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Sameer Aggarwal selected as CEO of Walmart India

March 25, 2020
Sameer Aggarwal
  • Sameer Aggarwal has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Walmart India. He will take over as CEO from Krish Iyer.
  • Walmart India is presently operating 28 Best Price cash-and-carry stores in India.

Telugu new year day “Ugadi” being observed today

March 25, 2020
Ugadi
  • Telugu New Year day ‘Ugadi’ being observed today.
  • The festival is being observed across the two Telugu states, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to mark the beginning of the Hindu Lunar calendar.

Sunil Chhetri appointed for FIFA campaign against Covid-19

March 25, 2020
Sunil Chhetri
  • Indian footballer Sunil Chhetri appointed for the FIFA campaign against Covid-19.
  • The ‘Pass the message to kick out coronavirus’ campaign serves five key steps that are handwashing, coughing etiquette, not touching your face, physical distance and staying home if feeling unwell.

IIT Madras to launch Global Hyperloop Pod Competition

March 25, 2020
IIT Madras
  • IIT Madras is organizing India’s first Global Hyperloop Pod Competition named as ‘Indian Hyperloop Pod Competition’ to develop awareness and enthusiasm about Hyperloop in India.
  • Hyperloop is the 5th mode of transportation, a high-speed train that travels in a near-vacuum tube.

ITR filing deadline for FY 2019 continued to 30 June 2020

March 25, 2020
Income Tax
  • Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has declared the delay of statutory deadlines related to income tax to 30 June 2020.
  • The Finance Ministry has finalized to extend the Income Tax Return (ITR) filing deadline for the Fiscal Year 2019 from 31st March 2020 to 30th June 2020.

PM Modi announces lockdown for 21 days from 25 March 2020

March 25, 2020
PM Modi announces lockdown for 21 days from 25 March 2020
  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared the complete lockdown of 21 days from 25 March, as part of the government’s stringent efforts to stop COVID-19.
  • According to health experts, at least 21 days’ time is very essential to break the coronavirus infection cycle.

ICMR suggests hydroxychloroquine for caregivers of COVID-19 patients

March 25, 2020
ICMR suggests hydroxychloroquine for caregivers of COVID-19 patients
  • Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has prescribed the hydroxychloroquine for healthcare workers or persons staying with and caring for positive COVID-19 patients.
  • This protocol has been recommended by the Drug Controller General of India (DGCI), Dr. V. G. Somani.

YouTube lowers video streaming quality in India

March 25, 2020
YouTube
  • YouTube has planned to lessen streaming quality for users in India until 31st March 2020 to lower strain on Internet networks during the coronavirus pandemic.
  • They have planned to temporarily default High Definition (HD) and ultra-High Definition (HD) streaming to Standard Definition (SD) content.

US & UAE troops begin biennial exercise “Native Fury”

March 25, 2020
Native Fury
  • US Marines and UAE Emirati forces carried out the biennial exercise, named Native Fury at Abu Dhabi.
  • The exercise saw 4,000 U.S. troops from the Army, Marines and Navy position armored vehicles and other machinery from Kuwait and the island of Diego Garcia in al-Hamra using a portable pier system.

25 March- International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

March 25, 2020
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
  • International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade is celebrated annually on 25th March annually.
  • The theme of the day for this year “Confronting Slavery’s Legacy of Racism Together”.

International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members is observed on March 25

March 25, 2020
International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
  • The International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members is celebrated on 25 March by the United Nations every year on the anniversary of the abduction of Alec Collett.
  • He was a former journalist who was working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) when he was kidnaped by armed gunmen in 1985.

Tokyo Olympics officially delayed until 2021

March 25, 2020
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
  • The International Olympic Committee and Tokyo Olympic organizers agreed to move the Tokyo Games to 2021.
  • Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the head of the International Olympic Committee have postponed the Tokyo 2020 Games by a year due to coronavirus pandemic.

Reliance initiates India’s 1st COVID-19 dedicated hospital in Mumbai

March 24, 2020
Reliance
  • Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has started India’s first COVID-19 dedicated hospital in Mumbai.
  • All beds in the hospital are provided with the required infrastructure, bio-medical devices such as ventilators, pacemakers, dialysis machines and patient monitoring devices.

World Tuberculosis Day celebrated globally on 24 March

March 24, 2020
World Tuberculosis Day
  • World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is observed globally on 24th March to spread public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.
  • The theme of World TB Day 2020 is ‘It’s time’.

A book named ‘Legacy Of Learning’ authored by Savita Chhabra launched

March 24, 2020
Legacy Of Learning
  • Savita Chhabra has released her first novel named ‘Legacy of Learning’. She is the chairperson at Hygienic Research Institute Private Limited (HRIPL).
  • The novel offers simplistic and relatable interpretations of the Bhagavad Gita in a try to connect the youth of India to the age-old, but relevant scriptures.

The Abel Prize Laureates 2020 declared

March 24, 2020
The Abel Prize Laureates 2020
  • The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters nominated Hillel Furstenberg from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and Gregory Margulis from Yale University, the USA as winners of the Abel Prize 2020.
  • They are honored for their “pioneering use of methods from probability & dynamics in group theory, number theory, and combinatorics”.

Karur Vysya Bank releases pre-paid card “Enkasu”

March 24, 2020
Karur Vysya Bank
  • Karur Vysya Bank has released India’s 1st pre-paid card Enkasu (My cash in Tamil) in Karur, Tamil Nadu under its Quit cash movement.
  • These cards are special in the sense that it can be accepted ‘online’ & ‘offline’ as well.

Charges for ATM cash withdrawal abandoned for 3 months

March 24, 2020
ATM
  • Union Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman declared that cash withdrawal from other bank ATMs and penalties for non-maintenance of minimum balance has been ignored for 3 months.
  • This has been done to make sure that individuals don’t visit bank branches to avoid the spread of the coronavirus.

Gujarat Police become 1st state police to introduce taser guns

March 24, 2020
Taser guns
  • The Gujarat Police is now equipped with taser guns as a part of their modernization drive to ensure public safety and security.
  • Taser guns use compressed nitrogen to fire, by sending electricity through attached wires, which disrupt voluntary control of muscles.

Canada retreats from Tokyo 2020 Olympics

March 24, 2020
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
  • Canada has become the first country in the world to retreat from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to coronavirus pandemic.
  • Tokyo 2020 Olympics was scheduled to be held in Japan from 24th July to 9th August 2020.

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