Current Affair Daily Updates: 08 and 09 March 2018
1. NITI Aayog launches
Women Entrepreneurship Platform:
- The National Institution for
Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has launched Women Entrepreneurship
Platform on the occasion of International Women’s Day on 8th March.
- On this occasion,
singer KailashKher has sung and released the theme song “Naari
Shakti”.
- The Women Entrepreneurship
Platform is a platform for the women that will help them
to fulfill their entrepreneurial aspirations by providing
them a convenient ecosystem.
2. ‘Vision For Future’
held in New Delhi:
- With an aim to commemorate 70
years of India-Russia relations, an event “Vision for Future” was held in
New Delhi.
- The event was organized by the
Ministry of External Affairs.
3. 4th India-Europe
29 Business Forum held in New Delhi:
- The 4th edition
of the India-Europe 29 Business Forum recently took place in New Delhi.
- The Ministry of External Affairs
and Federation of Indian Chambers and Commerce (FICCI) created the Forum
in 2014 to provide an institutionalized platform for promoting business
exchanges between India and twenty nine countries of the Central
Europe Region.
- This year’s theme was is
“Synergizing Economic Vision for Expanded Relations”.
4. International
Women’s Day:
- International Women’s Day has
been celebrated to highlight the achievements of women in different
fields.
- Global campaigns like #MeToo and
#TimesUp have been organized for women.
- The theme for this year is-
#PressforProgress.
5. RBI
imposes penalty on SBI for flouting fake note forms:
- The Reserve Bank of India has
imposed a penalty of Rs 40 lakh on State Bank of India for not following
its directions on detection and impounding of counterfeit notes.
6. Pritzker
Price to BalkrishnaDoshi:
- BalkrishnaDoshi has become
the first Indian to receive theprestigiousPritzker Price.
- He is one of the last living
architects to have apprenticed with Franco-Swiss trailblazer Le Corbusier
and well known for his contributions to the evolution of architectural
discourse in India.
7. World ATM
Congress in Spain:
- World’s largest International
Air Traffic management conference has been held in Spain.
- The Airports Authority of India
(AAI) participated in the conference.
8. Cabinet approval
for MoU between UPSC and Public Service Commission of Mauritius:
- The Union Cabinet has given
approval for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Union
Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Public Service Commission of
Mauritius.
9. VivekWadekar
appointed as new Special Director in the Enforcement Directorate:
- Vivek R Wadekar has been
appointed as the new Special Directorin the Enforcement Directorate.
- The Appointments Committee of
the Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister has appointed him for a tenure of
5 years.
10. Washington becomes
1st State to approve Net-Neutrality Rules:
- Washington has become the first
state to pass its own Net-Neutrality Rules by repealing the Obama era’s
provisions supporting an even playing field for internet.
- The new law requires internet
providers to disclose information about their management practices,
performances and commercial terms.