Daily Current Affairs of 13 March 2018

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Here is the Current Affairs of 13th March 2018. Current Affairs is the very important in General Awareness Section to score high in the mains exams of the various government exams like BANK, SSC, INSURANCE, RAILWAY, GPSC and many more. So read daily current affairs and score high in the examination and increase your chance to be selected.




1.) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a campaign to eradicate tuberculosis (TB) from India by 2025, five years ahead of the globally-set deadline.
2.) India's tallest national flag was unfurled in Belagavi (also known as Belgaum) in Karnataka.
3.) World Ocean Summit was held recently in Mexico’s Riviera Maya.
4.) A new planet near the habitable zone around a bright cool star has been found.
5.) The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India signed MoU with the Reserve Bank of India for enhancing cooperation between the two regulators to ensure better implementation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
6.) The country’s largest lender, SBI has slashed charges for non-maintenance of Average Monthly Balance (AMB) in savings accounts by nearly 75 percent.
7.) ICICI Bank has launched instant overdraft ‘InstaOD’ facility for MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) customers in a completely online and paperless manner. Customers can get overdraft facility up to Rs 15 lakh for a year anytime, anywhere using the bank’s Internet and mobile banking app.
8.) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a number of schemes for the poor in Varanasi and emphasized on harnessing solar energy for cooking.
9.) The government has decided to institute an award for carrying out best investigation of crime for promoting high professional standards among police forces.
10.) India has announced a new Line of Credit of USD 100 million for defense procurement by Mauritius as the two sides signed many agreements on the second day of President Ram Nath Kovind's visit.
11.) Vietnam’s Nguyen Huong Giang has been crowned this year’s “Miss International Queen” in Thailand at one of the world’s top beauty pageants for transgender women.
12.) The Centre has constituted a three-member Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal to adjudicate the dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over sharing the river's water.
13.) The Maldives Parliament has approved the anti-defection bill with retrospective effect amidst the boycott by opposition MPs. According to the bill, MPs elected on political party tickets will lose their seat if they leave their party, get expelled, or switch parties. 


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