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• World TB Day is celebrated every year on [latex]24^{th}[/latex] March annually to commemorate the date when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes TB in 1882.


• This Day is observed to educate people about TB, its impact around the world.

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• The campus building for Siddheshwar Education Public Campus in Bamti Bhandar of Ramechhap district was inaugurated in a public function organised jointly by the District Coordination Committee and Campus Management Committee. The new infrastructure constructed with the Indian Government’s grant assistance of NRs 35.50 million.


• The newly built infrastructure will not only boost the learning environment of students but also enhance access to education for the needy, poor and marginalised students of Ramechhap district and adjoining area.

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• Mozambique reported scores more deaths from a cyclone and floods around southern Africa that have killed at least 732 people and left thousands in desperate need of help, many on rooftops and trees.


• Cyclone Idai lashed the Mozambican port city of Beira with winds of up to 170 km per hour (105 miles per hour) last week, then moved inland to Zimbabwe and Malawi, swamping populations and devastating homes. Mozambique`s death toll rose to 417 from 242.

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• The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has called an emergency meeting of its working committee here to discuss the Ayodhya issue.


• All the 51 members of the committee are expected to be present in the meeting which is likely to be joined by representatives of the Sunni Central Waqf Board.

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• AAP has released names of three candidates each for the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.


• In UP, AAP leader Yogesh Dahiya will contest from Saharanpur, Satish Sharma from Aligarh and Shweta Sharma from Gautam Buddh Nagar.


• In Bihar, Alimuddin Ansari will contest from Kishanganj while Raghunath Kumar and Satyendra Kumar will contest from Sitamarhi and Bhagalpur respectively.

• India extended a financial grant of 35.5 million Nepalese rupees to Nepal for the construction of an educational campus to boost the learning environment of the students. The educational campus was jointly inaugurated by District Coordination Committee and Campus management committee on 22nd March 2019.


• It was made under the Development Partnership Programme which is administered by the Development Administration Partnership division of the Ministry of External Affairs.


• The building was constructed at Siddheshwar Education Public Campus in Ramechhap district. It consists of 12 class rooms, meeting hall, laboratory room and a library.


• It will enhance the poor, needy and the marginalized students’ access to education in the district and the nearby areas.

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• PM Narendra Modi has said that the Centre and the state governments are working together to make India TB-free by 2025, "five years before the global target of 2030".


• On the World Tuberculosis Day, he added the government reaffirms its commitment towards a TB-free society. He said the Centre's efforts such as Ayushman Bharat are providing "assistance to TB patients".

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• Karnataka Bank said it has reported to regulator RBI about a fraud amounting to Rs 13.26 crore in the fund-based working capital facility extended to SRS Finance Ltd.


• The lender said in a BSE filing that The fraud was on account of "diversion of funds".


• The bank extended the working capital facility under multiple banking arrangement and necessary accounting treatment has already been given as per the extant RBI guidelines.

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• Government outreached its disinvestment target of Rs 80,000 crore for the current financial year (2018-19) by Rs 5,000 crore.


• The disinvestment target has been fixed at Rs 90,000 crore for the next financial year (i.e. FY 2020).


• This is the second time in a row that Government has been able to hit the target.

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• FIFA slapped a lifetime ban on the disgraced former head of Ecuador’s football federation, Luis Chiriboga, after finding him guilty of taking bribes.


• Chiriboga was one of the executives arrested in 2015 amid a massive US-led crackdown on corruption in world football.


• After finding him guilty, FIFA’s ethics judges banned Chiriboga from all football-related activities for life and fined him 1 million Swiss francs.


• Chiriboga led Ecuador’s football federation for 18 years before his arrest.

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• Jagat Prakash Nadda said Union Minister Uma Bharti has been appointed the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party.


• As Uma ji has written to BJP president Amit Shah, reiterating her decision not to contest the Lok Sabha elections, the party has appointed her the national vice president of the BJP.

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• Tata Coffee announced the appointment of Chacko Purackal Thomas as the managing director and chief executive officer.


• He will replace Sanjiv Sarin, who retires on [latex]31^{st}[/latex] March. He will assume the charge from [latex]1^{st}[/latex] April, 2019.


• Thomas, currently working as the executive director and deputy CEO of the Tata Group firm.

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• Microsoft developed a storage device in partnership with the University of Washington that can translate digital information into DNA.


• The software used in the system converts the 1’s and 0’s of digital data into DNA sequence (A’s, T’s, C’s and G’s) and stored it as a liquid.


• The device converted the word ‘Hello’ into DNA which took 21 hours.

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• Veteran Kannada actress L V Sharada Rao passed away at the age of 76 years after fighting a prolonged battle with breast cancer.


• She was well known for her performance in the movie ‘Vamsha Vriksha’, which was based on S L Bhyrappa’s novel. She was also acted in other popular films like ‘Ghaniyamma’, ‘Boothayyana Maga Ayyu’, ‘Adi Shankaracharya’.