Daily Current Affairs Updates

Assam Government launched Sustainable Action for Climate Resilient Development (SaCReD) Initiative to develop Majuli, the world�s largest river island, as the country�s first carbon neutral district.

The Union Cabinet has approved amendments to the Customs and Excise Acts related to abolition of cesses and surcharges on various goods and services to facilitate implementation of GST Regime Decision in this regard was taken by Union Cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

The Union Cabinet approved setting up of National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (NSEBC) as a constitutional body.

The Union Cabinet has approved proposals to tweak Fund of Funds of Start-ups (FFS) rules to enable greater flow of resources. FFS was established in June 2016 with a corpus of Rs. 1,000 crores.

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• India ranks 131 in 2016 Human Development Index
• Tamil Nadu wins Vijay Hazare Trophy
• March 23: World Meteorological Day

The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) suspended the Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO). It has asked the project proponent to make a fresh application.

The GRAPES-3 experiment at TIFR�s (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) Cosmic Ray Laboratory in Ootacamund in Tamil Nadu is getting upgraded to detect solar storms.

Tamil Nadu won the 2017 Vijay Hazare Trophy of cricket for record fifth time defeating Bengal.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) created history by commissioning the world�s third-largest hypersonic wind tunnel at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

India was ranked 131 in the 2016 Human Development Index (HDI) among the 188 countries.

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