Current affairs 17th March, 2016

National

India aviation show 2016 begins in Hyderabad

The India Aviation 2016, an international exhibition and conference on civil aviation kicked off in Hyderabad, Telangana. ..... .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Lok Sabha rejected five amendments proposed by Rajya Sabha and passed the Aadhaar bill in its original form

Parliament passed the controversial Aadhaar Bill, 2016, after acrimonious debates in both Houses. Hours after the Opposition succeeded in pushing through five amendments to the Bill in the Rajya Sabha, they were rejected in the Lok Sabha...... .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Haryana New Secretariat Building gets first Earthquake Warning System in country

Haryana’s New Secretariat Building in Chandigarh has become first building in the country to have an early Earthquake Warning and Security system (onsite)...... .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Lok Sabha passes The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2016

Lok Sabha has passed Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to include certain communities in the list of Scheduled Castes (SC) from 4 states...... .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Rajya Sabha passes Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2016

Rajya Sabha has passed the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2016 without any discussion...... .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

International

India ranks 118th on UN’s World Happiness Index 2016

India ranked 118th out of 157 countries on the United Nations’ World Happiness Index (WHI) 2016. ..... .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

US President Barack Obama nominates Merrick Garland for US Supreme Court

President Barack Obama has nominated veteran appeals court judge Merrick Garland (63) to be the next US Supreme Court Justice...... .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

UN suspends Maria Sharapova as Goodwill Ambassador after doping allegations

The United Nations (UN) has suspended Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova as Goodwill Ambassador of the organisation after she was tested positive on doping allegations...... .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Business and Economy

ICICI Bank launches NFC-based contactless mobile payment solution Touch & Pay

India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has launched new contactless mobile payment solution Touch & Pay based on Near Field Communication (NFC) technology...... .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Union Government imposes anti-dumping duty on Plastic-Processing imports

Union Government has imposed anti-dumping duty of up to 44.7 per cent on import of plastic-processing machines from Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam for five years...... .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Death

Shehnai exponent Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan passes away

Eminent Shehnai exponent Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan passed away following prolonged illness in Kolkatta, West Bengal. He was 77. ..... .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Current Affairs 16th March, 2016
Highlights of Union Budget 2016-17
Highlights of Railway Budget 2016

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