Daily Current Affairs of 30th March 2017
National Current Affairs
- Rajasthan Diwas is being celebrated today.
- This day marks the 68th anniversary of the unification of the erstwhile princely states in the region of Rajputana into the State of Rajasthan.
- The state came into being on this day (30th March) in 1949 after unification of 22 princely states.
- Important Points to Note :
- Capital : Jaipur
- Total Districts : 33
- Governor - Kalyan Singh
- Chief Minister - Vasundhara Raje
- The Kanha Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh) has become the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot, which has been named "Bhoorsingh the Barasingha".
- The Barasingha or swamp deer is the state animal of Madhya Pradesh. Bhoorsingh was chosen among four variations by the Madhya Pradesh forest department.
- MPs played football in Parliament today as part of Sports Minister Vijay Goel's exercise to promote the U-17 FIFA World Cup, which is being held in India in October.
- Goel distributed footballs to all MPs, asking them to promote the game at village, block and district levels.
