Focus Merit

March 2020 Current Affairs

Welcome to the India’s most advanced, updated and accurate website for Current Affairs. In this section you will get all the Mar h 2020 Current Affairs. Focus Merit is fully dynamic and offers high level of accuracy and functionality to read Current Affairs as per your needs. We provide you the functionality for free that even paid subscriptions don’t provide you. We hope to get your support and encouraging response.

Please check our All In one Current Affairs that can make your learning and revision process a lot more easier and precise with options that make this platform unique and the first choice of all aspirants preparing for competitive exams. Make sure to click on underlined text in between current Affairs for additional static and current information.

DateDayTheme
01 MarchZero Discrimination DayZero Discrimination against Women and Girls child
01 - 07 MarchJan Aushadhi Diwas week
03 MarchWorld wildlife daySustaining all life on Earth
03 MarchWorld Hearing DayHearing for Life. Don't let hearing loss limit you.
04 MarchNational Security Day
08 MarchInternational Women's DayI am generation equality : Realizing Women's rights.
10 March52st CISF Raising day
12 MarchWorld KIdney DayKidney health for everyone everywhere – from prevention to detection and equitable access to care
13 Marchworld Rotaract Day
13 MarchWorld Sleep dayBetter Sleep, Better Life, Better planet
14 MarchInternational day of Mathematics
15 MarchWorld Consumer rights dayThe Sustainable consumer
16 MarchNational vaccine day
18 MarchOrdnance Factories' Day in India
18 MarchGlobal recycling Day#RecyclingHeroes
20 MarchInternational Happiness DayHappiness for All, Together.
20 MarchWorld Sparrow Day
20 MarchWorld Frog Day
20 MarchUN French Language day
20 MarchWorld day of Theatre for children and Young People
21 MarchInternational day of ForestsForests and Biodiversity
21 MarchWorld Down Syndrome DayWe decide
21 MarchWorld Poetry Day
21 MarchInternational day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 MarchWorld Puppetry Day
22 MarchWorld Water dayWater and Climate change
23 MarchMartyrs day ( S. Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, Shivaram Rajguru)
23 MarchWorld Meteorological DayClimate and Water
24 MarchWorld Tuberculosis DayIt's Time
24 MarchInternational Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims.
25 MarchInternational Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
25 MarchInternational Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
27 MarchWorld Theatre Day
28 March( Last Saturday of March)Earth Hour 2020
31 MarchInternational Transgender day of Visibility
31 MarchWorld Backup day
31 MarchInternational Drug Checking Day
Click on the Underlined Text for additional Static information.

Former Olympic javelin champion Dana Zatopkova passes away

March 14, 2020
Dana Zatopkova
  • Former Czechoslovak Olympic javelin champion Dana Zatopkova passed away. 
  • She was an Olympic javelin champion won gold in the Helsinki Olympics in 1952 and won the Olympic silver in Rome in 1960. 

India’s 1st Living Culinary Arts Museum enters Limca Book of Records

March 14, 2020
Culinary Arts Museum
  • Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration (WGSHA) of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) entered the Limca Book of Records (LBR) for establishing “India’s First Living Culinary Arts Museum” at WGSHA, Manipal, Karnataka.
  • The museum was established in the year April 2018, spread approximately over 25,000 square feet & the shape of the museum is structured in the form of a giant pot.

International Pi Day

March 14, 2020
International Pi Day

Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is celebrated on March 14 (3/14 in the month/day format) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant digits of π. 

International Day of Action for Rivers is celebrated on 14 March

March 14, 2020
International Day of Action for Rivers
  • International Day of Action for Rivers is celebrated on 14 March.
  • This year, the 22nd annual International Day of Action for Rivers is observed.
  • The day targets to stress the importance of rivers and how it affects the lives of the people.
  • The theme of 2020 International Day of Action for Rivers is Women, Water, and Climate Change.
  • The International Day of Action Against Dams and For Rivers, Water and Life was started at the first International Meeting of People Affected by Dams at Curitiba Brazil in March 1997.

World Consumer Day 2020

March 15, 2020
World Consumer Day 2020
  • The World Consumer Day 2020 was celebrated on March 15, 2020.
  • The day is celebrated every year on March 15 to create awareness about consumer rights and needs since 1983.
  • It is an initiative by Consumer International which is a membership organisation for consumer groups around the world.
  • Theme of the year 2020: ‘The Sustainable Consumer.’

GoI pledged $10 million for Covid-19 emergency fund

March 15, 2020
Covid-19 emergency fund
  • Government of India has pledged $10 million towards a Covid-19 emergency fund. India has also prepared a rapid response team of doctors and specialists for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) nations.
  • India suggested Integrated Disease Surveillance Portal (IDSP) that is recently being used to detect infected patients and contact tracing.

Mumbai Central station to be renamed as Nana Shankarsheth Mumbai Central railway station

March 15, 2020
Nana Shankarsheth Mumbai Central railway station
  • On 12th March 2020, the Maharashtra Government has finalized to rename the Mumbai Central Station as Nana Shankarsheth Mumbai Central Railway Station.
  • The Station name has been renamed to Nana Shankarsheth Central Railway Station because of his involvement in the making of Indian Railway association and the one to bring railways to our country India.

Assam Government to build 33 stadiums under Uttaran scheme

March 15, 2020
Uttaran scheme
  • The Assam Government plans to build 33 stadiums across the state under the Uttaran Scheme, 300 crores will be given to construct these stadiums declared by Principal Secretary of Sports Avinash Joshi and Joint Director Kamaljit and 500 playgrounds are being built to encourage rural talents.
  • The Government has finalized to provide an amount of Rs.50,000 to 1000 players and Rs.75,000 will be given to 2500 clubs.

WINGS INDIA 2020 an international exhibition & conference organized in Hyderabad

March 15, 2020
Wings India 2020
  • A 4 day (March 12-15) biennial event WINGS INDIA 2020 themed as ‘Flying For All’ is an International Exhibition & Conference on Civil Aviation sector held at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, is planned by Ministry of Civil Aviation & Airports Authority of India(AAI) & Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
  • The purpose of the event is to give assistance to the quickly changing dynamics of the sector & focus on new business acquisition, investments, policy formation and regional connectivity.

‘Bhoomi Rashi portal’- expedited Error free & transparent land acquisition for National Highways project

March 15, 2020
Bhoomi Rashi portal
  • On March 13, 2020 The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) declared  that the ‘Bhoomi Rashi’ portal has significantly increased the process of land acquisition for National Highways project.
  • Bhoomi Rashi portal: MoRTH has released the portal BhoomiRashi on April 1, 2018.
  • In past, the acquisition of land for the purpose of National Highway projects, payment of compensation to the land owners were done manually & the physical movement of documents were in the form of files.

Join Now

Whatsapp Telegram Facebook Twitter

All In One Current Affairs

One Stop solution for all Current Affairs
Most Popular
National Static GK

State-Wise Static GK

International Static GK
CM and Gov of all States(Updated)
Banks HQ, MD/CEO, Tagline
Capital,Currency, PM, President of all countries (Updated)
GDP prediction by various Org.(Updated)