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TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - March 2, 2017

• A Guide to Fort St. George
• It is a book written by Historian V. Sriram
• It details about 30 buildings inside the Fort St. George.
• Sahitya Academy Award 2016
• Poornachalam was awarded the Sahitya academy award for Translation.
• He was awarded for the book 'Poruppumikka Manitharkal' which was the translated version of the book 'Serious Men' written by Manu Joseph.
• Books
• Midnight's Children - written by Salman Rushde
• BMD - Ballistic Missile Defence
• Ballistic Missile Defence is a two layered interceptor missile system developed by DRDO.
• It consists of two missiles
1. Prithvi Defence Vehichle - for intercepting targets in exo-atmosphere at altitude over 85 Km.
2. Advanced Area Defence missile - for intercepting targets in endo-atmosphere at altitude of 15 km.
• The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act, 2017.
• This act made possessing more than 10 number of old notes by individual and more than 25 number of old notes for study and numismatic purposes a crime.
• Possessing more number of such old notes would attract a fine of Rs 10000 or five times the value of the money or whichever is higher.
• The act received the President's assent on February 27, 2017.
• Pobitora Wildlife Santuary is in Assam.
• Melanosis
• It is a disease caused by Aresenic Poisioning.
• It creates white marks on the skin mostly over the chest, abdomen and thigh areas.
• The safe and permissible limit for arsenic in drinking water is 5 ppm.
• Penguin Random House
• Penguin Random House Publication signed the contract to publish the memoirs of the former Barack Obama and Michelle Obama.
• BCCI Awards 2016
• Col C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award - Ranjinder Goel and Padmakar Shivalkar
• BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award for Women - Shanta Rangaswamy
• BCCI Special Award - V V Kumar
• Polly Umrigar Award - Virat Kohli
• India's WTO Ambassador
• J S Deepak to be appointed as the new India's WTO Ambassador.
• ISSF World Cup 2017
• International Shooting sport federation world cup was held in New Delhi.
• Jitu Rai won the Gold medal in the 50m air pistol category.
• Amanpreet Singh won the Silver medal in the 50m air pistol category.