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Current Affairs March 18, 2020

Current Affairs Headlines: March 18, 2020
1. Permanent commission to women in Indian Navy: SC
2. Haryana’s Amin village renamed as Abhimanyupur
3. India to provide NPR 107.01 million to build 3 schools in Nepal
4. Share of Indian vendors increased in defence contracts from (2015-16) to (2019-20) by over
35%
5. Road accidents reduced by 10% after the Motor Vehicles(Amended) Act 2019
6. The government targeted to achieve sales around 70 lakh hybrid & electric vehicles by the end
of 2020
7. Microsoft India & NASSCOM Foundation launches ‘Innovate for accessible India campaign’ to
empower people with disabilities
8. Ravinder Singh Dhillon appointed as CMD of Power Finance Corporation
9. Swiss scientists discover rain of molten iron on distant exoplanet ‘WASP-76b’
10. ATK FC won ISL trophy for the 3rd time by defeating Chennaiyin FC
11. Veteran journalist, former Rajya Sabha Member Patil Puttappa passed away at 9
12. Famous Marathi Actor Jairam Kulkarni passed away at 8
13. M Gopal Reddy appointed as Chief Secretary of MP
14. ECI appoints Hirdesh Kumar as New Chief Electoral Officer of Jammu and Kashmir
15. After Maharashtra & Odisha, J’khand becomes the 3rd state in India to launch ‘Star Rating
program’ for industries
16. PM Modi participated in the 100th Birth Anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
via Video conference
17. MoCA flagged off first-ever Indore-Kishangarh flight under UDAN

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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Permanent commission to women in Indian Navy: SC
Justice DY Chandrachud directed the Centre to grant permanent commission to serving women officers in
Navy within three months with increments. The judgment follows a verdict by the Apex Court in favour of
granting permanent commission for women in the Indian Army. A permanent commission entitles an officer to
serve in the Navy till he/she retires unlike Short Service Commission(SSC), which is currently for 10 years and
can be extended by four more years, a total of 14 years. The Supreme Court said women can sail with the same
efficiency as male officers and there should be no discrimination.

• The apex court rejected the Centre’s stand that sea sailing duties cannot be granted to SSC (Short
Service Commission) women officers in the Navy because its Russian vessels do not have
washrooms for them.
• The order was passed after the court scrapped the statutory bar for inducting women.
• The bench ensured that women are given a permanent commission in the Indian Army on par with
male officers, including a command posting.
The bench quoted “To cast aspersions on the ability of women and their role and achievements in the Army is
an insult not only to women but also to the Indian Army,”.
About the Indian Navy:
Re-named in 1950 from the Royal Indian Navy to Indian Navy
Commander in Chief: President Ram Nath Kovind
Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral Karambir Singh

Haryana’s Amin village renamed as Abhimanyupur

On March 16, 2020, The Central Government approved renaming the Amin village as Abhimanyupur in
Kurukshetra district of Haryana as per the request of the State government. The decision has been taken by the
Union Home Ministry after getting permission from a few central organisations.
Key Points:
i.The Union Ministry will approve the change of name of any place after taking no-objections from the Ministry
of Railways, Department of Posts and Surveys of India.
ii.These organisations have to confirm that there is no such city, town or village in their records with a name
similar to the proposed one.
iii.In order to change the name of the village or a town or a city an executive order is needed and for renaming
a state requires amendment of the constitution with a simple majority in the Parliament.
iv.Fact: The Central Government has approved renaming at least 25 towns, villages or districts across the
country in the last 3 years, including Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Faizabad as Ayodhya and Allahabad as Prayagraj.

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About Haryana:
Capital– Chandigarh.
Chief Minister (CM)– Manohar Lal Khattar.
Governor– Satyadev Narayan Arya.

India to provide NPR 107.01 million to build 3 schools in Nepal

On March 16, 2020, India assured to provide a grant of Nepalese Rupees(NPR) 107 million to construct 3
schools in Nepal & to create better facilities for students. The Embassy of India & the Ministry of Federal
Affairs and General Administration(MoFAGA) Nepal signed 2 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs)
Key Points
i.MoU was signed with the Mahakali Municipality, Darchula & the Mukhiyapatti Musharniya Rural
Municipality, Dhanusha to build 2 new school buildings under the India-Nepal Development Partnership
programme at a total estimated cost of Nepalese Rupees 73.96 million.
ii.Infrastructure to be utilised by Shree Malikarjun Higher Secondary School at Dhap village in Darchula District
& Baidyanath Devnarayan Public Higher Secondary School at Tulsiyahi in Dhanusha District.
iii.NPR 33.05 million estimated for the construction of another new school building for Shivahari School,
Mahrajgunj Municipality, Kapilvastu.
iv.Indian Embassy handed over a cheque of Nepalese Rupees 8.26 million as the 1st instalment of its total
commitment
v.The projects to be monitored by MoFAGA Nepal & the Embassy of India.
About Nepal:
Capital– Kathmandu
President– Bidya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister-K.P. Sharma Oli

Share of Indian vendors increased in defence contracts from (2015-16) to (2019-20) by over
35%
On March 16, 2020, the government stated that India’s share in contracts awarded by the Union Defence
Ministry for the procurement of defence equipment has increased from 39.06%(2015-16) to 75.03%(2019-
20).
i.In consideration of the need for operational readiness domestically made equipment are procured to the
maximum possible extent
ii.For capital procurement of defence equipment for the Armed Forces, 158 contracts were signed in the last 5
years (2015-16 to 2019-20 till January 2020) with 100 Indian vendors against foreign buyers.
iii.Over the last 5 years, the defence equipment procured from Indian vendors includes helicopters, radars,
electronic fuses, bridges, ballistic helmets, bulletproof jackets, rocket launchers & vehicles.
About Ministry of Defence:
Headquarters– New Delhi, India
Defence Minister– Rajnath Singh

Road accidents reduced by 10% after the Motor Vehicles(Amendment) Act 2019
On March 16, 2020, Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises Nitin Gadkari revealed that the number of deaths caused due to road accidents has been reduced
by 10% in India after the Motor Vehicles(Amended) Act 2019.
Key Points:
i.From 12 states and union territories, Tamil Nadu made notable progress in reducing road accidents
by 24% which is the maximum anywhere in the country.
ii.Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh showed 15% reduction, Gujarat- 14%,Uttar Pradesh 13%, Andhra
Pradesh 7%, Manipur- 4% in the number of deaths due to accidents.

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Kerala & Assam showed a rise of 4.9% & 8% in deaths due to road accidents.

iii.Government pledged to reduce 50% accidents in the next 5 years & India signed an agreement to this at the
World Safety Conference held in Sweden on 19–20 February 2020.
iv.Within the next 1 month to ensure flawless traffic FASTag, electronic toll collection will handle 98% of
transactions currently it handles 73%.
Steps taken to reduce accidents
• Government proposed to open 1,000 driving schools of which 22 have already been opened.
• 3000 black spots identified to reduce accidents as most accidents occur due to poor road
engineering
• In a Rs 14,000 crore project World Bank & the Asian Development Bank invested Rs 7000 crore &
the same amount to be spent by the Government towards education, enforcement & to improve road
engineering to help to reduce accidents.
About mv act:
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 was enacted in 1988 by the parliament of India.The amendments
in the Bill focuses mainly on issues relating to improving road safety. Following are among major changes, Fine
for Drunken drive- Rs 10000 from Rs 2000;Driving without seatbelt- Rs 1,000 from Rs 100;Cab aggregators for
violation of license rules- UptoRs 1 lakh;Speeding or racing- Rs 5000;Overloading of 2 wheelers- Rs 20000 from
Rs 1000 & disqualification of driving license for 3 months.

Government targeted to achieve sales around 70 lakh hybrid & electric vehicles by the end of
2020
On March 16, 2020 The Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Minister of Information &
Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar informed that the government has set an ambitious target to achieve sales of
around 70 lakh hybrid & electric vehicles by the end of 2020.
Key points:
i.In 2015 as part of the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan(NEMMP) 2020, Department of Heavy Industry
formulated the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles in India (FAME
India) scheme.
ii.It is to promote the manufacturing of electric and hybrid vehicle technology & to ensure sustainable growth
of the same.
iii.The 1st Phase of FAME India Scheme was implemented by 4 focus areas namely- Demand Creation,
Technology Platform, Pilot Project & Charging Infrastructure.
iv.The 2nd Phase is the expansion of 1st phase & aims to generate demand by way of supporting about
7,000Electronic(E)-buses, 5 lakh E- 3 wheelers, 55,000 E-4 wheelers passenger cars & 10 lakh E-2 wheelers.

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ECONOMY & BUSINESS

Microsoft India & NASSCOM Foundation launches ‘Innovate for accessible India campaign’ to
empower people with disabilities
On March 17, 2020, Microsoft India Private Limited, a subsidiary of American software company Microsoft
Corporation & NASSCOM Foundation, the social arm of the Technology industry body- NASSCOM ( National
Association of Software and Service Companies), have jointly launched the ‘Innovate for Accessible India
campaign’, a nation-wide innovation challenge aimed at empowering people with disabilities with the new
technologies required for better integration into society and access to equal opportunities.
Key Points:
i.The campaign was launched in partnership with the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
(DEPwD), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of
Science and Technology and National Research and Education Network (NREN).
ii.The key areas of focus that developers are technology solutions using Microsoft Cloud, Artificial Intelligence
(AI) among other that help meet the gaps faced by people with disabilities, especially in getting services and
support in education, skill-building, employment, mobility, etc.
iii.The 10 best solutions that meet main challenges faced by them will be given mentoring support as well as
the grants ranging from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh.
About Microsoft India Private Limited:
Headquarters– Hyderabad, Telangana
President– Anant Maheshwari
About NASSCOM Foundation:
Headquarters– New Delhi
CEO– Ashok Pamidi

APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

Ravinder Singh Dhillon appointed as CMD of Power Finance Corporation
On 16th March 2020, Ravinder Singh Dhillon, was appointed as a Chairman and Managing Director of Power
Finance Corporation (PFC) by the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet with effect from June 1, 2020.
i.This Appointment Committee of the Cabinet was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He will be serving
in this post till his superannuation on May 31, 2023.

ii.He served as a Director (Projects, Public Grievance) in Power Finance Corporation (PFC) Limited. He also
served as an Executive director in PFC, and worked nearly 25 years in PFC and has more than 34 years
of experience in the field of power sector.
About Power Finance Corporation (PFC):
Power Finance Corporation has conferred the title of a “Navratna CPSE” in June 2007 and was classified as an
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Infrastructure Finance Company by the RBI on 28th July 2010.

Headquarters- New Delhi
Ministry– Ministry of Power

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Swiss scientists discover rain of molten iron on distant exoplanet ‘WASP-76b’
On March 11, 2020, A team of Scientists from the Astronomy Department of the University of
Geneva (Switzerland) along with the teams in Portugal, Italy and Spain, have detected liquid iron rain on the
highly heated exoplanet WASP-76b.
Key Points:
i.Scientists have speculated that the reason for the liquid iron precipitation is due to inclement weather
conditions on the exoplanet WASP-76b, which revolves around its star ‘WASP-76’ so closely that the
temperature in the daytime is 1000 ° C higher than the night and the temperature reaches around 4,350
degrees Fahrenheit (2400 ° C) during the day.
ii.The observations came from using a new instrument named Echelle Spectrograph for Rocky Exoplanets
and Stable Spectroscopic Observations (Espresso) and fitted to the Very Large Telescope (VLT) based at the
European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile’s the Atacama Desert.
iii.The finding has been published in the journal Nature & lead author of the study was David Ehrenreich, a
professor at the University of Geneva.
About WASP-76b:
It is located about 390 light-years away from our solar system in the constellation Pisces.
It is an ultra-hot giant gaseous planet similar to Jupiter but revolves around its star in a very small orbit (less
than two days).

SPORTS
ATK FC won ISL trophy for the 3rd time by defeating Chennaiyin FC
On March 17, 2020, ATK FC (Football Club) won the ISL (Indian Super League) trophy for
the 3rd time following a 3-1 win against Chennaiyin FC in the final match held at the Jawaharlal Nehru
Stadium, Margao, Goa.

Key Points:
i.Javier Hernandez and Edu Garcia were the goal scorers for ATK FC in the final match.
ii.About ATK FC: ATK (previously known as Atlético de Kolkata) is an Indian professional football club based
in Kolkata, West Bengal, that plays in the Indian Super League (ISL) under licence from the All India Football
Federation (AIFF).
iii.The Hero I-League, formerly known as National Football League, is one among the two co-existing premier
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football leagues in India together with Indian Super League (ISL).

iv.Mohun Bagan Athletic Club has won the Hero I-League Champions 2019-20 by defeating Aizawl FC at
Kalyani Stadium, West Bengal. Bagan Club lifted the title for the second time, even when four rounds are still to
go in the season.

OBITUARY
Veteran journalist, former Rajya Sabha Member Patil Puttappa passes away at 99
On March 17, 2020, Patil Puttappa (99) a veteran journalist, writer, Khadi Activist, and a former Rajya Sabha
member passed away at Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in Hubballi, Karnataka due to age-
related illness.

About Patil Puttappa:

i.He was born on January 14, 1921, at Kurabagond village, Dharwad district, Karnataka. He was also known
as PaPu.
ii.He completed his graduation in Law in 1954 in Belagavi and master’s degree in Journalism from California
State University in 1949.
iii.He was the first president of the Kannada Watchdog Committee and founder-president of the Border
Advisory Committee. He served as a president of Vidyavardhaka Sangha, Dharwad, in 1967.
iv. He published “Vishwavani” daily newspaper in 1959 and weekly newspaper “Prapancha” he also edited
Navayuga.
Patil Puttappa awards and honours:
i.He received the Rajyotsava Award, the second-highest civilian honour of Karnataka.
ii.He also received several awards like T.S.R Award, Nadoja award, Basavashree award, Nrupatunga Award is
given in Karnataka for the excellence in Kannada literature.

Famous Marathi Actor Jairam Kulkarni passed away at 88

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On March 17, 2020, Marathi Actor Jairam Kulkarani passed away at the age of 88 in Pune, Maharashtra due to
old-age related illness. He was born in Barshi tehsil in Solapur district, Maharashtra.
Key Points:
i.About Jairam Kulkarni: He had acted in more than 150 films, including “Chal Re Laxya Mumbaila”, “Ashi Hi
Banwabanwi”, “Thartharat”, “Rangat Sangat” and his last movie was “Khel Aayushyacha” was released recently.
ii.Kulkarni had worked in Akashwani in Pune where he came into contact with personalities from the fields of
literature, theatre and film, before starting on a full-fledged career in acting.

STATE NEWS
M Gopal Reddy appointed as Chief Secretary of MP
On 17th March 2020, Madhya Pradesh(MP) Government appointed M Gopal Reddy as a Chief Secretary of the
state replacing Sudhi Ranjan Mohanty with effect from April 1, 2020.
Key Points:
i.M Gopal Reddy is a 1985 batch IAS officer is currently serving as an Officer on Special Duty(OSD) before he
takes charge as the state’s new Chief Secretary. He worked as a vice-chairman of the Narmada Valley
Development Authority (NVDA) prior to the current position.
ii.Sudhi Ranjan Mohanty is to take charge as a Director-General of RCPV Academy of Administration.
About Madhya Pradesh:
Capital– Bhopal
Chief Minister– Kamal Nath
Governor– Lalji Tandon

ECI appoints Hirdesh Kumar as New Chief Electoral Officer of Jammu and Kashmir
On March 16, 2020, A 1999 batch IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer Hirdesh Kumar appointed as the
New Chief Electoral Officer of Jammu and Kashmir(J&K) by the Election Commission of India (ECI), soon he
will replace Shailendra Kumar. Presently Hirdesh serves as the Commissioner Secretary in the School
Education Department of J&K.

After Maharashtra & Odisha, J’khand becomes the 3rd state in India to launch ‘Star Rating
program’ for industries
The state government of Jharkhand will launch its “Star Rating Program” on June 5, 2020, to rate industries
based on the amount of pollutants generated by them.
With this, it became the 3rd state in India to launch this system for industries after Maharashtra & Odisha.
The program will be implemented by the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) in association with
the University of Chicago Trust (UC Trust).
Key Points:
i.The rating ranging on one to five scale, with the most polluting industry getting 1 star while the industry with
the highest compliance rate with pollution control norms will get 5 stars.
ii.The star rating is based on the emission of particulate matter (or PM-2.5 and PM 10) emissions out of 17
categories of highly polluting industries including Captive Power Plants, Integrated Power Plants, Integrated
Steel, Sponge Iron, Cement, Copper Smelter etc.
iii.The rating will be provided after sensing the emission data of industries, which will be calculated through
the Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS) every 15 minutes.
About Jharkhand:
Capital– Ranchi
Chief Minister– Hemant Soren
Governor– Draupadi Murmu, Flower– Palash
Tree– Sal
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PM Modi participated in the 100th Birth Anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
via Video conference
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken part in the 100th birth anniversary celebrations of Bangladesh’s
founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman through video conferencing. Rahman, who is the first President of
Bangladesh, was born on March 17, 1920, in Tungipara village in Faridpur district and also referred to as ‘Jatir
Pita‘. The capital and currency of Bangladesh are Dhaka and Bangladeshi taka respectively.

MoCA flagged off first-ever Indore-Kishangarh flight under UDAN

The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) flagged off the first-ever thrice-weekly flight from Indore (Madhya
Pradesh) to Kishangarh (Ajmer, Rajasthan) under the UDAN(Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) scheme of the
Government of India. This is the 268th route to be made operational under the UDAN scheme.

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