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HEAD TURNERS THIS WEEK After the phenomenal response to the previous Week’s Digi Note,

We’ve made some changes by highlighting the different sections and

focus on’ Padma awards’ and ‘’112’’.

Digi Note shall only be successful if we understand the purpose of this

exercise, which is to keep you posted of the events in the week.

Best of Luck.

From The Newspapers

THE ECONOMIC TIMES

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28th March President Pranab Mukherjee presents Padma awards

President Pranab Mukherjee honoured 56 eminent personalities with Padma awards at the Civil Investiture Ceremony to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The President presented five Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan and 43 Padma Shri awards at the function. Here is the list of recipients:

Padma Vibhushan •Founder of Reliance Industries late Dhirubhai Hirachand Ambani (posthumous) •Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Jagmohan •Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar •Indian-American economist Avinash Kamalakar Dixit •Renowned dancer Yamini Krishnamurti

Padma Bhushan •Actor Anupam Pushkarnath Kher •Badminton star Saina Nehwal •Former CAG Vinod Rai •Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry •Hafeez Sorab Contractor •Dr Barjinder Singh Hamdard •Alla Venkata Rama Rao •Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy

Padma Shri The awardees who will receive the honour include: •Actor Ajay Devgan •Filmmaker Madhur R Bhandarkar •Scientist Dr Mylswamy Annadurai •Athlete Deepika Kumari •Celebrated chef Mohammed Imtiaz Qureshi •Classical musician Pandit Tulsidas Borkar •Social worker Ajoy Kumar Dutta •Folk tale artist Bhikhudan Govindbhai Gadhvi •Dr Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale •Film director Naresh Chander Lal •Ashok Malik •Mahesh Chand Mehta •Social worker Dr Sundar Aditya Menon •Haldar Nag •Social worker PP Gopinathan Nair •Dr TV Narayana •Professor Predrag K Nikic •Subhash Palekar

The government had announced Padma awards for 112 eminent persons on the eve of Republic Day.

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63rd National Film Awards

Baahubali has won the Best Film award at 63rd National Film Award. Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan won the Best Actor award for his role in ‘Piku’while Kangana Ranaut won Best Actress for her role in ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns.”

Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali won the best director award for Bajirao Mastani, while S.S. Rajamouli’s magnum opus Baahubali bagged the best picture award. Here are the other winners:

Best Tamil Film goes to Visaranai

Best Sanskrit Film goes to Priyamanasam

Best Hindi Film goes to Dum Laga Ke Haisha

Best Background score goes to Ilayarajaa for Thara Thappattai

Special Jury Award goes to Kalki Koechlin for playing a girl with cerebral palsy in 'Margarita With A Straw'

Best Song: "Kaathirunnu" by Jayachandran in Ennu Ninte Moideen

Best Choreography Award goes to Remo D'Souza for Bajirao Mastani

Special Mention for Ritika Singh for her role in Irudhi Suttru

Best popular film goes to Bajrangi Bhaijaan starring Salman Khan

Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Director goes to Neeraj Ghaywan for Masaan

Best Film on Social Issues is Nirnayakam

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29th March India has the lowest Internet connection speed in Asia-Pacific:

Report

The global average internet connection speed increased 23 percent to 5.6 Mbps in the quarter ended December 2015 compared to the same period of 2014.

The report “Fourth Quarter, 2015, State of the Internet Report” was released by Akamai Technologies Inc., a global leader in content delivery network services.

PM Narendra Modi to launch 'Stand Up India' scheme on April 5

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on April 5 inaugurate Stand Up India initiative which is aimed at creating jobs and promoting entrepreneurs among SC, ST and women by extending loans at cheaper rates.

The programme will be launched by Modi at a function to be held at Noida.

The Cabinet, headed by Modi, had in January approved 'Stand up India' scheme for providing credit to SC, ST and women entrepreneurs at lower rates.

Under the scheme, which will be implemented through 1.25 lakh bank branches, banks will give loans at the "least applicable rate" of interest.

Also every bank branch, including private sector, will give loans between Rs 10 lakh and 1 crore to at least one SC/ST and one woman entrepreneur under the scheme.

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30th March

112 to be single number for all emergencies

Indian citizens in distress will soon be able to get help using a single number, ‘112’, for all emergency services in the country, including the police, fire brigade and ambulance.

At present, such callers need to dial different numbers for different emergencies like 100 for police, 101 for fire, 102 for ambulance and 108 for emergency disaster management.

The move, recommended by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in April 2015, was approved by the Telecom Commission.

World Bank opens country office in Malaysia

The World Bank opened its office in Malaysia which will also serve as a global knowledge and research hub.

World Bank said its new office will facilitate its partnership with Malaysia, in areas such as financial intermediation and inclusion, and to support the bank's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity.

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31st March Sergey Karjakin won 2016 World Chess Candidates Tournament

Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin won the FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament held in Moscow.

In the final Round 14, the Russian grandmaster defeated American grandmaster Fabiano Caruana.

Karjakin will now play with the incumbent world champion, Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, in a match for the world chess crown in the United States in November 2016.

Government permits 100 pc FDI in online market places

The government today permitted 100 per cent FDI in the market place format of e-commerce retailing with a view to attract more foreign investments.

To bring clarity, the DIPP has also come out with the definition of 'e-commerce', 'inventory-based model' and 'market place model'.

At present, global e-tailer giants like Amazon and EBay are operating online marketplaces in India while home-grown players like Flipkart and Snap deal have foreign investments even as there were no clear FDI guidelines on various online retail models.

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1st April Aung San Suu Kyi appointed as Myanmar's foreign minister

Chairperson of Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), Aung San Suu Kyi was appointed on Wednesday as the country's new minister of foreign affairs.

Suu Kyi will concurrently hold three other portfolios in the new government led by President-elect U Htin Kyaw

Approved by the Union Parliament, the three other ministries to be headed by Aung San Suu Kyi are the Ministry of President Office, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Electricity and Energy.

ADB cuts India’s growth forecast to 7.4 % for 16-17

The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) growth forecast of 7.4 per cent for 2016-17 is substantially lower than its earlier projection of 7.8 per cent.

ADB’s flagship publication Asian Development Outlook (ADO) also projected rise in consumer inflation, mainly on account of the impact of salary hike of government employees and a likely mild pick up in global oil prices.

ADB projects India’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow 7.4 per cent in FY 2016, slightly below the FY 2015 estimate of 7.6 per cent. In FY 2017 growth is forecast to reach 7.8 per cent

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2nd April

Ranveer Singh to be feted as Maharashtrian Of The Year

Bollywood star Ranveer Singh, who brought alive the role of Maratha warrior Peshwa Bajirao II on the silver screen through Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Bajirao Mastani”, will be feted with the ‘Maharashtrian Of The Year’.

Chandigarh becomes first kerosene-free city

For the first time, a city has been declared kerosene free with sale of subsidised cooking and lighting fuel being stopped in Chandigarh from today completely.

Households have been shifted to LPG to help declare Chandigarh kerosene free.

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BG QUIZ

Q1.The term LIGO stands for- 1)Light Interferometer Gravitational- Wave Observatory 2)Laser Interferometer Gravitational- Wave Observatory 3)Light Intensity Gravitational- Wave Observatory 4)Laser Intensity Gravitational- Wave Observatory 5)Light Intent Gravitational- Wave Observatory Ans-2

Q2.Which minister addressed scientists on the occasion of the ‘Remote Technical Activation’ of the 3.6m diameter Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) at Manora Peak near Nainital? 1)Rajnath Singh 2)Ravi Shankar Prasad 3)J.P.Nadda 4)Harsh Vardhan 5)Nitin Gadkari Ans-4

Q3.Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Portugal? 1)Shiv Kumar 2)Anand Chandel 3)Rahul Roy Chaudhry 4)Jitendra Nath Misra 5)K Nandani Singla Ans-5

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Q4.The book "Jihadist threat to India", is written by- 1)Nawab Ali Shah 2)Aman Hussain 3)Tufail Ahmad 4)Sultan Raza Ali 5)Adnan Sami Ans-3

Q5.Which country signed an official development assistance loan agreement of 242.2 billion Yen for cooperation in development projects in various states of India? 1)Japan 2)China 3)Russia 4)Belgium 5)Netherland Ans-1

Q6.Which Radio Taxi service provider has partnered with Vodafone M-Pesa, a unique and innovative Digital Wallet service for cashless transactions? 1)Uber 2)Ola 3)Bla- Bla 4)Taxi for Sure 5)TAB Cab Ans-5

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Q7.Which Bollywood star has been honoured with the 'Maharashtrian of the Year' award? 1)Arjun Kapoor 2)Ranveer Singh 3)Ritesh Deshmukh 4)John Abraham 5)Varun Dhawan Ans-2

Q8.Which British Actor and Comedian died recently? 1)James Watson 2)Arnold Nash 3)James Martin 4)Ronnie Corbett 5)Adbert Connie Ans-4

Q9. Who has been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame this year? 1)Patrick Ewing 2)George Mikan 3)Yao Ming 4)Michael Jordan 5)Chris Mullin Ans-3

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Q10. Which famous Australian Basketball player announced her retirement recently? 1)Lauren Jackson 2)Liz Cambage 3)Kelly Wilson 4)Rachel Jerry 5)Belinda Snell Ans-1

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