Daily Current Affairs of 30 and 31 March 2018

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Here is the Current Affairs of 30 and 31 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.) Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar has inaugurated the Smart India Hackathon Grand Finale 2018. He said that one lakh engineering and management students had registered for the world's largest Hackathon.
2.) According to a report, the number of mobile internet users in India is likely to reach 478 million by June.
3.) Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been re-elected as president of Egypt.
4.) The Assam government launched181-Sakhi toll-free women’s helpline” to tackle the recent spurt in crime in the state.
5.) Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of 55770 fully covered tribal habitations with the safe drinking water in the country followed by Odisha and Jharkhand. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has informed that under the Scheme ‘National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), 10% of the total allocation of funds is earmarked to be used for the supply of drinking water to Scheduled Tribe (ST) dominated habitations.
6.) Yamuna river water will be supplied to Churu, Sikar and Jhunjhunu districts in Rajasthan from Tajewala headworks in Haryana.
7.) Twitter has introduced “Timestamps” – a new feature that will make it easier for its users to share a key moment from long, live videos.
8.) Cabinet Approves MoU between India and United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and United Kingdom and Northern Ireland regarding cooperation and Exchange of Information for the Purposes of Combating International Criminality and Tackling Serious Organised Crime.
9.) Cabinet approves MoU between India and Canada on IPRs. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its ex-post facto approval to the MoU between India and Canada to boost bilateral cooperation in the field of Intellectual Property Rights (IP), an official statement said. The MoU was signed on February 23, 2018 and is intended to promote innovation, creativity and economic growth in both countries.
10.) SC appoints Justice Jawad Rahim as acting head for NGT. The Supreme Court on Tuesday appointed former Karnataka High Court Judge, Justice Jawad Rahim as the acting Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The appointment was made by a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud on a Petition filed by the NGT Bar Association.
11.) Long-Term Capital Gains Tax to come into effect from 01st April. Several Budget proposals, including the reintroduction of the tax on long-term capital gains (LTCG) exceeding Rs 1 lakh from the sale of shares, will kick in from 01st April 2018, the beginning of the 2018-19 financial year.


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