World water day | .Bihar Diwas | World Down Syndrome Day-Current Affair march

1.Bihar Diwas was celebrated on March 22nd across the state to commemorate the day when Bihar was carved out of the Bengal Presidency in the year 1912.March 22nd 2019 was the 107th foundation day of the state.

2.Japan has donated $69 million to the United Nations World Food Programme to provide vital aid to 28 countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.In the 1960 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Conference.World Food Programme also aims to figerht micronutrient deficiencies, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, and combat disease, including HIV. all over world .Zero percentage hunger in 2030.

3.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.Superstats will provide the viewers with a new experience wherein where match information, analysis and projection are backed with data science.

4.World water day in march 22 with theme is ‘Leaving no one behind’.The theme ‘Leaving no one behind’ underscores the motto of ‘water for all’ .Aims to ensure all including elderly, disabled, marginalized and poor people get access to clean drinking water and proper sanitation, as enshrined under Sustainable Development Goals.United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, the United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March World Water day by passing resolution in 1922.

5.World Poetry Day is observed every year on March 21st by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Poetry Day aims to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world.UNESCO decided to observe March 21st as World Poetry Day to give fresh recognition and impetus to national, regional and international poetry movement.

6.March 21 was celebrated as World Down Syndrome Day. The theme of the 2019 World Down Syndrome Day is “Leave no one behind”.The genetic disorder has been named after British doctor John Langdon Down who fully described the syndrome in 1866.March 21st is the 21st day of third month. March 21st was chosen to signify uniqueness of the triplication of the 21st chromosome which causes Down syndyndrome.

7.Telangana government will form a 'State Tiger Protection Force' to save Tiger population in State. State and Central government will share cost on 40:60 basis.

8.96 years old Karthiyani Amma from Kerala became Commonwealth Learning Goodwill Ambassador. She has been given this honour for becomimg oldest ever candidate to appear for Kerala Literacy Mission’s Akshara Laksham (Million Letters) literacy exam.

9. National Youth Day in India in jan 12, marking birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. It was declared by Government in 1984.Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Rathore launched National Youth Parliament Festival 2019, as 2nd edition of same, with theme “Be The Voice of New India” and “Find solutions and contribute to policy”.

10.National Science Day in Feb 28. It marks discovery of Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman on 28 February 1928. For this discovery, Sir C.V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar launched STARS scheme (Scheme for Translational and Advanced Research in Science to fund Science projects). IISC will be the coordinator of the scheme.

ICICI Lombard & Mobiwik - Kazakhstan renamed Capital - Superstats - Swajal Yojana - The World's Best - Current Affairs March 2019

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’.

Air pollution in China, Asian Championships, GST Council, World TB Day - Current Affairs on March, 2019

1) Lalit Kala Akademi has announced the winner of 60th Annual Academy Awards. Totally 15 winners are there in Lalit Kala Akademi. Total prize money of Rs 1 lakh during the 60th National Exhibition of Art. The awards will be offered during the 60th National Exhibition of Art. The awardees will be honoured with a plaque, a shawl and 1 lakh prize money.


2) Air pollution in China raises the risk of diabetes. The risk of diabetes has increased by 16 percent over 10 micrograms per cubic meter in PM2.5 particle exposure.

3) Bihar Diwas was celebrated on March 22nd. Bijari was celebrated as a memorial day in 1912 from the province of Bengal. In 1911 , the Bengal Presidency was split into four sabhas Bengal, Orissa, Bihar and Assam when the capital of then British India was shifted to Delhi

4) Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) reseachers Gyan Data (an IIT-M incubated company) together launched Superstats, It's a new metrics to analyse the game of cricket. The Superstats has includes three metrics such as Luck Index, Forecaster and Smart Stats.

5) Neeraj Chopra lead the Asian Championship for the Indian athletics team. Neeraj Chopra lead the 39-member Indian athletics team for next month's Asian Championships in Doha.

6) Former India hockey captain Sardar Singh has appointed in Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) at 38th General Assembly in Bangkok. All the Olympic committee members have been elected for a four-year term from 2019 to 2023.

7) Thailand's first general election was held after 5 years of military rule. In 2014, the army removed an elected government in regime change. About 51.4 million people voted in the election. It will appoint 500 members to the House of Representatives under lower house of the Parliament.

8) GST Council approves new tax rates transition plan for real estate sector. The Goods & Services Tax (GST) Council held at March 19, 2019 to discuss the details for implementation of the lower GST rate in Real Estate Sector. The council approved the New transition plan tax rate.

9) World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2019 with an aim to raise public awareness about the upsetting health and economic consequences of tuberculosis and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic. the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched a joint initiative “Find. Treat. All. #EndTB” on World TB Day.

10) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said India one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. India has carried out several key reforms in the last five years. Indian economy growth revealed at the upcoming World Economic Outlook WEO survey report to be released by the IMF.

SAIL Smart Garbage Bin, Google BOLO App, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex found Bennu - Current Affairs on March, 2019

1) International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (IWDRI) 2days workshop held in New Delhi. This workshop organised by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) partnership with the Global Commission on Adaptation, United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank was held at new Delhi.

2) SAIL produce Smart Garbage Bin which is made stainless steel with integrates Technology for smart waste management. The Smart Garbage Bin 'll send the signels to garbage collection vechicles when it's full. This smart garbage bin useful for better clean and reduce the human intervention.

3) Google launches BOLO app which help to the childern to read in Hindi and English. Bolo app which is bein launched in India first. This app currently include up to 100 stories in Hindi and English. All smartphones running Android 4.4 (Kit Kat) and higher able to downloading this BOLO app.


4) Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, Gujarat, (IIPHG) developig a ‘Conquer Exam'mobile application which help to reduce the exam pressure for the student. IIPHG joined hands with National Mental Health Program, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Gujarat for developing this mobile app.

5) IIT- Kharagpur Students has developed the new app which detect the fake money. This app is an kind of image processing which can detect fake currency. This new innovation technology easy to solve challenging faced to find the fake currency.

6) Reserve Bank of India has replaced the previous expenditure-based system with a rule-based approach in fixing new Ways and Means limits for the state governments on 18th march, 2019

7) Indian get Benefits as on PhD- Level Work Visas : U.K. government to remove any limit on the number of PhD-level work visas. U.K. Chancellor Philip Hammond announced in a Budget update, referred annual Spring Statement, 2019, to as the Tier 2 (General) category of work visas, accounting for 54% . Indian nationals also increase in the grant of Tier 2 visas last year, up by 6% compared to the previous year.

8) NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission found the evidence of particle plumes water source on asteroid Bennu. Bennu has most rugged surface than NASA expected. Bennu’s diameter, rotation rate, inclination and overall shape exactly presented as projected. Radar observations not provide any information about colours or brightness of the Bennu.

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.