NATIONAL

We’re Alert in Doklam, Says Defence Minister (1)

1. Union Defence Minister = Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman =
The government is ready = Chinese Interference = Doklam
2. Background = Better India-China Ties = P.M. Modi = Visit =
China = Shanghai Cooperation Summit = Qingdao (June 9 -10)
3. Indian Ambassador to China = Gautam Bambawale
Doklam Crisis
1. Doklam plateau = lies at a tri-junction between the India,
China, and Bhutan
2. It started when India (Indian Army) objected a road
construction by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China
in the Doklam plateau which China claims to be a part of its
Donglang region
3. India and Bhutan recognise it as Doklam, a Bhutan territory.
4. China accused Indian troops of entering in its territory
5. China stopped the passage pilgrims heading toward
Kailash-Mansarovar through the Nathu La pass, Sikkim.
SPORTS
Aussies Captain Steven Smith handed One Test Ban
(1)

1. Australian Captain = Steven Smith = given = One Test Ban =

Ball tempering incident = Third Test against SA
2. 100% Match fees is also cut.
3. Australian Opener Cameron Bancroft = fined 75% Match
fees.
4. They lost to South Africa by 322 runs in the third Test.
NATIONAL

GSAT6A to give armed forces a shot in the arm (7)

1. GSAT 6A = Second S Band Satellite = Launched = Sriharikota

= March 29
2. It shall help GSAT6 = Orbiting since August, 2015
3. Cost = 270 crore
4. It is designated for the use of armed forces
5. A special feature of the GSAT6A is its 6 metre wide umbrella
like Antenna = will enable mobile communication from
anywhere via handheld ground devices
6. The Sband’s antenna was developed by ISRO’s Space
Applications Centre, Ahmedabad
7. The S band is a small section of radio frequencies with
wavelengths ranging between 2 and 4 GHz,
8.They are typically used by the radar systems of weather
monitoring devices and by communication satellites.
APPOINTMENTS
Former NCERT Director in UNSECO Board (7)

1. Former NCERT Director = J.S. Rajput = India’s

representative to UNESCO
2. Mr. Rajput = was awarded the Padma Shri in 2014

ABOUT UNESCO

1. Established = 4 NOV, 1946

2. HQ = Paris, France
3. Director General, UNSECO = Audrey Azoulay
4. It has 195 Members
5. Focuses on education, natural sciences, social/human
sciences, culture and communication/information.
BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Financial Terms (13,14)

1. BuyBack
2. Share Split
FINANCIAL TERMS
1.Buyback of Shares
FINANCIAL TERMS
2. Share Split

• A stock split is a decision by a company's board of directors

to increase the number of shares that are outstanding by
issuing more shares to current shareholders.
• For example, in a 2-for-1 stock split, an additional share is
given for each share held by a shareholder.
• So, if a company had 10 million shares outstanding before
the split, it will have 20 million shares outstanding
• After a split, the stock price will be reduced since the
number of shares outstanding has increased. In the example
of a 2-for-1 split, the share price will be halved.
SPORTS
Rashid Khan becomes the Quickest Bowler to 100
ODI Wickets (15)
SPORTS
SEB Wipes Smile Off Lewis’ Face (16)

1. Sebastian Vettel = Won The Australian GP.

2. Vettel’s 48th Overall Win and Third in Melbourne.
3. Lewis Hamilton Of Mercedes Finished 2nd.
4. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikonnen at the 3rd Position
OBITUARIES
1. Lys Assia, Eurovision’s 1st Winner passes Away
Swiss singer Lys Assia, the first ever winner of the
Eurovision Song Contest, has died aged 94.

2. Abreau, creator of Venezuelan Youth Orchestra is no

more.
Jose Abreu, the award winning founder of a programme
that pulled thousands of Venezuelan
children from crime and poverty through music has passed
away.
Abreu founded the globally acclaimed El Sistema in 1975.
25th March - WHO, WHAT, WHY ,WHEN, WHERE
ALEXANDER NIX
1. Former CEO, Cambridge Analytica
2. It had used its highly targeted data gathering
and analysis strategy in the Trump campaign.
3. CA was funded by Another ACCUSED Republican Robert
Mercer
4. The firm allegedly inappropriately gathered
and kept the data of over 50 million
Facebook users, via an app, and
failed to delete the data, despite claiming it had data.
25th March - WHO, WHAT, WHY ,WHEN, WHERE
EUTHANESIA
1. In a judgment on March 9, the Supreme
Court said people suffering from a
terminal illness had a right to a dignified death
2. It is a part of the right to life enshrined in Article 21 of the
Indian Constitution.
3. The judgment restricts itself to the withdrawal
or withholding of life support, which it refers to “Passive
Euthanasia”
4.
25th SCIENCE AND TECH
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
• It is the world’s largest collection of floating
trash and perhaps the most famous.
• An estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic
weighing 80,000 metric tons are currently afloat in this area
which is located halfway between Hawaii and California.
• It is three times the size of continental France.
• Patch was discovered in 1997 by Charles Moore, a yachtsman
who had sailed through a pile of floating plastic bottles and
other debris on his Way home to Los Angeles.
• Scientists estimate that 20% of the debris is from 2011
Japanese Tsunami
25th SCIENCE AND TECH
What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
• It is the world’s largest collection of floating
trash and perhaps the most famous.
• An estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic
weighing 80,000 metric tons are currently afloat in this area
which is located halfway between Hawaii and California.
• It is three times the size of continental France.
• Patch was discovered in 1997 by Charles Moore, a yachtsman
who had sailed through a pile of floating plastic bottles and
other debris on his Way home to Los Angeles.
• Scientists estimate that 20% of the debris is from 2011
Japanese Tsunami
25th March - Health/Science and Tech
A Fourth of India’s TB Patients are Drug Resistant

1. The first-ever survey of drug-resistant (DR) tuberculosis (TB)

has found that over a quarter of patients in India could be
resistant to one or more drugs that can cure them.
2. India is home to 2.8 million TB patients, the largest in the
world.
3. Union Health Ministry released the National Anti-TB Drug
Resistance Survey report.
4. Highest Cases are in Uttar Pradesh.
25th March - SPORTS
jENNY’S 100th T20

1. England’s Jenny Gunn is all set to create history by

becoming the first cricketer, male or female, to reach 100 T20
matches when her team plays India on Sunday.
2. The 31-year-old made her T20 debut at the age of 18 against
New Zealand at Hove.
OTHER CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. Ahmedabad airport receives award for 'Most
Improved Airport’
The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in
Ahmedabad has received the award for 'Most Improved Airport'
in the Asia-Pacific region by the Airports Council International
(ACI).

2. Mandhana scores fastest T20I fifty for an Indian

batswoman
Smriti Mandhana broke her own record of scoring the fastest
fifty by an Indian in women's T20I cricket after registering a 25-
ball fifty
OTHER CURRENT AFFAIRS
3. Advani now holds Indian, Asian, World titles in
billiards
Indian billiards player Pankaj Advani beat his training partner B
Bhaskar 6-1 in the Asian Billiards Championships' final to
become the reigning Indian, Asian and world champion in
billiards for 2017-18.

4. EQUITAS Bank ties Up with CSK

Launched Yellow Army Savings Account
5. Sherry Rehman becomes 1st Female Senate
Opposition Leader in Pakistan.
She Belongs to Pakistan People’s Party.
OTHER CURRENT AFFAIRS
6. “We are Sikhs” Campaign wins Top U.S. Award
They won 2018 PRWeek US award in the category of Public
Cause.
The PRWeek US awards are nicknamed the "Oscars of the
Public Relations Industry”.

7. DAE develops Fluorimeter

The Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT),
an Indore-based unit of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
has developed an instrument called Fluorimeter, to measure
traces of uranium in water.
Cost = 1 lakh
OTHER CURRENT AFFAIRS
8. India : Least Criminal Major Economy
According to the Institute for Criminal Policy
Research’ s data on the number of prisoners lodged
in jails worldwide, the United States, with 666 of every
one lakh Americans behind bars, has the highest
imprisonment rate among major countries.
India has a significantly lower imprisonment rate -- 33
of every one lakh Indians are behind bars.

9. Martín Vizcarra sworn in as Peru's new

president
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. known as PPK,
abruptly tendered his resignation on Wednesday after
it became clear he would not survive a second
attempt to impeach him over a new corruption
scandal.
OTHER CURRENT AFFAIRS
10. World TB Day : 24th March
Theme: “Wanted Leaders for a TB Free World”

11. World Meteorological Day : 23rd March

Theme : “Weather-Ready, Climate Smart”