Current Affairs of March 1st 2017 for SBI PO/MT,SSC MTS,IBPS CLERK,PO/MT,SO,SSC CGL,CHSL,JE EXAMS

• The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD) forecast 7.3% growth for India in 2017-18 and 7.7% growth in 2018-19.
• The Indian Meteorological Department(IMD) has forecast ''above normal'' temperatures across most of the country.The predicted temperatures,on average,likely to be above 1 degree Centigrade above their normal summer temperatures.
• The Archaeological Survey of India(ASI) excavated six copper axes and some pieces of pottery dating back to 2,000 BC in Sakatpur of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.The excavation may throw light on a 4,000-year-old Ganga-Yamuna culture.
• Assam to host the five-day(March 31 to April 4,2017) river festival 'Namami Brahmaputra' to showcase the art,heritage and culture of Assam.
• Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials(ARCI) in Hyderabad organised National Science Day lectures as a part of its 20 years' celebrations.
• 'Lipstick Under My Burkha' has won the audience award at the Glasgow Film Festival.The film stars Ratna Pathak Shah and Konkana Sensharma in key roles and directed by Alankrita Shrivastava.
•  The strike called under the aegis of the United Forum of Bank Unions(UFBU) and All India Bank Employees' Association(AIBEA) hits bank services hard as staffers and officers go ahead with their day-long strike for various demands.
• The Supreme Court directed the Sahara Group(SG) to deposit 5,092.64 crore INR in the SEBI-Sahara refund account by April 13,2017.The deposit is meant to raise the amount it owes to investors.
• The Enforcement Directorate(ED) attaches 80 crore INR in the Antrix-Devas Multimedia case under Prevention of Money Laundering Act(PMLA).
• India has asked the U.K to deport liquor baron Vijay Mallya.The issue was raised during the meetings held between Finance Mnister Arun Jaitley and the British Prime Minister Theresa May and other senior cabinet members in the U.K.
• The armies of India and Oman schedule the second bilateral exercise,'Al Nagah-II 2017' in March with a focus on counter-terrorism.The Chief of the Naval Staff,Admiral Sunil Lamba is on a tour of Oman and the United Arab Emirates(UAE) to explore new avenues for naval cooperation.
• Larsen&Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering(LTHE) signed a five-year Enterprise Framework Agreement with Shell Global Solutions for providing engineering,procurement and construction management services for all Shell projects in Middle East,South-East Asia and India.
• Peter Moore,chief competition officer at Electronic Arts(EA) appointed as chief executive of the Premier League club 'Liverpool',to replace the departing Ian Ayre.