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TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - March 10, 2017

• World Kidney Day
• Every year the second Thursday of March was celebrated as world Kidney Day.
• This year March 9, 2017 was celebrated as World Kidney Day.
• Nizam Zaidi - Chief Election Commissioner of India
• Scientists found New Canyon system
• Scientists found a new canyon system in the Bay of Bengal near Kovvada in Srikakulam District in Odisha.
• It may have developed because of the river Kandivalasa.
• Saraswati Samman Award 2016.
• Mahabaleshwar Sail - has been award the Saraswati Samman Award 2016 for this novel Hawthan
• Loksabha Approved the Maternity Benefit amendment Bill 2016.
• This bill provides for a 26 weeks paid maternity leave for the women working in the organised sector from the present period of paid maternity leave was 12 weeks .
• It applies to all organisations employing 10 and more than 10 workers.
• Women can make avail this benefit for the first two children.
• India's First Genetically Modified Varieties of Cotton seeds
• It was developed by the Punjab Agricultural university.
• The main advantage of these seeds is that the farmers can use the harvested seed for the next sowing.
• The seed names were
• PAU Bt1 , F1861 and RS2013.
• Donald Tusk
• He was the European union President who was reelected for the second term as the President of European Union
• Hambantota Port
• It is located in Srilanka.