Current Affairs : March 2020

21^st March

1. United nation Celebrate international day of forest on 21^st march.
2. Pradeep Kumar Banerjee former Indian captain and finest striker of India football team Passed away at Kolkata hospital.
3. Prime minister announce Janata curfew on 22nd March.
4. World Poetry Day 2020: March 21
5. The International Day of Nowruz (New Day) was celebrated on March 21, 2020.

22^nd March

1.22^nd March celebrated as world Water day.

      2.TRIFED launches ‘Tech for Tribal’ program        to bring technology to tribal entrepreneurs.

    3.UK scientists discover fossil of the world’s oldest known modern bird, call it ‘Wonder chicken’.

4. Gujarat Government signs a MoU with Dutch Flying car-maker, PAL-V (personal air Vehicle).

5.The World Water Day is observed globally on March 22 every year, to highlight the importance of freshwater.

Theme of the year 2020: “Water and Climate Change”.

23^rd March

1. On March 23, 2020, State Bank of India (SBI), an Indian multinational, public sector bank, became the 1st bank to launch COVID 19 emergency credit line (CECL) to provide funds to businesses affected by the infectious coronavirus.

2.IOC becomes 1st company to begin the supply of BS-VI fuel across country.

3.Hillel Furstenberg&Gregory Margulieswon Abel Prize 2020.this prize given in the field of Mathematics.

4. Govt. set up a committee under Dr V K Paul to prevent & control COVID-19.

5.The World Meteorological Day (WMD 2020) is observed every year on March 23. organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in the year 1950. The theme of WMD 2020 is “Climate and Water”.

24^th March

1. IIT-Madras to organize India’s 1st Global Hyperloop Pod Competition. Hyperloop is the 5th transportation mode, a high-speed train that travels in a vacuum tube.
2. Pune-based Mylab becomes the 1st Indian firm to make diagnostic test kits for coronavirus.
3. Author Ruchika Tomar wins PEN/Hemingway Award 2020.
4. World Tuberculosis Day 2020: March 24.
5. State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender has announced to provide 0.25% of its annual profit for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 to fight Covid-19 pandemic in India.

25^th March

1. PM Modi declared 21-day (Mar 25-April 14, 2020) lockdown to break COVID-19 infection chain
2. COVID-19 will be tested and treated under Ayushman Bharat scheme.
3. Goa becomes the 1st Indian state to launch assessment tool for COVID-19.
4. FinMin declared relief measures for financial sectors amid COVID-19 outbreak; Extension for return filing till June 30,
5. Tokyo 2020 Olympics postponed to 2021
6. Mayiladuthurai to become Tamil Nadu’s 38th district.
7. Odisha Chief Minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik launched “Mo Jeeban (My Life) Programme” and urged people to take a pledge to stay indoors. The programme was launched due to the Coronavirus (COVID- 19) outbreak.