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| 1. International Yachting Festival inaugurated by Andhra CM.
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| A. The International Yachting Festival in Visakhapatnam flagged off by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. |
| B. It was inaugurated in the presence of IT minister Nara Lokesh, HRD minister Ganta Srinivasarao and other local MLAs which is being held from March 29 to April 1. |
C. In developing sea tourism in Visakhapatnam this International Yachting Festival is the first step.
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| 2. For govt employees to 62 years, MP to raise the retirement age. |
| A. Raising the retirement age of state government employees to 62 years from the current 60 years has announced by Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. |
| B. There are about five lakh regular government employees in the state. |
| C. He however did not disclose details of this decision. |
| D. A provision for reservation for SC/ST employees in promotion had made by the state government which was set aside by the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
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| 3. Geographical Indication tag got Madhya Pradesh’s Kadaknath chicken. |
| A. The coveted Geographical Indications (GI) tag label got Kadaknath, a chicken breed whose black meat is in demand in Madhya Pradesh. |
| B. At a much higher rate than other varieties of chicken the protein-rich meat of Kadaknath, chicks and eggs are sold. |
| C. Application of Gramik Vikas Trust, Jhabua accepted by Chennai-based GI Registry, which was filed in 2012.
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| 4. The Grand Finale of the Smart India Hackathon 2018 launched by Shri Prakash Javadekar.
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| A. The world’s largest event is its kind- the two day grand finale of Smart India Hackathon 2018 (Software Edition) launched by The Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi. |
| B. It was being held at 28 nodal centres across the country simultaneously. |
| C. Shri Javadekar said that more than 1 lakh students of more than 1200 colleges are participating in this second edition of the Smart India Hackathon 2018, which is a record addressing the participating students at New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM in New Delhi). |
| D. More than 8000 students at 28 different centres will work on their final innovations for the next 36 hours said by him. |
E. In a group of six, these students will codify their innovations on which they are working hard since last 4 months.
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| 5. mPoS devices across 10,000 banking points to be deployed by Fino Payments Bank. |
| A. It plans to deploy multi-utility Android-based mPoS (mobile point-of-sale) devices across 10,000 banking points in the country in a phased manner said Fino Payments Bank. |
| B. The Bank said the mPoS is a portable device with an in-built fingerprint scanner, card reader, camera, printer and a tablet, the payments. |
C. The combination of devices currently used to facilitate fingerprint authentication and digital transactions will gradually replace by the device.
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| 6. For truck loans Rivigo ties up with IDFC, YES Bank.
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| A. With YES Bank, IDFC and 10 other financial institutions Rivigo, a homegrown logistics start-up that owns as well as acts as an aggregator of trucks, is tying up. |
| B. They are tying up to make cheaper funds available to truck owners and operators on its platform. |
| C. At an interest rate of 1-2 per cent per month, lower than the usual industry standard of 2-3 per cent the funds will be available. |
D. They can get the money from the banks for duration of 30-60 days instead of waiting for funds from their customers.
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| 7. First female UN political chief: DiCarlo. |
| A. To become the first woman to head UN political affairs, one of the most high-profile positions at the world body long-serving American diplomat Rosemary DiCarlo was appointed. |
B. Jeffrey Feltman will be replaced by DiCarlo, another American who held the post of under-secretary-general for political affairs since 2012, overseeing UN efforts to end conflicts worldwide.
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| 8. As deputy EC Chandra Bhushan has been appointed. |
| A. As Deputy Election Commissioner as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle by the government senior bureaucrat Chandra Bhushan Kumar has been appointed |
| B. An order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said Bhushan, a 1995 batch IAS officer of union territories cadre, has been appointed to the post for five years.
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| 9. As first Director General of National Testing Agency Vineet Joshi has been appointed. |
| A. It will conduct the entrance examinations for higher educational institutions organised by the CBSE, AICTE and other bodies. |
| B. An order issued by the department of personnel and training said Joshi, a 1992-batch IAS officer of the Manipur cadre, was appointed to the post for five years. |
| C. The setting up of the NTA “as an autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organisation to conduct all entrance examinations for higher educational institutions” announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his budget speech of 2017-18.
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