Daily Current Affairs, News Headlines 17.03.2024

National News
•The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued an advisory on due diligence by Intermediaries and Platforms under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
•The Lok Sabha polls will be conducted in seven phases beginning the 19th of next month. The counting will take place on 4th June. The Election Commission today announced the poll schedule for the General Election 2024 as well as for the assembly polls in four states.
•The government will conduct the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Test as part of Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram on Sunday across 23 states. Union Education Ministry said, approximately 37 lakh learners will appear for this important nationwide assessment.
•Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda has called for an indepth study and research on tribal icons who participated in the nation’s freedom movement. Addressing the gathering at the inaugural function of renovated building of Bharatiya Adim Jati Sewak Sangh at Jhandewalan in New Delhi
•All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in collaboration with the Organ Retrieval Banking Organisation has performed the first dual kidney transplant at AIIMS.
•Former IAS officer Navneet Kumar Sehgal takes charge as new Prasar Bharati Chairman.
•India said, it strongly condemns all forms of religiophobia and warned against dividing the United Nations into religious camps. This was stated by India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj while addressing the United Nations General Assembly during the adoption of a resolution
•External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar will be on a five-day visit to Singapore, Philippines and Malaysia from the 23rd of March. The visit will focus on enhancing bilateral relations with the three countries and will provide an opportunity for engagement on regional issues of mutual concern
•Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has approved the extension of resettlement facilities to cadets who are invalidated from military training on medical grounds during military training.
•IMD forecasts rainfall and thunderstorms East and Central India for next four days
•PM Modi reached out to citizens through open letter and urges for feedback on Viksit Bharat
International News
•Abu Dhabi’s leading technology holding group, G42, has partnered with Cerebras Systems, a pioneer in accelerating generative AI, to build the supercomputer Condor Galaxy 3. Condor Galaxy 3 is the third and most powerful cluster in their series of AI supercomputers
•The Embassy of India, Kathmandu celebrated the 22nd Golden Jubilee Scholarship Day on Friday in which around 200 students from 76 districts of Nepal enthusiastically participated in the celebrations.
•NASA to carry ‘message in bottle’ to Europa, one of Jupiter’s moon in October
•Mass evacuation begins in Ukraine’s Sumy region near Russian border due to intense shelling in area
•Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu approves attack plan targeting Rafah, southernmost city in Gaza
Sports News
•In the Women’s Premier League Cricket, Royal Challengers Bangalore will play against Delhi Capitals in the final at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.
•In All England Open Badminton Championships, Lakshya Sen stormes into in men’s Singles beating Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia.

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