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www.Tnpsc.Academy – TNPSC Current Affairs March 2017 – Quick Notes
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Awards & Honours
S.no |
Name of the Person |
Name of the Award |
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1. |
Delhi Metro Rail |
Limca World Record |
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2. |
M P Veerendra Kumar |
Moortidevi Award |
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3. |
Vaikom Vijayalakshmi |
World Record |
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4. |
From Tamil Nadu
i) V. Nannamal ii) Dr. Nandita Shah iii) Kalyani Pramod |
NariShakti Puraskars |
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5. |
Virat Kohli & Ravichandran Ashwin |
BCCI Annual Awards |
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6. |
Mahabaleshwar Sail |
Saraswathi samman Award |
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7. |
Indrani – Top place
Arjun – 3rd Place Archana Verma – 5th palce Pratick Naidu – 7th place Vrinda Madan – 9th place |
Regenron Science talent Award (Junior Nobel Prize) |
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8. |
Indian Cricket Team |
Vijay Hazare Trophy |
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9. |
Major Rohit Suri |
Kriti Chakra Award |
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10. |
Raghu Rai |
National Photographic Awards 2017(Lifetime Achievement award) |
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11. |
Awardees from Tamil Nadu:
v S. Geethalakshmi v C. Palanivelu v Anand K. Khakhar
v S. Rajasekaran v P. Sundaresan |
Dr. B.C. Roy National Awards:
Hari Om Ashram Alembic Research Awards |
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12. |
Anupam Kher |
Kala Ratna Award |
Science & Tech
S.no |
New Inventions/Discoveries/Current events in Sci &Tech |
By Whom |
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1. |
Test firing of Endo Atmospheric Interceptor Missile |
DRDO |
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2. |
Developed the first BT cotton varieties |
Punjab Agriculture University |
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3. |
Test Fired Brahmos Missile |
DRDO |
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4. |
Lost Chandrayaan I was found |
NASA |
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5. |
India’s Largest Floating Solar PV plant |
NTPC |
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6. |
World’s first fluorescent frog |
Found in Argentina |
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7. |
World’s oldest Algae fossil |
Discovered by Indian Scientist |
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8. |
World’s Largest Artificial Sun |
Germany Scientists |
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Latest Diary of Events
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Event |
Date |
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1. |
National Science Day |
28th Feburary |
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2. |
World Wildlife Day |
March 03 |
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3. |
Name of Airports Changed |
Vijayawada to NandamuriTaraka Rama Rao (NTR) Amaravati Airport.
Tirupati Airport to Sri Venkateswara Airport |
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4. |
Rabi Ray expired |
Former Lok Sabha Speaker |
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5. |
The Government announced Kamaladevi Chattopadhya national Award |
For women handloom weavers and women handicraft artisans |
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6. |
Genocide Day Declared by Bangladesh |
March 25 |
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7. |
World’s Consumer Rights Day |
March 15 |
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8. |
Pyari Mohan Mohapatra expired |
Former Rajya Sabha MP & President of Odisha Jana Morcha Party |
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9. |
Dev raj sikkah expired |
Father of Indian Meteorology & Monsoon man |
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10. |
Mines to Market 2017 |
March 19 to 20 |
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11. |
World Poetry Day |
March 21 |
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12. |
World Forestry Day |
March 21 |
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13. |
World Water Day |
March 22 |
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14. |
World Meteorological Day |
March 23 |
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15. |
World TB day |
March 24 |
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16. |
Ashoka mitran expired |
Tamil Writer |
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17. |
Martyr’s Day |
March 23 |
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18. |
Cyclone Debbie |
Strikes in the North East Australian coast |
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19. |
Tehmtan R. Andhyarujina expired |
Jurist & Senior Advocate |
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Sports
| S.no | Name of the Person | Achievement of the Person | Read More |
| 1. | Jitu Rai | Gold Medal in ISSF World Cup Shooting | https://www.tnpsc.academy/tnpsc-current-affairs-mar-02-2017/ |
| 2. | Amanpreet Singh | Silver Medal in ISSF World Cup Shooting | https://www.tnpsc.academy/tnpsc-current-affairs-mar-02-2017/ |
| 3. | SSP Chawrasia | Hero Indian Open Title in Golf | https://www.tnpsc.academy/tnpsc-current-affairs-mar-14-2017/ |
| 4. | Vidya Pilla | Won Silver Medal in World Women Snooker Championship | https://www.tnpsc.academy/tnpsc- current-affairs-mar-22-2017/ |
| 5. | Ankur Mittal | Won Gold in ISSF Shortgun World Cup | https://www.tnpsc.academy/tnpsc-current-affairs-mar-23-2017/ |
| 7. | S V Sunil From Indian Hockey | Player of the Year 2016 by Asian Hockey Federation | https://www.tnpsc.academy/tnpsc-current-affairs-mar-31-2017/ |
Appointments
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Name of the Post |
Name of the Person |
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1. |
Chairman of NCST (National Commission of Scheduled Tribes) |
Nand Kumar Sai |
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2. |
Indian Ambassador of WTO (World trade organisation) |
S. Deepak |
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3. |
SEBI Chairman |
Ajay Tyagi |
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4. |
UPSC New Secretary |
T. Jacob |
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5. |
Chairman of Central Water Commission |
Narendra Kumar |
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6. |
UNICEF Ambassador |
Sachin Tendulkar |
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7. |
Additional charge of Defence Minister
|
Arun Jaitley |
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8. |
Top Health care position in US
|
Seema Verma |
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9. |
Assam’s Upalokayuta |
Justice Chittaranjan Sharma |
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10. |
Member of governing body of Sports Authority of India(SAI) |
Jwala Gupta |
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11. |
Chief Minister of Uttrakand |
Trivendra Rawat |
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12. |
Chief Minister of Uttra pradesh |
Yogi Adityanath |
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13. |
1st Women Field officer in Border Security Force |
Tanushree Pareek |
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14. |
Leadership Conference on civil & Human Rights Chairman & CEO |
Vanita Gupta |
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15. |
CBEC Chief |
Vanaja N Sarna |
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