[CA] March 2015 Events (Week 3) [March 17-24, 2015]

March III Week (March 17-24, 2015)
March 17	World conference on disaster risk reduction at Sendai, Japan
	Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) announced to appoint Olympic Bronze medallist boxer MC Mary Kom as the brand ambassador of the North-East region.
	Supreme Court quashed the Union Government’s decision to include Jats in the Central OBC list
	Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, widely referred to as the Nobel Prize for teaching (won by a teacher in US - Ms. Nancie Atwell)
	Union Environment Ministry revoked suspension of Goa mines
	Union Cabinet approved the Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Bill, 2015
	India to host seventh Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2016
	HDFC Bank launched mobile app Chillr to instantly transfer money to any person in India
	Textiles MoU between India and Kyrgyzstan is signed
	Smriti Irani named as Young Global Leader by WEF
	A new institution (Handicrafts & Carpet Sector Skill Council) was launched
March 18	Israel election: Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party won the election
	CBI files case in Antrix-Devas deal after 4 years
	An outlay of approximately Rs 1700 crore has been provided under Twelfth Plan for projects under Radiation Technologies and their applications
	Government of India has released an immediate cash assistance of US$ 250,000 to the Government of Vanuatu to help them in the relief and rehabilitation efforts
	Lok Sabha passed the Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Bill, 2015
	Air-to-Air missile Astra successfully test fired from ITR Chandipur in Odisha
	Gunmen kill 17 foreign tourists attack on Tunisian museum
	IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launched Bharatniti.in, a public policy portal that attempts to put into perspective policy matters using an “ancient yet contemporary” approach
	Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered a method that can change the dangerous leukemia cells in the lab to mature into harmless immune cells called macrophages, that may help fight cancer
	Ramachandran appointed as vice-chair of International Relations Commission of ANOC
	Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan named as President of Britain’s Royal Society
March 19	The Government has approved for establishment of All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIMS like Hospital on Ayurveda Medicine) at Sarita Vihar, New Delhi.
	Indian Railways roped in Ratan Tata to lead Kaya Kalp council
	Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Captain of Indian One Day International (ODI) Cricket team became the first Indian captain and third in the history of the game, to lead his country to 100 ODI wins
	Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS) to improve India’s rating on ease of doing business.
	Union Ministry of Environment to launch National Air Quality Index in April 2015
	The present nuclear power installed capacity of 5780 MW is expected to reach 10,080 MW by 2019 on progressive completion of the projects under construction/ commissioning.
	1st Counter-Terrorism Conference 2015 held in Jaipur
March 20	Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser died
	Amitabh Bachchan to be the brand ambassador of its campaign against Hepatitis B
	Union Cabinet gave its approval for the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) with an outlay of Rs.1500 crore.
	Union Cabinet  gave its approval for making reservation of 33 percent for women, in the police forces of all Union Territories
	Government will soon come up with 10 pharma clusters in the country.
	Pakistani cricketers Misbah-ul-Haq, Shaid Afridi retired from ODI cricket
	Lata Mangeshkar won the Laadli Voice of the Century award
March 21	World Forest Day; Theme is 'Forests and Climate Change'
	Martin Guptill (New Zaeland) scored the highest-ever score of 237 in Cricket World Cup history
	TN: P.Sethuraman is the new State Election Commissioner
	Katharine Viner: first woman to be the editor of 'The Guardian'
	National Action Plan for Skill Training of Persons with Disabilities Launched
	1st Indian Open Paralympics Games 2015 in New Delhi from May 2 to 9, 2015 for promoting the talents of the differently abled community in sports
	India Inc gives Rs. 1 crore to PM's Swachh Plan
March 22	World Water Day; Theme is 'Water and Sustainable Development'
	Rajendera Singh (an eminent environment activist) has been conferred the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize 2015
	IAS officer (Maruti Sawant) in Maharashtra raped girls under threat
	Live covergae of anti-terror operations banned
	Former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka became first Field Marshal of Sri Lanka
	BNP Paribas Open 2015: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis, the Indo-Swiss women pair of Tennis, won the women doubles title
	Differences emerged between the Reserve Bank and the Finance Ministry over the structure of a committee that will set interest rates and take monetary policy decisions
March 23	World Meteorological Day; Theme is 'Climate Knowledge for Climate Action'
	Annual Conference of State Minorities Commissions 2015
	BNP Paribas Open 2015: Novak Djokovic won the Men’s Singles title by defeating Roger Federer; it is Djokovic's 50th ATP title
	Madhav Gadgil and Dr. Jane Lubchenco won Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement 2015
	Hindi film actor Shashi Kapoor will be conferred with Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2014
	After too much of pressure and strict command for party leader, Govt in Karnataka agrees for CBI probe into the 'mysterious' death of IAS officer
	Former PM of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, passed away
	India - China hold talk on border dispute
	Need terror free atmosphere for India - Pak talks: Modi
	Maharashtra Government announced to make Sale of Gutka a non-bailable offence
	PM announced to set up Shaheed Bhagat Singh PG Institute for Horticulture Research & Education at Amritsar, Punjab
March 24	Supreme Court declared Section 66A of Information Technology Act, 2000 as unconstitutional
	World TB Day; Sub-theme: 'Reach, Treat, Cure Everyone'
	150 dead in Lufthansa Budget Aircraft Crash in the Alps region; flight was travelling from Bracelona (Spain) to Dusseldorf (Germany)
	National Film Awards: Marathi Film 'Court' is Best Film; Best Director - Srijit Mukherjee for Bengali film 'Chotushkone'
	India's Akhil Sharma wins UK literary prize (Folio Prize) for 'Family Life'
	Kunjannam, India's oldest woman dies at the age of 112
	Maldives Government invited UN to observe Nasheed's appeal
	World Cup Cricket: New Zealand enters into finals by defeating South Africa
	President’s award for Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian language conferred

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