Daily Current Affairs Update of 27 March 2015 | General Knowledge
Daily Current Affairs Update of 27 March 2015
1.
India and Qatar signed six agreements to increase commercial and
economic exchanges between India and Qatar. The deals have a special
focus on the Make in India initiative. These six agreements were inked
in New Delhi in presence of Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad
Al-Thani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim
Bin Hamad Al-Thani was on a two day official visit to India on 25 March
and 26 March 2015.
2. Noted Hindi poet Gopaldas
Neeraj was awarded with first National Kavi Pradeep Samman. He was
presented the award by Madhya Pradesh Culture Minister Surendra Patwa.
It is the first National Kavi Pradeep Samman instituted by the
Government of Madhya Pradesh. The Award carries a cash prize of Rs. 2
lakh, a shawl and a citation.
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3. An ambitious multi-purpose
and multi-modal platform PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely
Implementation) was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The main
objective of this platform is to address the grievances of the common
man and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing important government
programmes and projects. Under this initiative on the fourth Wednesday
of every month will be known as PRAGATI Day and it will feature the
Prime Minister interacting with the Government of India Secretaries, and
Chief Secretaries through Video-conferencing enabled by the PRAGATI
platform.
4. RBI signed a USD 400 million
currency swap agreement with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka for three
years that will allow the island nation to draw the amount in dollars or
euros in multiple tranches. The agreement, which will be valid for
three years, is expected to further economic co-operation between the
two countries.
5. Union Government launched new
platform named Twitter Samwad that facilitates direct communication
between leaders, government agencies and citizens. This platform was
launched in association with social networking service Twitter. Through
this, the government bodies can have a direct communication with
citizens on a daily basis via Tweets and SMS on their mobile devices.The
service was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his meet
with Twitter Chief Executive Dick Costolo in New Delhi. The service is
aimed to boost the nation's e-governance plans.
6. Japan took
the delivery of a 248-metre-long warship named Izumo. It is the biggest
warship in the country since the Second World War. Japan’s Maritime
Self-Defence Force took delivery of warship Izumo, which is designated
as a helicopter destroyer, a label that allows Japan to keep within the
bounds of a constitutional ban on owning the means to wage war.
7. UN High Representative for
Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane resigned from her post. Angela Kane of
Germany assumed the position of High Representative for Disarmament
Affairs in March 2012.
8. NTPC, the largest power
utility of the country has been adjudged the Maharatna of the Year-
Manufacturing by the premier Investment Journal Dalal Street. Whereas
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) received the Most Efficient
Maharatna Company of the Year award. These companies received the awards
at the 6th DSIJ Awards Ceremony held in New Delhi.
9. French defence major Dassault
Aviation handed over the first two upgraded Mirage 2000 fighter
aircraft with advanced navigational, radar and missile systems to India
amidst continuing stalemate on the over USD 20 billion Rafale contract.
The entire fleet of 48 aircraft is being upgraded with the help of
Dassault Aviation and Thales under a Rs 10,000 crore deal signed in July
2011.
10. State-owned mineral
producer, the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has
received the Most Efficient Navratna of the Year award in the
non-manufacturing category in the national PSU awards. NMDC received
this award in recognition of its mines which stand testimony to the
scientific mining wherein the output per man-shift is maximized through
efficient utilization of manpower and machinery.
