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David
Warner makes 178 runs against Afghanistan
Sport
> Cricket > 5 March
David
Warner made Australia's highest World Cup individual score of 178,
beating the 158 of Matthew Hayden against West Indies in 2007.
Warner's innings included 19 fours and five sixes . With this,
Australia made a record World Cup total of 417 for six wickets in a
Pool A match against Afghanistan. Warner's 260-run second-wicket
partnership with Steve Smith was also an Australian ODI record.
Indian-
American doctor to get Fulbright Nehru Distinguished Chair
Awards
> Fulbright Nehru
Distinguished Chair > 5 March
A
top Indian-American physician has been selected for the prestigious
Fulbright-Nehru Distinguished Chair to India. Dr. Rahul Jindal's
program will be hosted by Ahmedabad-based HL Trivedi Institute of
Transplantation Sciences for the specified duration. Awards in the
Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program are viewed as among the most
prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program. The Chairs
Program consists of lectures and research ranging from three to 12
months.
ISIS
attacks ancient Iraq city
World
> ISIS > 8 March
In
a retaliation against Iraqi government offensive, the Islamic State
group bulldozed the ancient city of Nimrud with heavy machinery,
appropriating the archaeological attractions dating back 13 centuries
BC . The UN termed the latest jihadists' attack on Iraqi cultural
treasures as "war crime". Iraq's officials and locals have
highly condemned the destruction of their cultural heritage. The
assault against Nimrud came just a week after the release of a video
showing Islamic State forces smashing museum statues and carvings in
Mosul, the city they seized along with much of northern Iraq last
June.
Modi
government shortlists L&T, Pipavav for submarine project
India
> Submarine
Project > 10 March
Larsen
& Toubro (L&T) and Pipavav Defence & Offshore have been
shortlisted by the Narendra Modi government, for Rs 60,000-crore
contract to build six conventional submarines under its Project 75i.
The two private sector shipyards - L&T’s Katupalli yard and
Pipavav unit- were selected by a high level committee by vice-admiral
Subhedar, which had considered both public and private shipyards to
shortlist candidates for the project. Project 75i is designed to
purchase 6 next generation diesel submarines with Air Independent
Propulsion System (AIP) technology for Indian Navy by 2022.
Politics
& Government > Coal
Scam > 11 March
A
special court has summoned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,
industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, ex-coal secretary P C Parakh and
three others as accused pertaining to allocation of Talabira-II coal
block in Odisha in 2005. The six accused have been asked to appear
before the court on April 8 and if convicted, they are liable to be
sentenced for a maximum of life imprisonment. The then Prime
Minister Singh was holding the coal portfolio in 2005 when Talabira
II coal block in Odisha was allotted to M/s Hindalco .
Others
NASA’s
Dawn spacecraft arrives at dwarf planet's orbit
World
> NASA > 6 March
NASA's
Dawn spacecraft has become the first mission in the history to
achieve orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres. According to NASA, the
spacecraft had reached 61,000 kilometres from Ceres when it was
captured by the dwarf planet’s gravity. Following this
accomplishment, Dawn will work on providing new insights and
capturing images of the planet. Dawn is currently in Ceres’ shadows
and won’t take new pictures until it emerges in April.
Republicans
warn Iran against signing nuclear deal with Obama
World
> Nuclear deal > 7 March
In
an open letter addressed to the Iran leaders, the Republican US
Senators have said that any nuclear deal with President Barack Obama
could last only as long as he remains in office. The letter says that
any deal not approved by Congress would be merely "an executive
agreement" that could be revoked by Congress. According to the
senators, Obama's hastiness would leave Iran with the liberty of
being able to build a nuclear weapon under the agreement.
India
might soon become world's third largest economy
India
> Third
Largest Economy > 8 March
In
a recent commentary posted on Project Syndicate website, Jim O’Neill
known for coining the acronym BRIC, said that India will soon take
its place as the world’s third largest economy. Neil bases his
prediction on the growing investment climate of India. According to
him, with the current growth rate, India might surpass Italy and
Brazil to become the world’s seventh largest economy in 2017; by
2020, there is a reasonable chance that it will overtake France and
the United Kingdom to become the fifth largest.
US
declares Venezuela a national security threat, sanctions top
officials
World
> Venezeula > 8 March
In
the worst bilateral diplomatic dispute between the United States and
Venezuela, President Barack Obama issued and signed an executive
order declaring Venezuela a national security threat. Obama has
ordered sanctions against seven officials from Venezuela. The orders
were issued for people whose actions undermined democratic processes
or institutions, had committed acts of violence or abuse of human
rights, were involved in prohibiting or penalizing freedom of
expression, or were government officials involved in public
corruption. Following this, Venezuealan President Nicolas Maduro
angrily denounced the sanctions calling it an attempt to overthrow
his government.
India-Nepal
joint military exercise concludes
World
> India - Nepal > 8 March
The
joint India-Nepal military exercise named Surya Kiran VIII concluded
at Salijhandi in Nepal. The exercise was mainly aimed to strengthen
the understanding between Indian Army & Nepalese Army and develop
interoperability in Jungle Warfare and Counter Terrorism operations
in mountainous terrain. The training ended with an exercise in which
troops of both nations carried out a search and destroy mission in
the general area of Saljhandi. The exercise was conducted under the
aegis of Nepalese Army and it had started on 23 February 2015.
Government
seeks Parliament approval for Rs 11,000 crore CST grants to states
Politics
& Government > CST
grants > 10 March
An
amount of Rs 11,000 crore will soon be provided to the states as the
first tranche of long-pending central sales tax compensation by the
government, ahead of the goods and services tax (GST) rollout. The
government has sought approval for additional spending of Rs 36,953
crore that included the first tranche of compensation for CST in
accordance with finance minister Arun Jaitley's promise to states.
The government has already introduced the constitution amendment bill
in Parliament for GST and expects to roll out the new regime that
will replace multiple state and central taxes with a single levy.
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