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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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4th Edition of the Women Transforming India Awards 2019

Women Transforming India Awards

The fourth edition of the Women Transforming India Awards 2019 will be managed on the occasion of International Women’s Day i.e. on 8 March 2020. The Women Entrepreneurship Platform of the NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) will organise the Women Transforming India Awards 2019. The WTI recognizes the inspiring stories of women entrepreneurs who are breaking the glass ceiling.

RBI Deputy Governor N.S. Vishwanathan resigns before retirement

N.S. Vishwanathan

RBI Deputy Governor N S Vishwanathan has declared his resignation due to health issues. He was first appointed as the Reserve Bank’s deputy governor for a three-year term in 2016, following which he was reappointed for one year. Vishwanathan has worked under three governors Raghuram Rajan, Urjit Patel and Shaktikanta Das.

SAI declares 1st edition of Khelo India Women’s Hockey League

Khelo India Women’s Hockey League

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has declared the first edition of the Khelo India Women’s Hockey League Under-21 in association with Hockey India. The Khelo India Women’s Hockey League Under-21 will be managed by the Hockey India in three phases. The first season of the league will feature the participation of 14 teams. These 14 teams will be further divided into pools of seven teams each following a round-robin format.

Philippines will host the Badminton Asia Championships

Badminton Asia Championships

The Badminton Asia Championships will be organized in the capital of Philippines i.e. Manila. The Badminton Asia Championship was earlier scheduled to be organized in Wuhan, China. Due to Novel Coronavirus outbreak in China, the Badminton Asia has took a decision to move the Badminton Asia Championships from Wuhan to Manila.

Google cloud declares to open Delhi Cloud Region

Google cloud

Google Cloud declared its plans to open a Delhi Cloud Region which will be the company’s second cloud region in India since it launched one in Mumbai. The new cloud region will expand Google’s existing network which stands at 8 regions in the Asia Pacific and 22 regions globally. The Delhi cloud region will have three zones to protect against service disruptions. The project will be released in 2021.

ARCI makes “PEMFC” system for Disaster Management

ARCI

The International Advanced Research for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad has prepared a fuel cell technology called Polymer Electrolyte Membrane fuel cells (PEMFC). The Polymer Electrolyte Membrane fuel cells has been developed by ARCI in the power range of 1 to 20 kiloWatt (kW). The in-house PEMFC system has operational capability at low-temperatures with applications in decentralized power generation systems.

“Chronicles of Change Champions” book launched by Smriti Irani

Chronicles of Change Champions

Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani has launched a book titled “Chronicles of Change Champions” in New Delhi. The book is a compilation of 25 innovative initiatives taken at the state and district levels under the Prime Minister’s flagship scheme of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22nd January 2015 at Panipat, Haryana.

Former UN Chief Javier Perez de Cuellar passes away

Javier Perez de Cuellar

Former UN Chief Javier Perez de Cuellar passed away at the age of 100. He served as the president of the UN Security Council from 1973 to 1974. He also worked as United Nations Secretary General from 1981 to 1991. He was often called as a “pacifist by vocation and nature.” He was honored Prince of Asturias Prize for the promotion of Ibero-American cooperation in 1987.

Workshop-cum-Awareness Programme on Skill Development organized at Kulgam

Workshop-cum-Awareness Programme on Skill Development

The District Employment and Counseling Centre has launched a Workshop-cum-Awareness Programme on the Skill Development for Unorganized Workers in Kulgam, Jammu & Kashmir. The workshop for the unorganized workers was launched under the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PMSYM) Scheme.

4th Global Ayurveda Festival to be organized at Kochi

Global Ayurveda Festival

The 4th Global Ayurveda Festival will be organized at Kochi, Kerala with the theme of Ayurveda Medical Tourism: Actualizing India’s credibility. GAF2020 is being launched by the Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA). It will be the largest Ayurvedic event ever to be held anywhere across the world. GAF-2020 will bring together the world of Ayurveda wellness providers and it’s seekers to one platform.

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