World Consumer Rights Day - Tourism Awards - Statehood Day -Education Day - Current Affairs On March

1) March 15 of every year is celebrated as World Consumer Rights Day. The theme of the World Consumer Rights Day 2019 is “Trusted Smart Products”.

2) World Kidney Day 2019 was observed on 14th March. The theme of the World Kidney Day 2019 is Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere. And the theme denotes universal health coverage (UHC) for prevention and early treatment of kidney disease.

3) Vastradan Campaign initiated by the former royal family of Udaipur has set the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of clothes for donation. The campaign had collected more than 3 lakh items of clothing.

4) In 'TV Cinema Spot' Category at ITB (Internationale Tourismus-Borse), Berlin. The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has won the First Prize at prestigious international Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2019.

5) The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has been renamed as the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.

6) The first-ever International Day of Education was celebrated on 24 January 2019 as per the resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly.

7) Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched its own payment aggregator system, IRCTC iPay. This is to promot the government’s Digital India initiative.

8) The states of Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya celebrated their 47th Statehood Day on 21st January. These state became full-fledged states on January 21, 1972.

9) Suman Kumari becomes the first Hindu woman to have became a civil judge in Pakistan after passing an examination for induction of judicial officers.

10) Saudi Arabia has appointed Princess Reema bint Bandar, as its first female ambassador to the United States.

Most Important Current Affairs March

1.Pramod Sawant is new chief minister of Goa following the demise of Manohar Parrikar. Pramod Sawant was elected as speaker after the 2017 polls. He was the youngest speaker from among all state legislative assemblies at that time.

2.Indian Writer Raghu Karnad has won the  Windham-Campbell Prize in the non-fiction category for his debut book.Raghu Karnad is the second Indian to receive the award. Jerry Pinto had won the award for his novel, Em And The Big Hoom in 2016. Raghu Karnad is the son of legendary writer and the Jnanpith awarde Girish Karnad.

3.Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and France Space Agency CNES signed an agreement to set up a maritime surveillance centre in India. Training ISRO and CNES also agreed to jointly train Indian Scientists for the ‘Gaganyaan’ project at Toulouse Space Centre in France.

4.India’s largest Bank State Bank of India (SBI) has announced the launch of YONO Cash through which customers can withdraw money from ATMs without using ATM.

5.The name of former Supreme Court Judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose has been cleared by the Lokpal Selection Committee headed by the Prime Minister. The first Lokpal of India in Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose .

6.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that SBI, ICICI and HDFC Banks would continue as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) for 2018. 

7.March 8,Women's day
  1. NASA announced that it will be conducting first-ever all-female spacewalk. Astronauts Christina Koch and Anne McClain will exit International Space Station on March 29, 35 years after first woman performed a spacewalk at anounced women's day on march 8.
  2.Nari Shakti Puraskar 2018 presented by President Ram Nath Kovind , to 41 women achievers.

8.The Special Olympics World Games 2019 was inaugurated at Abu Dhabi.The speacial olympics is first time started in Middle East and Africa region. The Special Olympics are held every two years and alternates between summer and winter.Previous Special Olympics were held in Austria (2017) and the next Special Olympics will be held in Sweden (2021). The motto of Special Olympics “Let me win. But if I cannot  win, let me brave in the attempt.’ 

9.Niti Ayog in association with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) organized the first workshopon the development of the India Energy Modelling Forum (IEMF).
Under the Strategic Partnership, the United States and India will pursue four primary pillars of cooperation: Oil and Gas Power and Energy Efficiency,Renewable Energy and Sustainable Growth Coal.

10.March 15 every year is celebrated as World Consumer Rights Day. The theme of the World Consumer Rights Day 2019 is “Trusted Smart Products”.The genesis of the World Consumer Rights Day can be traced to the special message to the US Congress on 15th March 1962 by President John F Kennedy.The first World Consumers Day was celebrated at 1983 and since then every year March 15 is celebrated as World Consumers Day.

11.The Students from IIT- Kharagpur has devised a code for a Smartphone application to address the problem of detecting fake Indian currency.

12.NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission discovers evidence of water, particle plumes on asteroid Bennu among numerous other findings.The Osiris-Rex mission is expected to return samples to Earth in 2023 and before attempting to obtain a sample from the asteroid, it will map out Bennu's surface in detail and orbit the asteroid to calculate its mass.

13.The International Day of Happiness 2019 was celebrated on March 20 with the theme Happier Together.The concept of International Day of Happiness was  materialised by UN special advisor Jayme Illien to inspire and spread a happiness movement globally and the first ever international day of happiness was observed on March 20, 2013.Happiness the United Nations has launched the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that seek to end poverty, reduce inequality, and protect our planet.

14.The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network has released the World Happiness Report 2019. The report ranks countries on six key variables  income, freedom, trust, healthy life expectancy, social support and generosity.India has witnessed a sustained drop with a 140th place this year compared with the 133rd place in 2018.The United States dropped from the 18th to the 19th place.

Most Important current Affairs On March

1) Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Railways and Coal has awarded the Carnot Prize 2018 for the evolutional changes brought by him during his Union Minister Power.

2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiated the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi in Navsari district, Gujarat on January 30, 2019 cause of Mahatma Gandhi's 71st death anniversary.

3) Dhanlaxmi Bank, Allahabad Bank and Corporation Bank has been removed by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), from the PCA (Prompt Corrective Action) framework by moving them out of its weak-bank watchlist.

4) Government Approves Construction of more than 5 lakh Affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). The approval was given by the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee under the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs

5) The Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal has announced a PRANAM Commission to look after the issues related to the Parents Responsibility and Norms for Accountability and Monitoring (PRANAM) Bill

6) Astronomers from Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai have identified a new population of ultraviolet stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808 using the India multi-wavelength space observatory AstroSat, launched in September 2015.

7) The government of Madhya Pradesh has announced the increase of the reservation quotas for the OBCs and has stated that it would also implement 10 per cent quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) under the general category.

8) The Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee has unveiled a new scheme Yuvashree Plan II or Yuvashree Arpan to encourage entrepreneurship among youth in this scheme around fifty thousand Youths who have completed ITI or polytechnic institutes will be eligible to get financial support of Rs One Lakh from the state MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) department to set up their own business initiatives.

9) The 33rd edition of India-Indonesia coordinated patrol (IND-INDO CORPAT) was inaugurated at Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The IND-INDO CORPAT 2019 is held from 19 Mar to 04 Apr 2019.

10) The Aero India 2019 was inaugurated in Bangalore at the Yelahanka Air Force Station by Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. And the Areo India event has be held for 5 days from February 20 to 24.

11) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to prepare a noise pollution map and remedial action plan to solve the issue across the country.

12) The Special Olympics World Games 2019 was inaugurated at Abu Dhabi. The Special Olympics World Games 2019 is being hosted by the cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Most Important Current Affairs on March

1) Uttar Pradesh is taking otters census in its otters protected areas. This is the first Otters survey conducted by the Uttar Pradesh state government. This census started in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve . India has 3 of the world's 13 kinds of living ottars, these are
Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) – IUCN status: Near Threatened.
Smooth-coated Otter (Lutra perspicillata) – IUCN status: Vulnerable.
Small-clawed Otter (Aonyx cinereus) – IUCN status: Vulnerable....


2) NGT Direct CPCB to plan to obtain Noice Polution map   : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) request to prepare a noise pollution map setting up in where cities are more polluted beyond permissible limits. All the states and union Territories Police departments are give the further request to obtain the noice monitoring devices within three month.

3) Indian writen Raghu Karnad has won Windham-Campbell Prize: Indian Writer Raghu Karnad has won the Windham-Campbell Prize $165,000 in the Non-fiction for his debut book, The Farthest Field. The Farthest Field book tells of an Indian Second World War Story. The other award was got American writer Rebecca Solnit for the diverse body of work in the Non-fiction Category. Raghu Karnad is the second Indian who got a Windham-Campbell prize

4) The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) has accepted the two resolutions piloted by India. One of these main resolution is Single Use Plastic. The important role of plastic resolution is reduction of plastics and their products from plastics producers, retailers and the consumer goods industry, as well as importers. Another one resolution is Sustainable Nitrogen Management.

5) SBI Launches cardless ATM withdrawal : India’s largest Bank State Bank of India (SBI) has announced the YONO Cash App which helps to customer can withdraw money from ATM without using a card. ATM enabled with YONO cash Point Service.

6) West Nile Virus : West Nile Virus has been detected from 7 years old child. This virus spread by mosquitoes. People suffer from fever, headache, fatigue, body aches, nausea, vomiting, occasionally with a skin rash when they infected with WNV ( West Nile Virus )

7) India Post Released Ice Stupa Stamp. Ice Stupa placed is the artificial glaciers. Ice Stupa stamp released at an event presence of Himalayan Institute of Alternatives Ladakh founder Sonam Wangchuk who spearheaded the Ice Stupa initiative.

8) In 2019, India is ranked 140th among the world's happiest countries. The most happiest country report was released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations on March 20. This survey report also noted that there has been an increase in negative emotions, including worry, sadness, and anger. Pakistan is ranked 67th in the happiest country in the world.

9) According to the Economist Intelligence Unit's world's Most expensive cities are Singapore, Paris and Hong Hong which cost of expensive living Survey city. Singapore, Paris and Hong Kong share the title as world's most expensive city. According to this report, India's Bangalore, Chennai and New Delhi are among the cheapest city to surveyed. This report include food, drink, clothing, household supplies and personal care items, as well as private schools etc..

10) Business line Changemaker Awards 2019 was revealed. GST Council Iconic Changemaker: Bezwada Wilson (Safai Karmachari Andoloan) won the Businessline Changemaker of the year Award.

11) Microsoft launched project Sangam which is developed to Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in India. It is one of the world’s largest Cleanliness Programme. Microsoft announced this project with The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).

12) India won a total of 188 medals at the Special Olympics World Games.This Special Olympic world games held at Abu Dhabi. The medals include 50 gold, 63 silver and 75 bronze medals. India won four gold and one silver medal in Table Tennis.

IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT EXAM QUESTIONS

1)Who won the 2017 ICC Women's World cup?

Answer=England(England defeated India in Final)

2)Who is the New Chief Minister of Nagaland?

Answer=T.R.Zeliang

3)India's new president Ramnath Kovind, hails from which state?

Answer=Uttar Pradesh

4)Which indian won the 2017 US open grand prix gold badmitton title?

Answer=H.S. Prannoy

5)Which state government has launched 'Namo Yuva Rojgar Kendra' for unemployed youth?

Answer=Maharashtra

6)Which government agency has developed India's first unmanned tank 'Muntra'?

Answer=Defence Research and Development Organisation

7)Which country will host the 2024 olympics?

Answer=Paris

8)When is the World Hepatitis day is observed every year?

Answer=July 28

9)The Murlen National Park is located which state?

Answer=Mizoram

10)Who is the New Supreme court judge of india?

Answer=Dipak Mishra

IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT EXAM QUESTIONS

1)Who has bagged social entrepreneur of the year award of 2017?
Answer=Nisha dutt
2)What is the current reverse repo rate?
Answer=6.00%
3)Which minister has launched a mobile app "celebrating yoga" for scientific healthy living?
Answer=Harshvardhan
4)Who has been conferred with the MBE(member of the order of the british empire)?
Answer=Annabel Mehta
5)Where is located kaziranga national park?
Answer=Assam
6)Who is the judge of supreme court in india?
Answer=Jagadish singh khehar
7)Who is the comproller and auditor general of india?
Answer=Shashikant sharma
8)Which indian government honoured united nations public service award for 2017?
Answer=West Bengal(Mamata banerjee)
(The state government's got the award of kanyashree prakalpa scheme in the hague,netherlands)
9)United nations public service day is observed on which day?
Answer=June 23
10)Which city has become the india's first city to deliver diesel at home?
Answer=Bengaluru

IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT EXAM QUESTIONS

1)Which institute has bagged Pm's yoga award?
Answer=Ramamani Iyengar memorial yoga institute
2)The 2017 world refugee day is observed on which date?
Answer=June 20
3)Who has become the new brand ambassador to promote goods and services tax(GST)?
Answer=Amitabh Bachchan
4)Which country has won 2017 champions trophy title?
Answer=Pakistan(Pakistan defeated india in final)
5)The first ever BRICS games 2017 has started in which country?
Answer=China
6)"World yoga day" is celebrated on?
Answer=June 21
7)Who is the governor of bihar?
Answer=Ram nath govind
8)Where is located kanha national park in india?
Answer=Madhya pradesh
9)Who is the minister of petroleum and national gas in india?
Answer=Dharmendra Pradhan
10)What is position of india's rank in global innovation index(GII)?
Answer=60th