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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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GoI set up 11 empowered groups to deal with coronavirus

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

  • The Government of India has made 11 empowered groups to deal with COVID-19.
  • These groups comprise a senior representative from PMO and the Cabinet Secretariat to assure uniform coordination.

ADB to fund USD 100 million in the Indian’s Infrastructure sector via NIIF

ADB
  • Multilateral institution Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday declared a USD 100 million investment for the Indian infrastructure sector through the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund’s (NIIF).
  • The investment declaration comes at a crucial time for India, whose economic growth is weakening due to the COVID-19.

A book named ‘The Death of Jesus’ written by JM Coetzee

The Death of Jesus
  • Nobel Laureate John Maxwell Coetzee, who wrote the book “The Death of Jesus”, concluded his Jesus trilogy (a group of 3 related novels) with the concluding book.
  • The book traverses the meaning of a world void of memory but brimming with questions.

Saudi Arabia assures continuous LPG supply to India

Saudi Arabia assures continuous LPG supply to India

  • Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has declared that Saudi Arabia assured India to get constant Liquefied petroleum Gas(LPG) supply during the conversation on global oil market developments with Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and Aramco’s Chief Executive Amin Nasser via video conference.

Rajasthan police released a mobile app titled “RajCop citizen app”

RajCop citizen app
  • Rajasthan police have released a mobile app “RajCop citizen app” to enable individuals and company employees in the state to take authority for venturing out in necessary conditions.
  • Rajasthan Police begins giving permits on the app for movement during the lockdown.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX gets NASA award for planned lunar space station

lunar space station

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has chosen a new space capsule from SpaceX to ferry cargo and supplies to the agency’s planned lunar space station.
  • The Dragon XL spacecraft will carry out research supplies to aid future astronauts on surface of the moon in collecting lunar samples.

Tata Power JV begins Shuakhevi HPP in Georgia

Tata Power JV commissions 178 MW-hydropower projects in Georgia
  • Tata Power Company’s mutual venture with Norway’s Clean Energy Invest (CEI), and International Financial Corporation (IFC) has begun commercial operation of a 178-megawatt hydropower project in Georgia.
  • After the 178 MW-Shuakhevi Hydro Power Project, the JV will commission 9 MW units, i.e the Skhalta Hydro Power project.

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