22nd March 2017 Current Affairs

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22-03-2017 CURRENT AFFAIRS
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1 World water day observed globally Today It means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. In 2017, the theme for World Water Day is 'Water and Wastewater'.
2 RBI will shortly issue Rs. 10 denomination bank notes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series 2005. With inset letter 'L' in both the number panels, bearing signature of RBI Governor Urjit R Patel, the note will have year 2017 printed on the reverse of it, according to an official release issued by the central bank. All notes in the denomination of Rs. 10 issued by the bank in the past will continue to be the legal tender,
3 Bajaj Hindusthan To Sell Power Business For Rs. 1,227 Crore To Group Firm The company had announced plans in December to sell its co-generation power business, having 449 MW capacity at 14 locations in Uttar Pradesh, to LPGCL for about Rs. 1,800 cror
4 RBI proposes to fix upper limit in PPIs at Rs 1 Lakh The RBI proposed to fix the upper limit for Pre-paid Payment Instruments (PPIs) at Rs 1 lakh in view of growing usage of PPIs for a purchase of goods and services.
5 India’s 1st carbon neutral district will be Majuli Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched initiatives to develop Majuli, world biggest river island, as India’s first carbon neutral district and as a biodiversity heritage yet not officially released.
6 Samsung launched Samsung Pay in india It is to to gain from the rapidly-evolving digital payments Samsung Pay helps a consumer make payments at various retail locations by using select devices of the company, which facilitate the transactions by making use of the previously-selected credit or debit cards or mobile wallets.
7 Ankur Khanna appointed as new Chief Financial Officer of ICC He will join the ICC by the end of March 2017. Presently, he is serving Air Asia India as the Chief Financial Officer. Prior, Khanna also worked in senior roles at Air France, KLM Royal
8 Upendra Tripathy appointed as Interim Director General of ISA Earlier, he served the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy as its secretary from 1st April 2014 to 31st October 2016.
9 GST will implement from July 1 According to Mr Jaitley It will increase the volume of taxation, there is no tax on tax and therefore makes goods, commodities and services little cheaper and far more convenient
10 Ravindra Jadeja tops ICC's test bowler rankings He moves past ‘Ashwin’ after the nine wickets haul in the drawn third Test against Australia at Ranchi. Jadeja has become only the third Indian player after ‘Ashwin’ and ‘Bishan Singh Bedi’ to top the bowling charts.
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