One Liner GK Current Affairs: 14th March 2018

One Liner GK Current Affairs: 14th March 2018

Achieversrule has brought to you the Latest and Updated set of news in a single line in our today's One Liner GK Current Affairs: 14th March 2018.  These are short and concise news which are important for the upcoming government examinations of Bank, Rail and SSC. We hope our readers will find it useful and go through these thoroughly. Moreover we request our readers to practice the Daily Current Affairs Quiz daily for better performance in the examination.

CURRENT AFFAIRS BITES

New Appointments: International

• Nepal’s first woman President Bidya Devi Bhandari has been re-elected for a second term.

National Affairs

• A signed hardcover copy of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's 'The King of the Dark Chamber' has been auctioned for 700 USD.

International Affairs

• Saudi Arabia Cabinet Approves Nuclear Power Program National Policy of its atomic energy programme.
• Amazon.com Inc launched its first-ever debit card in Mexico, part of a push to encourage shoppers without bank accounts to buy online.

Defence & Railway News

• The Indian Air Force (IAF) for first time flawlessly landed its largest transport US-manufactured aircraft, C-17 Globemaster at strategic Tuting Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) in Arunachal Pradesh, which is close to Chinese border.

Agreements/ MoUs Signed

• The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and National Aviation University (NAU) to enhance human resource availability in India’s aviation industry.

Summit /Conference / Events

• President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates World Hindi Secretariat in Port Louis, Mauritius.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address farmers at the annual Krishi Unnati Mela in New Delhi. 
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Tuberculosis (TB) Free India Campaign after he inaugurated Delhi End-TB Summit in New Delhi.
• India-United Kingdom (UK) Joint Team has won Newton-Bhabha Fund for project on Groundwater Arsenic Research in Ganga River Basin. 

Awards & Honours: Miscellaneous

• The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) was awarded 2017 Kochon Prize for building tradition of excellence in Tuberculosis (TB) research and development. 

Obituary

• Actor Narendra Jha Passes Away At 55 After Heart Attack
• World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died.

STATIC GK AND NOTE DOWN POINTS

• Nepal's President: Bidhya Devi Bhandari Trending
• Nepal's Capital: Kathmandu
• Nepal's Prime minister: Khadga Prasad Oli
• Nepal's Currency: Nepalese rupee
• Saudi Arabia's Capital: Riyadh
• Saudi Arabia Currency: Saudi riyal
• Saudi Arabia King: Salman of Saudi Arabia
• Amazon's Founder: Jeff Bezos
• Amazon's CEO: Jeff Bezos
• Indian Air Force Headquarters: New Delhi
• Air Chief Marshal of Indian Air Force: Birender Singh Dhanoa
• Ministry of Civil Aviation Jurisdiction: India
• Ministry of Civil Aviation Headquarters: Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, New Delhi
• Mauritius Capital: Port Louis
• Mauritius Currency: Mauritian rupee
• UK's Capital: London
• UK's Prime minister: Theresa May
• UK's Currency: Pound Sterling