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TNPSC Current Affairs - March 2018 by TNPSC Guru

1.First International Solar Alliance summit. 

India and France Co- hosted the First International Solar Alliance Summit in New Delhi.

It was attended by Heads of 23 nations and 10 ministerial representatives of different countries.

About International SolarAlliance (ISA):

2.Tamil Nadu 2^nd in Rural Job scheme. 

• Tamil Nadu comes 2^nd position in providing Rural job under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
• West Bengal Tops the list by providing more than 28.21 crore work days .
• Tamil Nadu provides 22.17 crore work days and Andhra Pradesh occupied 3^rd Position. 

3.Best Exhibitor Award

• India Wins Best Exhibitor award at ITB- Berlin World Tourist Meet.
• India's Incredible India has presented a short film named "Yogi of the Racetrack " in the meet which got 3.2 million views in 60 hours. 

4.MILES-18: 

• First ever multi-nation naval exercise called MILES-18 at sea held in Andaman.
• It is part of 10^th edition of MILAN Exercise.
• 11 Foreign Naval Ships and 6 Indian Ships participated in the exercise. 

5.National Academy of Coastal Policing

• India’s First Coastal Policing Academy called National Academy of Coastal Policing to be setup in Gujarat.
• It will train the police forces to effectively safeguard Country’s shoreline.    

6.Samvedna 2018: 

• Indian Air force first Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise held in Kearla.
• The exercise named Samvedna , the Air forces of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and the UAE has participated in exercise. 

7.Anindith Reddy

Anindith Reddy has won the motosport person of the year.