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• Mauritius Day is celebrated annually on 12 March to mark two key events that took place in the history of the country that is independence from Britain in 1968 and it became republic in 1992.


• Mauritius officially the Republic of Mauritius, a small island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, first discovered by the Arabs.


• The known history of Mauritius begins with its discovery by Europeans and its appearance on maps in the early 16th century.

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• Prime Minister Theresa May clinched legally binding Brexit assurances from the European Union on in a last-ditch attempt to win over rebellious British lawmakers who have threatened to vote down her divorce deal again.


• Scrambling to plot an orderly path out of the Brexit maze just days before the United Kingdom is due to leave on [latex]29^{th}[/latex] March, May rushed to Strasbourg to agree to additional assurances with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.


• Brexiteers in May`s party accuse her of surrendering to the EU and it was not clear if the assurances she agreed would be enough to win over the 116 additional lawmakers she needs turn around the crushing defeat her deal suffered on [latex]15^{th}[/latex] January.

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• Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is looking forward to establishing a railroad project with Iraq in the near future.


• Rouhani, who is making his first official visit to Iraq, said in a news conference that he was also looking to improve cooperation on security and counter-terrorism matters.

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• A United Nations human rights investigator on Myanmar voiced deep concern at Bangladesh's plan to relocate 23,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in April, saying that it may not be habitable, creating a potential "new crisis".


• Bangladesh says moving refugees to Bhasan Char - whose name means "floating island" - will ease chronic overcrowding in its camps at Cox's Bazar, which hold some 730,000 Rohingya. The UN says the Muslim minority fled mass killings and rapes committed during an army crackdown in western Rakhine state since August 2017.

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• Saudi Arabia's state minister for Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir met PM Narendra Modi in Delhi. Jubeir's visit to India comes days after his trip to Pakistan's Islamabad.


• The Saudi minister's visit comes after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's stand-alone visits to India and Pakistan soon after the Pulwama terror attack.

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• The Japanese government announced a donation of some Rs 22 lakh ($31,800) to the Rabindra Bharati Museum in Kolkata in a bid to strengthen historical and cultural ties with India. To refurbish the Japan Gallery of the museum, a MoU will be signed between the Consul General of Japan in Kolkata, Masayuki Taga, and the Vice Chancellor of Rabindra Bharati University, Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury.


• The renovated and refurbished Japan Gallery in the Jorasanko Thakurbari campus of the University will go a long way to commemorate Rabindranath Tagore‘s contribution in the Japan-India relations.

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• The Supreme Court ordered a court-monitored mediation in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case to arrive at a "permanent solution" to the politically and religiously sensitive issue.


• The five-judge constitution bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi appointed a panel of 3 mediators in the title suit with Retired Justice Kalifullah chairing the court-appointed and monitored mediation process. The other two members are spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and senior advocate Sriram Panchu.

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• Ministry of Commerce & Industry will be organizing the 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnerships, in association with Confederation of Indian Industry and EXIM Bank of India in New Delhi.


• The event will mark the deepening of India-Africa economic and business ties and pave the way for a whole range of cross-border project partnerships.

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• The Centre formed National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage to finalise the framework for a Phased Manufacturing Program (PMP). Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog has been appointed to lead the Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee of the mission who will recommend and drive the strategies for transformative mobility in India.


• PMP will be valid for five years until 2024 to localise production across the entire electric vehicles value chain, such as formulating strategies on manufacturing EVs, its specification and standards, etc.


• Cabinet last month approved a Rs. 10,000 crore initiative under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles II (FAME II) scheme, marking a significant push for hybrid and electric vehicles in the country.

• At least 263 recruits had assembled at Jaish-e-Muhammed’s terror camp in Balakot just five days before the IAF strike on [latex]26^{th}[/latex] February, evidence accessed by Times Now has revealed.


• At the time of the attack, almost all The trainers and recruits had access to mobile phones, the signals of which were closely tracked by the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO). After the IAF strikes, all the signals disappeared without a trace.

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• The Centre could miss the FY19 Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) target of disbursing Rs 3 lakh crore worth of loans even as concerns mount in some banking circles that the lack of credit history for many borrowers could cause an increase in bad debt.


• Public sector banks are saying that as most of these loans are given to first-time borrowers, it might be difficult to balance delinquency control and disbursements in kilter with state-set targets.


• About 70 per cent of the loans disbursed to first-time borrowers are sanctioned by public sector banks and many of these loans are refinanced under the Mudra scheme.

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• Online PSB Loans Limited and Kotak Mahindra Bank (Kotak) announced that Kotak is the first private sector bank to join the platform - psbloansin59minutes.com.


• Kotak will offer loans up to Rs 1 cr to micro, small & medium enterprises (MSME) in India through this platform.

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• Kavinder Singh Bisht (56kg) struck gold while Shiva Thapa (60kg) and three others claimed silver medals to end a fine Indian campaign at the 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament in Helsinki, Finland.


• Signing off with silver medals were three-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa (60kg), rookie Govind Sahani (49kg), Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) and Dinesh Dagar (69kg).


• 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament was organized by European Boxing Confederation from [latex]7^{th}[/latex] March, 2019 to [latex]10^{th}[/latex] March, 2019 in Helsinki, Finland. India claimed one Gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze in the tournament.
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• The Pakistan Cricket Board has written to the ICC urging it to take "strong action" against Team India over their cricketers wearing Army-style caps in the Ranchi ODI against Australia.


• Indian players had worn the special caps as a tribute to the armed forces. PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani said that "cricket and sports should not be used for politics".

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• A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello is being honored as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records.


• Tanaka was born [latex]2^{nd}[/latex] January, 1903, the seventh among eight children. The previous oldest living person was another Japanese woman, Chiyo Miyako, who died in July at age 117.

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• Finland’s Prime Minister Juha Sipila, along with his cabinet, resigned after failing to push through parliament plans to overhaul health services and social care in the face of an aging population, just a few weeks before the general elections.


• He tendered his resignation to President Sauli Niinisto, who asked him to stay on as caretaker until the elections in April 2019.


• Statistics Finland has estimated that more than a quarter of the population will be aged over 65 by 2030, making a more cost-effective welfare state a top priority.


• The Prime Minister’s proposed solutions included creating regional authorities for health and welfare services, rather than the local municipalities that currently manage the system, and offering including private companies in the healthcare system to a greater extent to offer “freedom of choice”.


• The plan involved a drastic reorganization of the way health care is administered at a local level as well as a greater role for the private sector.

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• Anup Kumar Dubey and Sushil Kumar have been appointed as the special directors in the Enforcement Directorate (ED), according to a Personnel Ministry order.


• Both of them are Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) officers.


• Mr. Dubey has been appointed as Special Director, ED in Delhi while Mr. Kumar in Chennai.

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• The Marshall Islands is planning to release a digital currency called “SOV” this year in 2019, however, the launch date of the currency has not been decided.


• Neema, an Israel-based company, is partnering with the Marshall Islands government to develop the digital currency.


• With SOV, every account would be fully identified and buyers would be checked against the US Office of Foreign Asset Control so that only legitimate, law-abiding people can use the currency.

A. Saudi Arabia B. India C. China D. Australia Answer: A

A. Russia B. United States C. France D. Germany Answer: B

A. Internet B. HTTP C. World Wide Web D. Search Engines Answer: C

A. K.N. Vyas B. S.R. Krishnan C. N.L. Murthy D. A.K. Mohanty Answer: D

A. Jammu and Kashmir B. Chhattisgarh C. Uttar Pradesh D. Bihar Answer: A

A. Assam B. Manipur C. Mizoram D. Nagaland Answer: D

A. Georgia B. Iceland C. Algeria D. Angola Answer: D

A. Pele B. Jüergen Klinsmann C. Michel Platini D. Zinedine Zidane Answer: C

A. NASA B. ISRO C. CNSA D. ESA Answer: A

A. India B. Sri Lanka C. Bangladesh D. Pakistan Answer: B

A. Japan B. Maldives C. China D. Russia Answer: A

A. Ranjan Gogoi B. FMI Kalifulla C. KM Joseph D. Justice Kurian Answer: B

A. 77.5% B. 70.2% C. 81.2% D. 72.6 % Answer: D

A. Japan B. Russia C. England D. Canada Answer: A

A. BOB B. PNB C. IOB D. SBI Answer: D

A. Anuj Negi B. Anshu Singh C. Kavinder Singh Bisht D. Shiva Thapa Answer: C

A. Amitabh Chaudhary B. Ranjit Gill C. Ashu Khullar D. Prawat Singh Answer: C

A. Mohammed Shtayyeh B. Mahmoud Abbas C. Sultan Mohammed D. Mohammed Al Nahyan Answer: A

A. Bishkek B. Ramallah C. Kiev D. Addis Ababa Answer: B

A. Rome B. Paris C. New York D. London Answer: C

A. Lucknow B. New Delhi C. Mumbai D. Chennai Answer: B

A. Pakistan B. Japan C. China D. Maldives Answer: D

A. Shri Manoj Pande B. Shri S.S. Srinivas C. Vinod Kumar Yadav D. None of the above Answer: B

A. Anup Kumar Dubey B. Sushil Kumar C. A&B D. None of the above Answer: C

A. Punjab National Bank B. State Bank of India C. Bank of Baroda D. Andhra Bank Answer: A

A. Israel B. Saudi Arabia C. Iran D. Turkey Answer: B

A. Jharkhand B. Rajasthan C. Bihar D. Jammu & Kashmir Answer: D

A. Rutland Island, Andaman B. Chandipur, Odisha C. Pokhran, Rajasthan D. Nagayalanka, Andhra Pradesh Answer: C

A. 3 B. 2 C. 1 D. 4 Answer: A