TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - March 23, 2018 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.in 2018

TNPSC Current Affairs - March 2018 by TNPSC Guru

1.Indigenous Seeker Technology.

• India has successfully test fired BrahMos Supersonic cruise missile with indigenous seeker at the polkhran test range in Rajasthan.
• Inigenous seeker have been jointly developed by DRDO and BrahMos Aerospace.
• Seeker is one of the important element in Missile which will improve the precision strike capability of the weapon. 

2.Smart India Hackathon 2018 

• Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has announced that Smart India Hackathon 2018 to be held on March 30 & 31 .
• The aim of the Smart India Hackathon 2018 is to harness creativity and expertise of students, Builds funnel for ‘Startup India’ campaign, crowdsources solutions for improving governance and quality of life and provide opportunity to citizens to provide innovative solution to India’s daunting problems (official statement. Source Pib).
• Smart India Hackathon launched in 2017 with aim  to provide opportunity to citizens to identify new and disruptive digital technology innovations for solving the challenges faced by India. 

3.Okhla Bird Sanctuary 

Union Minister Harsh Vardhan lays foundation stone for redevelopment and up gradation of  Okhla Bird Sanctuary located in Noida, border of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

4.Fluorimeter: 

• Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) developed the device to measure Uranium traces in water called Fluorimeter.
• It has been developed by an Indore based the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), of the DAE. 

5.Global carbon emissions. 

The International Energy Agency has said that Global energy-related carbon emission has rose to historic high of 32.5 gigatonnes in 2017.

6.Elavenil Valarivan.

Elavenil Valarivan has wins gold in women’s air rifle event junior world cup held in Sydney , Australia.