February 27 Current Affairs

State :

Tamilnadu :

Physically challenged demand 75% concession in train ticket fare

• Physically challenged persons, affiliated to Tamil Nadu Association for the Rights of All Types of Differently Abled and Caregivers (TARATDAC), staged a demonstration here on Tuesday to highlight their demands, which included 75% concession in ticket fare in all trains .

ICG rescues five stranded fishermen

• Sources in the ICG said the fishermen ventured into the sea from Terespuram on the country boat owned by Kenson of Poobalarayarpuram on Saturday. As the engine of the boat developed a technical snag in the small hours of Monday, the fishermen got stranded 20 nautical miles away from the coast

Life convict gets two-day leave

• The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday granted two days of leave to a life convict. The convict had sought leave to visit his wife, who is to undergo hysterectomy, and father, who is undergoing dialysis

NPCIL’s stand on spent fuel riles environmentalists

• The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has sought another five years’ time from the Supreme Court to set up an ‘Away From Reactor’ (AFR) facility to store the spent nuclear fuel from the operations of Kudankulam units 1 & 2 .

Kerala :

Investigate role of forest officials, says NCST chief

• National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) chairman Nand Kumar Sai on Tuesday directed the police to investigate the alleged involvement of forest officials in the assault on Madhu, a tribal youth at Attappady, who later succumbed to his injurie .Kodiyeri says Chief Minister will visit Attappady on March 2 .

Kerala, TN to operate more inter-State services

• The Kerala State Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will operate 89 more inter-State services on 49 routes to Tamil Nadu and the latter’s transport utility will operate 54 more services on 30 routes to Kerala .

Andhra Pradesh : 

CII has big plans for Amaravati

• CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee said the CoE would function in Vijayawada shortly till the premises got ready at Amaravati. Fintech would also be developed in partnership with Singapore.

‘Make in India’ mantra works the magic

• The ‘Make in India’ mantra appears to have taken a lead in the just completed three-day CII Partnership Summit and Sunrise Andhra Pradesh Investment Meet, with the industry sector signing up 129 MoUs promising an investment of about 58,337 crore and employment generation of around 1.31 lakh .Industry sector takes the cake with 129 MoUs promising investment of 58,337 crore.

India :

Bank of Baroda, the Guptas, Jacob Zuma

• The Bank of Baroda (BoB) played a crucial role in allowing South Africa’s politically influential Gupta family to move hundreds of millions of dollars linked to alleged dirty deals into offshore accounts, an investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
• New details connect the three in a web of suspicious transactions in the scandal that recently rocked South Africa .

CSIR body working on pollution-alert system

• To warn people about pollution hotspots, the National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS) — the policy arm of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research .
• The aim, said NISTADS director Prashant Goswami, was to develop a messaging-alert system that would warn people about spikes in pollution in certain localities.

Vietnam to discuss South China Sea withIndia

• Vietnam will take up South China Sea-related issues during the March 2-4 visit by President Tran Dai Quang. Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, the ambassador of Vietnam said that Hanoi wished to fully utilise the comprehensive strategic partnership with India and was likely to sign a civil nuclear agreement during the visit .

World :

PML(N) elects Nawaz Sharif ‘leader for life’

• Pakistan's ruling party Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on Tuesday elected former prime minister Nawaz Sharif as its ‘leader for life’ days after the Supreme Court disqualified him as party head .
• “PML-N elects Nawaz as its Quaid for life. Raja Zafarul Haq, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s proposal elicited a resounding approval from the CWC,”

Thousands rally over mounting debt in northern Sri Lanka

• Months after Sri Lanka’s Central Bank vowed action on mounting household debt in the war-affected north, thousands gathered in Jaffna on Tuesday, protesting against the government’s inaction .
• Protesters in Jaffna slam government for inaction against microfinance companies that charge exorbitant interest rates .

Critics of Xi defy Internet censors

• China’s propaganda machine kicked into overdrive on Tuesday to defend the Communist Party’s move to scrap term limits for President Xi Jinping as critics on social media again defied censorship attempts.
• The National People’s Congress (NPC) is certain to endorse the move next week, meaning that Mr. Xi can stay as President beyond 2023 .

Maldives declines invitation for MILAN exercises

• Maldives has declined an invitation to join the MILAN series of multilateral exercises hosted by Indian in March at Andaman and Nicobar.
• “We have invited Maldives, but they declined it. They did not give any reasons but I think it is due to the current situation there,” Navy Chief Adm Sunil Lanba said.

Facebook removes Myanmar monk’s page

• Facebook has removed the page of Myanmarese monk Wirathu for his incendiary posts about Muslims, the company confirmed, as it faces pressure to clamp down on hate speech.
• A Facebook spokesperson said in an email late on Monday that Mr. Wirathu’s page had been removed. “Our community standards prohibit organisations and people dedicated to promoting hatred and violence against others.

Business :

Prepaid wallet: RBI refuses to extend deadline on KYC-compliance beyond Feb 28

• “Sufficient time has already been given to meet the prescribed guidelines. In the event PPI issuers not obtaining the KYC-related inputs within the timeline from their customers, customers will not lose their money,” Deputy Governor B.P. Kanungo told .

New Mercedes-Benz S-Class launched in India at Rs 1.33 crore

• Mercedes-Benz India has launched its first BS-VI car in India in the form of new 2018 Mercedes-Benz S-Class. Apart from the new diesel engine the sedan also gets an array of new addition and is probably the best luxurious car by Mercedes-Benz in India. Check out the price and features of the all-new Mercedes-Benz S-Class .

Sports :

Mayank Agarwal sets up Karnataka’s Vijay Hazare triumph

• Karnataka got its act right when it mattered and stopped Saurashtra without ever being seriously threatened on its way to claiming the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the Feroz Shah Kotla on february 27 .

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