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| Date | Day | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| 01 March | Zero Discrimination Day | Zero Discrimination against Women and Girls child |
| 01 - 07 March | Jan Aushadhi Diwas week | |
| 03 March | World wildlife day | Sustaining all life on Earth |
| 03 March | World Hearing Day | Hearing for Life. Don't let hearing loss limit you. |
| 04 March | National Security Day | |
| 08 March | International Women's Day | I am generation equality : Realizing Women's rights. |
| 10 March | 52st CISF Raising day | |
| 12 March | World KIdney Day | Kidney health for everyone everywhere – from prevention to detection and equitable access to care |
| 13 March | world Rotaract Day | |
| 13 March | World Sleep day | Better Sleep, Better Life, Better planet |
| 14 March | International day of Mathematics | |
| 15 March | World Consumer rights day | The Sustainable consumer |
| 16 March | National vaccine day | |
| 18 March | Ordnance Factories' Day in India | |
| 18 March | Global recycling Day | #RecyclingHeroes |
| 20 March | International Happiness Day | Happiness for All, Together. |
| 20 March | World Sparrow Day | |
| 20 March | World Frog Day | |
| 20 March | UN French Language day | |
| 20 March | World day of Theatre for children and Young People | |
| 21 March | International day of Forests | Forests and Biodiversity |
| 21 March | World Down Syndrome Day | We decide |
| 21 March | World Poetry Day | |
| 21 March | International day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | |
| 21 March | World Puppetry Day | |
| 22 March | World Water day | Water and Climate change |
| 23 March | Martyrs day ( S. Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar, Shivaram Rajguru) | |
| 23 March | World Meteorological Day | Climate and Water |
| 24 March | World Tuberculosis Day | It's Time |
| 24 March | International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims. | |
| 25 March | International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade | |
| 25 March | International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members | |
| 27 March | World Theatre Day | |
| 28 March( Last Saturday of March) | Earth Hour 2020 | |
| 31 March | International Transgender day of Visibility | |
| 31 March | World Backup day | |
| 31 March | International Drug Checking Day |
The Union Government of India is foretelling to replace all level crossings on National Highways by Over/under Bridges. The replacement of all the level crossings on National Highways by Road Over Bridges or Road Under Bridges will be executed under the Setu Bharatam scheme. The whole replacement work will be executed by Road Transport and Highways Ministry.
Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), the retirement fund body has slashed the interest rate from 8.65% to 8.50% on provident fund deposits for the financial year 2019-20. The announcement of the reduced interest rate was made by Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar.
The annual festival of St Antony’s Shrine starts in Katchatheevu Island of Sri Lanka. The festival started with the traditional flag hoisting ceremonies. St Antony is being prayed by the devotees as the patron saint of sea farers. The festival celebrations also featured the participation of more than 3,000 devotees from India. As per an agreement between the two governments, Indians are not required to possess an Indian passport or Sri Lankan visa for visiting Kachchatheevu.
The celebration of festival “Chapchar Kut” has started in the state of Mizoram. Chapchar Kut is the biggest and the most joyful spring festival of Mizos. This festival is held when the bamboos and trees that have been cut down are being awaited to dry to be burnt for jhumming. The celebrations of the festival began with mega event held at Aizawl.
Amazon has paired with the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) under Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to facilitate e-marketing of products which are made by Self Help Groups (SHGs) across the nation in urban areas. The collaboration will also help in documenting and preserving the unique traditional art and crafts of different states. Earlier, This kind of partnership was also done by DAY-NULM with Flipkart.
Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee (BRAC) is an international development organization that has topped the list of top 500 Global Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). The list of the top 500 global NGOs of year 2020 was delivered by Geneva-based organization NGO Adviser. The Bangladesh based international development organization, BRAC has retained its 1st rank in the list for the 5th consecutive year.
India observed 7th of March every year as Jan Aushadhi Diwas. The days targets to spread awareness and providing thrust to the use of generic medicines. Janaushadhi Kendras is the world’s biggest retail pharma chain having around 6,200 outlets in 700 districts of the country. It also provides a good source of self-employment with sustainable and regular earnings.
A unit of Indian Army has arranged a Self Defence Training demonstration for Women with a theme of “Stronger You Stronger Society” for the local womenfolk in Nalbari district of Assam. The training demonstration was organized with a target of addressing fear and to empower the girls morally, mentally and physically to defend themselves in any set of circumstances.
Global sports brand PUMA has made bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor Khan as its new brand ambassador. She will be the face of the sports brand for its studio Collection which involves a low-intensity training apparel collection for yoga, barre and pilates workouts. Puma gives performance and sport-inspired lifestyle products in various games ranging from football, running and training, basketball, golf to motorsports.
Ukraine parliament declared Denys Shmygal as a new prime minister of Ukraine. He is the nominee of Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine. He won by majority, previously he held the post as the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of regional Development & before that was governor of the western Ivano-Frankivsk region. Ukraine Parliament also declared Oleksiy Honcharuk resignation who is previous Prime Minister of Ukraine.
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