DAILY ONELINER CURRENT AFFAIRS 18.03.2024
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Ordnance Factories Day is observed every
year on March 18. |
In 1775, the Board of Ordnance
was formed in Fort William, Kolkata. |
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India’s ranking on the United
Nations Human Development Index improved by one position
in 2022 to 134 out of 193 countries ranked compared to 135
out of 192 countries ranked in 2021 on the back of a marginal increase in its
HDI value to 0.644 compared to 0.633 in 2021. |
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) is a United Nations Organisation tasked with helping countries to
eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human
development. Headquarters – New York, USA. UNDP was established in 1966 by the General Assembly of the
United Nations. |
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India’s Shipping Ministry has approved waterways projects worth ₹645 crore on
Brahmaputra in Assam. Projects, which will be
developed under the Sagarmala programme. |
The Union Minister
of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush-Shri Sarbananda Sonowal. Brahmaputra River The
Brahmaputra is one of the major rivers of Asia, a trans-boundary river which
flows through China, India and Bangladesh. It is known as the Yarlung Tsangpo River in
Tibet, the Brahmaputra, Lohit, Siang,
and Dihang in India, and the Jamuna in Bangladesh. The
River Tsangpo enters into India through sharp south-westerly turn along the
eastern side of Namcha Barwa. Then it get new name Dihang in Arunachal
Pradesh. Debang
and Lohit Rivers meet Dehang River near the city of Sadia, it is known by the
name of Brahmaputra River. The
River Brahmaputra flows westward, till the city of Dhubri and thereafter
turns southward in the Garo hills region and enter into Bangladesh near
Golpara. It is called Jamuna in Bangladesh. Here, Tista and other rivers meet
Brahmaputra which falls in the Padma (Ganga) in the end. |
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The Prime Minister inaugurated the first Oil
Palm Processing Mill under Mission Palm Oil in Arunachal Pradesh. Launched in
2021, the National Mission for Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) aims to boost
oil palm cultivation and crude palm oil production.
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Minister of Petroleum and
Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri has launched Ethanol100,
an alternate auto fuel in New Delhi. |
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The Central Government has
appointed senior IAS officer Rahul Singh the Chairman of the Central
Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). |
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The Ministry of Defence
(MoD) has signed a contract worth ₹2,890 crore with the
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the midlife upgrade of 25 Dornier
patrol aircraft of the Indian Navy. |
Defence
minister –Rajnath Singh |
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The Indian Army has raised its first squadron of
Apache attack helicopters in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur with the aim of
supporting ground operations near the Pakistan border. |
Chief of the Army Staff-General
Manoj Pande |
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A contingent from the Indian
Army embarked
on a journey to Seychelles to participate in the Tenth edition of the
Joint Military Exercise “LAMITIYE-2024” alongside the Seychelles Defence
Forces (SDF). |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore
(RCB) beat Delhi
Capitals in the final of the 2024 Women’s Premier League to break
their 16-year-long trophy drought. |
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Russia Capital: Moscow Currency: Russian Ruble |
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