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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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TRIFED releases ‘Tech For Tribals’ program to produce technology to tribal entrepreneurs

March 22, 2020
Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India
  • A 30- days long capacity-building program called “Tech for Tribal” has been started by the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED).
  • More than 3 lakhs Tribal people will be profited from this program including 120 sessions.

Star health reveals ‘Star novel coronavirus policy’ for corona sufferers

March 22, 2020
Corona sufferers
  • Star Health and Allied Insurance Co Ltd have launched ‘Star Novel Coronavirus Insurance Policy’ that gives coverage for hospitalized patients of COVID-19.
  • The company has set a premium of Rs 459 plus GST(Goods and Services Tax) for a sum insured of Rs. 21,000 and a premium of Rs 918 plus GST for a sum insured of Rs 42,000.

Crisil drops FY21 growth to 5.2% from 5.7%

March 22, 2020
Crisil
  • Crisil downgraded India’s Gross Domestic Forecast (GDP) for fiscal 2021 to 5.2% from 5.7% due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  • As per Crisil, if the COVID 19 if not tackled by April-June 2020 globally then it may lead to a drastic slowdown.

IRDAI sets up 16-member panel on governance at insurers led by Pravin Kutumbe

March 22, 2020
IRDAI

  • Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) instituted a 16-member committee headed by Pravin Kutumbe to further strengthen its guidelines on corporate governance.
  • The committee consists of a head, six members from the insurance regulator besides members from the Reserve Bank of India and the Securities and Exchange Board of India along with other industry partakers.

NASA’s CNEOS identifies 4 asteroids approaching the earth

March 22, 2020
NASA’s CNEOS identifies 4 asteroids approaching the earth
  • The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) recognizes 4 asteroids i.e, 2020 FK, 2020 FS, 2020 DP4 & 2020 FF1 approaching the earth which follows Earth-intersecting orbits.

UK scientists discover fossil of the world’s oldest known modern bird, name ‘Wonderchicken’

March 22, 2020
Wonderchicken
  • Scientists at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom (UK) have found a fossil of the world’s oldest known modern bird skull dating to about 66.8m – 66.7m years ago- means the birds lived alongside dinosaurs for around a million years before the latter vanished out.
  • Scientists named the creature ‘Wonderchicken‘, which is thought to be a common ancestor of modern chickens and ducks.

Jammu and Kashmir administrative council to implement the dairy cooperative scheme

March 22, 2020
Jammu and Kashmir
  • Jammu & Kashmir administrative council confirmed the implementation of the Dairy cooperative scheme for dairy cooperative society with the support & sponsorship of the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC).
  • The scheme targets to boost milk production in J&K by empowering dairy cooperatives with easy financial support.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan takes oath as MP CM

March 23, 2020
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
  • The BJP Legislative Party meeting is scheduled to be held on 23rd March at 6 pm at the party in Bhopal. Shivraj Singh Chouhan will take oath as the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Congress leader and former CM Kamal Nath had on March 20 presented his resignation to Governor Lalji Tandon following the resignation of 22 Congress.

“Inevitable” to delay Tokyo Olympics: PM Abe

March 23, 2020
Shinzo Abe
  • Shinzo Abe announced that the 2020 Games may not open as scheduled on July 24, as the coronavirus marches across the globe causing unprecedented chaos.
  • Australia’s Olympic committee declared athletes to prepare for a Tokyo Olympics in the northern-hemisphere summer of 2021.

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