Daily GK Update- 06-March-2017 (Only Kaam ki baat)
1. The Union Government has launched the first ever across-the-river survey in River Ganga to determine the population of aquatic life, including that of the endangered Gangetic dolphin.The first of its kind survey is being conducted by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) through Wildlife Institute of India (WII) under Namami Gange programme.
2.Scientists have claimed that they have discovered oldest fossils on Earth in rocks from Quebec, Canada. Carbon dating techniques suggest that these rocks are at least 3.8 billion years old and might even be 4.3 billion years old.
3.Haryana Government(Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar) has announced Tirtha Darshan Scheme under which senior citizens above 60 years of age in the state will be able to go on a pilgrimage within the country at government expense.
4.For the first time in 16 years, Odisha has achieved highest decline in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR).It was 96 per 1000 births in 2000 has been reduced to 40 in 2015-16. This decline is far better than the national average.
5.The ‘Destination North East-2017’ festival has started in Chandigarh from March 6, 2017.
6.The National Conference on Innovation in Educational Administration has started at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra in New Delhi on March 5, 2017. The 3-day conference has organized by National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA).
7.Dr. Thomas Earl Starzl the renowned American surgeon has recently passed away Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He performed the world’s first human liver transplant and has often been referred to as “the father of modern transplantation”.
8.The National conference on Jal Kranti Abhiyan will be organized by the Ministry of Water Resources and River Development in New Delhi on March 7, 2017.
9.Thiruvananthapuram has topped the list of Indian cities in the urban governance ranking of the 4th edition of Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS)-2016. The survey conducted by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy.
10.The National Safety Week (NSW) is celebrated every year in India from March 4 to 10.
11.Rene Garcia Preval , the former President of Haiti, has recently passed away.
12.Melody Meyer, Atul Gupta appointed as advisors of Cairn India.
13.Work on Shahpur Kandi Dam to resume soon; Punjab and J&K sign agreement to this effect.The Shahpur Kandi dam, located in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, will help in providing irrigation facility to 5000 hectares of land in Punjab and 32173 hectares in J&K besides generation of 206 MW power.
14.Andhra Pradesh proposed Smart Mosquito Density System to fight vector-borne diseases.
15.The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched Sathiya which is an instruction manual for the adolescents.
16.Sam Querrey beats Rafael Nadal to win ATP Mexico Open title.
17.Andy Murray ( British professional tennis player from Scotland. At present, he holds the No. 1 ranking in the men's singles category.) won men’s singles title at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
18.Rekha (Bollywood actor) – The Untold Story authored by Yasser Usman.Other Books -(Launched in February)
- Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl authored by Ram Kamal Mukherjee
- Veerappan, Chasing the Brigand authored by K Vijay Kumar
19.INS Viraat, the world's oldest aircraft carrier in active service will retire on 6 March with a ceremonial send-off in Mumbai.4
20.Anil Joshi, the Cabinet Minister of Punjab, on 5 March 2017 inaugurated tricolour on the tallest flag post at Indo-Pakistan Attari border.Measurement of the flag post• Length - 110 meters• Width - 24 metres• Height - 360-foot• Weight - 55 tonnes(While India’s largest flag with tallest flagpole hoisted at Ranchi )
21.Bharti Airtel, Millicom International sign agreement to combine operations in Ghana
22.Former IFS and MP Syed Shahabuddin passes away.
23.Delhi LG approves hike in minimum wages by 37 per cent,for an unskilled worker the minimum wages will be Rs 13350 per month against the existing Rs 9724 per month.
24.Nepal Investment Summit 2017 concluded in Kathmandu.
25.The Maharashtra government led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has decided to implement the Maharashtra City Taxi Regulations 2017 to regulate the web-based taxi services in the state.
26.North Eastern state Tripura has agreed to supply an additional 60 MW to Bangladesh over the 100 MW of power the north-eastern state is supplying to the neighbouring country.
27.According to the GSM Association report released in Barcelona, India will lead the world in Smartphone adoption with a net addition of 350 million connections in 2016-20. The report was based on the estimates of the GSMA Intelligence Consumer Survey 2016 conducted across 56 countries on the mobile usage trend.
28.People’s Republic of China has increased its defence budget by 7% (to $150 billion)for 2017, the lowest increase in seven years and second year in row.
29.The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has proposed to increase the insurance premium to 50 percent for cars, motor cycles as well as commercial vehicles from April 1.
30.China sets 2017 GDP growth target at around 6.5%.
31.Social networking giant Facebook has launched a new initiative named SheLeadsTech to support startups which are founded or co-founded by women population.
32.Online cab aggregator Ola(CEO: Bhavish Aggarwal) has signed MoU with Government of Madhya Pradesh on March 4, 2017 to impart training to 25,000 youths in the state.
33.Eminent Malayalam author and journalist M P Veerendra Kumar was presented the 30th Moortidevi award by Bharatiya Jnanpith organisation in Kozhikode Kerala.
34.Former India Football captain Bhaichung Bhutia was removed from the post of advisor of AIFF.
35.The 2017 ISSF World Cup was held in New Delhi from February 22-March 4, 2017. Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu bagged the first ever gold medal in the newly included 10m pistol mixed event at the ISSF Shooting World Cup.
36.Odisha observed the 101st birth anniversary of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik on March 5, 2017.
37.In a cabinet meeting, the Assam government led by the Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal decided to make Sanskrit a compulsory language for students up to class 8th in the state.
38.As Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) of public sector banks soared to a staggering Rs 6.8 lakh crore.
39.Sri Lanka won the 'Most Popular Tourism Destination Award' at the Guangzhou International Travel Fair (GITF) in China.
40.Kerala has achieved the maximum number of registrations under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime with at least 60% of an estimated 2.5 lakh traders migrating to the new platform.
41.Former Indian cricketer Akash Chopra released book titled Numbers Do Lie, 61 Hidden Cricket Stories which takes a different look at stats
1. The Union Government has launched the first ever across-the-river survey in River Ganga to determine the population of aquatic life, including that of the endangered Gangetic dolphin.The first of its kind survey is being conducted by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) through Wildlife Institute of India (WII) under Namami Gange programme.
2.Scientists have claimed that they have discovered oldest fossils on Earth in rocks from Quebec, Canada. Carbon dating techniques suggest that these rocks are at least 3.8 billion years old and might even be 4.3 billion years old.
3.Haryana Government(Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar) has announced Tirtha Darshan Scheme under which senior citizens above 60 years of age in the state will be able to go on a pilgrimage within the country at government expense.
4.For the first time in 16 years, Odisha has achieved highest decline in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR).It was 96 per 1000 births in 2000 has been reduced to 40 in 2015-16. This decline is far better than the national average.
5.The ‘Destination North East-2017’ festival has started in Chandigarh from March 6, 2017.
6.The National Conference on Innovation in Educational Administration has started at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra in New Delhi on March 5, 2017. The 3-day conference has organized by National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA).
7.Dr. Thomas Earl Starzl the renowned American surgeon has recently passed away Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He performed the world’s first human liver transplant and has often been referred to as “the father of modern transplantation”.
8.The National conference on Jal Kranti Abhiyan will be organized by the Ministry of Water Resources and River Development in New Delhi on March 7, 2017.
9.Thiruvananthapuram has topped the list of Indian cities in the urban governance ranking of the 4th edition of Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS)-2016. The survey conducted by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy.
10.The National Safety Week (NSW) is celebrated every year in India from March 4 to 10.
11.Rene Garcia Preval , the former President of Haiti, has recently passed away.
12.Melody Meyer, Atul Gupta appointed as advisors of Cairn India.
13.Work on Shahpur Kandi Dam to resume soon; Punjab and J&K sign agreement to this effect.The Shahpur Kandi dam, located in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, will help in providing irrigation facility to 5000 hectares of land in Punjab and 32173 hectares in J&K besides generation of 206 MW power.
14.Andhra Pradesh proposed Smart Mosquito Density System to fight vector-borne diseases.
15.The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched Sathiya which is an instruction manual for the adolescents.
16.Sam Querrey beats Rafael Nadal to win ATP Mexico Open title.
17.Andy Murray ( British professional tennis player from Scotland. At present, he holds the No. 1 ranking in the men's singles category.) won men’s singles title at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
18.Rekha (Bollywood actor) – The Untold Story authored by Yasser Usman.Other Books -(Launched in February)
- Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl authored by Ram Kamal Mukherjee
- Veerappan, Chasing the Brigand authored by K Vijay Kumar
19.INS Viraat, the world's oldest aircraft carrier in active service will retire on 6 March with a ceremonial send-off in Mumbai.4
20.Anil Joshi, the Cabinet Minister of Punjab, on 5 March 2017 inaugurated tricolour on the tallest flag post at Indo-Pakistan Attari border.Measurement of the flag post• Length - 110 meters• Width - 24 metres• Height - 360-foot• Weight - 55 tonnes(While India’s largest flag with tallest flagpole hoisted at Ranchi )
21.Bharti Airtel, Millicom International sign agreement to combine operations in Ghana
22.Former IFS and MP Syed Shahabuddin passes away.
23.Delhi LG approves hike in minimum wages by 37 per cent,for an unskilled worker the minimum wages will be Rs 13350 per month against the existing Rs 9724 per month.
24.Nepal Investment Summit 2017 concluded in Kathmandu.
25.The Maharashtra government led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has decided to implement the Maharashtra City Taxi Regulations 2017 to regulate the web-based taxi services in the state.
26.North Eastern state Tripura has agreed to supply an additional 60 MW to Bangladesh over the 100 MW of power the north-eastern state is supplying to the neighbouring country.
27.According to the GSM Association report released in Barcelona, India will lead the world in Smartphone adoption with a net addition of 350 million connections in 2016-20. The report was based on the estimates of the GSMA Intelligence Consumer Survey 2016 conducted across 56 countries on the mobile usage trend.
28.People’s Republic of China has increased its defence budget by 7% (to $150 billion)for 2017, the lowest increase in seven years and second year in row.
29.The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has proposed to increase the insurance premium to 50 percent for cars, motor cycles as well as commercial vehicles from April 1.
30.China sets 2017 GDP growth target at around 6.5%.
31.Social networking giant Facebook has launched a new initiative named SheLeadsTech to support startups which are founded or co-founded by women population.
32.Online cab aggregator Ola(CEO: Bhavish Aggarwal) has signed MoU with Government of Madhya Pradesh on March 4, 2017 to impart training to 25,000 youths in the state.
33.Eminent Malayalam author and journalist M P Veerendra Kumar was presented the 30th Moortidevi award by Bharatiya Jnanpith organisation in Kozhikode Kerala.
34.Former India Football captain Bhaichung Bhutia was removed from the post of advisor of AIFF.
35.The 2017 ISSF World Cup was held in New Delhi from February 22-March 4, 2017. Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu bagged the first ever gold medal in the newly included 10m pistol mixed event at the ISSF Shooting World Cup.
36.Odisha observed the 101st birth anniversary of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik on March 5, 2017.
37.In a cabinet meeting, the Assam government led by the Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal decided to make Sanskrit a compulsory language for students up to class 8th in the state.
38.As Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) of public sector banks soared to a staggering Rs 6.8 lakh crore.
39.Sri Lanka won the 'Most Popular Tourism Destination Award' at the Guangzhou International Travel Fair (GITF) in China.
40.Kerala has achieved the maximum number of registrations under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime with at least 60% of an estimated 2.5 lakh traders migrating to the new platform.
41.Former Indian cricketer Akash Chopra released book titled Numbers Do Lie, 61 Hidden Cricket Stories which takes a different look at stats
39.Sri Lanka won the 'Most Popular Tourism Destination Award' at the Guangzhou International Travel Fair (GITF) in China.
40.Kerala has achieved the maximum number of registrations under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime with at least 60% of an estimated 2.5 lakh traders migrating to the new platform.
41.Former Indian cricketer Akash Chopra released book titled Numbers Do Lie, 61 Hidden Cricket Stories which takes a different look at stats
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