Monday, 19 March 2018

ONE LINER OF THE DAY 19th March 2018.


1.State Bank of India is giving a special facility to its ATM card holders. With this, customers can keep their ATM cards under control.SBI Quick App has special features for controlling special ATM cards.It provides the facility of blocking, turning on or off ATM cards and generating an ATM PIN.

2.Former Gujarat Chief minister Anandiben Patel has launched her biography "Karma Yatri", written by Ameya Latkar in the presence of BJP chief Amit Shah and Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

3.Mauritius President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim resigned after being embroiled in a scandal over her use of a credit card to buy luxury personal items.Gurib-Fakim, Africa’s only female head of state, submitted her resignation in the “national interest,” her lawyer Yousouf Mohamed said.Her resignation would take effect on March 23.

4.The two-day informal World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting got underway in New Delhi. Representatives from 50 countries are participating in the meet. Our correspondent reports the WTO is facing systemic challenges, particularly its dispute settlement arm.

5.Ranji Trophy winners Vidarbha grabbed their second title in the domestic cricket season as they won the Irani Cup with their huge first innings total against Rest of India.

6.Russian President Vladimir Putin has won the presidential elections with 74 percent of votes polled, according to a state-run exit poll.Putin’s fourth term as president will extend until 2024, the first Kremlin leader to serve two decades in power since Josef Stalin.

7.Expressing the need for women empowerment through innovative use of technology built within institutional arrangements, Governor of West Bengal, Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi strongly emphasised that women need to be brought into the of mainstream of national development

Inaugurating the 7th Women Science Congress at the ongoing 105th session of Indian Science Congress in Imphal, Shri Tripathi pointed out that representation of women in science and technology is less than expected.He added that proper education, motivation and maximisation of human resources are the need of the hour. 7th Women Science Congress is a significant step towards nation-building

8.Emphasising the need to provide more opportunities to children, Vice Chancellor of Manipur University, Prof. Adya Prasad Pandey has said that young students are the future of the country. Delivering the keynote address at the Valedictory session of the Children’s Science Congress at the 105th Indian Science Congress in Imphal, Shri Pandey said that with more opportunities, children will contribute more towards a better India. 

9.The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) proclaimed March 18, 2018 the first Global Recycling Day. Based on the worldwide response, the organization was successful in calling attention to the issues facing the recycling industry and highlighting the importance of what it calls “the seventh resource.”

10.Indian para-athlete Deepa Malik won a gold medal in the F-53/54 category javelin event at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai and also became the Asian rank one in the F-53 category.

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