TNPSC Current Affairs March 2017
1.ISRO commissions world's third largest hyper-sonic wind tunnel
at VSSC.
The Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO) has created history by commissioning world’s third
largest hyper-sonic wind tunnel and shock tunnel at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
(VSSC), Trivandrum.
ISRO chairman Kiran
kumar said after commissioning, the facility will provide enough data for
design and development of current and future space transportation system.
2.India agreed to review the design of Miyur
Hydroelectric project.
India and Pakistan have agreed to review the design of
Miyur Hydroelectric project. The agreement was reached on the 2 day meet of 113th
session of Permanent Indus water commission held at Islamabad, Pakistan.
Miyur Hydroelectric project is planned to build on Chenab
River, Himachal Pradesh.
3.India ranked 131 on UN development report 2016.
India has been ranked 131 on united nation development
Programme (UNDP) 2016 among 188 countries in Human development as per the
latest human development report released by UNDP.
Below are top 3 countries as per Human development
report.
1.Norway (0.949)
2.Australia(0.939)
3.Switzerland(0.939)
4.The HIV And AIDS prevention and control bill 2014 passed in Rajya Sabha.
Rajya Sabha has passed the HIV and AIDS (prevention
and control) Bill 2014, to ensure equal rights to person affected by HIV and
AIDS in getting treatment, admission in educational institutions and jobs..
Union health minister JP Nadda has introduced the
bill in Rajya Sabha and was passed by voice vote. He said that Indian
Government will take care of the treatment for the person having HIV and
AIDS.
India has almost 21 lakh people living with
HIV/AIDS, the third highest after South Africa and Nigeria.
5. World Water day
March 22
World water day is celebrated annually on March 22
to focus on accessing fresh water and also sustainable management of
freshwater resources
The theme of the 2017 year is
"Wastewater"
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