TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - March 18, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - TNPSCGURU.IN

TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - March 18, 2017 - TNPSCGURU.IN for TNPSC Exams

• New Uttarakhand CM
• Trivendra Rawat was appointed as the new Chief minister of Uttarakhand
• Governor of Uttarakhand: K K Paul

• March 18, 2017 - Ordinance Factory day

• Namma Canteens
• It is a food subsidization programme similar to 'Amma Unavagam of Tamil nadu' to be introduced in Karnataka.
• It provided food at cheaper price to the people.
• Amma Unavagam was introduced in 2013.

• Plastic 10 rs notes to be released soon by RBI
• The Plastic notes have longer life than the present cotton based notes.

• First India-Russia Military Industrial conference
• It was held in new Delhi.
• Two countries have signed the agreement for the long time supply of equipment to the Sukhoi fighter aircraft.

• Derek Walcott
• He is a nobel prize winning poet who passed away recently.

• Dinanath Pandey Smart Innovaton award 
• Anag Tadar won the award for his invention 'Goggle for Blind'
• This goggle uses the principle of echolocation by having the ultrasonic and infrared sensors