[CA] March 2015 Events (Week 1)

March Week I (01-08, 2015)
March 01	China launched Silk Road Infrastructure project in Northwest Province of Gansu
	Mufti Mohammed Sayeed sworn-in as Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir
	Avalanches hit Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan
	Egyptian court declared Hamas as terrorist group
	Hifikepunye Pohamba, outgoing Namibian President, won the Mo Ibrahim prize for achievement in African leadership for year 2014
	Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was fined one lakh Turkish Lira (40000 US dollars) by the Istanbul 3rd Civil Court of Peace for calling an Armenian peace sculpture called Monument to Humanity a monstrosity
	World’s largest and tallest Indian flag unfurled in Faridabad
	Chief Justice of India HL Dattu has constituted a three-judge panel, including Chief Justices of 2 High Courts, to go into sexual harassment charges of a former woman judicial officer against a sitting judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court
	India's diplomacy move: [SAARC Yatra] started by Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar
March 02	Rafael Nadal of Spain won the Argentina Tennis Open
	Jagmohan Dalmiya unanimously elected as President of BCCI
	Union Railways Ministry launched Customer Complaint Web Portal and Mobile Application
	Mary Kom to quit boxing after 2016 Rio Olympics
	Huawei launched first Android Wear Smartwatch Huawei Watch
	Lok Sabha passed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2015
	Union Government and RBI signed an agreement on Monetary Policy Framework
	Core Sector Growth slows down
March 03	ECI launched National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme
	Royal Mint unveiled new Coinage Portrait of the Queen Elizabeth II
	IAS officer Kewal K Sharma appointed as Delhi Chief Secretary
	Forbes magazine released Global Billionaire’s 2015 annual list. Bill Gates co-founder of Microsoft topped the global billionaires list of Forbes magazine with worth of 79.2 billion US dollars for the 16th time.
	World Wildlife Day (Theme: "Wildlife crime is serious, let’s get serious about wildlife crime")
	Three South Asian women, namely Niloofar Rahmani (Afghanistan), Nadia Sharmeen (Bangladesh) and Tabassum Adnan (Pakistan) were selected for the prestigious International Women of Courage Award for the year 2015 given by the US Secretary of State
	Lok Sabha passed Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2015
	Hindi film actress Rani Mukerji awarded by National Institute of Gender Justice for representing the cause of women
	Union Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways launched a website Shipping Samvad
	The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has identified 35 non-metro airports initially and 28 more non-metro airports subsequently for development. Out of these, AAI has so far completed the work at 49 airports.
	Lok Sabha passed Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015
March 04	Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan announced a surprise repo rate cut, his second in less than two months. Repo rate has been reduced by 25 basis points or 0.25 per cent to 7.5 per cent with immediate effect.
	Bharti Airtel has entered into a partnership with China Mobile, the world's largest telco, for jointly sourcing devices and equipment as well as developing 4G technology and standards, a development which will help India's biggest telecom operator take on Reliance Jio Infocomm
	NPCIL pursuing various public outreach programmes in Kudankulam and its surrounding areas
	ISRO to carry out a test flight of Reusable Launch Vehicle – Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) by second quarter of 2015
	Earth System Science Organization–India Meteorological Department (ESSO-IMD) has developed and launched a mobile application for android based smart phone / tablets. The mobile app by the name ‘Indian Weather’ is downloadable from Google play store, free of cost. Presently, the app provides current weather and 4 days weather forecast across the country for 310 cities.
	Government of India has decided to establish a National Marine Police Training Institute in Dwarka Dt of Gujarat
	Shortage of IAS Officers: West Bengal (139 officers); Uttar Pradesh (118 officers); Bihar (108 officers); Madhya Pradesh (97 officers)
	Assam Assembly passed a resolution on continuation of Special Category status of the state
	British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) released a documentary film India's Daughter.  The documentary film has been directed by Leslee Udwin.
	The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave its nod to extend the PDS Kerosene and Domestic LPG Subsidy Scheme 2002 for a period of one year that is up to 31 March 2015.
	Lok Sabha passed Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015
	Australian cricket team created the World Cup record for highest-ever score of 417 for 6 in a match against Afghanistan in Perth. It defeated Afghanistan by 275 runs which was the biggest winning margin in the tournament’s history.
	The Delhi High Court upheld the conviction of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son along with 53 others in the teachers recruitment scam. They had been awarded a 10 year jail term in January 2013 by a Special CBI court.
March 05	Maharashtra Government scrapped 5% reservations to Muslims in government jobs
	Best Cities to live: Vienna followed by Zurich and Auckland
	Health Ministry to celebrate International Women’s Day as ‘Safe Motherhood Day’: Shri J P Nadda
	Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways is set to make its entry into cargo operations with the civil aviation ministry granting in-principle approval for the wet lease of a freighter from Etihad, which owns a stake in the Indian carrier
	The Government will launch direct cash transfer of food subsidy to beneficiaries in Chandigarh and Puducherry on pilot basis.
	US  Envoy was attacked in Seoul
March 06	Islamic State Group bulldozed ancient city of Nimrud in Iraq
	NASA's Dawn Spacecraft completed its Orbit around Dwarf Planet Ceres
	Sri Lanka temporarily suspended Colombo Port City Project of China
	India and Spain signed an agreement on Mutual Protection of Classified Information
	The Kathmandu-Varanasi-Kathmandu bus service was flagged off jointly by India and Nepal (called as India-Nepal Friednship Bus)
	Sunil Sabharwal, an independent Indian-American investor, was re-nominated as an Alternate Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by the United States (US)
	Former Bihar Chief Minister Ramsundar Das died
	Online grocery retailer BigBasket.com has launched its service in Chennai, making it as the fifth city in operation across the country (Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Pune)
	Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa has raised a women only group “Black Mambas” for protecting the rhinos.
March 07	Ms. Shanthi Ranganathan, honorary secretary of the T.T. Ranganathan Clinical Research Foundation has been chosen for this year's Avvaiyar Award of TN government
	Indian Government banned "India's Daughter" but it is a hit on YouTube
	After R K Pachauri, now DRDO's Majumadar on Sexual Offence case
	Assam and Nagaland border on tense
	India's Saina Nehwal entered into the finals of the prestigious All England Badminton Championships
	Look at fisherfolk row from a humanitarian basis and not on legal prism - Sushma Swaraj to Ranil Wickremesinghe
March 08	International Women's Day (Theme: "Make It Happen"; "Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it")
	Centre is setting up 'One-Stop-Centres' and a 'mobile helpline' to aid women - Modi
	All England Badminton Championships: Spain's Carolina wins and India's Saina settles for Silver
	Eminent journalist Vinod Mehta Passed away
	Indo-Nepal Freindship Motor Rally 2015 inaugurated
	Sunderbans losing green cover and land mass - ISRO
	Delhi HC has refused to keep live-in relationships outside the purview of rape under the IPC

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