Page-2 of Current Affairs - March, 2017

ISRO develops four Lithium Battery Techniques

March 30, 2017

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed four types of lithium ion batteries for satellite and launch vehicle applications. These four types of batteries are 1.5Ah, 5Ah, 50Ah and 100Ah.  Out of these, 1.5Ah & 50Ah have been used ..

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3rd G20 Framework Working Group meeting held in Varanasi

March 30, 2017

The third edition of G20 Framework Working Group (FWG) meeting was held in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The two-day meeting took place under the G20 German presidency, and was co-hosted by the Union Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India ..

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Scientist develop ingestible 3D-printed snake-like robot

March 30, 2017

Scientists have developed a tiny, ingestible 3D-printed snake-like robot called SAW (single actuator wave-like robot), that can navigate through the small intestines. The snake-like tiny robot was made from a set of interlocking 3D-printed “plastic” pieces that look like vertebrae. ..

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Sima Kamil becomes first woman to lead a major Pakistani bank

March 30, 2017

Sima Kamil became the first woman in Pakistan to head a major commercial bank after she was appointed as the new president and chief executive officer (CEO) of United Bank Limited (UBL). Prior to this appointment, she was deputy CEO ..

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Ravichandran Ashwin awarded Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy

March 30, 2017

Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin was awarded Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016 as well as the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2016. With this, he became the third Indian to win this award ..

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Carrie Lam becomes first woman Chief Executive of Hong Kong

March 30, 2017

Carrie Lam is set to become the first woman Chief Executive (CE) of the Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. She will succeed Leung Chun-ying on July 1, 2017. In the elections, she had won 777 votes compared ..

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Truecaller partners with ICICI Bank for UPI-based mobile payment

March 30, 2017

Truecaller partners with ICICI Bank to launch its new Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based mobile payment service “Truecaller Pay”. It will allow users of the app to instantly create a unique UPI Virtual Payment Address (VPA), send money to any UPI ..

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Turkey's runner Elvan Abeylegesse stripped of 1 world silver, 2 Olympic silver medals

March 30, 2017

Ethiopian-born Turkish middle and long-distance runner Elvan Abeylegesse (34) was stripped of two Olympic silver medals and one world silver after a re-analysis of an in-competition doping test dating back to 2007. She had tested positive for stanozolol, a banned ..

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