TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - March 17, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - TNPSCGURU.IN

TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - March 17, 2017 - TNPSCGURU.IN for TNPSC Exams

• Indrani Das
• She is an Indian-american who won the top prize of 2,50,000 US Dollars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search Competition in the USA.
• Regeneron Science Talent Search Competition award is also nick named as Junior Nobel Prize.
• Indrani das won this award for her research on treating brain injury and disease.

• Whanganui River
• This river is located in New Zealand.
• The New Zealand's Parliament has recognized this river as a legal person and declared as a living entity.

• Mark Rutte
• He is the Prime Minister of Netherlands.
• His party 'People's party for freedom and Democracy' won the parliament election.

• New Punjab CM
• Capt. Amarinder Singh was appointed as the new Chief Minister of Punjab.
• This is the Second term for him as CM.
• Governor of Punjab: V. P. Singh
• Article 164 (1) - Appointment of Chief Minister by the Governor

• Domestic tourism Arrivals 2016
• It is a ranking based on the number of domestic tourists published by Union Tourism ministry.
• Rankings
• 1st Rank - Tamil Nadu
• 2nd Rank - Uttar Pradesh

• Tamil Nadu Budget 2017
• TN Finance Minister: D Jaya Kumar
• The fiscal deficit is 4.58% of the GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product).
• It is higher than the FRBM act prescribed limit of 3% of GSDP.