1) Indian low-cost airlines SpiceJet has joined the International Air Transport Association (IATA). SpiceJet is the first Indian budget carrier to join the IATA, which has over 290 airlines as members.
2) Kazakhstan has renamed its capital Astana to Nursultan to honour outgoing leader Nursultan Nazarbayev. This announcement was made by the new president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and was approved by the parliament of Kazakhstan.Nursultan Nazarbayev served nearly 30 years as leader of the oil-rich nation.
3) The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and IIT Madras signed a MoU with the Ministry of Higher Education Afghanistan Government to collaborate on Digital Education Initiatives.
4) Pune , Maharashtra is hosting the 10 days long Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise AFINDEX-19 between the Indian Army and 16 African nations
5) ICICI Lombard and digital financial services company MobiKwik entered into a partnership to provide cyber insurance cover of Rs. 50000.The relationship aims to provide protection against unauthorised and fraudulent transactions online, across bank accounts, debit/credit cards and mobile wallets.
6) Lydian Nadhaswaram an 13 years old pianist from Chennai won the prize of $1 million (6.9 crore) for his performance on the American reality show ‘The World’s Best’. And also he made his debut on The Ellen Show.
7) Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), Gyan Data (an IIT-M incubated company) together with experts from ESPNcricinfo have launched Superstats, a new metrics to analyse the game of cricket.
8) The Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation has launched second project of Swajal Yojana at village Bhikampura, Karauli, Rajasthan.It was launched by Union Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti.
9) The Union Government is going to roll out Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBAR-DHAN) scheme. It was first announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during his 2018-19 budget speech.
10) India extended a financial grant of 35.5 million Nepalese rupees to Nepal for the construction of an educational campus to boost the learning environment of the students.The educational campus was jointly inaugurated by District Coordination Committee and Campus management committee.
11) World Water Day 2019 was observed on 22 March with the theme ‘Leaving no one behind’.
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