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• Russia signed Accession Agreement with Crimea
• UNSC extended mandate of UNAMA till March 2015
• India ranked 4th in spam e-mails export: Microsoft Report
• Russia suspended from G-8 Countries Club over its incursion into Crimea
• Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare won audience choice award in North Carolina film festival
• Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai won BNP Paribas Open 2014
• Britain handed over two military bases to Afghan troops in Helmand province
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation sued 16 world largest banks
• DoT issued new guidelines to tackle the threats of Cyber attack
• Karnataka won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2013-14

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India ranked 4th in spam e-mails export: Microsoft Report

Published on: 19-MAR-2014

India ranked fourth among the countries sending out spam e-mails with malicious content report released by Microsoft

• Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare won audience choice award in North Carolina film festival
• UK decided to honour the Indian heroes of World War I
• India is the world’s largest arms importer: SIPRI
• Gyan Correa bagged the Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013

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National Current Affairs

DoT issued new guidelines to tackle the threats of Cyber attack

Published on: 18-MAR-2014

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on 17 March 2014 released guidelines to tackle the threats of cyber attacks and hacking of websites

• SC directed Law Commission to look into issue of hate speeches
• Nagaland and Assam first states to get Plastic Photo Identity Card
• Election Commission set up multi agency grid to curb Black Money
• Complete trial in criminal cases involving lawmakers within one year: SC to Lower Courts

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International Current Affairs

Russia signed Accession Agreement with Crimea

Published on: 19-MAR-2014

Crimean and Russian leaders inked agreement for accession of Crimea to Russia.

• UNSC extended mandate of UNAMA till March 2015
• Russia suspended from G-8 Countries Club over its incursion into Crimea
• Britain handed over two military bases to Afghan troops in Helmand province
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation sued 16 world largest banks

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Sports Current Affairs

Karnataka won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2013-14

Published on: 18-MAR-2014

Karnataka won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2013-14 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata

• Novak Djokovic won Indian Wells final by defeating Roger Federer
• Sachin Tendulkar voted Cricketer of the Generation
• Asian Grand Prix Archery Championship: Indian archers won 2 gold & silver in team events
• IPL 2014 to be held in UAE, Bangladesh and India

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Economy Current Affairs

IOC sold 10% government stake to OIL and ONGC

Published on: 15-MAR-2014

IOC sold 10% of government stake for 5340 crore rupees to OIL and ONGC.

• RBI hiked trade related remittance from 2 to 5 lakh rupees per transaction
• Union Finance Ministry and SEBI finalized the norms for setting up CPSE-ETF
• India’s exports contracted 3.67 percent to 25.7 billion dollar in February 2014
• Union Government announced to build 200 low cost airports

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Environment and Ecology Current Affairs

Paris imposed a partial car ban to combat pollution

Published on: 18-MAR-2014

France on 17 March 2014 introduced driving restrictions in Paris to tackle dangerous pollution levels.

• Panasonic announced pollution compensation for China workers
• Smaller cousin of T Rex discovered in Alaska
• Volcanoes provided suitable environment to species during ice ages: Study
• Union MoEF accepted the Kerala Governments recommendations on ESA

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Science and Technology Current Affairs

Andrew Marchese developed a Robot that can swim like fish

Published on: 18-MAR-2014

Andrew Marchese, student of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on 17 March 2014 developed a robot that can swim like fish.

• TERI developed cloud based open-source Web-GIS tool
• HR 5171 A, the largest ever yellow hypergiant star discovered
• Two cosmonauts and an astronaut landed back on Earth from ISS
• New class of Antibiotics Oxadiazoles discovered