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| Date | Day | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| 01 March | Zero Discrimination Day | Zero Discrimination against Women and Girls child |
| 01 - 07 March | Jan Aushadhi Diwas week | |
| 03 March | World wildlife day | Sustaining all life on Earth |
| 03 March | World Hearing Day | Hearing for Life. Don't let hearing loss limit you. |
| 04 March | National Security Day | |
| 08 March | International Women's Day | I am generation equality : Realizing Women's rights. |
| 10 March | 52st CISF Raising day | |
| 12 March | World KIdney Day | Kidney health for everyone everywhere – from prevention to detection and equitable access to care |
| 13 March | world Rotaract Day | |
| 13 March | World Sleep day | Better Sleep, Better Life, Better planet |
| 14 March | International day of Mathematics | |
| 15 March | World Consumer rights day | The Sustainable consumer |
| 16 March | National vaccine day | |
| 18 March | Ordnance Factories' Day in India | |
| 18 March | Global recycling Day | #RecyclingHeroes |
| 20 March | International Happiness Day | Happiness for All, Together. |
| 20 March | World Sparrow Day | |
| 20 March | World Frog Day | |
| 20 March | UN French Language day | |
| 20 March | World day of Theatre for children and Young People | |
| 21 March | International day of Forests | Forests and Biodiversity |
| 21 March | World Down Syndrome Day | We decide |
| 21 March | World Poetry Day | |
| 21 March | International day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | |
| 21 March | World Puppetry Day | |
| 22 March | World Water day | Water and Climate change |
| 23 March | Martyrs day ( S. Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, Shivaram Rajguru) | |
| 23 March | World Meteorological Day | Climate and Water |
| 24 March | World Tuberculosis Day | It's Time |
| 24 March | International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims. | |
| 25 March | International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade | |
| 25 March | International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members | |
| 27 March | World Theatre Day | |
| 28 March( Last Saturday of March) | Earth Hour 2020 | |
| 31 March | International Transgender day of Visibility | |
| 31 March | World Backup day | |
| 31 March | International Drug Checking Day |
The World Health Organization(WHO) has officially announced COVID-19 as a pandemic as it spread freely to more than 100 countries around the world. A pandemic is declared when a new disease for which people do not have immunity spreads around the world beyond expectations. COVID-19 is a disease caused by the novel coronavirus which started in China.
The traditional ‘Fagli’ festival was observed in Yangpa village of Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh to observe the “victory of good over evil”. This festival is celebrated to mark the end of winter or the beginning of spring. It is celebrated in the entire valley on the moonless night or Amavasya.
The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has released ‘NIGHA’ app to ensure ‘clean and healthy’ elections. This would be done by limiting the use of money and alcohol in the upcoming local body elections. The Panchayat Raj Department has set up the NIGHA app to empower common citizens to lodge complaints seamlessly.
Indian MarTech Company, AdGlobal360 has been obtained by Japanese company Hakuhodo Inc for an undisclosed sum. Adglobal360 is India’s fastest growing MarTech Company headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana. The MarTech Company facilitates its customers with end to end digital solutions.
Lt Gen KJS Dhillon will take the charge of Director-General(DG), Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) and Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (DCIDS). DIA and DCIDS is a department that comes under the Chief of Defence Staff in the newly created Department of Military Affairs. DIA and DCIDS are responsible for collating technical as well as human intelligence for the three armed forces.
PhonePe has paired up with ICICI Bank for UPI transactions. PhonePe earlier tied up with Yes Bank, but after YES Bank has been placed under moratorium by Reserve Bank of India due to which UPI transactions at PhonePe got disrupted.
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) observed its 35th Inception Day on 12th March 2020. On the occasion of inception day of NCRB, Union Minister of State for Home Shri Nityanand Rai released Crime Multi Agency Centre (Cri-MAC) and National Cybercrime Training Centre (NCTC). A function was organized on the occasion of inception day of NCRB and featured the participation of DGs and Senior officers from various central and state police organizations.
Indian mountaineer Bhawna Dehariya has successfully climbed Mount Kosciuszko (2,228-metres), the highest mountain peak in Australia on the occasion of Holi. Dehariya had climbed Mount Kilimanjaro (5, 895 meters), the highest mountain peak in Tanzania on the occasion of Diwali in the year 2019 and also felt fortunate that she had celebrated 2 biggest festivals of India at the mountain peaks.
Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Haryana cadre Surjit Singh Deswal took over the additional charge of Director General (DG) of Border Security Force (BSF). Deswal, a 1984-batch IPS officer, is currently the Director-General of Indo-Tibet Border Police. He has succeeded Director-General Vivek Johri, who has been appointed Director-General of Madhya Pradesh Police.
An Indian low-cost airline, SpiceJet has inked a pact with GMR Hyderabad Aviation SEZ Limited (GHASL). According to the pact, SpiceJet will set up warehousing, distribution and trading facility in the aerospace and industrial park of GHASL. “Ready-to-Use” industrial infrastructure is offered by the park with the flexibility of choosing land within SEZ for business reasons.
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