8th March 2017 Current Affairs | SSC Bankers Adda GK

Insight March 8th, 2017 General Knowledge Questions 

8th March – celebrated as International Women’s Day

Every year March 8th is celebrated as International Women’s Day. It is a great honor to every woman living on the earth. The main aim of Women’s Day is to mark the contribution of Women to the society. A woman is a full circle. She has the power to create, nurture and transform.

Second Capital of Himachal Pradesh – Dharmashala

Recently, the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh approved Dharmashala as the second capital of the state. This was done in the cabinet meeting held in Himachal Pradesh.

The cabinet approves the revival of Airports located in India

In the Cabinet Committee meeting held recently by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi decided to approve the revival of 50 airports located in India. Many proposals got approval in the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs meeting.

8th March 2017 Current Affairs – Banking & Finance News

Smart Tribal Village  in Jammu & Kashmir

A smart village called Habbi was inaugurated by the Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs of Jammu & Kashmir, Ch ZulfkarAli. The Habbi village is in Kortanka district of J&K.

Widowers of Haryana to receive pension from next year

The Haryana government gives pension to the widow women living in Haryana from 2018. The Chief Minister of Haryana Mohan Lal Khattar revealed his idea in the state assembly.

Mr. Lalji Singh – to receive SERB fellowship award

The director of CCMB, i.e., the Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Mr. Lalji Singh, has been selected to honor with the SERB fellowship award. Every year the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a statutory body of the Government of India gives the awards to the active scientists.

March 8th General Knowledge Question and Answers – International Affairs

1.7 million children – victims of Environmental Pollution

The World Health Organization in the survey came to a conclusion that 1.7 million children were the victims of environmental pollution. In the death cases of small children, 1.7 million children die because of the hazardous effects of environmental pollution.

Work@home – initiated by ICICI Bank for Women employees

The ICICI Bank has announced a new initiative to help the women employees in the organization. The first initiative was iWork@home. The main aim of this is to give the women working in ICICI Bank work from home choice to avoid missing out their work during the leave. However, this may be helpful to a greater extent.