US Special Operations Forces Hold Exercise With NSG In Hyderabad..... Read All National and International Current Affairs Of the Day : 14th March 2019

1. United States To Set Up Six Nuclear Power Plants In India

*i. The 9th round of the India-US Strategic security communicate was held in Washington DC. Each aspects reaffirmed to deny guns of Mass Destruction to non-state actors and paintings closer to putting in US nuclear plant in India agreement.
ii. The two sides devoted to reinforce bilateral safety and civil nuclear cooperation, including the status quo of 6 U.S. Nuclear reactors in India

2.US Special Operations Forces Hold Exercise With NSG In Hyderabad

i. 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.
ii. The us forces are from the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces organization (Airborne) stationed out of Okinawa
Important For Mains Exam:

• National Security Guard (NSG) formally came into being in September 1986.
• Sudeep Lakhtakia is the present Director General of NSG.

3.India Extends USD 250 million To Nepal for Reconstruction of Infrastructures

i.India has prolonged a grant assistance of as much as USD 250 million to Nepal for the reconstruction of infrastructures inside the regions of housing, schooling, health and cultural heritage that became destroyed for the duration of the devastating April 2015 earthquake which saw the death of over nine,000 humans.
ii. Throughout the India-Nepal Joint venture monitoring Committee meeting in New Delhi, officers from the two international locations reviewed the progress of publish-earthquake reconstruction tasks.

4.SBI launched Doorstep Banking provider For Senior residents Over 70

i. State Bank of India (SBI) has launched doorstep banking service for senior citizens over 70 years of age and differently-abled customers.
ii. Eligible clients can avail this service at a nominal fee of one hundred rupees according to transaction for financial transactions and 60 rupees for non-monetary transactions.
iii. Doorstep banking offerings are available to KYC- compliant account holders, with a valid mobile variety registered with the financial institution and residing inside 5 kilometers radius from their domestic department.

5.World Kidney Day 2019: 14th March

i. World Kidney Day (WKD) is observed annually on the second Thursday in March to create awareness on the importance of the kidneys and reducing the frequency and impact of kidney disease.
ii.The subject of WKD 2019 is Kidney health for anyone everywhere, which requires universal health coverage for prevention and early remedy of kidney disease.

6.Explained- Kartarpur Sahib Corridor: India, Pakistan held talks to finalise modalities for Kartarpur Corridor

*Indian and Pakistan's officers on March 14, 2019 held the primary spherical of talks to discuss and finalise the modalities for Kartarpur corridor at the Indian facet of the Attari-Wagah border.
The corridor will facilitate visa-unfastened travel of Indian Sikh pilgrims to the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan. Indian authorities seeks to operationalise the Kartarpur hall by way of November 2019 at the occasion of the 550th start Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.


7.A new 50p ‘black hole’ coin in honour of Stephen Hawking’s work unveiled by Royal Mint

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

i. The coin has drawn its idea from Hawking’s paintings on black holes mentioned in his bestselling book- A Brief History of Time

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

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

8.Bank of India raises Rs. 660 crores via sale of shares to employees

*On 12th March 2019, Bank of India (BoI) declared that it has raised an amount of Rs 660.80 crore by issuing shares to employees under Employee Share Purchase Scheme (ESPS).

1.  6,25,52,188 shares worth Rs 10 each were issued by the bank to its eligible employees.
2. A discount of 24.28% on the applicable price was offered by the bank to its employees.
3. The scheme witnessed a participation of around 94.70% of total employees.
4. The shares have been issued with a lock-in period of one year.

9.R. Kumar named as the new chairman of LIC

*The government appointed M R. Kumar as the Chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) for a period of five years.

i.He become the Zonal manager of North region, Delhi prior to this appointment

ii. 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.

About LIC

• Chairman – M. R. Kumar
• Headquarters – Mumbai

10.Australia won 1st bilateral ODI series against India since January 2017

*Australia beat India by 35 runs to win their first bilateral One Day International (ODI) series against India since 2016. It was India’s 1st ODI series defeat at home since 2015.