Current Affairs, March 2015
30th March:
• India's highest civilian
award Bharat Ratna conferred posthumously upon educationist
Madan Mohan Malviya at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
29th March:
• Australia wins the 2015 ICC
Cricket World Cup after defeating New Zealand by 7 wickets in
MCG. Mitchell Starc named as player of the ICC Cricket World Cup
2015.
• Delhi's Aditi Arya was crowned as Femina Miss India
World 2015 at Yashraj Studios in Mumbai.
• Peoples of
Singapore bid final farewell to founding father Lee Kuan Yew.
• Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix.
• Saina Nehwal wins her maiden India Open Super Series title
after after defeating Ratchanok Intanon 21-16 21-14 at the Siri
Sports Complex here.
• Kidambi Srikanth wins the men's
singles title at the India Open Super Series after defeating
Denmark's Viktor Axelsen 18-21, 21-13, 21-12.
28th March:
• The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
sacked founder members Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan from
a key panel.
• Saina Nehwal became the first Indian woman
shuttler to attain the world number one ranking.
• India
today launched its fourth GPS satellite IRNSS-1D from the Satish
Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.
• Mizoram Governor Aziz
Qureshi sacked from his post. Governor of West Bengal Keshari
Nath Tripathi will take the additional charge of Mizoram.
•
The Earth Hour 2015 will be observed today when people across
the globe will flick their lights off when clocks hit 8:30pm
across 24 different time zones.
27th March:
• Former Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee receives India's highest civilian honour Bharat
Ratna.
26th March:
• Defending Champion India
defeated by Australia in the Semi Final by 95 runs. Now
Australia will play with New Zealand in the final in MCG.
25th March:
• Former Footballer Michel
Platini re-elected as the President of UEFA for the third time.
24th March:
• The Supreme Court has
scrapped Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act, a law
that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech
online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting
"offensive" content.
• Kangana Ranaut wins the best actress
National Award for the film Queen. Kannada actor Vijay won Best
Actor for Nanu Avanalla Avalu.Queen also won Best Hindi Film.
• A Lufthansa Airbus crashed in a remote snowy area of the
French Alps and all 150 on board were feared dead.
• New
Zealand reaches the final of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
•
The World TB Day is celebrated today.
23rd March:
• Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor
will be conferred the Dada Saheb Phalke award this year for his
contribution to Indian cinema.
• Singapore's founding father
Lee Kuan Yew dies at the age of 91.
21st March:
• Martin Guptill of New
Zealand scores 237 not out against West Indies which is the
highest individual score in World Cup history.
20th March:
• 32 died and 50 people
injured as Dehradun-Varanasi Janta Express derailed in Uttar
Pradesh's Rae Bareli district.
• India-born scientist and
Nobel Laureate Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan will take over as
the President of the prestigious Royal Society at the end of the
year.
• Rajya Sabha passed the Coal Mines (Special
Provisions) Bill 2015.
19th March:
• India enters the semi final
of 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup after defeating 109 runs in MCG.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni becomes the first Indian ODI captain and
third in the World to wins 100 one-day international.
18th March:
• World's only 'no-fuel'
solar-powered aircraft 'Solar Impulse-2' off for Varanasi from
Ahmedabad.
• Gunmen attacked Tunisia's national museum,
killing at least seven tourists and taking others hostage inside
the building.
17th March:
• The Union cabinet has
cleared the black money bill, which proposes to provide muscle
to tax authorities dealing with illegal wealth stashed abroad.
• According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
(SIPRI), India is the largest importer of arms with 15 per cent
of global weapons imports between 2010 and 2014.
15th March:
• Services wins the Santosh
Trophy after beating hosts Punjab 5-4 via tie-breaker in
Ludhiana.
14th March:
• Former Maldives president
and opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has been sentenced to 13
years in prison on a terrorism charge.
• Twelve people were
killed and 19 others injured when a bus fell into a deep gorge
in Nagaland's Phek District.
• The Haryana Government has
imposed a complete ban on the sale of beef.
• British Prime
Minister David Cameron and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley jointly
unveiled bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Parliament
Square in London.
12th March:
• Karnataka team wins the
Ranji Trophy final by registering an innings and 217 run-win
against Tamil Nadu in the final at Wankhede Stadium.
11th March:
• CBI court summoned former
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over accusations of criminal
conspiracy and corruption in the illegal award of a coal field.
• Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar won trust vote in Bihar
Assembly with 140 votes in his favour.
• Sri Lankan batsman
Kumar Sangakkara creates a new record by scoring four
consecutive centuries in a Cricket World Cup.
10th March:
• The Land Acquisition Bill
passed in the Lok Sabha by voting after government proposed nine
amendments.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi sets on a five-day
tour of Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka from today.
•
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni registered most wins by an
Indian captain in the history of the cricket World Cup after
defeating Ireland in Hamilton.
9th March:
• After a gap of over 20
years, 1 rupee note re-launched today.
8th March:
• International Women's Day is
celebrated across the globe.
• Senior journalist and author
Vinod Mehta died of multiple organ failure in AIIMS at the age
of 73.
• Arun Singh has been appointed as India's ambassador
to the US who will succeed S Jaishankar.
• Saina Nehwal
defeated by Carolina Marin of Spain in All England badminton
title final in Birmingham by 21-16, 14-21 and 7-21.
6th March:
• Former Bihar Chief Minister
Ram Sundar Das passes away in Patna at the age of 95.
5th March:
• Holi is celebrated across
the nation.
• According to Forbes, the founder of Sun Pharma
Dilip Shanghvi becomes the India's richest billionaire ahead of
Mukesh Ambani.
• Lok Sabha passed Insurance Laws (Amendment)
Bill, 2015.
4th March:
• The Aam Aadmi Party dropped
two founder members, Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan from
its decision-making panel.
• Lok Sabha passed the Coal Mines
bill to allow e-auction of coal blocks.
• Reserve Bank of
India lowered the repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.5 per cent.
3rd March:
• President Pranab Mukherjee
has given formal consent to the Maharashtra Animal Preservation
(Amendment) Bill which bans the slaughter of calves and bullocks
completely.
2nd March:
• Jagmohan Dalmiya elected as
the President of BCCI.
• Chelsea wins the League Cup at
Wembley Stadium following a 2-0 victory over Tottenham.
1st March:
• Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed takes oath as Jammu and
Kashmir Chief Minister.
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