Daily Current Affairs Updates

• NPPA increases stent prices by around 2%
• Barmer-Munawab, Pipad Road-Bilara rail routes declared as Green Corridors
• Indian Railway-The weaving of a National Tapestry released

Indian Railway-The weaving of a National Tapestry: Bibek Debroy, Sanjay Chadha & Vidya Krishnamurthi.

The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari inaugurated a new child care centre in Mumbai for children who have cancer.

Amazon.com Inc., the USA based e-commerce giant, on 28 March 2017 acquired Souq.com, the Middle East's largest online retailer. However, the deal's specific value was not announced.

The Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) commissioned a 800 MW supercritical thermal power plant in Raichur District of Karnataka.

The President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Namami Brahmaputra festival in Guwahati, Assam.

The Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar announced on 31 March 2017 that the state government would be providing a subsidy on power bill to the consumers instead of power companies from the 2017-18 fiscal year.

India declared its 'Association' status with the International Energy Agency (IEA). In this regard, Union Minister of Power & Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal handed over the formal letter to Fatih Birol, Executive Director of IEA.

The North Western Railway has declared the Barmer-Munawab and Pipad Road-Bilara rail routes in Rajasthan as Green Corridors. With this total number of green corridors has increased to three.

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for ratification of two fundamental conventions of International Labour Organization (ILO) concerning with Child Labour.

Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has increased price of stents by around 2% after taking into account wholesale price index.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved amendments in the Mega Power Policy, 2009 to push 31 GW stranded projects entailing an investment of Rs 1.5 lakh crore.