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Current Affairs 27 March 2019
List of Important Cabinet Approvals – March 27, 2019
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the following MoUs
| Country | MoU |
| Morocco | cooperation on youth matters |
| Morocco | promote exchange of information and technical cooperation in the field of Housing and Human Settlement |
| Argentine | Antarctic cooperation |
| Saudi Arabia | cooperation in the field of Housing |
| Republic of Korea | Startup Cooperation |
| Indonesia | combating illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and its precursors |
The Union cabinet also approved
- Acquiring land of Central Water Commission at Nallagandla, Hyderabad by Telangana State Government for road widening
- Creation of additional posts of three Judicial Members and three Technical Members in the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT).
India Successfully Conductes Anti-Satellite Missile Test ‘Mission Shakti’
- On March 27, 2019, India successfully conducted an Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) missile test, code named as ‘Mission Shakti’, from Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha.
- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out the testing of Ballistic Missile, Defence Interceptor Missile by shooting down a satellite parked at low earth orbit at a distance of 300 kilometres from the earth.
- The state-of-the-art missile technology destroyed the live mini satellite in space within three minutes.
- With this achievement, India has now become the only fourth nation after US, Russia and China to have such capability.
President Kovind Bestowed with Croatia’s Highest Civilian Order
- President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind was honoured with the highest civilian award of Croatia, the Grand Order of the King of Tomislav on March 26, 2019.
- He received the civilian order for his contribution towards the development of state relations between Croatia and India.
- President Kovind was presented with the award during his eight-day three-nation visit to Croatia, Bolivia and Chile to further strengthen bilateral ties between India and the three countries.
Trio of Bengio, Hinton, and LeCun wins 2018 Turing Award – “Nobel Prize of computing”
- Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yann LeCun have won the 2018 Turing Award, known as the “Nobel Prize of computing”.
- The trio is known as ‘godfathers of AI’. They are known for laying the foundations for the current boom in artificial intelligence.
- The techniques the trio developed in the 1990s and 2000s enabled huge breakthroughs in tasks like computer vision and speech recognition.
Azali Assoumani Re-Elected as President of Comoros for Second Term
- Comoros President Azali Assoumani has won a second consecutive presidential term on March 27, 2019.
- The 66-year-old president, who first took the office in 2016, won with majority vote of 60.77 percent.
Chetan Bhagat announces book titled “India Positive”
- Author Chetan Bhagat has announced the launch of his new book titled “India Positive”. It is a non-fiction book comprises essays on a variety of subjects such as education, employment, GST, corruption and casteism.
- The book will be launched in May 2019.
World Theater Day: March 27
- The World Theater Day is observed annually on March 27. The day was created in 1962 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI).
- The theme for 2019 WTD is “Theatre and a Culture of Peace”.