One Liner GK Current Affairs: 20th March 2018
Achieversrule team has brought to you the Latest and Important Current Affairs Headlines in our One Liner GK Current Affairs: 20th March 2018. These are important for the upcoming examinations of Bank, Rail, SSC and other government exams. we hope aspirants will go through our article and regularly follow the Daily Current Affairs Quiz for better result in the examination. We also request readers to make a note of the Note Down points separately for later reference during preparation.
CURRENT AFFAIRS BITES
Important Days- The International Day of Happiness is celebrated worldwide every March 20.
- World Sparrow Day is a day designated to raise awareness of the house sparrow and then other common birds to urban environments, and of threats to their populations, observed on 20 March
- US-educated economist Yi Gang has been named the next governor of China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC).
- Shri Atul M. Gotsurve has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
- Axis Bank opened a representative office in Sharjah, to better serve its customers in the emirate and to expand its retail offerings to customers in the neighbouring northern emirates.
- The Government of India has approved the setting up of a Plastic Park in Deoghar District, Jharkhand.
- National Cultural Audiovisual Archives (NCAA) project of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, implemented by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) has been certified as the world’s first Trusted Digital Repository as per ISO 16363:2012 standard, granted by Primary Trustworthy Digital Repository Authorisation Body Ltd.
- BHEL has commissioned first unit of 110 MW of the Kishanganga hydro-electric project (HEP) of NHPC in Jammu and Kashmir.
- The Indian Navy and the French Navy have conducted bilateral maritime exercise 'Varuna' with French Navy
- With an aim to providing first-and-last-mile connectivity, railway PSU IRCTC announced a partnership with cab aggregator Ola, giving commuters an option book taxi on its app.
- India and the European Union signed an agreement that will enable them to share earth observation data from each other's satellite.
- India’s largest lender SBI and India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation (IMGC) today signed a pact to offer mortgage guarantee scheme for prospective non-salaried and self-employed home loan customers.
- The first National workshop on POSHAN Abhiyan involving all the states and union territories was held at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, New Delhi.
- Delegates from as many as 52 countries, including the US and China, are participating in the informal meeting of the WTO being held in Delhi.
- Purva Barve won the women's singles (Under-19) title at the Israel Junior 2018 held in Rishon LeZion.
- Renowned Hindi poet and critic Kedarnath Singh passed away in Delhi at the age of 83.
STATIC GK AND NOTE DOWN POINTS
- People's Bank of China Governor: Zhou Xiaochuan
- People's Bank of China Reserve: 3.21 lakh crores USD
- People's Bank of China Headquarters: Beijing, China
- People's Bank of China Currency: Renminbi
- People's Bank of China Bank rate: 6.0%
- NCAA: National Cultural Audiovisual Archives
- IGNCA: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
- China's President: Xi Jinping Trending
- China's Capital: Beijing
- China's Currency: Renminbi
- Axis Bank Headquarters: Mumbai
- Axis Bank CEO: Shikha Sharma
- BHEL Headquarters: New Delhi
- BHEL CEO: Atul Sobti
- SBI Chairperson: Rajnish Kumar
- SBI Headquarters: Mumbai
- European Union Headquarters: City of Brussels, Belgium
- President of the European Commission: Jean-Claude Juncker
- WTO: World Trade Organization
- WTO Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
- WTO Leader: Roberto Azevêdo
- Israel's Capital: Jerusalem
- Israel's Prime minister: Benjamin Netanyahu
- Israel's Currency: Israeli new shekel
- Israel's President: Reuven Rivlin
- US Attorney general: Jefferson Sessions (R) Trending
- US Capital: Washington, D.C.
- US President: Donald Trump
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