National News
1. United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres Arrives India On 4-Day Visit
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in New
Delhi on a four-day visit to India. He will participate in the Mahatma
Gandhi International Sanitation Convention at the Rashtrapati Bhawan
Cultural Centre, in New Delhi.
ii. The event marked the
launch of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th Birth Anniversary celebrations as
well as the 4th anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission.
iii. The UN Chief will also attend the joint inaugural ceremony of the First Assembly of International Solar Alliance, 2nd RE-INVEST Conference and Energy Ministers Meet of Indian Ocean Rim Association of States member countries.
iii. The UN Chief will also attend the joint inaugural ceremony of the First Assembly of International Solar Alliance, 2nd RE-INVEST Conference and Energy Ministers Meet of Indian Ocean Rim Association of States member countries.
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Antonio
Guterres is the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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The UN
Headquarters in New York, United States.
2. India &
Uzbekistan Sign 17 Agreements & MoUs
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| India & Uzbekistan Sign 17 Agreements & MoUs |
i.
Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met Prime Minister
Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. The two sides took
stock of the bilateral relationship across several sectors during the
delegation-level talks.
ii. 17
agreements and MoUs were
signed in the field of law, tourism, military education, agriculture, science
and technology, commerce and industry, pharmaceutical, national security and
illicit trafficking besides others. Uzbek President supported India's bid for
permanent membership of UN Security Council.
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Uzbekistan Capital: Tashkent, Currency: Uzbekistani
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3. BCCI Brought Under RTI Act by Central Information
Commission
i. The Central Information Commission (CIC) brought
the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) under the RTI (Right
to Information) Act.
ii. The commission, which is the top appellate body in RTI matters, went through the laws and orders of the Supreme Court, the Law Commission of India report, submissions of the Central Public Information Officer in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to come to a conclusion that the characteristics of the BCCI fulfil the required conditions of Section 2(h) of the RTI Act.
ii. The commission, which is the top appellate body in RTI matters, went through the laws and orders of the Supreme Court, the Law Commission of India report, submissions of the Central Public Information Officer in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to come to a conclusion that the characteristics of the BCCI fulfil the required conditions of Section 2(h) of the RTI Act.
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BCCI President: Vinod Rai, Headquarters in: Mumbai.
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Prof. Madabhushanam Sridhar Acharyulu is the Information
Commissioner of Central Information Commission.
Appointments
4. Rangachari
Sridharan Appointed Chairperson of NFRA
i. The Centre has appointed
former IAS officer Rangachari Sridharan as chairperson of the National
Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA), an entity which will function as
an independent regulator for the auditing profession.
ii. The appointments committee of the cabinet also approved the appointment of retired Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer of the 1980 batch, Prasenjit Mukherjee as a full-time member in NFRA.
ii. The appointments committee of the cabinet also approved the appointment of retired Indian Audit and Accounts Service officer of the 1980 batch, Prasenjit Mukherjee as a full-time member in NFRA.
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The
decision to set up NFRA as an independent regulator for the auditing profession
is in line with the changes brought in by the Companies Act, 2013.
5. India-born
Professor Gita Gopinath Named IMF Chief Economist
i. India-born Harvard
University professor Gita Gopinath has been appointed as
the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by
IMF's Managing Director Christine Lagarde.
ii. Ms Gopinath will
succeed Maurice (Maury) Obstfeld. Ms Gopinath currently serves as the John
Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Economics at Harvard
University. The 46-year-old is also Economic Adviser to Kerala CM.
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Managing Director of IMF- Christine Lagarde, Headquarters in- Washington
DC, USA.
Defence News
6.
Multi-National Maritime Exercise 'IBSAMAR-VI' Starts In South Africa
i. The
sixth edition of IBSAMAR, a joint Multi-National Maritime Exercise between the
Indian, Brazilian and South African Navies, is being held at Simons
Town, South Africa.
ii. The last edition of IBSAMAR
(IBSAMAR V) was conducted off Goa, from 19 – 26 Feb 16. The aim of the exercise
is to undertake collective training for participating navies, building
interoperability and mutual understanding as well as sharing of best practices.
Awards
7. Nobel Prize 2018: Nobel Prize in Physics Goes To Arthur Ashkin, Gerard Mourou And Donna Strickland
i. The Royal wedish Academy
of Sciences has
decided to Award the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics to Arthur Ashkin,
Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland "for groundbreaking inventions
in the field of laser physics".
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Kip
Thorne, Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish have won the 2017 Nobel Prize in
Physics.
