CURRENT GK
1.US Senate passed a long pending government spending finance bill :-
The US Senate has passed a long pending budget for the government spending bill. In support of the bill 71 votes and 28 votes in the opposition. After the passage, it was re-sent to the House of Representatives. However, due to the passage of the bill, due to delay in government work, the jam could not be avoided, because the technical work started functioning from midnight.
2.Syrian government’s air strikes on Syria-occupied territories near Damascus in Syria killed 59 people, injured 139 :-
The Syrian government’s air strikes on Syria-occupied areas near Damascus in Syria are reported to have killed 59 civilians including 15 children and injured 139 people. The Syrian Human Rights Watch Association said that on the fourth day of the attacks, fighter planes attacked different parts.
3.Competition Commission imposes an approximately one billion 36 million rupees for misuse of monopoly on online search site Google and partial search :-
The Competition Commission has imposed a fine of approximately one billion 36 million rupees for doing unfair trade in the Indian market on the online search site Google. Ordering the complaints filed in the year 2012, the commission said that the penalty has been imposed on Google due to mis-conduct. It was alleged that Google is misusing its strong position in its online search market with its activities and it has a bad effect on other companies. This penalty is five percent of the company’s earnings in India.
4.Policy Commission introduces health index for states; Kerala, Punjab and Tamil Nadu tops list :-
The Policy Commission has released a list of healthy progressive states. According to the list, Kerala, Punjab and Tamil Nadu are top in the field for better performance. While releasing the report in New Delhi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Policy Commission, Amitabh Kant has said that on the basis of annual growth rate, three states have been on top. Shri Amitabh Kant said that this table related to health is prepared on the basis of intensive study and data of World Bank and Health Ministry.
5.Under the Ujjwala scheme, 3 crore 36 lakhs of LPG connections were made available in the last 22 months :-
Under the Prime Minister Ujjwala scheme, in the last 22 months, three crore 36 lakhs of LPG connections have been provided. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan said in New Delhi that 44 percent of these beneficiaries belong to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. He informed that in Uttar Pradesh, more than 66 lakh connections have been provided in Uttarakhand, 48 lakh in West Bengal and more than 46 lakh in Bihar.
6.Lok Sabha proceedings postponed, second phase of Budget session from March 5 :-
The proceedings of the Lok Sabha were postponed in the first phase of the budget session of the Parliament. In the second phase of the session, the meeting of the House will now be held from March 5. Earlier, the proceedings of the Lok Sabha were postponed till 12 o’clock. On the resumption of the proceedings, the members of Telugu Desam and YSR Congress Party came again in the middle of the House demanding special state status for Andhra Pradesh.
They demanded that the Center fulfill its commitment made during the State Partition in 2014. Congress members raised issue of buying and selling of Rafal fighters Later, due to the continuation of the noise, President Sumitra Mahajan postponed the proceedings of the House.
7.First play India School in Delhi, Haryana tops with 38 gold medals in first place :-
First play India school game was completed in New Delhi. Haryana topped the list of mediapersons. Haryana has bagged 38 medals including 38 gold and 26 silver medals. With the medal of 110 medals, Maharashtra finished second with 94 while Delhi was third in the medal. Sports Minister, Colonel Vardhan Rathod presented the trophy to Haryana for the first position in the Games.
