TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - March 24, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - TNPSCGURU.IN

TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - March 24, 2017 - TNPSCGURU.IN for TNPSC Exams

• March 24, 2017 - World TB day
• It is caused by a bacterium - Mycobacterium tuberculosis

• Abel Prize 2017
• Yves Meyer was awarded the Abel Prize for the year 2017.
• This award was given by 'The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letter' for outstanding persons in the field of Mathematics.
• Yves Meyer was given this award for his contribution to the 'Theory of Wavelets'.

• Ashokamitran (Original Name: Tyagarajan)
• Famous Tamil writer who passed recently.
• He has won the Sahitya Academy award in 1996 for his book 'Appavin Snegithar'.

• S Nagarajan - MD of National Dairy development Board.

• ISSF World Cup (Shooting)
• Ankur Mittal (Ind) has won the gold in the shortgun double trap category.

• Arctic Ice Record Low [Useful for Mains]
• In Arctic region the polar ice sheet will be in its maximum extent in the month of March.
• Like that after summer melt the ice sheet will be in its minimum extent in the month of september.
• This year in March the maximum ice coverage is 14.42 Million sq. Km which is lowest of the past 38 years.

• Global Energy Architecture Performance Index 2017
• It was released by World Economic Forum
• India Ranks 87th in Energy Architecture Performance Index 2017.
• Top Three Countries
1. Switzerland
2. Norway
3. Sweden

• TNPSC Current Affairs March 2017 - Full Month Current Affairs