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Current Affairs March 2018

This is a guide to provide you a precise summary and a huge collection of Multiple Choice

Questions (MCQs) covering national and international current affairs for the month of March 2018.

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Table of Contents

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Audience........................................................................................................................................................... i

Copyright and Disclaimer .................................................................................................................................. i

Table of Contents............................................................................................................................................. ii

APPOINTMENTS .......................................................................................................................... 1

AWARDS ..................................................................................................................................... 5

BOOKS & AUTHORS ..................................................................................................................... 9

COMMITTEES ............................................................................................................................ 10

DEATHS ..................................................................................................................................... 12

DEFENCE ................................................................................................................................... 15

ECONOMIC ............................................................................................................................... 19

ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................................................... 26

FINANCE.................................................................................................................................... 28

IMPORTANT DAYS ..................................................................................................................... 35

INTERNATIONAL ........................................................................................................................ 39

MISCELLANEOUS ....................................................................................................................... 52

NATIONAL ................................................................................................................................. 54

PERSONS IN NEWS .................................................................................................................... 89

PLACES IN NEWS ....................................................................................................................... 91

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REGIONAL ................................................................................................................................. 94

REPORTS ................................................................................................................................. 107

RESIGNATIONS & RETIREMENTS ............................................................................................. 111

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................................ 114

SPORTS ................................................................................................................................... 117

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1. Journalist Rahul Mahajan appointed as Rajya Sabha TV Editor-In-Chief

A selection committee headed by Prasar

Bharti Chairman A Surya Prakash and Vice-

President of India M Venkaiah Naidu

appointed veteran television journalist Rahul

Mahajan as editor-in-chief of the television

channel Rajya Sabha TV. Rahul Mahajan is a

well-known journalist with experience of more

than 12 years in the media industry. He has

worked with various channels such as

Jansatta, Zee News, AjTak, Star News, News

24 and Bhaskar News.

Rajya Sabha TV is owned and operated by the

Upper House of Indian Parliament that covers the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha.

2. Ajay Rastogi sworn in as Chief Justice of Tripura High Court

Former Rajasthan High Court judge Justice

Ajay Rastogi was sworn-in as the Chief Justice

of Tripura High Court. Governor Tathagata

Roy administered the oath of office and

secrecy to the new Chief Justice in presence

of dignitaries following the retirement of

Justice T. Vaiphei. He was appointed in the

place of T Vaiphei who served in the post since 2016.

Tripura is a hilly state in the Northeast India, bordered on 3 sides by Bangladesh.

3. Air Marshal RKS Shera took over as Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance at Air Headquarters

Air Marshal RKS Shera AVSM VSM took over

as Air Officer-in-charge Maintenance of

Indian Air Force. He was commissioned in

the Aeronautical Engineering Electronics

Branch of Indian Air Force. He has been

trained in Russia on MIG-29 aircraft at the time of fleet induction in 1986.

The Air Officer was Senior Maintenance Staff

Officer at HQ Maintenance Command before

taking over as Air Officer-in-charge

Maintenance at Air HQ. During his career of

37 years, the officer has held several

Appointments

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important commands that include Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Engg A), SMSO HQ WAC

and Station Commander TETTRA School.

4. Gina Haspel appointed as the first female CIA Director

US President Donald Trump has appointed

Gina Haspel as the new Director of CIA. She,

thus, became the first female director of CIA.

She took over Mike Pompeo who was appointed as the Secretary of State.

Haspel joined the CIA in 1985 and is a career

spymaster. She reportedly ran the CIA's first

overseas detention site in Thailand. Haspel

has received several prestigious awards,

including the George H. W. Bush Award for excellence in counterterrorism, the Donovan

Award, the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal and the Presidential Rank Award.

5. Larry Kudlow appointed as Chief Economic Advisor to President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump has appointed Larry

Kudlow as the new Chief Economic Advisor. He

would replace Gary Cohen as director of the National Economic Council (NEC).

Kudlow served in the Regan administration

when he helped to craft the economic policy.

Kudlow worked for decades in the financial

sector, rising to become the chief economist at

Bear Stearns. The National Economic Council director advises the US president on

economic issues and works to implement policy goals.

6. Yi Gang appointed as the new Governor of Peoples Bank of China

China has appointed Yi Gang as the Governor

of its central bank, Peoples Bank of China. Mr

Yi has been the deputy governor of the bank

since 2008. Mr Yi will replace incumbent

governor Zhou Xiaochuan. The Chinese

government appointed Liu He as a vice premier of the central bank.

Mr Yi earned a business degree at Hamline

University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Illinois.

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7. Government nominated Professor J S Rajput as Indias Representative to the Executive Board of UNESCO

The Government of India has

nominated Professor J S Rajput, former

Director NCERT, as Indias re