Current Affairs 17th March 2016

Current Affairs 17th March 2016

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Current Affairs 17th March 2016

AAHAR 2016 commenced at New Delhi

• The biggest reasonable on Food and Hospitality Sector in India, AAHAR 2016 has commenced at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
• It is the 31st version in this arrangement of the reasonable and was initiated by Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

Shehnai example Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan passes away

• Famous Shehnai type Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan passed away after delayed ailment in Kolkatta, West Bengal. He was 77.
• He was one of the best-known players of the instrument after the fabulous Bismillah Khan. He hailed from a group of famous Shehnai types from Benaras.

India positions 118th on UN’s World Happiness Index 2016

• India positioned 118th out of 157 nations on the United Nations’ World Happiness Index (WHI) 2016.
• It was uncovered by the fourth World Happiness Report 2016 distributed by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a worldwide activity for the UN.

Fazle Kabir selected as Governor of Bangladesh’s Central Bank

• Bangladesh Government has named Former Secretary of Finance Division Fazle Kabir as the new Governor of Bangladesh Bank, nation’s national bank. He will succeeds Atiur Rahman who had surrendered subsequent to assuming good liability over the digital burglary from the national bank’s official record with New York Federal Reserve Bank.

US President Barack Obama names Merrick Garland for US Supreme Court

• President Barack Obama has assigned veteran claims court judge Merrick Garland (63) to be the following US Supreme Court Justice.
• His assignment comes to opening in the US Supreme Court which was made after the demise of SC Justice Antonin Scalia.
• The Supreme Court opportunity takes after the demise of Antonin Scalia a month ago. This arrangement now must be approved by the Senate. Judge Garland is seen as an anti-extremist and moderate. He is exceedingly respected by the legitimate brotherhood and officials.
• India-conceived Srikanth Srinivasan was likewise one of the contenders for the assignment. As of now he is serving as US Circuit Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

• Fazle Kabir is a financial matters move on from the Chittagong University. He had begun his profession in 1980 with Bangladesh Railway as an associate activity administrator.
• In 1983, he had joined the organization. He was delegated fund secretary in 2012. He had additionally served on the leading group of state-claimed Janata Bank.

India avionics show 2016 starts in Hyderabad

• The India Aviation 2016, a universal display and gathering on common avionics commenced in Hyderabad, Telangana.
• It is the fifth version in the biennial arrangement of this global display and was initiated by President Pranab Mukherjee at the Begumpet Airport (otherwise called Hyderabad Old Airport).