Maharaja Ranjit Singh named greatest world leader in BBC Poll

Maharaja Ranjit Singh has been named as the “Greatest Leader of All Time” in a poll conducted by ‘BBC World Histories Magazine’. He was the 19th-century ruler of the Sikh Empire in India. Singh’s name was selected by Lockwood, who is an assistant professor of history at the University of Alabama, as a modernizing and uniting force, whose reign “marked a golden age for Punjab and north-west India”.
Gaurav Gupta & Byju Raveendran on WEF’s Young Global Leaders list

Byju Classes’ founder Byju Raveendran and Zomato’s co-founder Gaurav Gupta are among the five Indians named by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in its new list of 115 Young Global Leaders. Raveendran, who released Byju’s as a learning app in 2015, calls himself a teacher by choice and an entrepreneur by chance. Gupta’s Zomato has been a pioneering food technology start-up, which he released as a table reservation business and then scaled it up across India, the UAE and Australia. The other three Indians on the list includes Tara Singh Vachani (CEO of Antara Senior Living), Vinati Mutreja (Managing Director and CEO, Vinati Organics Limited), Swapan Mehra (CEO, Iora Ecological Solutions).
Taylor Swift named “Google’s most-searched women in music”

Google has released the data on the most looked-up women on the Internet on the occasion of International Women’s Day i.e. on 8th of March 2020.
Hyderabad organizes “Wings India 2020”

Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airports Authority of India (AAI) along with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is hosting “Wings India 2020” event at Hyderabad, Telangana. “Wings India 2020” is a civil aviation business exhibition and air show which is organized once in every two years.
World Kidney Day celebrated globally on 12th March 2020

World Kidney Day is celebrated globally on the second Thursday of March every year. This year World Kidney Day is celebrated on 12th March 2020. The theme of the 2020 World Kidney day is “Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere–from Prevention to Detection and Equitable Access to Care.”
Leh to organize event for International Day of Yoga

The International Day of Yoga event will be organized in the capital of Ladakh i.e. Leh on the occasion of International Day of Yoga. The International Day of Yoga is celebrated globally every year on 21st of June. On this day, Indian Prime Minister leads a mass demonstration of Yoga every year which also features a 45-minute yoga drill based on Common Yoga Protocol. The International Day of Yoga targets to aware the world about the various benefits of practicing yoga.
University of Ranchi starts “RADIO KHANCHI 90.4 FM Aap Sabka Radio”

University of Ranchi has started its own Community Radio Station named as RADIO KHANCHI 90.4 FM Aap Sabka Radio. The radio was launched on the occasion of International Women’s Day and would give help to university students which is spread over a campus of more than 15 kms. Radio Khanchi under Ranchi University remains to be the first-ever University in the Eastern Zone to be gifted with a Community Radio Station by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and sponsored by Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Jharkhand.
GoI aims to have at least one PMBJP Kendra in every block

Government of Indian is aiming to have at least one Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya JanAushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) Kendra in each block of India. The above plans are to be executed successfully by the end of year 2020. The above announcement was made during the ‘Jan Aushadhi Diwas’ celebrations held in Kathua, Jammu & Kashmir.
‘Joy Bangla’ announced as national slogan of Bangladesh

The High Court of Bangladesh has announced ‘Joy Bangla’ as the national slogan of Bangladesh. The court has directed the authorities to ensure that teachers and students use the slogan after assembly. The two-judge bench of High Court asked the authorities to take mandatory steps so that all the people holding constitutional posts and state officials use ‘Joy Bangla’ after their speeches on national days and other appropriate occasions.
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