1. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the National Super Computing Mission
(i) Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister
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(ii) The mission aims at bringing the High Performance Computing (HPC) facilities within the reach of the scientific community by augmenting indigenous supercomputing infrastructure.
(iii) The mission will be implemented at an estimated cost of 4500 crore rupees over a period of seven years.
(iv) The mission will be jointly implemented by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) through the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore respectively.
2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched PRAGATI platform for redressal of grievances
(i) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 March 2015 launched Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) platform.
(ii) PRAGATI is a multi-purpose and multi-modal platform aimed at addressing grievances of common man.
(iii) PRAGATI aims at simultaneously monitoring and reviewing Union Government programmes and projects as well as projects flagged by State Governments.
(iv) It is a three-tier system (PMO, Union Government Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries of the States).
(v) Prime Minister will hold a monthly programme where he will interact with the Government of India Secretaries, and Chief Secretaries through Video-conferencing enabled by data and geo-informatics visuals.
3. Dalal Street Investment Journal presented the 6th PSU Awards
(i) Dalal Street Investment Journal (DSIJ) presented its sixth Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) Awards on 24 March 2015 in New Delhi.
(ii) The awards were given in recognition of performance excellence and their contribution to the economy.
(iii) Fifteen PSUs were selected under various categories based on their performance in the year 2014.
(iv) The performance assessment was based on a model developed by KPMG considering various financial parameters such as productivity, efficiency, efficacy, profitability, corporate social responsibility, etc.
4. India and Qatar inked six agreements to increase commercial and economic exchanges
(i) India and Qatar on 25 March 2015 signed six agreements to increase commercial and economic exchanges between India and Qatar.
(ii) The deals have a special focus on the Make in India initiative.
(iii) These six agreements were inked in New Delhi in presence of Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
(iv) Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani was on a two day official visit to India on 25 March and 26 March 2015.
- Agreement on Transfer of Sentenced Persons
- MoU for Cooperation in the field of Information and Communication Technology
- MoU between Ministry of Earth sciences and Qatar Meteorological Department for Scientific and Technical cooperation
- MoU between Diplomatic Institute of MOFA, Qatar and Foreign Service Institute, MEA
- MoU for cooperation in the field of Radio and Television
- Agreement for Mutual Cooperation and Exchange of News
5. NASA's Curiosity rover discovered biologically useful Nitrogen on Mars
(i) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Curiosity rover found evidence of nitrogen on the surface of Mars.
(ii) The discovery adds to the evidence that ancient Mars was habitable for life.
(iii) The finding was published by the NASA on its website on 24 March 2015.
(iv) The discovery was made by a team of scientists using the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument placed aboard the rover.
(v) Nitrogen was found in the form of Nitric Oxide which was released when Martian sediments were heated.
(vi) The discovery assumes significance because of the critical role of nitrogen as the building block of RNA and DNA which control life processes.
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