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• It is observed on [latex]15^{th}[/latex] March every year for raising global awareness about consumer rights and needs.


• This day is a chance to demand that the rights of all consumers are respected and protected and to protest against social injustices.

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• Describing the deteriorating human rights situation in parts of China as appalling wherein over a million religious minorities have reportedly been detained, the United States said it is considering taking targeted measures against those responsible for this.


• We are committed to promoting accountability for those who are committing these violations and considering targeted measures as well.

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• European Parliament President Antonio Tajani has come under fire for comments praising Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.


• Tajani told Radio 24 that Mussolini did some "positive things," including improving Italy's infrastructure, until "he declared war on the entire world, following Hitler, until he promoted the racial laws" that restricted the rights of Jews.

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• The US Senate, defying Donald Trump's foreign policy and his alliance with Saudi Arabia, voted on to end support the Saudi-led war effort in Yemen.


• Lawmakers in the Republican-controlled US Senate approved a historic curtailment of presidential war powers that directs Trump to remove the United States Armed Forces from hostilities in or affecting the Republic of Yemen within 30 days.


• The Senate vote was 54 to 46, with seven Republicans defying the president and aligning with the Democrats. The text will now move to the Democrat-led House of Representatives which is likely to pass the latest effort.


• However, the White House has threatened a veto, calling the measure "flawed" and saying it would harm bilateral relationships in the region and hurt the US’s ability to fight extremism.


• The motion’s full passage would set a historic marker as it would be the first measure passed by Congress to invoke the 1973 War Powers Resolution to directly curtail a president's use of military powers.

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• The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is now concentrated in two areas and could be stopped by September, but the world must tackle Congo`s broader crisis to make it count.


• The outbreak is the second worst in history, has killed 584 people in a region beset by violence and poverty, but a rapid international response has so far stopped the disease spreading into neighbouring countries.

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• Experts from the University of Birmingham and policy makers and researchers from India announced a collaboration to jointly develop strategies to resolve health, social and economic issues linked to air pollution in Delhi.


• Delegates at a two-day workshop, convened by experts of the University of Birmingham and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, called for air quality metrics to be incorporated into several of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially the Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3) Good Health and Well-being.


• The experts recommended that air pollution should be treated as a disaster, in the same way as natural events such as earthquakes and forest fires and also called for access to clean air to be considered as a “basic human right”.


• University of Birmingham is working with partners in India, Africa and Asia to help understand how our cities can tackle problems caused by air pollution.


• The ASAAP India (A Systems Approach to Air Pollution India) workshop brought together partners from India, Africa, Asia, Europe and US to explore how cities such as Delhi can better understand how to tackle air pollution.

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• The United States Special Forces Group stationed in Japan is involved in a joint exercise with India’s National Security Guard in Hyderabad, aimed at enhancing the capabilities of the armed forces of the two countries.


• The Hyderabad-exercise would help build interoperability and comradeship between the two forces and was designed to enhance the capabilities of both Indian and U.S. armed forces.

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• The Supreme Court clarified its last year order on police reforms and said officers who have a minimum of six months tenure left in service can be considered for the post of Director General of Police (DGP).


• Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi headed the bench and recommended for the post of DGP by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and preparation of the appointment panel should be purely on the basis of merit.


• The emphasis is to select the best and to ensure a minimum tenure of two years’ service of such officer who is to be selected and appointed.

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• Following the advice of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, atleast 12 states in India have banned Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS).


• Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Jharkhand have taken steps to ban the use of ENDS.


• ENDS emits nicotine, the addictive component of tobacco products which made the Doctors claim e-cigarettes pose significant health risks to users that are frighteningly similar to those of conventional cigarette.

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• India has extended a grant assistance of up to USD 250 million to Nepal for the reconstruction of infrastructures in the areas of housing, education, health and cultural heritage that was destroyed during the devastating April 2015 earthquake which saw the death of over 9,000 people.


• During the India-Nepal Joint Project Monitoring Committee meeting in New Delhi, officials from the two countries reviewed the progress of post-earthquake reconstruction projects.

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• The Royal Mint has honoured Stephen Hawking’s legacy by issuing a new 50 pence piece.


• The coin has drawn its inspiration from Hawking’s work on black holes discussed in his bestselling book- A Brief History of Time.


• The coin has his name engraved along with an illustration of concentric circles that represent a black hole.


• It also has his equation on the black hole theory.


• The coin will not be circulated as normal change and has only been made as a commemoration edition.

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• A new coin that features the Crimea or Kerch Strait Bridge has been released by Russia’s central bank, to mark Crimea’s reunification with Russia.


• Two million new five ruble (about $0.08, €0.07) coins were pressed which depict an outline of the peninsula which was annexed by Russia in 2014.


• This is second commemoration of Crimea, the first being a 200 ruble note released in 2015 and depicted the desire of the people of Russia to see these symbols on notes.

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• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to use a new tool for the first time to enhance liquidity in the system using which it will buy $5 billion from the banks in a swap deal that is capable of injecting around Rs. 35,000 crores into the system.


• Banks will have to deposit dollar funds with RBI with the condition of buying them back from RBI after 3 years.


• The first-ever auction of this kind involving US dollar buy/sell swap will happen on [latex]26^{th}[/latex] March 2019.


• Minimum bid size for the auction has been fixed at $25 million and multiple bids submission by banks will be allowed. However, the aggregate amount of bids submitted by single eligible entity should not exceed the notified amount of auction.

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• After South America’s ruling body CONMEBOL once again ruled out a US proposal to host the tournament, Argentina and Colombia are poised to co-host the 2020 Copa America.


• It is for the first time in the modern Copa America era that the tournament will be split between two countries. The two countries separated by some 4,350 miles (7,000 kilometers).


• This year’s tournament is to be staged in Brazil between [latex]14^{th}[/latex] June and [latex]7^{th}[/latex] July. CONMEBOL is responsible for the organization and governance of South American football’s major international tournaments.


• CONMEBOL is a 10 member football associations, it has the fewest members of all the confederations in FIFA.

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• Special Olympics World Games 2019 begin at Abu Dhabi in UAE. The event has already made history by welcoming a record-breaking 200 nations at the Games. Of the 200 nations, 195 will compete in the Games and five will observe.


• More than 2,500 women will fly the flag for their nation, with almost half of them performing in athletics competitions. Saudi Arabia will send female athletes for the first time, with 14 women participating.


• Hosts UAE will field its largest-ever squad of athletes at a World Games, followed by India and the United States.

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• Indian Oil retained their Bombay Gold Cup Hockey crown after fighting back from the brink to overcome Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) 9-7 via the penalty shootout in the summit clash in Mumbai.


• Bharat Petroleum’s 18-year-old forward Darshan Gawkar was adjudged as the most promising player of the tournament and received a cheque of Rs 10,000 awarded by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Mumbai.

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• President Ram Nath Kovind conferred 3 Kirti Chakras and 15 Shaurya Chakras to Armed Forces Personnel for displaying conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to duty at the Defence Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.


• 2 Kirti Chakras and 1 Shaurya Chakra were given posthumously.


• 15 Param Vishisht Seva Medals, 1 Uttam Yudh Seva Medal and 25 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals were also conferred on senior officers of the Armed Forces for their distinguished service by the President.


• One of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal was conferred on Army Chief General Bipin Rawat.

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• Social entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu, Padmanaban Gopalan, founder of No Food Waste, was named the winner of the Commonwealth Youth Award for the Asian region worth 3,000 Pounds at a ceremony at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.


• He was given the honour for his work towards achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of Zero Hunger with his innovative system of recovering excess food to distribute to those in need.


• The initiative runs a geo-mapping platform, which allows users to drop food at located “hunger spots” and has so far recovered over 650,000 meals across 14 cities and the platform has been used by over 12,000 volunteers.

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• The Government also appointed M. R. Kumar as the Chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) for a period of 5 years.


• He was the Zonal Manager (In-Charge) of North Zone, Delhi prior to this appointment.


• He will be succeeding V. K Sharma who had retired on 31st December 2018 after which Managing Director Hemant Bhargava was acting as the interim chairman.


• Vipin Anand and TC Suseel Kumar were also appointed as the Managing Directors of LIC for 5 years.

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• Rahul Bajaj, chairman and non-executive director of Bajaj Finserv has resigned and will be taking over as chairman emeritus at the organisation from 16th May 2019.


• He will be succeeded by the company’s Vice-Chairman Nanoo Pamnani with effect from 17th May 2019.


• The firm has also approved the reappointment of independent directors D.J. Balaji Rao, Nanoo Pamnani and Gita Piramal for a second term of five years.

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• Cyber security firm Avast‘s long-time chief executive officer (CEO) Vince Steckler has decided to retire in the year 2019 after 10 years in the job and will be succeeded by Ondrej Vlcek, currently president of the company’s consumer business.


• He will retire on 30th June 2019, but will remain available in an advisory capacity for another year.


• He is widely considered to be the architect of Avast and led the company through the major acquisition of AVG and its listing on the London Stock Exchange.


• He is credited with having grown the company’s revenues from under USD 20 million to over USD 800 million.

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• Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired indigenously developed, low weight, fire and forget Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) for the second time in the Pokhran ranges of Rajasthan desert.


• MPATGM is incorporated with advanced features including state-of-the-art Imaging Infrared Radar (IIR) Seeker with integrated avionics.


• The first test was conducted on 13th March 2019.

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• Charlie Whiting, who was the FIA’s director of Formula One died in Melbourne, Australia at the age of 66 owing to a pulmonary embolism.


• He was responsible for officiating the season-opening 2019 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne but died 3 days prior to it.


• His started his career with FIA in 1988 as a technical delegate, and went on to become an F1 director in 1997.


• He was born in Kent, United Kingdom.

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

A. Mumbai B. Hyderabad C. Chennai D. Lucknow Answer: B

A. Mumbai B. Kochi C. Chennai D. Bangalore Answer: B

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

A. Bobby Lashley B. Kurt Angle C. Undertaker D. John Cena Answer: B

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

A. Wipro B. HCL C. Infosys D. TCS Answer: C

A. Bishkek B. Abu Dhabi C. Paris D. New York Answer: B

A. Indian Oil B. ONGC C. Punjab And Sind Bank D. Bank of Baroda Answer: A

A. Politics B. Sports C. Poet D. Journalist Answer: B

A. VK Sharma B. TC Susheel Kumar C. MR Kumar D. Himanta Biswa Answer: C

A. Bipin Rawat B. GD Bakshi C. Devendra Sikri D. Prabhat Singh Answer: A

A. SS Jain Nath B. VV Shirwadkar C. Ved Rahi D. VV Nath Answer: C

A. Kidney and Health B. Healthy Lifestyle for Healthy Kidneys C. Kidney Health for Everyone, Everywhere D. Kidney Disease and Obesity Answer: C

A. Gurugram B. Mumbai C. Chennai D. Lucknow Answer: B

A. Krone B. Won C. Leu D. Euro Answer: C

A. Rupee B. Krone C. Dollar D. Euro Answer: D

A. 12 March B. 13 March C. 14 March D. 15 March Anwer: D

A. Kerala B. Haryana C. Bihar D. Maharashtra Anwer: A

A. Punjab National Bank B. IDBI Bank C. HDFC Bank D. ICICI Bank Anwer: B

A. United States B. United Kingdom C. France D. India Anwer: C

A. Punjab B. Sikkim C. Karnataka D. West Bengal Anwer: C

A. Healthy Planet, Healthy People B. Save Planet, Save Water C. Plant Trees, Plant Joy D. Work now for Bright future Anwer: A

A. S Sreesanth B. K L Rahul C. Hardik Pandya D. R Ashwin Anwer: A

A. March 13th B. March 15th C. March 14th D. March 11th Anwer: B

A. March 12th B. March 14th C. March 13th D. March 15th Anwer: C

A. Jammu and Kashmir B. Assam C. Arunachal Pradesh D. Tripura Anwer: B