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National News

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4 cities shortlisted by the union government for international yoga day event.

• Jaipur, Hyderabad, Ahmadabad, and Mysore were the cities shortlisted to hold the main event of the International Yoga Day this year.
• The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) will select one city as the venue of the 21st June main function of IYD.
• An International Yoga festival will held in March end, followed by 10 state-level festivals held in different parts of the country.
• 100 parks will be dedicated to yoga activities across the country.
• The United Nations General Assembly, made the declaration in December 2014 to observe June 21 every year as IDY.

ISRO to launch Chandrayaan-2 by April this year.

• Indian Space Research Organization is planning for an April launch of the Chandrayaan-2 satellite to the moon.
• If the April deadline fails, then ISRO will aim for a launch by October.
• Chandrayaan-2 consists of an orbiter, lander and six-wheeled rover which would move around the landing site and instruments on it would send back useful data.
• ISRO is working on a new application that hopes to inform fishermen where large quantities of fish are available.
• It also give them messages about the weather and condition of the sea.

India and France to deepen cooperation in the field of environment.

• India and France signed a pact to deepen their cooperation in the field of environment to lead the fight against climate change.
• Ahead of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the Framework Agreement of the ISA.
• Both the nations committed to fully implement the historic Paris climate change Agreement at the forthcoming Conference of Parties (COP24).
• Minister of State for Environment Mahesh Sharma and French Minister of State, of the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, Brune Poirson signed the agreement.
• Exchange of information and their technical experts in the field of environment and climate change will be the focus of the pact.
• National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, and the National Solar Energy Institute (INES), France also signed an MoU.

International Affairs

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Anti-corruption prosecution units established by the king of Saudi Arabia.

• Saudi Arabia’s king has established a anti-corruption unit of prosecutors to tackle the embezzlement cases in the kingdom.
• State-run Saudi Press Agency announced the King’s decision today.
• Saudi Arabia arrested dozens of princes, business leaders and government officials in November.
• The arrests netted more than $106 billion in exchange for the release most of the detainees.
• Critics say the arrests were more to consolidate Crown Prince Mohammed‘s power.

Japan marks seventh anniversary of the deadly 2011 tsunami.

• The Japanese people marked the seventh anniversary of a tsunami that took more than 18,000 lives on the northeast coast.
• The tsunami had triggered a nuclear disaster that turned nearby communities into ghost towns.
• A 9.0 magnitude earthquake that stuck off shore from the Japanese Coast set off the tsunami on March 11, 2011.
• The seaside Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant suffered partial meltdowns in three reactors due to the tsunami.
• Over 70,000 people were displaced with no option of returning to their homes.
• Prince Akishino, the second son of Japanese Emperor Akihito, expressed hope that the tsunami would raise awareness about future natural disasters.

Appointments and Resignation – Current Affairs March 11

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Parag Agrawal of IIT-Bombay is appointed as the Chief Technology Officer of Twitter.

• Twitter has appointed Parag Agrawal as it’s Chief Technology Officer.
• Parag Agrawal, joined twitter as an Ads Engineer in 2011.
• He succeeds Adam Messinger who left the micro blogging site in December 2016.
• According to his LinkedIn profile, Agrawal had earlier worked at Microsoft and AT&T.
• Chief Operating Officer Anthony Noto resigned last month to join online lender Social Finance (SoFi) as CEO.

Business News

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UK based Koovs to raise 23 million pounds to expand it’s business.

• Online fashion player Koovs plc is planning to raise 22-23 million pounds to grow and expand it’s presence in the Indian e-commerce market.
• Koovs, which sells affordable western fashion in India online, has already invested about 70 million pounds in the business.
• Koovs Chairman Waheed Alli said, Koovs is expecting GBP 50 million to fund their acceleration plan. The funding will be received in parts with GBP 22-23 million expected this year.
• The company had raised 10.9 million pounds (about Rs 92 crore) from existing and new shareholders in 2016 November.
• Times of India Group had also invested 3.9 million pounds.

Singapore’s Ascendas-Singbridge to acquire 1m-sqft business space in Bengaluru.

• Ascendas-Singbridge is set to acquire the rights for one million sqft of upcoming office space from city-based developer GM Infinite in a deal worth just under $100 million.
• Ascendas is jointly owned by Temasek and JTC Corporation.
• The company hopes to get greenfield office space developments of GM Infinite across Bengaluru’s IT corridors, including Electronic City.
• The company currently manages over 13 million sqft of assets across seven IT parks in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Gurgaon and Mumbai.
• It is the oldest international asset manager of India’s business parks. Global investors like Blackstone, Brookfield Asset Management and Qatar Investment Authority are it’s competitors.
• Bengaluru’s earliest tech park ITPB in Whitefield is owned by Ascendas.

Agreement Affairs – Current Affairs March 11

India and France sign 14 pacts to boost cooperation.

• PM Modi and Emanuel Macron signed 14 agreements in areas that showcased the depth of confidence in each other.
• The 14 pacts covers various areas such as nuclear energy, defense production, maritime security, space and education.
• India and France has decided to recognize each other’s university degrees, which will benefit students going to France for higher studies or for employment.
• The two countries agreed to provide logistics support between both armed forces including the navies.
• Indian and French forces will be able to access each other’s ports and bases in the Indian Ocean region.
• The summit also pushed the deal for France’s EDF to build 6 nuclear reactors in Jaitapur.
• Both countries signed an “Industrial Way Forward Agreement” between NPCIL and EDF — the reactor with a promised 9.6 GW capacity.

Sports Updates

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Sunil Chhetri takes Bengaluru FC to finals with a hat trick.

• Sunil Chhetri’s hattrick ensured a 3-1 win for Bengaluru FC against FC Pune City in semi-final of Indian Super League.
• The Indian captain scored in the 15th, 65th and 89th minute for the ISL debutantes.
• Jonatan Luca scored through a brilliant free-kick in the 82nd minute for Pune City.
• Chhetri got his 12th goal of the tournament and the second for his side in 65th minute with a penalty.

Matt Wallace beats Andrew Johnston to win Indian Open title.

• British Golfer Matt Wallace defeated Andrew Johnston in the first hole of their play-off to win his second European Tour title at the Indian Open.
• Wallace shared the lead along with Shubhankar Sharma after the penultimate round, carded a four-under 68 at the DLF Golf and Country Club to soar to the top on 11-under.
• Johnston entered the day in joint fourth, got six birdies in a bogey-free 66.
• Kim Sihwan sealed third position on eight-under after carding an impressive 68 in the final round.
• Pablo Larrazabal of Spain and Austrian Matthias Schwab shared a joint-fourth spot.

Obituary News – Current Affairs March 11

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Patangrao Kadam, senior congress leader, dies in Mumbai.

• Former Maharashtra minister Patangrao Kadam passed away at a hospital in Mumbai after prolonged illness.
• He was a leader of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC).
• He was 74 years old and is survived by his son Vishwajeet Kadam, a Youth Congress leader.
• Congress leader Sonia Gandhi visited Lilavati Hospital, where Kadam had been undergoing treatment for renal dysfunction.
• Kadam was elected to the state Assembly four times from Palus-Kadegaon constituency in Sangli district.
• Kadam contested his first Assembly election in 1980 as an Independent candidate.
• Under the congress government he held key portfolios such as cooperation, forest, relief & rehabilitation, education and industry.

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