Gk March Compendium Current Affairs for CLAT

Gk March Compendium
INDIAN AFFAIRS
1.Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)

introduced two prime projects ;NationalWaterway
No 2 - Brahmaputra River between the
Bangladesh ; border and Sadiya (Assam) - Rs
50.76 crore; Ro-Ro ferry service between Dhubri
& Hatsingimari
2.Haryana government announced to rename
Mustafabad village as Saraswati nagar.
3.Knight Frank Wealth Report 2016 - Mumbai,
with 1094 billionaires(21st )followed by Delhi at
545(23rd )
4.Chennai gets first smart self cleaning toilets in
India 183 by Eram scientific solution
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12.Japan International Cooperation Agency has
pledged Rs. 5700 crore to up gradation of
National Highway projects in North East India.NH
54 in Mizoram and NH 51in Meghalaya.
13.Election Commission of India announced
Assembly Elections dates for Kerala, West Bengal,
Tamilnadu, Assam, and Puduchchery - April 4
and May 16 and May 19.
14.Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT)
signed a MoA with the Union Government to get a
loan of Rs. `1000 crores.
15.Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited owned
Commissions Supercritical Thermal Unit - 700
MW at Bellary Thermal Power Project in
Karnataka.
16.The traditional Spring Festival of Mizoram,
Chapchar Kut, was celebrated across the state on
March 5, 2016.
5.Carriage by Air amendment bill to empower

Union government to revise the limits of liability
for airlines and compensation as per the Montreal 17.Nagaland Information Commission regarded
Convention which India accepted in 2009.
as one of the best of its kind in the entire
country.
6.Telengana government to replace the existing
bulbs with LED in 25 municipalities within 100
days - G Jagadish Reddy
7.12th South Asian Games decided to set up
Tikhor Park (Games Mascot) in Guwahati and
Shillong with Rs. 2 Crore
8.PM Narendra Modi Launches Setu Bharatam
Project to ensure our highways without railway
crossings, the Setu Bharatam Project. ;Outlay:
Rs. 50,800 cr and Target: 2019
18.President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the

National conference of Women legislators at
Vigyan Bhawan - 33% reservation for women in
legislation
19.Indian Railways to set up special wing for
research SRESHTA - Special Railway
Establishment for Strategic Technology and
Holistic Advancement
9.Allepey, the Venice of the East, and a favourite

tourism spot in Kerala- Indias first 75-seater
Solar Ferry - built by NavAlt
20.UP gov passed the UP revenue code

amendment bill that facilitates Dalits to sell their
land to Non-Dalits.Pre-British era revenue law
was replaced by UP Revenue Code (Amendment)
Bill, 2016
10.Raisina-Dialogue - the three day Flagship

Programme on Geopolitics and Geo-economics
began in New Delhi - Sushma Swaraj
21.GOI will digitalise all the 1.29 lakh rural post

offices by 2017 - Rs. 4909 crore
22.Gov started the second edition of Gyan

11.Sri Arun Jaitley introduced the Aadhaar
(Target Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, sangam and in the third phase of Gyan sangam it
has planned to focus on Consolidation of banks Benefits and other Services) Bill, 2016.
Jayant sinha
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23.Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan laid out

the foundation stone for Octomax unit in the oil
refinery at Mathura;First high octane gasoline
production unit - Rs 5,000 crore novel
technology.
31.Gujarat govt.topped the list of states with

most investment potential ;Report released by
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
;Top 5: Gujarat, New Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Andhra
Pradesh and Maharashtra
24.The Sex ratio in Gujarat(22nd) fallen

significantly from 920 in 2001 to 919 in 2011.
32.Govt. mulls Wind Energy Potential to promote

wind energy projects - interest discount of 0.25 %
25.Union Government proposes to launch a River 33.Saudi Arabia and India hold talks on regional
Information System (RIS), the system is similar to and global issues of mutual interests. -Sushma
Swaraj and Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir in New
Air Traffic Control.
Delhi.
26.Mumbai to host BRICS Friendship Cities
Conclave in April involving top Urban Policy
34.Rajya Sabha passes Bureau of Indian
makers and Planners from BRICS Nations April Standards bill to make BIS, a national
14-16
standards body.
27.Germany partnered with Indias flagship
program Smart City Mission to develop
Bhubaneswar, Kochi, and Coimbatore as smart
Cities.
28.Womens Day News box ;ICICI bank
announced a work-from-home programme for the
women workers iWork @ home platform ;Air India
flew its first worlds longest all women flight from
New Delhi to San Francisco. ;Tata housing tying
up with SBI to provide special home loan part of
Her Ghar scheme ;SBI life insurance launched
the Smart Women Advantage scheme for life
cover, savings and female-specific critical illness
benefits ;Indias rank in women representation
has slipped from 117 to 144. ;Union Minister for
Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay
Gandhi launched Mahila e-Haat portal in New
Delhi to enable women to sell their products
across the nation ;Indias air force will induct its
first female fighter pilots in June - Bhawna
Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana
29.Haryana Global Investors Summit 2016 Gurgaon;Happening Haryana Global Investors
Summit-2016 - 25 lakh crore
30.48-year-old Enemy Property Act to allow the
custodians to continue to hold sway over enemy
properties- To amend the Enemy Property Act,
1968.
35.The first Maritime summit to be held at India 57 countries from the world.
36.Rajya Sabha passed National Waterways Bill
2015 by the Minister of Road Transport and
Highways and Shipping, Mr. NitinGadkari.
37.Cycling event of Indian Army with theme
Cycle to Recycle flagged off from Pangsau Pass
in the India-Myanmar border. -Theme: Cycle and
Recycle
38.National Anthem compulsory in all schools West Bengal Gov
39.Real Estate Regulation and Development Bill the favour of protection of Home buyer 70% sale
proceeds
40.Union Cabinet approved the Hydrocarbon
Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP). -It will
enhance domestic oil and gas production,
41.Union Cabinet approved the proposal of the
Ministry of Home Affairs to amend the Sikh
Gurdwaras Act, 1925
42.Union Cabinet gave its approval for the
BIMSTECConvention on mutual legal assistance
in Criminal Matters. -7 countries Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and
Thailand
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43.IMF will establish a knowledge-sharing centre
in India, -Technical support and assistance to
India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
and Bhutan.
44.Cabinet approved amendment to mining lawMines and minerals (Development and
Regulation) Amendment Bill 2015 to transfer of
mining lease for captive mines.

56.Maharashtra gov passed the prohibition of
social Boycott bill - 7 years in prison or fine up to
5 lakh rupees or both
57.International Childrens Film Festival The
Golden Elephant for the North East Region began
in Gangtok
45.Lok Sabha passes Aadhaar bill 2016 - to avail

the subsidies and schemes of the Government
58.Order Amendment Bill, 2016 passed in Lok

Sabha to amend the Constitution Scheduled
Castes Order 1950. -5 states: Chhattisgarh,
Haryana, Kerala, Odisha and West Bengal,
46.Kakrapar atomic power Plant in Gujarat was

shut down after leakage developed of heavy
water.
59.The largest fair on Food & Hospitality Sector

AAHAR 2016 - 31st edition was inaugurated by
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
47.PM Narendra Modi inaugurated three Railway

projects at Bihar Rs.7200 cr; Patna Rail-cumroad Bridge;Mokama double line Railway
bridge;Munger rail-cum-road Bridge
60.Under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana Loans

worth Rs1.09 lakh crore have been sanctioned to
small entrepreneurs-Loan between Rs.50, 000
and Rs.10 lakh
48.Govt to computerise all ration shops by 2019

by installing electronic Point of Sale (ePoS)
devices
61.The Centre has released 609 crore rupees for

upgrading prisons in eight States -Kerala,
Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra
Pradesh,Maharashtra, Mizoram, Tripura and
Arunachal Pradesh.
49.Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has

conducted a honey festival in Mangaluru
50.Foreign Minister of the Government of Mexico,
H.E. Ms Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas, visited
India on two day visit to India ;Mexico in the
international context and its relations with India lecture
51.Allahabad High Court(1866) celebrates its
150th Foundation Day on 14th March 2016 52.Conference Advancing Asia: Investing for
the Future held in New Delhi by Government of
India and the IMF
53.UP Govt approved a policy for senior citizens
monthly pension from Rs. 300 to Rs. 400.
62.Union Government given final approval for

setting up a Mega Food Park in Khammam
District of Telangana- Rs. 108.95 crore
63.India signed Social Security Agreement Pact
with Australia(14th country)
64.India and China Exchange Tariff Cut Offers to
liberalise trade ties as they exchange offers on
tariff cuts in goods imports.
65.Punjab Assembly passed the Punjab Sutlej
Yamuna Link Canal land bill-2016. Contradiction of the construction of contentious
Sutlej Yamuna Link.
66.Career Guidance Counselling Centres

54.Indias First Education Focused Accelerator
launched in Delhi to improve employment
Programme Edugild Started At MIT,PUNE;Edugild opportunities for women
CEO - Rishi Kapal
67.President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the
55.Jammu & Kashmir adopted new industrial
5th edition of the India Aviation 2016 in
policy 2016 to attract an investment of Rs.2000
Hyderabad
crores - Governor N N Vohra
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68.Swachh Bharat Abhiyan- Ek Kadam
Swachhta Ki Aur Survey - Surat Cleanest
Railway Station and Varanasi Dirtiest railway
station
69.Cisco to set up Internet of Everything (IoE)
innovation centre in Visakhapatnam - Part of the
inauguration of Indias first statewide broadband
project-AP Fiber Net in Visakhapatnam
70.PM Modi inaugurated the first World Sufi
Forum- Bain-ul-Aqwami Sufi Conference in New
Delhi.
71.Indian Airforce to conduct day-night exercise
Iron-fist at Rajasthans Pokhran firing range
72.Gov of Goa declared Feni as Heritage spirit of
Goa. under the Goa Excise Duty Act, 1964.
73.SC allowed photographs of CMs, Governors &
Ministers in Public advertisements - Justice
Ranjan Gogoi bench
74.Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah
Naidu unveiled Model Building Bye-Laws, 2016
for granting permission for construction of
buildings 75.Narendra Modi inaugurated three-day Krishi
Unnati Mela in New Delhi;To provide information
on new farm schemes and technologies for
farmers; Krishi Karman Awards for 2014-15:
Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Meghalaya, Haryana,
Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and West
Bengal;Commendation awards: Himachal
Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Goa
76.Union Health Minister J P Nadda, launched
Bedaquiline new anti-TB drug for Drug Resistant
TB
77.Mumbais Wilson College adopts railway
station for cleanliness as a part of the Swachch
Bharat Abhiyan

79.India will host the 8th BRICS Summit from 15
October to 16 October 2016 in Goa announced by
External affairs ministry
80.Punjab Assembly has passed a bill Punjab
Settlement of Agricultural Indebtedness Bill,
2016 to provides relief to the farmers
81.The Union ministry of Health & Welfare
launched a study on Longitudinal Ageing of
Indians termed as LASI(Longitudinal Ageing
Study in India) -6% of the total population of
India is elderly people -340 million of 60+ aged
people in 2050
82.India Post released customised
commemorative stamp on HAL to recognize the
companys 75 years services to the nation
83.Government clears new Defence Procurement
Policy to make equipments locally and fund
private-sector R&D
84.NTPC commissioned a 250 MW Unit-I of its
arm at Bihar.
85.PM Inaugurates Power transmission line
between India & Bangladesh from Agartala
86.Bangladesh providing 10GB Internet
Bandwidth to India
87.Himachal, Mumbai to have electric buses from
Tata motorsunder its flagship scheme Faster
Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric
Vehicles in India (FAME India).
88.Gov approved 11 highway projects with a total
length of about 453 km and worth of Rs 6,284
crore
89.Swachh Bharat rankings Cleanest building
Rashtrapati Bhavan, UPSC Building, Hyderabad
House, Jawaharlal Nehru Bhavan and Vigyan
Bhavan
78.BHEL commissioned another 270 MW unit at 90.110 gram panchayats in Chhattisgarh were
Goindwal Sahibcoal-fired power project in Punjab declared open defecation-free under the Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan
91.Mehbooba Mufti elected as first woman chief
minister of Jammu and Kashmir
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92.Andhra Pradesh gov inaugurates Indias first

lift irrigation project at Pattiseema village- It
connects river Godavari with Krishna
104.BHEL commissioned 40 MW hydropower

generating unit at the Teesta low dam hydro
electric project (HEP) in West Bengal.
93.BHEL commissions 600 MW unit of Singareni

project in Adilabad
105.Haryana gov approved the Jat reservation bill

to provide reservation to Jats and four other
castes(Sikhs, Rors, Bishnois and Tyagis)
94.Ayurveda, Arogya fair is a four day programme

which began in Goa. - Organised by AYUSH
106.Gov reconstituted the Board of trade headed
ministry and Confederation of Indian Industry by the commerce minister and first meeting will
Objective is to popularize the Indian Medicinal
be held on April,6
system
107.Madhya Pradesh to join National Agri Market
95.India decided to provide electricity operated
platform -PM Modi to launch it from the state on
cars at zero down payment making it as a 100%
April 14 to mark B R Ambedkars birth
evehicle nation by 2030 said by Piyush Goyal
anniversary.
96.4th unit of 195 Mw of Muzaffarpur Thermal
Power Station (MTPS) was successfully
synchronised with the national grid.
97.Madhya Pradesh to have its first Indo Tibetan
Border Police weapon training centre at
Batiagarh, Damoh Rs 2100 crores
108.Haryana becomes 1st to launch Injectable

Contraceptive - Salamati -To maintain a healthy
balance between the births of children by using
injectable contraceptive
109.Gujarat to set up a University exclusively
focussed Organic Farming - Rs 10 crore
98.The Union Minister of health and welfare J P

Nadda launched Rota virus vaccine in
Bhubaneshwar
110.Gov notified the new Aadhaar Act, 2016 - the

numbers assigned by it a statutory backing for
transfer of subsidies and benefits
99.Maharashtra gets its first set of Women

Commanders to protect forest - a batch of 20
women
111.Telengana CM Chandrasekhar Rao passed

the bill Payment of Salaries and Pensions and
Removal of Disqualifications(Amendment) Bill2016 for hike in salary of MLAs and MLCs.
100.Common Yoga protocol revealed for 2nd

International day of Yoga(June 21) by the AYUSH
minister Shripad Yesso Naik
101.The President rule imposed in Uttarakhand
when the congress ruled government faced the
opposition from the 9 rebel MLAS.
112.Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla

Launched Innovative Entrepreneurship & Skill
Development Programme of MANAS through
Renowned Experts in Different Skill Sets
113.Finance minister Arun Jaitley launched the
Make in India conference in Sydney.
102.The Economic Advisor of Himachal Pradeep

Chauhan released Sixth Economic Census of
114.Gov will share the results of government
Himachal Pradesh - 100 per cent establishments; recruitment exams and PSUs which will be
First state in the country to complete the census shared with private player for job opportunity
and release the report
115.Kachabali village in Rajsamand district of
103.Adapting homes for the differently-abled
Rajasthan become the first in state to vote in
scheme - 6 months pension would be given in
support of closing down the only liquor shop in
advance to persons
the village.
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116.Financial capital of India Mumbai to get its

first Arbitration Centre for dealing the financial
disputes.
129.Global Energy Architecture Performance

Index Report WEF.India - 90th place - Top 3:
Swizerland, Norway and Sweden
117.Government Unveils unified building bye

laws proposed by Venkaiah Naidu - Amended
after a gap of 33 years and it enables the single
window approval -The permissions time 14 from
40 and time limit come down from 60 to 30 days
130.Japanese government will stipulate a longterm goal of cutting green house emissions by 80
per cent by 2050
118.BHEL commissioned 250 MW coal-based

thermal power plant in Bihar.
119.The national anthem must be sung by the
Students every day in the primary schools of
Uttar Pradesh UP CM Akilesh Yadav
120.Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh
presented the State Budget for the fiscal year
2016-17.
121.Uttarkhand Government presented the
40422 crores State budget 2016-17
122.Telengana Government to present 1.30 Lakh
crore Budget 2016-17
131.EU releases 252 million euros in aid for

Palestinians to support the Palestinian
Authoritys health and education programmes
132.London is the most expensive city to live in,
by overtaking Hong Kong, New York -Savills
survey
133.China launched its first self propelled
floating dock, giving it the ability to repair
warships from the coast.
134.Worlds Costliest Train Station Opened in
New York,connects New York to New Jersey.
135.UN Security Council adopts tough sanctions
against North Korea Over Nuclear Test
136.Japan signed an agreement with the

123.Goa CM Laxmikant Parsekar Presented State Philippines to supply defence equipment, the first
Budget for 2016-17
such pact by Japan in the South Asian region.
124.Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis
Government presented its State Budget for the
year 2016-17
137.India Signs Agreement With

IEA(International Energy Agency) in the fields of
energy data and forecasting.
125.Haryana gov proposed a tax free budget for

the financial year 2016-17.
138.Pakistans upper house of Parliament

rejected National Airline privatization bill- PIA
(Pakistan International Airlines) Corporation
Conversion Bill 2015 - Zahid Hamid.
126.Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia

presented a Rs 46,600 crore annual budget for
2016- 17
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
127.Strategic dialogue between US and Pakistan

after the controversial deal of F-16 jets
128.Peru government has declared state
emergency after a major oil pipeline burst
affecting two rivers Chiriaco and Morona rivers
139.US religious commission seeking to

investigate the declining religious independence
in the country denied the Indian Visa.
140.UN Refugee Agency and UNICEF are setting
up special support centres Blue Dot hubs to
protect children & families on move across
Europe.
141.Women at Work: Trends2016 -International
Labour Organizations Report.;Womens wages
remain unchanged in 20 years
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142.United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
and the United Nations Childrens Emergency
Fund(UNICEF) jointly launched the Global
Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child
Marriage. 12 countries across Africa and Asia.
143.34 countries, nearly 80 percent of them in
Africa, dont have enough food - UN report; Iraq,
Syria, Yemen, Somalia, and the Central African
Republic.
144.Pakistan Government initiated probe into
Karachi-based Muttahida Qaumi Movement
(MQM) partys Alleged ties with based Research
Analysis Wing (RAW)
145.Mumbai and Bangalore are among the
cheapest cities in the world - London forecast
group (EIU).;Most expensive city: Singapore,
London(6th) and New York(7th )
146.Serbian government has proclaimed a state
of emergency as heavy rains are causing
extensive flooding.

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NEERAJ AGGARWAL BATTERY VENTURES ;10
KRISHNA KOLLURI NEW ENTERPRISE
ASSOCIATES
153.Mauritania has ratified the 2014 Protocol to
the Forced Labour Convention, 1930- Mauritania,
Niger, Norway and the United Kingdom (Europe)
154.Happiness Index India ranked 118:-Top 3:
Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland
155.Narendra Modi is set to join the league of the
most prominent world leaders at the World
famous Wax Museum Madame Tussauds in
London.
156.4th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves
was inaugurated in Lima, Peru
157.The worlds first fully electric-powered

double-decker bus unveiled in London:-US
147.India Inc. is set to formally adopt the United presidential hopeful Donald Trump, Author J K
Nations (UN) agenda for the worlds sustainable
Rowling,Former Olympic athlete Caitlyn
development and 17 goals have been identified for Jenner,Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo,Cristiano
Ronaldo,Lily Singh and Josh Ostrovsky
its implementation.
148.The Arab League has declared Lebanese
movement Hezbollah a terrorist group, the
decision came during an Arab League foreign
ministers visit in Cairo.
158.Bangkok is to impose a curfew during the

worlds biggest water festival - Songkran festival
149.Ireland arrived new constitutional territory

after its parliament failed to elect a prime
minister ;Enda Kenny remains as prime minister
159.FIFA acknowledged that tens of millions of

dollars bribe money seized by U.S. federal
prosecutors in past World Cup hosting contests
for the first time.
150.Chinas Supreme Court is setting up its own

international maritime judicial centre to handle
territorial disputes.
160.13th meeting of Broadband Commission for

Sustainable Development was held on 14 March
2016 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
151.UNESCO joined hands with CJ Welfare to

start an animation program named Rainbow
Ruby.Support for Better Life for Girls campaign
161.eAtlas of Gender Inequality in Education

released by the UNESCOs Institute for Statistics
(UIS). - Gender inequalities highest in the Arab
States, sub-Saharan Africa and South, and West
Asia
152.100 Global Venture Capitalists - Top 10:- 1

SAMEER GANDHI ACCEL ,2 PROMOD HAQUE
NORWEST ;3 SALIL DESHPANDE BAIN CAPITAL
VENTURES ;4 NAVIN CHADDA MAYFIELD FUND
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162.India provided 265 million grant for
constituting Tagores memorial Auditorium in
Srilanka

contribution by India, China & Brazil in 2015 in
renewable energy - $156 billion
175.India has decided to appeal against WTO
verdict in solar panel case ; Demanding equal
market for domestic as well as foreign traders
163.Britains top 101 richest Asians : Hinduja

brothers emerged as the richest Asian-origin
entrepreneurs in Britain for the fourth
consecutive year ; Others - Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, 176.Security Council has decided to extend the
UN assistance provided to Somalia till
Sri Prakash Lohia and Arora brothers
March,2017
164.EU struck a deal with Turkey to allow all
177.US President, Barack Obama made a historic
refugees and migrants arriving in Europe.
visit to Cuba in 88 years ; Signed a first business
165.IKEA pledged Rs 92.84 crore to provide safe
deal in Cuba since the 1959 revolution
water and sanitation to one million people in
178.British gov lifted the ban on the International
India and Indonesia through Water.Org.
Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF)
166.Barrons top global 30 CEOs; Top 3 - Warren
179.Syrian Army(mortal blow) recaptures historic
Buffet(Berkshire Hathaway), David
Cote(Honeywell),Jamie Dimon(JP Morgan Chase) ; city of Palmyra from IS
Indians - Anand Mahindra(M&M) and Aditya
180.EgyptAir Flight MS181 hijacked to Cyprus.
Puri(HDFC).
181.The UN Childrens Fund (UNICEF) launched
167.Nepal to join the Shanghai Cooperation
a series of animated films Unfairy Tales Of
Organisation(SCO) as a dialogue partner.
Refugee And Migrant Children to help frame
positive insights toward the tens of millions of
168.TIMEs Most Influential people - PM Modi,
tennis player Sania Mirza and Bollywood actress children and young people.
Priyanka Chopra ;Others - Sundar Pichai, Satya
Nadella, Aziz Ansari
182.Ebola threat comes to an end in West Africa

declared by WHO
169.Organisation for Economic Cooperation and 183.France long military operation

Development(OECD) made a standardised
Sangaris(2013) in Central African comes to an
electronic format for the exchange of Country-by- end
Country (CbC)
184.India institute its first Chair in the Arab
170.Fortune 50 leaders listed by Fortune
world at Egypts third largest university Ain
magazine - Arvind Kejriwal(42nd)
Shams University (ASU) in Cairo.
171.Indian origin -South Carolinas governor
Nikki(17th) and Resham Saujani(20th ) ; Women
Saujani, Angela Merkel,Aung San Suu Kyi
,Christine Lagarde and Sheik Hasina
172.US congress passed the bill in senate to
allow India to be a member of APEC.
BANKING & FINANCE
173.Radovan Karadzic imprisoned for 40 years

for war crimes in Bosnian war 1992-95
185.IFClaunched its first Uridishi masala bond in

India to mobilize 300 million rupees from
Japanese household investors to promote private
sector investment .
174.Global Trends in Renewable Energy

Investment for 2015 UN Report ;The
186.World Bank, India and Government of

Madhya Pradesh inked a credit concord worth of
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US $300 million for the Madhya Pradesh (MP)
Higher Education Quality Improvement Project.
187.RBI announced relaxation of certain norms
in the balance sheet - unlock 40,000 crores to
support the capital requirement
188.Nomura report that Indias GDP growth will
rise from 7.6% to 7.8% in the year 2016-17.GDP
189.Government cancelled the contract for the
RS. 10,050 crore Zojila Pass Tunnel Building
Project - Jammu & Kashmir
190.RBI Released the Non Banking Financial
Company- Account Aggregator Directions, 2016To allow a separate category of Non Banking
Financial Company to emerge as an Account
Aggregator.
191.Foreign Banks Get Myanmar Licence ;
Vietnams Bank for Investment and Development
; Taiwans E.SUN Commercial Bank ; South
Koreas Shinhan Bank ; State Bank of India
192.Capital Local Area Bank Limited got first
small finance bank licence.
193.Axis bank is better placed than ICICI and
other public sector bank in terms of corporate
book profitability - Nomura
194.Government may look into merging the
twenty seven PSBs into just six -Gyan Sangam
bad loan issue
195.The growth forecast for India is at 7.5 per
cent this fiscal and sees higher growth over the
next two financial years Fitch
196.Soft Bank group Corp plans to split its
domestic and overseas business - Nikesh Arora
197.Department of Revenue sets up dedicated
structure for monitoring taxpayer Services - Tax
Administration Reforms Commissions (TARC)
report
198.YES Bank starting its first All women
operated branch in Bengaluru Yes Grace

199.RBI share its FDI details with the Intelligence
Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing to
prevent the entry of Black money
200.Govt removed proposed tax on EPF
withdrawals ; To make up to 60 per cent of savers
corpus withdrawn from the EPF tax-free if
invested in annuity and 40% tax free
201.ICICI Bank launched credit-linked subsidy
scheme under PMAY(Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana)
202.HDFC Bank tied up with 5 start ups ;
Senseforth Technologies,Tagnpin,Safe 2
Pay,Bugclipper and Taptis Technology
203.Employee Provident Fund Organisation
announced an incentive for the employees who
register between January and December 2016 - 5
to 10%
204.116 central public sector enterprises spent
an amount of Rs 2447.59 crore on Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) in 2014-15
205.The GDP growth of India at 7.9% for the
fiscal year 2016 - Crisil
206.India Post Picked Deloitte as Consultant for
Payments Bankto advise it on setting up a
payments bank Rs.800cr
207.ICICI signed a pact with Italian luxury sports
car manufacturer Ferrari to issue co-branded
credit cards Visa platform.
208.Kotak Mahindra Bank Group signed an
agreement up with Canadian Pension Plan
Investment Board (CPPIB) to launch a $525
million fund.
209.RBI is likely to pay the government Rs
57,000 crore in dividends in the fiscal year 201617.
210.SBI released arrears worth Rs.1, 465 crore to
about 7.75 lakh defence beneficiaries under
OROP scheme
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211.RBI asked banks to credit interest on savings norms ; Notice period is greater than 30 days for
accounts every quarter or shorter than that of the Cash outflows of retail term deposit
fiscal.
224.Lakshmi Vilas Bank tied up with
212.ICICI Bank launched a new NFC-based
NBHC(National Bulk Handling Corporation
mobile payment system iTap enabling contactless Private Limited) for collateral management &
transactions via its Pockets app.
warehousing
213.IDBI allowed its customers to invest in bonds 225.South Indian Bank got the ISO 9001:2008
through its ATMs. ; G-Sec through ATM is an
certification.
extension of Banks Samriddhi G-Sec Portal
226.Indian economy is fast growing which has
214.Gov slashed the interest rates of Public
been projected at 7.2% in 2015-16 by the BMI
Provident Fund (PPF) scheme - will be cut to 8.1
research 8% in 2016-17
per cent from 8.7 per cent ; Five-Year National
227.The Department of Industrial Policy and
Savings Certificates - 1 per cent as against 8.5
Promotion (DIPP) gave its nod to 49% FDI in
per cent ; Five-year Monthly Income Account 7.8 per cent as opposed to 8.4 per cent ; Two-year Insurance and Pension Sector
time deposit -2 per cent instead of 8.4 per cent, ; 228.RBI revised the Rules for rehabilitation of
Five-year recurring deposit will earn 4 per cent
MSMEs to reform the banking sector and bring
instead of 8.4 per cent
down the NPAs. Loan limits -25 crores
215.Chhattisgarh gov disbursed Rs 1,821-crore
loans to several beneficiaries under the Pradhan
Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY)
216.HDFC Bank launched banking solution for
start-ups after SBIs InCube and RBL Banks
India start-up Club.
217.IRDA gave nod to allow LIC to invest in the
Public Sector Banks.
218.Government canceled Recognition of Delhi
Stock Exchange following the serious
irregularities in its demutualization functioning
219.Indias current account deficit fell further to
1.3% of the gross domestic product.
220.Indias GDP growth has been projected at
7.7% - ICRA
229.RuPay plans to issue 100,000 credit cards in

September this year.
230.IOB(Indian Overseas Bank) has become the
first bank issuing the gold coins in 5,10 and 20
gms.
231.World Bank approved $100 million loan to
Jordan for job creation.
232.World Bank approved $250 million loan to
Support Electricity Distribution Sector Reforms in
Rajasthan.
233.Federal Bank plans to set up incubation
centers for startups in Bangalore and Ernakulam
25cr
234.RBI announced the private placement of

securities for UDAY scheme ; Applicants to apply
through private placement approach and
221.Bajaj Finance has entered into the Rs
securities issued by governments of Bihar,
20,000-crore life care segment
Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand,
222.World Bank proposed a $ 1.5 billion dollar to Punjab and Rajasthan
the clean India campaign Swachh Bharat in rural
235.Bharat Bank ties up with Chillr to make
areas.
payments easier.
223.RBI soften the rules on Liquidity
measurement accordance with the new Basel III
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236.RBI signed Currency swap agreement with

the Central Bank of Sri Lanka ; To draw up to
$700 million over a maximum period of three
months
247.Amazon emerged as a most trusted online

Brand in Indian market followed by India based
Snapdeal and Flipkart.
238.Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT)

department signed 11 Advance Pricing
Agreements with taxpayers overseas to reduce
litigations.
249.Thomas cook India signed pact with Western

Union Business Solutions and DCB bank to
enable international trade payments by small and
medium sized enterprises.
248.Freecharge Partnered With Mexico-Based

237.Asian Development Bank brought down the
Movie Theatre Chain Cinepolis to provide secure
forecast of growth of Asia to 5.7% for the financial and easy digital payments.
239.European Investment Bank Provide loan to

250.Ford Motors got approval from government to
Lucknow Metro Project of 450 million (about Rs. set up Global Technology and business Centre in
an IT/ ITES Special Economic Zone in
3,300 crore)
Tamilnadu.
240.Gov allowed 100% FDI in e-commerce
through automatic route in marketplace model of 251.Reliance-Jio group has announced to offer
free Wi-Fi services across 6 stadiums in the
retailing.
countryahead of the T-20 World cup. - Feroz
241.RBI has cancelled the certificate of
Shah Kotla(Delhi), Eden Gardens(Kolkata),
registration of 22 NBFCsunder Section 45-IA (6) Wankhede Stadium(Mumbai), Chinnaswamy
of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
Stadium(Bengaluru), IS Bindra Stadium(Mohali)
and HPCA stadium(Dharamshala)
242.SEBI has raised the FPI (Foreign Portfolio
Investors) investment limit in government
securities to 1,40,000 crore from April,4
243.Japan has been providing support to India
both financially and technically for the various
infrastructure projects - worth 242.2 billion yen
BUSINESS
252.Bajaj Power inked agreement with Indian

Railways for Lalitpur- Udaipura rail section
electrification project - nearly 47 crore
253.Tata Motors signed Tri Partite Partnership
with Bharat Forge and US based General
Dynamics Land Systems for Rs. 50 K crore future
infantry combat Vehicle project.
254.DIPP gave its clearance to 12 industrial
licenses to Reliance Defence for manufacturing of
Defence equipments in India and Overseas
244.Delhi Metro started cargo Services on Airport

255.Quikr launched its Quikr Doorstep service to
Express Line from March 1, 2016.
offer its customers buying and selling in India.
245.Infosys to collaborate with Microsoft on
256.Maruti Suzukis hatchback model Baleno analytics solution to offer Healthcare Analytic
Make in India model is now launched in Japan.
Solutions on Microsoft Intelligent Cloud
Technology.
257.Gov approved a new price formula for their
undeveloped gas discoveries in difficult areas246.Reliance Brands limited inked long term
licensing and distribution deal with Kate Spades USD 7 per million British thermal unit (mmBtu)
fashion to bring its fashion in Indian market.
258.Mahindra Aerospace mulling to set up
operations in Abu Dhabi
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259.The California-based Uber services opened
its first Asian engineering centre in Bengaluru.
260.BSNL signed MoU with Tata Sky to offer
video-on-demand services to their 2 crore
customers across India.
261.Gov decided to relax procurement norms
related to experience and turnover for micro,
small and medium start-ups with a view to
enabling these ventures to be part of its public
procurement.

271.Top 25 best workplaces in Asia ; Best
workplace in the world for MNC- DHL ; Best
workplaces in the world for small & medium
industry- Salesforce ; Best workplace in the large
industry- Atlassian
272.WHO suspended the approval of tuberculosis
(TB) drugs made by Indias Svizera Labs,Mumbai,
Maharashtra.
273.Taxi app Ola launched its new service called
Micro to overtake its rival Uber in terms of a
number of rides in a months time.
262.Union Government notified maximum sale

price of Bt cotton seed for 2016-17. ; BG-I version 274.Paytm ties up with PVR cinemas to sell Movie
at 635 rupees and BG-II version was fixed at 800 tickets through the Paytm platform.
rupees
275.Cisco Systems to invest $100 million over the
263.J P Nadda launched Project Clean Street
next 18 to 24 months in India and to train over
Food in New Delhi ; Food vendors received Smart 250,000 students by 2020.
Skill cum Registration cards.
276.Sachin Tendulkar became a shareholder and
264.French based tyre maker Michelin joined
brand ambassador of Smartron.
hands with E-Commerce major Snapdeal to sell
277.India has overtaken China in terms of direct
its products through Snapdeal.
equity allocation by US investors.
265.Government banned the manufacture and
278.Microsoft shut its artificial intelligence robot
sale of more than 300 combination medicines
Chat program Tay.
including cough syrups, and Vicks Action 500.
266.The metals and mining, automobile and
construction materials sectors lead in sustainable
business practices - Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII)
267.Gov imposed anti-dumping duty of up to
44.7 percent on import of plastic-processing
machines from Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, the
Philippines and Vietnam.
268.SBI tied up with Taxi Aggregator, Uber to
provide instant vehicle finance to driver
partners on the latters platform.
269.Spain Major Gamesa Wind Turbines won the
solar energy order from LAUGFS Power Ltd in Sri
Lanka to provide solar power in Baruthankanda
village in Sri Lanka.
270.India is the second biggest investor in
London after USA.
279.Ola Cabs tied up with Bajaj Allianz General

Insurance to provide motor insurance to its
drivers - accident cover of Rs 2 lakh.
280.The first direct container MV Harbour-1
Vessel between India and Bangladesh carrying
cotton was flagged off from Krishnapatnam of
Andhra Pradesh to Chittagong.
281.Tata Power SED and Cranfield University
signed an agreement to explore possibility of
entering into a strategic partnership through
research and development (R&D).
282.FreeCharge and Snapdeal partnered with a
payment gateway CCAvenue to strengthen its
offline offerings.
283.Reliance Defence entered into a deal with
Israel based Rafael Defence to manufacture air to
air missile systems, air defence and observatory
balloons - $ 10 billion
Gk March Compendium
284.Gujarat and Maharashtra contribute nearly
46% of the Indian exports occupying the topmost
place ASSOCHAM Study ; Top 5 -Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and
Andhra Pradesh
286.Supreme Court approved the central

governments guidelines to protect Good
Samaritans Given by bench comprising justices
Gopala Gowda and Arun Mishra
294.Forbes 2016 Worlds Billionaires List:- 1 Bill

Gates (60) $75 B Microsoft United States ;2
Amancio Ortega (79) $67 B Zara Spain ;3 Warren
Buffett (85) $60.8 B Berkshire Hathaway United
States - Here is the list of top 10 Indian
Billionaires: ;36 Mukesh Ambani (58) $20.6B
Reliance ;44 Dilip Shanghvi (60) $16.7 B Sun
Pharmaceuticals ;55 Azim Premji (70) $15 B
Wipro Ltd ;88 Shiv Nadar (70) $11.1 B HCL ;133
Cyrus Poonawalla (74) $8.5 B Serum Institute of
India ;135 Laxmi Mittal (65) $8.4 B Steel ;184
Uday Kotak (56) $6.3 ;196 Kumar Birla (48) $6.1
B Aditya Birla group ;219 Sunil Mittal (58) $5.7 B
Bharti Airtel
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
295.Tim Bliss, Graham Collingridge and Richard

Morris have won the Grete Lundbeck European
Brain Research prize
285.Adanigroup Alpha Design Technologies Pvt

Ltd has tied up with the Israeli company Elbit
Systems for Unmanned Aircraft Systems - $10
billion
296.Windham-Campbell PrizesDrama; Fiction

Non- fiction:- Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (US) Tessa
287.5 Indian International Airports conferred
Hadley (UK) Hilton Als (US);Hannah Moscovitch
with Airport Service Quality Awards (ASQ) 2015 ; (Canada) E. Morgan (US) Stanley Crouch
Best Airport by Region - Mumbai and New Delhi ; (US);Abbie Spallen (Ireland) Jerry Pinto (India)
Best Airport by Size -Mumbai and New Delhi ,
Helen Garner (Australia).
Jaipur,Lucknow and Hyderabad
297.Noted Scientist Pallava Bagla was conferred
288.TCShas been awarded the Global Top
with the national award for Outstanding Efforts
Employer award by Top Employers Institute.
in; the Field of Science and Technology
289.Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda honoured in Communication on Electronic Medium
Australia by Melbourne based South Asian
community members.
290.Sataparna Mukherjee from West Bengal
selected for NASA Scholarship ; It is Goddard
Internship Programme to study in Goddard
Institute of Space Studies.
291.Indian Accent in New Delhi bags the best
restaurant award in India in the Asias best 50
Restaurants event sponsored by S.Pellegrino &
Acqua panna.
292.TIMEs Most Influential People On Internet
Modi tops in the list.
298.Ratan Thiyam a veteran playwriter and a

director is conferred with Lifetime achievement
award 2016 at 11th META function
299.Bhagwathi Lal Vyas conferred with Bihari
Puraskar Prize in the year 2015 for his anthology
poems Katha Sun Aawe Hai Sabad
300.Manoj Kumar awarded with highest award in
Cinema - Dada Saheb Phalke Award
301.Whitfield Diffie And Martin Hellman Won
Acm 2015 A M Turing Award - Nobel Prize for
Computing
302.American Musician Little Stevie Wonder

293.Armaan Ebrahim won Motorsports Man of
honoured with Global Green Hero award at the
the Year Trophy organized by Federation of Motor 13th Annual Global green
Sports Clubs of India
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303.The Innovation Award 2016 to Prof.
Sirshendu De by the Indian Desalination
Association (South Zone) for developing Low
CostEco-friendly Laterite based Arsenic Filter for
Providing Safe Drinking Water.
304.Dr Amrita Patel conferred with the Mahindra
Samriddi India Agri Lifetime Achievement AearKrishi Shiromani Samman

313.United States-India Educational Foundation
formally launched U.S.-India Fulbright-Kalam
Climate Fellowship
314.Kerala Tourisms campaign on tourism
bagged the New world Golden City Gate Award at
the travel trade show ITB in Berlin.
315.Palestinian Hanan Al Hroub Won 2016
Global Teacher Prize after beat Indias Robin
Chaurasiya
305.Dogri Writer and Poetess, Padma Sachdev

has been awarded the 2015 Krutitava Smagra
Samman. - She was the first modern woman poet 316.Jagron Group CEO and the Editor Sanjay
Gupta chosen for the Editor of the Year at the
of Dogri
fourth Indian Advertising Association Awards in
306.Saudi Arabian prince Muhammad bin Nayef Mumbai.
bin Abdulaziz conferred with the prestigious The
317.United Nations honoured the founder of
Legion of Honour award
India-based Miavy Systems Abdulqadir Rashik for
307.NTPC Ltd conferred with Research Investor
the Unite Ideas #LinksSDGs Data Visualization
Communication Award among the Large
Challenge.
Corporates category
318.The founder of the Missionaries of Charity
308.Pranab Mukherjee presented Stree Shakti
Mother Teresa is set to attain sainthood on
Puraskars and Nari Shakti Puraskars for the year September 4, as confirmed by Pope Francis.
2015 -Stree Shakti Puraskar Award Winners The
319.Sir Andrew wiles awarded the 2016 Abel
Nari Shakti Puraskar Awardees
Prize, regarded as mathematics equivalent of the
;AnyayRahitZindagian RashmiAnand ;Seema
Nobel Prize, for his stunning proof of Fermats
Prakash Dr.Nandita Krishna ;AsthaSansthan
Last Theorem which baffled the Mathematicians
DrLaxmiGautam ;ChandraprabhaBokey
NehaKirpal ;P Bhanumati LatikaThukral ;Mariola for more than 300years.
Dr.Sailakshmi Balijepally, Kausalya and
320.10th Asian film awards were presented in
DrSwarajVidwan
Macau, China.
309.Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinhagot entered
her name into the Guiness world book of records
for most people painting their nails
simultaneously Inglet event
310.French Ambassador to India Frano is
Richier conferred the Knight of the Legion of
Honour on Anand Mahindra
311.Tezpur University won the annual Visitors
Award for the Best University
312.Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) won the
Visitors Awards for Research and Innovation
321.Assassin wins more than half of the 15

awards presented in the Asian film awards ;Best
Film The Assassin ;Best Director Hou HsiaoHsien for The Assassin ;Best Actress Shu Qi for
The Assassin ;Best Supporting Actress Zhou Yun
for The Assassin ;Best Cinematography Mark Lee
Ping-bing for The Assassin ;Best Production
Design Hwarng Wern-ying for The Assassin ;Best
Original Music Lim Giong for The Assassin ;Best
Sound Chu Shih-yi, Tu Duu-chih and Wu Shuyao for The Assassin ;Other Awards presented
;Best Actor Lee Byung-hun for The Inside Men
;Best Newcomer Jessie Li for Port of Call ;Best
Supporting Actor Tadanobu Asano for Journey to
the Shore ;Best Screenplay Jia Zhangke for
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Mountains May Depart ;Best Editing William
Chang Suk-ping, Chu Ka-yat, Liao Ching-sung,
Wong Hoi, Philip ;Yung for Port of Call ;Best
Visual Effects Prasad Sutar for Bajirao Mastani
;Best Costume Design Lee Ji-yeon and Shim
Hyun-seob for The Throne
322.Priyanka Kakodkar and Raksha Kumar were
named as joint winners of the 2015-16 Chameli
Devi Jain Award
323.Union urban Development minister M
Venkaiah Naidu was conferred with the Skoch
Lifetime Achievement Award at 43rd SKOCH
summit
324.Tikka Shatrujit Singh conferred with the
Chevalier de la Legion dHonneur (Knight of the
Legion of Honour).
325.Geetakshi Arora of SOAS South Asia
Institute won the first Noor Inayat Khan Prize in
London
326.PM Narendra Modi conferred Himachal
Pradesh with the Krishi Karman Award for its
landmark achievement in showing highest
production of food grains in year 2014-15.

Achievement ;Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy:The milestone awards Dharamvir Singh, Kothajit
Singh, BirendraLakra and SushilaChanu
330.Famous playback singer P.Susheela enters
into the Guiness world book of records for singing
highest number of songs - 17,695 solo, duet and
chorus
331.Pallavi Fauzdar entered into the Limca book
of records for crossing the Mana pass as a solo
motorcyclist.
332.63rd National Film Awards:- Best actress
KanganaRanaut for Tanu Weds Manu
ReturnsKanganaRanaut was adjudged the Best
Actress last year for VikasBahls Queen, which
also emerged as the Best Film. Kangana had
earlier won the Best Supporting Actress award for
Fashion in 2008. ;Best actor Amitabh Bachchan
for Piku, this is fourth National Award for
;Amitabh Bachchan who had earlier won for
Agneepath, Paa and Black ;Best Film
BaahubaliThe Beginning ;Best Director Sanjay
LeelaBhansali for BajiraoMastani ;Best popular
film providing wholesome entertainment
BajrangiBhaijaan ;Best Film Friendly State
Award Gujarat (special mention to UP and Kerala)
327.Malayalam writer M Sukumaran chosen for

the CV Kunhiraman Literary Prize.
328.5th National Photography Awards held in
New Delhi:- Bhawan Singh Life Time
Achievement Award ; Javed Ahmed DarProfessional Photographer Award ; Himanshu
Thakur- Amateur Photographer
APPOINTMENTS& RESIGNS
329.Hockey India second annual awards 2015 :DhruvBatra Player of the Year PR Sreejesh and
Deepika ;Lifetime Achievement Award Captain
Shankar Laxman ;Upcoming Players of the Year
Harjeet Singh and Preeti Dubey ;Baljit Singh
Award for Goalkeeper of the Year Savita ;Pargat
Singh Award for Defender of the Year Kothajit
Singh ;Ajit Pal Singh Award Midfielder of the Year
Ritu Rani ;DhanrajPillay Award for Forward of the
Year Rani ;JamanLal Sharma Award for
Invaluable Contribution Baldev Singh ;Hockey
India Presidents Award for Outstanding
334.Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain took over as

Chief of staff, Eastern Naval Command from Vice
Admiral Bimal Verma.
333.Hashim Thaci elected as President of Kosovo

by Kosovo Lawmakers
335.Micromax CEO Vineet Taneja resigns from

his post
336.A former UN High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) Antonio Guterres nominated for UN
Secretary General by Portugal
337.Sanjiv Kapoor appointed as Chief strategy
and commercial officer succeeds Giam Ming Toh
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338.Indo-American Independent Investor Sunil

351.Reebok India announced Bollywood actress
Sabharwal confirmed by the US Senate to take up Kangana Ranautas the brand ambassador under
charge as the International Monetary Funds
the brand title of Be More Human.
Alternate Executive Director
352.Ajit Singh& Satish Mittal sworn-in as
339.The Multi Commodity Exchange MCX
Guwahati & Rajasthan HC Chief judge
appointed Mrugank Paranjape as MD & CEO
announced by the president
340.Union of European Football Associations
named Theodore Theodoridis as interim general
secretary succeedor of Gianni Infantino
353.Chief of the Armys Northern Command, Lt

Gen N P S Hira appointed as Deputy Chief of
Army Staff
341.Justice Ajit Singh sworn in as chief justice of 354.Vishvas ViduSapkal appointed as the next
the Guwahati High Court by Assam Governor
High Commissioner of India to the Republic of
Padmanaba Balakrishna Acharya
Fiji.
342.SanjivKohli concurrently appointed as the
High Commissioner of India to the Independent
State of Samoa.
355.Anil Wadhwa, Ambassador of India to Italy

accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the
Republic of San Marino
343.Three non-official members include Sudhir

Mankad, Bharat Narotam Doshi and Natarajan
Chandrasekaranto the board of RBI
356.R. Ravindra appointed as the next

Ambassador of India to the Republic of Cote
dIvoire successor of Dinesh Bhatia
344.Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited

appointed Indian Cricketer and Captain MS
Dhoni as the Brand ambassador
357.H Deep Saini appointed the next Vice

Chancellor of the prestigious University of
Canberra Successor of Stephen Parker
345.S Rao will take over as the new public

interest director and chairman of BSES
Successor of Ramadorai
358.Altico capital named veteran banker Naina

Lal Kidwai as its new independent non-executive
director on its board
346.IAS officer Shakuntala Doley Gamlin

appointed as Chief Secretary of Arunachal
Pradesh successor of Ramesh Negi
359.Nepal appointed first woman Chief

JusticeSushila Karkiby the Prime Minister, K P
Oli successor of Kalyan Shreshtha
347.Tapan Kumar Chand elected as the President 360.The governor of Bangladeshs central bank
Atiur Rahman resigned after $81 million cyber
of the metal governing body.
theft from the countrys official account at the
348.Balbir Singh Chauhan, the former Supreme
Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
court Judge appointed as the 21st Law
361.Fazle Kabir appointed as Governor of
commissioner of India.
Bangladeshs Central Bank.
349.Myanmar selects its first Civilian President,
362.UN formally suspended relationship with
Htin Kyaw, in fifty years of military rule
Russian Tennis great Maria Sharapova as a
350.Egypt officially nominates Ahmed Aboulgoodwill ambassador
Gheit to head Arab League replace Egyptian
363.Michelle Yeohhas been appointed as United
Nabil El- Ara
Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Goodwill ambassador.
Gk March Compendium
364.President Barack Obama selected the
nations 113th chief justice - Merrick Garland for
the U.S. Supreme Court

379.Tata Steel Europe CEO Karl Koehler stepped
down and Hans Fischer appointed as the new
CEO.
365.American actress Ashley Judd has been

380.Indian Professor Surya Deva has been
appointed as their latest Goodwill Ambassador by appointed by the Geneva-based UN Human
United Nations.
Rights Council as an adviser
366.AirAsia India announced that Amar Abrol will 381.Nationalist party of Taiwan has chosen
succeed Mittu Chandilya as the CEO of AirAsia
Hung-Hsiu-chu as its first female leader.
India
382.Indian-American Nandita Bakshi has been
367.Pharmaceutical major Pfizer appointed S
appointed the President and Chief Executive
Officer of Bank of the West successor of Michael
Sridhar as its new Managing Director (MD)
Shepherd
368.Honeywell Automation India Ltd (HAIL)
appointedformer Wipro CFO Suresh Senapaty as 383.Former RBI Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan
join Nestle India Board as an independent
its Chairman successor of Surendra L. Rao
director
369.Lori Robinson named as first female army
384.Zaheer Khan was appointed captain of Delhi
combatant by the US President Barack Obama.
Daredevils for 2016 IPL season
370.Vijay Mallya resigned as Director of Royal
385.Htin Kyaw from the National League for
Challengers Sports Private Limited (RCSPL)
Democracy (NLD) sworn in as Myanmars new
371.Indian Professor Thazha Varkey Paul
president
appointed as the 56th President of International
386.Faustin-Archange Touadera sworn in as the
Studies Association (ISA).
president of the Central African Republic
372.UN appointed Angry bird-Red as the
387.Jitendra Jagota Has Appointed As the
honorary ambassador of Climate change
Chairman of IDSA succeedor of RajatBanerj
373.Huawei appointed Lionel Messi as its Global
388.Wipro appointed Patrick Dupuis as new
ambassador for its mobile products.
independent board member of WIPRO
374.Ritu Beri appointed as theadvisor to the
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) 389.Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan appointed as its first
female speaker of Vietnam
375.Ali Mohamed Shein of Tanzania ruling party
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) become the winner
of the presidential elections.
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS
376.Paytm appointed Bhusan Patil as its new
President.
377.Justice Permod Kohli appointed as Chairman 390.Hinduja group acquired the famous 1,100
room Old War Office Building of Britain in central
of Central Administrative Tribunal
London
378.Former Malaysian PM Abdullah Ahmad
391.Cabinet Committee on security gave nod to
Badawi named as an adviser for state oil firm
acquire two advanced Israeli Phalcon
Petroleum Nasional Bhd (Petronas)
AWACS(Airborne Warning and Control System)
from Israel - Rs. 7500crore
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392.Pincon Spirit acquired Singapore based

Company, Orbitol Solutions
406.Haryana become 8th state to join UDAY

scheme
393.InnerChef, a food tech startuphas acquired

two startups Bengaluru-based EatonGo and
Gurgaon-based Flavour Labs.
407.Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate

Change (MoEFCC)released a new Fourcolour
Classification Scheme for industries based on
their pollution level. ; Red category: PI score of 60
and above. ; Orange category: PI score of 41 to 59
; Green category: PI score of 21 to 40 ; White
category: PI score below and upto 20.
394.South Asian bank DBS acquired the on

shore operations of RBS in India for a deal of
1000 crores.
395.Bharti Airtel acquired Videocon Telecoms
spectrum in six circles for Rs 4,428 crore
396.Magic Bricks acquired property analysis
startup Properji.com of Invact Technologies for
an undisclosed sum
397.Ola acquired payment technology solutions
Qarth technologies to strengthen its money base.
398.Inox Wind Infrastructure Services Limited
acquired Sarayu Wind Power
399.Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has agreed to buy
Alliance Tire Group for $1.2 billion
400.ITC acquired Technico Agri Sciences Ltd
(TASL) for Rs 121 crore.
401.Japan based NTT has acquired the IT arm of
PC manufacturer Dellat $ 3 billion
402.Russia approved a deal of ONGC Videsh Ltd
(OVL) to acquire 15% stake in Vankor oilfield
from Rosneft - 1.3 billion US dollars
403.Sun Pharma buys Novartis 14 brands for $
293 mn in Japan
SCHEMES
404.Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav

implemented Food Security Act 2013 in 47 more
districts of the state.
405.Punjab has become the seventh state to join
the scheme Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana
(UDAY) Rs.20,838 crores
408.Narendra Modi selected his own Varanasi

constituency,Nagepur village for development
under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana after
Jayapur village.
409.Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah launched
Mukhyamantri Santwana Harish Yojana for free
treatment to accident victims for the first 48
hours in the nearest hospital.
410.Cabinet approved the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwal
Yojana a scheme for providing LPG to
households Below Poverty Line Rs.8000 crores
411.NITI Aayog as a part of International
Womens Day launched the Women Transforming
India initiative in partnership with the UN in
India and MyGov.
412.PM Narendra Modi launched the scheme to
provide LEDs - UJALA(Unnat Jyoti by Affordable
LEDs for All) is the name given for the LED based
Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme(DELP)
413.RUSA(Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan)
- to improve the Quality of Higher education in
India Minister of HRD ; Funding in the ratio of
65:35 for general category States and 90:10 for
special category states
414.Gov mobilizes 370 crore for Swachh Bharat
Khosh to support the various cleanliness
programmes across the nation
415.Gov amended Atal Pension Yojana (APY) to
give an option to the spouse to contribute for
balance period on premature death of the
subscriber.
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416.Government proposed to hike the wages of

NREGS workers by 6%. ; Committee dropped the
new wage calculation formula
especially trafficking in women and children,

rescue, recovery, repatriation and re-integration
of victims of trafficking
417.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched

Fasal Bima Yojana and Unified Package
Insurance scheme ; Uttarkhand is the first state
in the nation to implement the scheme at 2%
premium
427.Ministry of Tourism, Government of India

signed a MOU with the Ecotourism Society of
India (ESOI) to take its commitments to
Responsible and Sustainable tourism.
418.Cabinet given its approval for extension of

time period of the Udaan Scheme for Jammu &
Kashmir till 2019-20 from the earlier time period
of 2015-16.
419.Cabinet approved Pradhan Mantri Awaas
Yojana to provide houses for all people in the
rural area ; 1 crore houses in the year 2016-17
to2018-19
MoUs
428.Ministry of Railways has signed a MoU with

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for
developing Remote Sensing and geographic
information system (GIS) for Remote Sensing at
unmanned railway crossing.
429.India and Bangladesh began a new era of
petroleum trade with a special goodwill train
loaded with High speed diesel from India to
Bangladesh. ; Siliguri station to Parbatipur - first
major petroleum consignment from India
430.World Bank approved USD 35 million credit
agreement to Madhya Pradesh for the Citizen
Access to Responsive Services Project.
420.India and Bangladesh signed a new $2 billion 431.Reserve Bank of India signed a pact with
Bank of Israel for Information Exchange and
credit agreement to implement socio-economic
Banking supervision.
development projects in Bangladesh.
432.Yes Bank signed pact with the India Brazil
421.MoU signed between Telangana and
Maharashtra government on river Godavari Water Chamber of Commerce for cooperation in
knowledge sharing, consultancy, skill and
Projects in Mumbai.
technology.
422.NTPC signed pact with Indian Institute of
433.ONGC Videsh Ltd, Oil India Ltd, Indian Oil
Technology Delhi - for Research and
Corporation Ltd and Bharat Petro Resources and
Development.
Russias Rosneft signed two separate MoU- worth
423.Jammu and Kashmir Government has signed $2 billion
MoU with Union Ministry of Power - Rs.9800
434.RITES (Public Sector Enterprise under
crore UDAY
Ministry of Railways) signed a contract to supply
424.MS Swaminathan Research Foundation has 18 Meter Gauge 1350 HP Diesel Electric
Locomotives to Myanmar Railways.
signed MoU with Bhubaneswar based Kalinga
Institute of Social Sciences.
435.TATA motors signed agreement with the
Indian Army to supply 619 more highly mobilized
425.Union cabinet apprised the MoU signed by
trucks to the Indian Army.
the Railway ministry with Japan and Russia for
technical cooperation in the railway sector.
436.AYUSH ministry signed agreement with
World Health Organisation in research field of
426.MoUsigned between India and Bahrain on
Cancer through Ayurveda medicines.
cooperation for prevention of human trafficking
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437.Consumer Affairs Department signed MoUs
with Industry bodies to promote consumer
interests and a Joint Working Group will monitor
the implementation of agenda.
438.India and France signed MoU to create 6
Nuclear Reactors at Jaitapur in Maharashtra.
439.India and Lithuania signed MoU in the field
of agriculture and the agreement proposed to
include horticulture, etc.
COMMITTEES
449.Maharashtra Gov formed a committee

headed by Chief secretary Swadhi Kshatriya to
ensure the MoUs signed during the make in India
week - 2500 MoUs
450.Centre to set up Mahesh Kumar Singla

committee constituted to consider ST status to 6
440.India signed MoU with UAE in fields of
Infrastructure development with the NIIF(National communities of Assam ; Moran, Koch Rajbongshi,
Muttuck,Sootea,Tai Ahom and Adivasis
Investment and Infrastructure Fund)
451.National Manufacturing Competitiveness
441.Union government given its approval to the
Ashgabat agreement which facilitates transport of Council (NMCC) wound up with immediate effect
as it has fulfilled the mandate for which it was
goods between Central Asia and Persian Gulf.
constituted.
442.India and Russia will join hands to minimize
the consequences of Natural calamities like Flood 452.Indian Railways formedSpecial Purpose
Vehicle (SPV) to implement the Mumbaiand Earthquake.
Ahmedabad High Speed Bullet Train project 443.Telangana industries department principal
named the National High Speed Rail Corporation
secretary Arvind Kumar and Aerocampus
Limited.
Aquitaine general manager Jerome Verschave to
453.Akhilesh Ranjan Committee was constituted
provide training to the aviation fraternity and
by the Central Board of Direct Taxes to examine
aerospace
the business models for e-commerce, and identify
444.Nepal signed pact with China to build a
the direct tax issues.
strategic railway link between the two countries
454.Former Chief Justice H.L.Dattu appointed as
through Tibet to reduce land-locked.
member of the International Coordinating
445.Iran signed a confidential oil agreement with Committee Bureau of National Human Rights
France total company to develop the Azadegan oil Institutions Bureau in Geneva.
field.
446.Iran signed agreements with Pakistan to
boost trade and security.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
447.Mizoram and Japanese International

Cooperative Agency(JICA) signed pact on
Capacity Enhancement for Sustainable
Agriculture and Irrigation Development.
455.NASA invites India to jointly explore Mars,

send astronauts for 5-6 missions to Mars.
448.Asian Development Bank (ADB) and United

States Agency for International Development
(USAID) signed MoU to collaborate on supporting
Indias expansion plans for clean energy
infrastructure
456.Delhi gov launched the first HPV (Human

Papilloma Virus) vaccine in the state to prevent
cervical cancers.
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457.American Astronaut Scott Kelly returned to
earth after spending almost a year at
International Space Station 340 days
458.Union Tribal Affairs Minister JualOram
launched revamped website http://www.ncst.gov.inof National Commission
for Scheduled Tribes.

468.Google is previewing the next version of its
Android operating system - Android N
469.Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice
Kurian Joseph asked the Telecos to not to exceed
the call drops limit over 2%
459.Indian Scientists developed a herbal drug for

Dengue.
470.Defence ministry will be introducing an

interactive web portal Kendriya Sainik Board;
itwill be under the Department of Ex-Serviceman
Welfare.
460.Iran test fired several ballistic missiles in

silos across the country as part of a military
exercise.
471.BSNL to offer free Wifi services at the

Srinagar International Airport for first
15minutes.
461.Five health care ATMs have come up in four

states - handled by a multipurpose public health
worker (MPHW) ; Madhya Pradesh, Himachal
Pradesh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh under a
health Ministry
472.Europe and Russia launched an unmanned

spacecraft named ExoMars 2016 to explore that if
life once existed on the Red Planet
465.Ministry of Culture has initiated Project

Mausam which is to be implemented by the
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) ; To explore
the multi-faceted Indian Ocean world collating
archaeological and historical research
476.Webportal Launched for allocation and

monitoring of Coal resourcesby State Distribution
agencies.
467.Railways launched mobile app called Clean

My Coach for all long-distance trains - SMS to
58888 by typing CLEAN < Space >< 10-digit PNR
number>
479.Depot Online System of state run Food

Corporation of India (FCI) has been launched by
the Union Government to carry transparency and
minimize storage losses of food grains.
473.Haryana govt.s building became the only

building in India to have an Earthquake Warning
462.China plans to land a probe on Mars in 2021 System installed onsite.
that coincide with the 100th anniversary of
474.Wikimedia Sweden partnered with the KTH
founding of the ruling communist Party of china
Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden to
463.Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO)
develop the crowd-sourced speech engine in order
launched its Sixth Navigation Satellite IRNSS-1F to make more accessible to the visually impaired
by the PSLV C-32 from the Satish Dhawan Space users.
Centre at Sriharikota.
475.UNICEF launched the first test for the use of
464.NASAs new exploration InSight mission that Unmanned Aerial Vehicles-drones with Malawi
will begin on May 5, 2018, with a landing
government - decreasing waiting period for HIV
scheduled for November 26
testing of infants.
478.Meteorology Department (IMD) has

indigenously developed Drishti, an instrument
466.Plastic Decaying Bacteria discovered that can that will provide real time visibility information to
decompose Plastics, by the Japan researchers pilots. ; Drishti was introduced first at the Indira
Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6
Gandhi International Airport
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480.Health Ministry banned the repeat animal
testing of new drugs which have been already
tested in abroad.

493.China launched its navigation satellite
BeiDou(22nd) from Xichang Satellite launching
centre.
481.Income Tax department got a new technology 494.Uber launched bike sharing service called
platform Income Tax Business ApplicationuberMOTO in Guragon - charges Rs 3 per
Permanent Account Number (ITBA-PAN) to check kilometre
the duplication of PAN cards.
495.Indias media and entertainment industry
482.Gurgaon-based Baxi mobile app allowed its
will reach a net worth of 2.20 lakh crores by the
users to book rides on the app without using
year 2020 - FICCI-KPMG report
Internet.
496.Narendra Modi launched Asias Biggest
483.ISRO established the Gadanki Ionospheric
telescope Aries(Aryabhatta Research Institute for
Radar Interferometer (GIRI) at National
Observational Sciences) in Nainital
Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) near
497.Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh.
JP Nadda has launched two major Digital
484.South Korea tops the world in high Internet
initiatives - GIS-enabled HMIS(Health
speed report by Akamei technologies ; Sweden
Management Information System) application followed by Norway and India at 114th position
The self-printing of e-CGHS card
485.Malaysia Prime Minister NajibRazak
498.Telangana Road Transport Authoritys Mobile
announced that Malaysia will set up its first
App M-Wallet launched by IT minister KT Rama
countermessaging centre to fight IS in cyberworld Rao and transport minister P.Mahender Reddy
486.Countrys first cyber security public
organisation launched by China Org will focus
on promoting self-discipline
487.China discovered New Lightweight, low cost
batteries Aluminium-Graphite Dual-Ion Battery
(AGDIB) to replace the Lithium ion batteries.
DEFENCE
499.Ministry of Defence (MoD) approved a Rs

13,000 crores weapons and sensors package for
the seven new stealth frigates
488.PM Narendra Modi launched KisanSuvidha

mobile app to prove information such as weather, 500.Indian Army kicked off a week long
market prices, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and
Multinational Field Training Exercise (FTX) Force
agriculture machinery.
18in Pune at headquarters of the Indian Armys
Southern Command. ; Theme Humanitarian
489.Researchers have developed a new Gravity
Mine Action (HMA) and Peacekeeping Operations
Map of Mars with three NASA spacecraft
(PKO)
490.ISRO set to launch 22 satellites in Single
501.South Korea and US Begin Military Exercise
mission and create new history.
- a day after the North Koreas threat to US
491.India Govto adopt 112 as the national
502.India and Indonesia begin their Joint Military
emergency number in place ofall numbers such
Exercise Shakti IV from March 10-23 in
as at present, a person dials 100, 101, 102 and
Indonesia.
108.
492.India rankedthird in terms of Trojan
infections Symantec Report
503.Sixth ship of LCU MK IV project, was

launched on 12 March 2016 at an exciting
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ceremony at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and
Engineers Ltd, Kolkata.
504.India successfully test fired nuclear-capable
intermediate range Agni-I ballistic missile in
Odisha - 700 km
505.US Navy ship USS Conestoga tug boat was
discovered after 95 years at the San Francisco
coast.
506.Indian Coast Guards fast patrol vessel (FPV)
Arnvesh ship commissioned at Visakhapatnam
by the Eastern Naval Command, Vice-Admiral
HCS Bisht.

514.Union Government signed an important
Raptor MoU for the Conservation of Migratory
Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia.
515.UP Government announced to conduct a
sparrow campaign at school levels to create
awareness about the conservation of birds
Gauraiya Diwas
516.Zoological Survey of India. ; Over 50 animal
species have been judged as critically endangered
and 310 asendangered out of 96, 000 animal
species present in India
517.Fossil of 250 million year old reptile species
discovered in Brazil - Teyujag paradoxa
507.Indian Army gets its first Thermal based

RADAR technology Divyachaksu (divine eye) that 518.A group of Scientists led by Matias Jones of
will enable to look through the walls developed by the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile have
discovered four enormous planets ; HIP8541b,
DRDO
HIP74890b, HIP84056b and HIP95124b
508.Indian Navy deployed a P8I maritime Aircraft
519.A new species of pale-gold colored frog
to Seychelles for monitoring purpose
discovered in Andes in Colombia by Smithsonian
509.Indian Coast Guard re-based one ship and
Tropical Research Institute (STRI) research
six boats from Chennai to Andaman and Nicobar
Region to rebase the assets ; C-407, C-412, C520.British astronomers have discovered a
cluster of nine monster stars R136. 30 million
414, C-416, C-417 and C-428
times brighter than the Sun
510.Singapore Navy (RSN) test-fired a Barak
missile from its Victory-class missile corvette RSS 521.Biosphere reserve shared by Kerala and
Vigour during Fleet Exercise conducted in the
Tamil Nadu Agasthyamala placed in the new 20
South China Sea
Biosphere reserves list released by UNESCO
511.Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
flagged off Indias first indigenous composites
sonar dome in Goa
522.Gov notified new norms aimed at curbing the

over 6,000 tonnes of uncollected plastic waste
generated daily by industries
ENVIRONMENT
523.Union Ministry of Environment, Forest &

Climate Change (MoEFCC) notified new
environment standards for Gensets running on
various kinds of fuels
512.Researchers discovered a new snake species

in the Western Ghats in Kolhapur and
Sindhudurg districts
513.The climate changes can affect the people
worldwide. A recent study shows that it is likely
to cause 500,000 deaths by 2050 - China and
India report by The Lancet
524.Most disasters & Vulnerable - Study ; The

largest number of people affected by natural
disasters - Asia ; The largest number of people
affected by political, instability, corruption,
poverty and inequality - Africa
525.CSIR(Central Institute of Medicinal and
Aromatic Plants) discovered L-Menthol derived
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from Mentha plant that can be used as anticancer drugs.
Spanish club to play 35 consecutive matches

without loss.
526.Union environment ministry notified new

plastic waste management rules, The Plastic
Waste Management (PWM) Rules 2016 - replace
the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling)
Rules 2011 - Thickness of plastic carry bags from
40 microns to 50 microns.
536.Third season of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi

league Patna Pirates beat U Mumbai held at
Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.
537.World Table Tennis Championship - Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia. - Indian women table tennis
team lifted their game by several cuts and won
527.One of the most active volcanoes in the heart gold - first time in12 years - Mouma Das - Mens
of Alaska region Pavlof Volcano erupted.
Table Tennis team defeated Brazil
528.Sand-eating tadpoles Micrixalidae discovered 538.PepsiCo entered into a four year partnership
by scientists from the Various Universities in the with BCCI as an associate sponsor for all its
Western Ghats
International Matches played at home Rs.150cr
SPORTS
539.Indian Team Chased down Bangladesh to

win the Asia Cup for the sixth time,
540.Serbian Novak Djokovic suffered his first
Davis Cup defeatin five years .
529.Rahul Sachdev clinched first All India open

invitational snooker championship after defeating
Pushbender Singh- held in Aurangabad in
Maharashtra.
541.Indian Golfer Anirban Lahiri finishes 28th at

World Golf Championship - Australian Golfer
Adam Scott(1st) and Bubba Watson from the
USA(2nd)
530.Walk Race in National Championships ;50km

walk rcae Junior Women category of 10 Km Race
;Basant Bahadur Singh Rana (Gold) Walk
Neena(gold) ;Chandan Singh (Silver) Bhawna
Jat(Silver) ;Jitender Singh Rathore (Bronze)
Priyanka Patel(bronze)
542.Jindal Panther defeated sona Polo to lift the

Amity Polo Cup trophy
531.Aaron Phangiso suspended from bowling in

Domestic cricket for suspect bowling action.
544.Rest of India wins 2015-16 Irani Cup Cricket

Title after defeating Mumbai.
532.Meghalaya Gov decided to bid for 2022

National Games after the successful host of 12th
south Asian Games.
545.Indian Shooter Jitu Rai bagged gold at ISSF

World cup held in Bangkok, Thailand
543.Russian Tennis great Maria Sharapova

officially suspended from March 12 after failing
drug test at Australian Open.
533.Mumbai U 23 team clinched CK Nayudu

Trophy 2015-16 title,by beating Madhya Pradesh
at the MPCA Stadium in Indore
546.Hyundai Motors entered into a four-year

partnership with the BCCI as an associate
sponsor for all international matches played in
India.
534.National level Hockey Umpire Napoleon

Singh promoted to the International Outdoor
Umpire by International Hockey Federation.
547.Vijender Singh clinched his fourth successive

professional win by thrashing Hungarys
Alexander Horvath - Asia title
535.Lionel Messi hat-trick steered FC Barcelona

to unbeaten 35 game records to become the first
548.All England Badminton Championships Title

2016 :- Mens Singles Lin Dan won by defeating
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TianHouwei ;Womens Singles NozomiOkuhara of
Japan won by defeating Wang Shixian. ;Mens
Doubles Ivan Andreyevich Sozonov of Russia with
compatriot VladimirIvanov defeated Japan pair
Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa ;Mixed
Doubles Indonesia pair Praveen Jordan and his
partner Debby Susanto defeated Denmark pair
Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen

558.International Cricket Council (ICC)
suspended Bangladesh left-arm spinner Arafat
Sunny and pacer Taskin Ahmed from bowling in
international cricket.
559.Australian grandprix won by Nico
Rosberg(15th Victory) overtaking Sebastian Vettel
and Lewis Hamilton.
549.70th Santosh Trophy Football Championship 560.BNP Paribas Open titles 2016 Mens Singles:Serbian Novak Djokovic beat Milos Raonic of
Tournament Services beat Maharashtra - fifth
Canada ;Women Singles Victoria Azarenka of
time - SEC Railway Stadium Nagpur
Belarus beat world number one Serena Williams
550.Llyod Pro-Am Championship trophy won by
of US ;Mens Doubles Pierre Hugues Herbert and
Nicolas Mahut of France defeated Vasek Pospisil
Delhi by defeating Mumbai New delhi
of ;Canada and US Partner Jack Sock ;Womens
551.First Paralympic Games in Arunachal
Doubles US Pair Bethanie Sands and Coco
Pradesh began at the SangayLhaden Sports
Vandeweghe defeated Julia Gorges of Germany
Academy Complex, Chimpu, Itanagar ;
and Karolina Pilskova of Czech Republic
Wheelchair race - Techi Talla ; Boys 100 meter
race - Tabam Tatak ; Girls100 meter race 561.Chennai girl Hepziba won three medals,
LiterOri ; Mens 100 meter race - Thasang Ajay
including a gold, at the Street Child Games in Rio
She held in Brazil
552.Shweta Rathore, the silver medalist in Asian 562.Australia all-rounder Shane Watson to quit
Championship in 2015 won the gold medalat the international cricket after World T20
national body building Championshipheld at New
563.Quick Enough Clinched the Dr.Gnani
Delhi.
Laksumanan Memorial Cup trained by R Foley
553.Chris Gayle became second player to hit
and ridden by jockey N. Rupa in Chennai.
century in 2016 T20 World Cup after Tamim
564.9th Edition of International Abilympics was
Iqbal.
held at Bordeaux, France
554.TCS announced a partnership with the
565.HS Prannoy won the mens singles title after
Virgin Money London Marathon for three years.
defeating Marc Zwiebler of Germany at the 2016
555.Faf du Plessis became the second fastest
Swiss Open in Basel, Switzerland
player to reach 1,000 T20 runs after Virat Kohli
566.SSP Chawrasia clinched the Hero Indian
556.Yogeshwar Dutt secured an Olympic quota
Open 2016 title at the Delhi Golf Club after
place for India with a gold-medal in the mens
defeating Anirban Lahiri
65kg freestyle category in Asian Olympics
567.India is going to host under-17 FIFA World
qualification tournament at Astana.
Cup in 2017 as announced by PM Modi
557.Gurmeet Singh became the first Indian
athlete to clinch a gold medal in the Asian 20km 568.California Chrome won a Kentucky Derby
race walk championships ; Mens: Silver - Japans and a Horse of the Year title.
Isamu Fujisawa and Bronze - Kazakhstans
569.Virat Kohli became number one batsman
Georgiy Sheiko ; Womens:Gold - Chinas Rui
after his Performance at the semifinals of the
Lian, Silver- Japans Kumiko Okada and Bronze - World -Twenty20 after defeating Australia ;
South Korean Jeongeun Lee
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Number one Bowler:Samuel Badree ; Number
One Team:India and New Zealand(2nd) and
England(5th)
570.Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin won
the FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament
held in Moscow.
OBITUARY

582.Legendary Producer Sir George Martin
Known as the fifth Beatle passes away at 90
583.Legendary Musician Keith Emerson, Lakeand
Palmer keyboardist passed away at 71
584.The World famous Mathematician
,Economist and Nobel laureate Lloyd S Shapeley
passed away at 92
585.British award-winning novelist and art
historian Anita Brookner passed away at 87
571.US actor Geroge Kennedy passed away at 91
586.The 77 year old Shehnai maestro, Ustad Ali

Ahmad Hussain Khan passed away
572.Former New Zealand cricket captain Martin

Crowe passed away
587.Newton Edward Daniels TV Magician passed

away at 77
573.Former Lok Sabha speaker and Politian

PurnoAgitok Sangma passed away - Meghalayas
Tura constituency
588.Meir Dagan, a former chief of Israeli

intelligence agency Mossad passed away at 71
574.Tony Warren the coronation street creator

and writer passedaway at 79
575.Paramesh Krishnan Nair the founder and
director of the National Film Archive of India
passed away.
576.All India Forward Bloc Leader, Ashok Ghosh
passed away at 93
577.Legendary Novelist Pat Conroy served as an
unending sources of inspiration for his fiction
notably the novels The Great Santini, The Lords
of Discipline and the Princes of Tides passed
away at 70
578.E-Mail Inventor Ray Tomlinson passed away
at 74
579.Nancy Davis Reagan, the veteran American
actress and the former First lady of US passed
away at 94
580.Mani Raman better known for his stage
name Kala Bhavan Mani Popular Malayalam
actor passed away
581.Eminent Percussionist, vocalist and
Berimbau player Nana Vasconcelos passed away
at 71
589.American singer, songwriter, and

conductorFrancis Wayne Passed Away at 72
590.Former Danish Prime Minister Anker
Joergensen passed away at 93
591.Former Chairman and CEO of Intel Andrew
Grove passed away at 79
592.The famous story telling Kadhaprasangam
artist and Malayalam Actor V D Rajappan passed
away at 70
593.The Holland football legend Johan Cruyff
passed away at 70
594.American actor and comedian Garry
Shandling passed away at 66
595.Veteran Bihar BJP leader and Politician Lal
Muni Chaubey passed away at 73
596.Mother Mary Angelica, a folksy Roman
Catholic nun who used a monastery garage to
begin a television ministry passed away at 92
597.Veteran lyricist, Poet, Essayist and Novel
writer Jim Harrison passed away at 78
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598.Former USC(University of Southern

California) President Steven Sample passed away
at 75
613.Mar 21: International Day for the Elimination

of Racial Discrimination Challenges and
Achievements of the Durban Declaration and
Programme of Action ;World Down syndrome Day
599.Oscar winning US actress Patty Duke passed (WDSD) My friends, My Community
away at 69
;International Day of Forests Forests and water
;World Poetry day
BOOKS & AUTHORS
614.Mar 22: World Water Day Water and Jobs

615.Mar 23: World Meteorological Day Hotter,
drier, wetter. Face the Future Martyrs day
600.Who was Shivaji ? authored by Sri Govind

Pansare
601.The Culture Heritage of Trans HimalayasKinnaur authored by Shri P.S. Nagi Loktus.
616.Mar 24: World Tuberculosis Day Unite to

End Tuberculosis ;International Day for the
Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human
Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
602.An Illustrated Biography: Gandhi was

authored by Pramod Kapoor
617.Mar 25: International Day of Remembrance

of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic
Slave Trade and International Day of Solidarity
with Detained and Missing Staff Members
IMPORTANT DAYS
618.Mar 27: World Theatre Day
603.Mar 1: Zero Discrimination Day

604.Mar 3: World Wildlife Day The future of
wildlife is in our hands
605.Mar 3: National defence day Its My Turn
606.Mar 4: National Security Day
607.Mar 8: International womens day Planet
50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality
608.Mar 10: World Kidney Day Kidney Disease
& Children: Act Early to Prevent It
609.Mar 15: World Consumer Rights Day
Antibiotics off the menu
610.Mar 18: World Sleep Day Good Sleep is a
Reachable Dream
611.Mar 19: Earth Hour [8:30 PM 9:30 PM]
612.Mar 20: World Sparrow Day Rise for the
SPARROW Experience the power of One
;International Day of Happiness

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1.Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)

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5.Carriage by Air amendment bill to empower

18.President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the

9.Allepey, the Venice of the East, and a favourite

20.UP gov passed the UP revenue code

10.Raisina-Dialogue - the three day Flagship

21.GOI will digitalise all the 1.29 lakh rural post

22.Gov started the second edition of Gyan

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23.Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan laid out

31.Gujarat govt.topped the list of states with

24.The Sex ratio in Gujarat(22nd) fallen

32.Govt. mulls Wind Energy Potential to promote

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45.Lok Sabha passes Aadhaar bill 2016 - to avail

58.Order Amendment Bill, 2016 passed in Lok

46.Kakrapar atomic power Plant in Gujarat was

59.The largest fair on Food & Hospitality Sector

47.PM Narendra Modi inaugurated three Railway

60.Under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana Loans

48.Govt to computerise all ration shops by 2019

61.The Centre has released 609 crore rupees for

49.Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has

62.Union Government given final approval for

66.Career Guidance Counselling Centres

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92.Andhra Pradesh gov inaugurates Indias first

104.BHEL commissioned 40 MW hydropower

93.BHEL commissions 600 MW unit of Singareni

105.Haryana gov approved the Jat reservation bill

94.Ayurveda, Arogya fair is a four day programme

108.Haryana becomes 1st to launch Injectable

98.The Union Minister of health and welfare J P

110.Gov notified the new Aadhaar Act, 2016 - the

99.Maharashtra gets its first set of Women

111.Telengana CM Chandrasekhar Rao passed

100.Common Yoga protocol revealed for 2nd

112.Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla

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