CURRENT AFFAIRS- 2019 March 21 to 31 (Chapter - 03)71. Name the project launched by The Rubber Skill Development Council (RSDC) which is aimed at skilling, upskilling and reskilling
10 lakh personnel involved in the rubber sector, by 2020.
- Project Saamrath
72. What is the theme of the 2019 International Day of Forests?
- “Forests and Education”
73. Which country becomes the first G7 nation to join China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative?
- Italy
74. Who is the recipient of the 2019 Templeton Prize?
- Marcelo Gleiser
75. India’s deepest shaft cave Krem Um Ladaw was discovered recently in which state?
- Meghalaya
76. Mitra shakti-VI is the joint military exercise between India and ...........
- Sri Lanka
77. According to the world airport traffic rankings Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport 12th busiest in the world. Which is the world busiest airport?
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Georgia, US)
78. What is the theme of the International Day of Happiness?
- “Happier Together”
*it is observed every year on 20th of March
79. Which country has donated 69 million dollars to the United Nations World Food Programme to provide vital aid to 28 countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia?
- Japan
80. Which country has recently decided to join China's ambitious Belt and Road initiative?
- Italy
81. Former Chief Election Commissioner of India Navin Chawla’s book ‘Every Vote Counts -The Story of India’s Elections was launched by
- Hamid Ansari (former Vice President of India)
82. What is the theme of the 2019 World Sparrow Day?
- "I Love Sparrows"
* it is observed every year on 20th of March
83. Facebook will organise ‘AI for India Summit’ on 26 March 2019 in ..........
- Bengaluru
84. Which country has topped the 2018 report on patents filed by members of the WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty?
- USA
85. Name India’s first forest certification scheme, which gets global recognition by a Geneva-based non-profit firm.
- Certification Standard for Sustainable Forest Management
86. Who is the recipient of the 2019 Abel Prize for mathematics?
- Prof. Karen Uhlenbeck
Karen Uhlenbeck gets the Abel Prize 2019 for her fundamental work in geometric analysis and gauge theory. For the first time, one of the top prizes in mathematics has been given to a woman. Karen Uhlenbeck, an emeritus professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
87. ‘Shaheedi Diwas’ in the memories of three freedom fighters – Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev?
- March 23rd
88. Who has been appointed as the first transgender election ambassador in India?
- Gauri Sawant
* Transgender activist Gauri Sawant has been appointed as one of the goodwill ambassadors of the Election Commission in Maharashtra.
* This is for the first time a transgender has been appointed as a goodwill ambassador.
89. Name the mobile application that is launched by The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to upload podcast on Class 10, 12 exam evaluation process.
- Shiksha Vani
90. The 3rd edition of Namaste Thailand Festival (NTF-2019) was held in ........
- New Delhi
91. What was the theme of the first-ever High-Level Dialogue on Indo-Pacific Cooperation (HLD-IPC), that held in Jakarta, Indonesia?
- “Towards a Peaceful, Prosperous and Inclusive Region ”
92. Who has become the youngest Indian woman to win on Ladies European Tour?
- Diksha Dagar
93. Name the 1971 India-Pakistan war hero and Maha Vir Chakra awardee, who passed away recently.
- Mohan Narayan Rao Samant
94. Who is the author of the book “The Great Disappointment: How Narendra Modi Squandered a Unique Opportunity to Transform the Indian Economy”?
- Salman Anees Soz
95. Name the bollwood actor who was appointed as the Brand Ambassador of financial technology company PhonePe.
- Aamir Khan
96. Which Indian author has won the 2019 Windham Campbell Prize?
- Raghu Karnad
97. Name the military operation carried out by Indian and Myanmar armies to wipe out insurgent camps who were planning to hit the Indian workers at the Kaladan Transit project?
- Operation Sunrise
98. The joint military exercise “Sary Arka Antiterror 2019” is scheduled to be held in ...........
- Kazakhstan
* The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) member states will hold a joint anti-terrorism exercise “Sary-Arka-Antiterror 2019.”
* The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, also known as the Shanghai Pact, is a Eurasian political, economic, and military organisation which was founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
* India and Pakistan joined SCO as full members in June 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
99. India bags how many gold medals in the recently concluded Special Olympics Games, Abu Dhabi, UAE?
- 85
100. Which state election department has launched an initiative ‘i-help’ to promote digital electoral literacy?
- Assam
101. What is the new rate slashed by GST Council for construction flats during its 34thGST Council that held in New Delhi?
- 5%
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