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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
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Flipkart pairs up with Aegon to sell life insurance policies

March 17, 2020
Flipkart
  • Indian E-commerce company Flipkart has paired up with Aegon Life Insurance to sell comprehensive insurance solutions for customers.
  • The pair up aims those customers who are seeking instant digital policies with a sum assured of up to Rs 10 lakh.
  • These life insurance policies do not want medical tests or paperwork as it is an instant life insurance cover, with digital policy as its core value proposition.

Arfa Sherwani & Rohini Mohan honored with Chameli Devi Jain Award

March 17, 2020
Arfa Sherwani & Rohini Mohan
  • Arfa Khanum Sherwani of “The Wire” and Bengaluru-based freelancer Rohini Mohan have been jointly honored Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding woman journalist.
  • Sherwani was nominated for her reporting from conflict situations in Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh and Mohan’s reportage on the NRC exercise in Assam set a new benchmark for investigative journalism.
  • The jury comprised political scientist Zoya Hasan, journalists Sreenivasan Jain & Manoj Mitta.

An Extraordinary Life: A biography of Manohar Parrikar

March 17, 2020
Manohar Parrikar
  • “An Extraordinary Life: A biography of Manohar Parrikar” is a book on the life of the former defence minister and chief minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar.
  • The book is co-authored by veteran journalists Sadguru Patil and Mayabhushan Nagvenkar.
  • The book named “An Extraordinary Life: A biography of Manohar Parrikar” will be published by publishing house Penguin Random House India.

Bollywood actor Imtiaz Khan passes away

March 17, 2020
Imtiaz Khan
  • Bollywood actor Imtiaz Khan passed away. He starred in movies such as Yaadon Ki Baraat, Dharmatama, Dayavan and Noor Jahan among more.
  • He was an actor and director and linked with popular films such as Hulchul, Pyaara Dost, and Procession of Memories.
  • He was the brother of late Bollywood star Amjad Khan’s.

Veteran poet Puthussery Ramachandran passes away

March 17, 2020
Puthussery Ramachandran
  • Veteran poet and Malayalam scholar Puthussery Ramachandran passed away. ‘Onnanthyakkuttam’ was his debut poem which was published in 1944.
  • His poetry works were mainly concentrated on an in-depth study of the early and medieval Malayalam language along with the early history of Kerala.

Innovate for Accessible India campaign starts to empower PwD

March 18, 2020
Accessible India campaign
  • Microsoft India and NASSCOM Foundation have jointly started Innovate for Accessible India campaign to empower people with disabilities with the help of technology and tools to provide better integration into society and access to equal opportunities.
  • The campaign has been started in partnership with Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, National Research and Education Network, and Department of Science and Technology.

Phase-I clinical Human trial of coronavirus vaccine starts in US

March 18, 2020
Phase-I clinical Human trial of coronavirus vaccine starts in US
  • The United State has begun the phase one of the clinical Human trial of an investigational vaccine designed to save against the coronavirus disease which has claimed the lives of over 7,000 people globally.
  • The trial has been begun at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) in Seattle.

Paytm Payments Bank to now issue Visa debit cards

March 18, 2020
Paytm Payments Bank to now issue Visa debit cards
  • Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) has paired with Visa to issue Visa debit cards.
  • With this, Paytm will grant over 10 million new digital debit cards in FY 2020-2021 to its customers.
  • PPBL will grant Visa virtual debit cards to its customers and facilitate them to transact at all merchants accepting payments through cards.

Manikaran Power becomes the first member to pair up with IGX

March 18, 2020
IEX
  • Manikaran Power Ltd (MPL) has declared as the first member of India’s first gas trading platform which is called the Indian Gas Exchange (IGX).
  • IGX, the part of Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), is India’s first automated national level trading platform to promote and sustain an efficient and strong Gas market and to foster gas trading in the country.

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