1.Tamil
Nadu urges Centre to speed up 4,000 MW ‘ultra- mega’ power project at Cheyyur.
Tamil
Nadu Government urges the Central Government to speed up 4,000 MW ultra-mega
power project at Cheyyur,Kancheepuram district, Tamil
Nadu.
Tamil Nadu electricity Minister P. Thangamani said that the
land acquisition and environment clearance for the project was completed also
Tamil Nadu government requested the Centre “to finalise the bidding documents
early with an option for using domestic coal, which will bring down the cost of
the power_ official release.
2.India, Russia inks long term pacts for maintenance of
Sukhoi jets
India and Russia inked long term agreement for
maintenance and technical support for Sukhoi -30MKI jets of Indian Air force .
The pact has inked between Hindustan Aeronautics ltd from
India and United Aircraft Corporation and United Engine Corporation of Russia in
the presence of India’s finance cum defence minister Arun Jaitley and Russian
industry and trade minister Denis Manturov during first India-Russia Military
Industrial Conference.
3.Nationl Health policy -2017,
The union Cabinet has approved the National Health policy
2017 which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
National Health policy aims to achieving universal health
coverage and delivering quality health care to all at reasonable cost
4.Trivendra
Rawat sworn as Uttarakhand Chief Minister
TRivendra
Singh Rawat was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He was
administered the oath of office by Uttarakhand Governor Krishna Kant Paul.
5. Ordnance Factory Day- 18th March 2017.
Every year on 18th March is observed as Ordnance
Factory day, as a mark of India’s oldest Ordnance factory production which is
started at Cossipore of Kolkata in 18th March 1802.
6.Derek
Walcott dies noble prize winner.
Nobel Prize winning poet Derek Walcot died at 87 years
old. His poetry such as Omeros, a Caribbean reimagining of the Odyssey gained
him the Nobel Prize in 1992.
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