhino Foundation, the World Wide Fund for Nature, ..

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“Jammu and Kashmir”- First state to declare all Election booths as No Smoking Zones

March 28, 2014

Jammu and Kashmir became the first state in the country to declare all election booths in the Lok Sabha polls 2014 as no smoking zones. It will be mandatory for all election booths to display the warning ‘No Smoking Area ..

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WHO declared South-East Asia region polio-free

March 28, 2014

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared South-East Asia region as polio-free region. The certification is being hailed as a historic milestone in the global fight to eradicate the deadly virus. It came after, when WHO certified India officially polio-free after ..

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