Daily GK Update From The Hindu 23-March-2017

1. A three-day elephant censusin north Bengal and adjoining north-eastern States will start from March 27.



2. Pramod Sawant elected Speaker of Goa Assembly.


3.Bihar Chief Minister Nitish launches free wi-fi in govt colleges.


4.A new organisation, launched by a group of influential American Hindus,(American Hindu Coalition (AHC) ) most of them of Indian descent, aspires to emerge as the political platform for all Hindus in the country regardless of their ethnic origin.


5.Samsung rolled out its mobile payments service Samsung Pay in India, using which consumers will be able to make payments using their cards, mobile wallets or UPI.


6.NASA will send its next generation atomic clock into space for safely navigating future human exploration of the solar system.

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