Page-18 of Current Affairs - March, 2016

NITI Aayog launches Women Transforming India initiative

March 12, 2016

Union Government’s premier think-tank NITI Aayog has launched the ‘Women Transforming India’ initiative. The initiative was launched on the eve of International Women’s Day (8th March) in partnership with the United Nations and MyGov. Key facts Through this initiative NITI ..

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Kerala Tourism campaign wins Golden City Gate Award

March 12, 2016

Kerala Tourism’s campaign titled ‘New Worlds’ has won the prestigious ‘Golden City Gate Award’ at the at the Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin (ITB-Berlin) 2016. The multimedia campaign contains three short films directed by reputed Malayalam filmmaker Anwar Rasheed. It has won ..

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India to supply 18 meter-gauge diesel-electric locomotives to Myanmar

March 12, 2016

India will supply 18 metre-gauge 1350 HP Diesel Electric Locomotives to Myanmar to help the country bolster its railway transportation system. In this regard, RITES (Public Sector Enterprise under Union Ministry of Railways) has signed a contract with Myanmar Railways. ..

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Justice Ajit Singh sworn-in as Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court

March 12, 2016

Justice Ajit Singh was sworn in as Chief Justice (CJ) of the Gauhati High Court. He was administered the oath of office by Assam Governor P B Acharya as per the provisions of the Article 219 of Constitution. He was ..

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IMF and India to set-up South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Center in Delhi

March 12, 2016

India and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have decided to set up South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Centre (SARTTC) in New Delhi. In this regard, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) ..

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Anand Mahindra conferred with France's Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur

March 12, 2016

Mahindra & Mahindra Chairman and Managing Director (MD) Anand Mahindra was conferred with Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by French Government. He was presented with this award by Francois Richier, Ambassador of France to ..

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Union Power Ministry named LED based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme as UJALA

March 12, 2016

Union Power Ministry has announced name UJALA for the LED based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP). UJALA is acronym for Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All. The National LED based DELP programme was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra ..

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Lt Gen N P S Hira appointed Deputy Chief of Army

March 12, 2016

Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) N P S Hira has been appointed as Deputy Chief of Army Staff. He will be now moving to Army Headquarters in New Delhi. Presently he is posted as Chief of Staff of Northern command at ..

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