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Stephen Hawking: Visionary physicist dies aged 76.

• World-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76.
• His family released a statement in the early hours of Wednesday morning confirming his death at his home in Cambridge.
• Dr Hawking did that largely through his book “A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes,” published in 1988.
• Scientifically, Dr Hawking will be best remembered for a discovery so strange that it might be expressed in the form of a Zen koan.

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Special Chinese envoy to visit India between March 18-21.

• In the current springtime atmosphere between India and China, India will host a significant Chinese leader this weekend.
• Song Tao, chief of the international relations department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will visit India between March 18-21.
• Song Tao is certain to meet the leaders of CPM and other Left parties as well as Sonia and Rahul Gandhi of the Congress party.

India announces $100m line of credit for defence procurement by Mauritius.

• President Ram Nath Kovind announced a new $100 million line of credit for defence procurement by Mauritius.
• According to a statement by the Rashtrapati Bhavan, there will be a finance of $5 million and the new line of credit.
• During French president, Emanuel Macron’s visit last week, India and France signed an agreement under which both the nations would open their naval bases to warships.
• In Madagascar too, where Kovind will visit next, India is also looking at a security agreement.

India-Russia bilateral summit likely to take place in Oct.

• The India-Russia annual bilateral summit this year is likely to take place in October.
• The event would be the “high point” of the celebrations marking 70 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations.
• Ambassador of Russia to India Nikolay Rishatovich Kudashev also described the current ties between the two countries as “excellent”.
• And, the high point of the celebrations, would be the (India-Russia) bilateral summit, expected to take place here in India in October.

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj to visit China in April for a key meeting

• External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to China next month to participate in the foreign ministers meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
• Swaraj’s visit also comes in the backdrop of efforts being made by India and China to move forward after last year’s military stand-off in Doklam.
• According to officials, Swaraj is scheduled to travel to Japan on a bilateral visit from March 28, and will also undertake a trip to the US.
• India, which had been an ‘observer’ in the Eurasian grouping since 2005, was made full member last year along with Pakistan.

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Shahbaz Sharif elected PML-N chief.

• Pakistan’s ruling PML-N on Tuesday elected Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif as its president.
• Nawaz Sharif was last month also barred from leading a political party following his disqualification by the Supreme Court.
• Shahbaz was elected unopposed as no one filed nomination papers against him during the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s.
• “Nawaz Sharif will be the political heir of Quaid-i-Azam (Jinnah) and we are lucky to have been blessed with a leader like Nawaz Sharif.

Bidya Devi Bhandari re-elected Nepal’s president.

• Bidya Devi Bhandari was on Tuesday re-elected the President of Nepal with an overwhelming majority.
• She was the candidate of the ruling Left Alliance and was supported by two major Madhesi parties.
• She defeated Kumari Laxmi Rai of the Nepali Congress, the main opposition party, by securing a majority of more than two-thirds.

Iran asks Pakistan to join Chabahar project, backs Kashmir cause.

• Iran has invited China and Pakistan to participate in the development of the strategic Chabahar port.
• To extended support to the right of self-determination for the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
• Foreign minister Javad Zarif, on a three-day visit to Islamabad, asked Pakistan to take a role in developing the port in the Gulf of Oman.

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrives in Kabul.

• Mattis planned to meet with Gen. John Nicholson, the top American commander in Afghanistan.
• Last week, senior US intelligence officials gave Congress a decided mix forecast for Afghanistan.
• They said that while Afghan forces are getting better, the Taliban is likely to threaten Afghan stability in 2018.

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Apple Music hits 38 million paid subscribers.

• Apple Inc’s streaming music service now has 38 million paid subscribers, up from 36 million in February.
• The Apple is locked in a race for subscribers with Amazon.com Inc, Alphabet Inc’s Google and others as streaming music becomes the dominant form.
• Amazon Music Unlimited has 16 million paying subscribers, and Pandora Media Inc has 5.48 million total subscribers.

NHAI awards Rs 1,047 crore Dwarka Expressway package to L&T under Bharatmala.

• The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded to L&T one of the five packages of Rs 7,500 crore Dwarka Expressway project.
• The package to build an eight-lane expressway from Basai RoB to NH 8 – SPR intersection in Haryana will at a cost of Rs 1,047 crore.
• The NHAI has issued Letter of Award – LOA for Package-4 of Dwarka Expressway from Basai RoB to NH-8.

AirAsia India adds the 17th jet to the fleet, to launch services to Imphal.

• Budget carrier AirAsia India on Tuesday added one more A320 aircraft in the fleet, raising its size to 17.
• It announced the launch of its services to Imphal from New Delhi as well as Delhi and Pune from Bengaluru from early next month.
• The Tata Sons and Malaysian airliner’s group AirAsia-invested AirAsia India is still short of three planes to qualify for launching international operations.

Apple acquires digital magazine Texture, takes on Flipboard, Google Newsstand.

• Apple has acquired Texture, a digital magazine subscription service which gives users unlimited access to their favourite titles for a monthly fee for an undisclosed amount.
• Called the “Netflix of magazines”, Texture brings over 200 of the world’s best magazines to life.
• Texture costs $9.99 a month and offers access to magazines like The New Yorker, People, Time and GQ.

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Goalkeeper Gurpreet renews Bengaluru FC contract for five more years.

• Bengaluru FC goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu has signed a new deal which will keep him with the Blues until May 2023.
• The first-of-its-kind in the Blues’ short history, Gurpreet is the third player to sign an extension this season.
• Signed by Bengaluru from Norwegian club Stabaek the 26-year-old has been in top form throughout the season.

AS Roma defeat Shakhtar Donetsk to enter UEFA Champions League QF.

• Roma overcame a poor first-half performance to beat Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 on Tuesday and reach the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League.
• It is the first time in 11 years that two Italian teams are in the quarterfinals, with the draw taking place Friday.
• Shakhtar dominated possession early and Taison almost scored but his effort flew narrowly over the crossbar.

Manchester United lose 2-1 to Sevilla, knocked out of the Champions League.

• Sevilla beat Manchester United 2-1 to go through to the quarter-final of the Champions League.
• With the Premier League also practically out of reach, they can finally use all their resources to try and win the FA Cup again.

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