Page-29 of Current Affairs - March, 2017

Pakistan to conduct its first census in 19 years

Pakistan is going to conduct its first national census in 19 years and overall sixth population census. It will be conducted in two phases and will be completed by May 25, 2017. It will be conducted by 118,918 civilian enumerators ..

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Scientists discover world’s first fluorescent frog in Argentina

Scientists have discovered polka dot tree frog (Hypsiboas punctatus), the world’s first fluorescent frog in Argentina. The newly discovered amphibian sports a muted palette of greens, reds and yellows under normal light, but in the dark gives off a bright ..

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Bangladesh declares March 25 as Genocide Day

Bangladesh Parliament has unanimously adopted a resolution declaring March 25 as Genocide Day. It will be remembrance day of the atrocities carried out by the Pakistani Army in the night of March 25, 1971. The Pakistan Army on the night ..

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Parliament passes Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016

The Parliament has passed Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016 by voice vote to make amendments to the Enemy Property Act, 1968. The Bill replaces the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2016 promulgated by President Pranab Mukherjee for ..

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SBI incorporates new subsidiary firm to manage its estate matters

India’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has incorporated SBI Infra Management Solutions Pvt. Ltd (SBIIMS) to manage its premises and estate related matters. SBIIMS primary role will be to handle non-core business such as transaction management, facility management, ..

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Government launches Mission Fingerling to achieve Blue Revolution

The Union Ministry of Agriculture has launched Mission Fingerling, a programme to enable holistic development and management of fisheries sector in India with a total expenditure of about Rs. 52000 lakh. The mission aims to achieve the target to enhance ..

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley assumes additional charge of Defence Ministry

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was given the additional charge of the Union Defence Ministry after Manohar Parrikar resigned to take charge as Goa chief minister. His appointment comes after, President Pranab Mukherjee accepted resignation of Parrikar as the Defence ..

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Government to launch pilot project on ornamental fisheries

The Union Government is going to launch pilot project on ornamental fisheries in 8 potential States with total outlay of over 61 crore rupees. These 8 potential States identified includes Assam, West Bengal , Odisha, Maharashtra , Gujarat , Karnataka ..

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