1. World Tuberculosis Day celebrated on 24 March each
year.
2. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) created history by
commissioning the world’s third largest hypersonic wind tunnel
at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
3. The government notified the amended India-Singapore tax
treaty under which capital gains tax will be levied at source of investments
with effect from April 1,2017.
4. The state government of Assam has signed two MoUs with
Mumbai-based State Bank of India(SBI) to provide housing loan and education
loan for its employees.
5. To promote cashless digital transactions, South Indian
Bank (SIB) has introduced Aadhar-based payment in its Unified Payment Interface
(UPI) mobile application- 'SIB M-Pay'.
6. Bharti Airtel has acquired Tikona Digital's 4G airwaves
for Rs 1,600 crore, ramping up its high-speed broadband spectrum capacity to
take on Reliance Jio Infocomm and the Vodafone-Idea Cellular in the competitive
market.
7. Indian capital markets Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and
National Stock Exchange (NSE) will introduce futures and options (F&O)
contracts in 15 companies including InterGlobe Aviation and Indian Bank from 31
March 2017.
8. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded
the Abel Prize for 2017 to mathematician Yves Meyer.
9. The Reserve Bank of India has accorded its approval for
the appointment of T S Anantharaman as part-time Chairman of the bank.
10. The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan
Singh has launched a Coffee Table Book titled “50 Years – The Great
Indian Milk Revolution” commemorating National Dairy Development
Board’s (NDDB) Golden Jubilee year.
11. Prominent Tamil
writer and Sahitya Akademi winner Ashokamitran died at the age
of 86.
12. Young Indian shooter Ankur Mittal, defeated
rival James Willett, and bagged the first World Cup gold medal of his career in
double trap at the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup.
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