CURRENT AFFAIRS – MARCH 2015

NATIONAL AFFAIRS• PolicyportallaunchedbyITMinisterRaviShankarPrasad.• AmitabhBachcantoleadIndia'sfightagainstHepatitisB.• Mumbai'sGirgaomChowpattytoberenamedasSwarajBhoomi.• AndhraPradeshtonamenewcapitalcityasAmaravathi.• IndianRailwaylaunchedRu-Paypre-paiddebitcardon24thMarch2015.• GovernmentofIndialaunched"TwitterSamvad"fordirectcommunication

betweenGovernmentandcitizen.• HimachalPradeshAssemblylaunchedIndia'sfirstE-VidhanMobileapps.• Indiabecomesthethirdlargeststeelproducerintheworld.• BJPbecomestheworld'slargestpoliticalpartyintheworld.• MaryKomappointedasAmbassadorforNorth-East.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS• ModiflaggedoffthefirsttrainfromThalaimannartoMadhuRoadinNorth

SriLanka.• Facebookacquiresshoppingsearchengine"thefind.com".• Chinabecomesthethirdlargestexporterofarmsintheworld.• The United Arab Emirats announced Hiat to host AFC (Asian Football

Confederation)AsianCup2019on9thMarch2015.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY• World'sfirstelectricsatellitessuccessfullyliftedoffbySpaceXrocket.• AstronomersfromtheCambridgeUniversitydiscoverednewdwarfplanets

orbitingaroundtheworld.• ISROsuccessfullylaunchesfourthnavigationsatelliteIRNSS1D.• PrimeMinisterlaunchesvaccineforRotavirus.

SPORTS• AustraliawinsICCCricketWorldCup2015for5time.• SriLankancricketerKumarSangakkarabecamesecondcricketer tocross

14000OneDayInternational(ODI)runsafterSachinTendulkar.• India'syoungshuttlerKidambiSrikanthwinsSwisGrandPrixChampionship.• SainaNehwalbecomesthefirstIndianwomantoreachworldnumberone

ranking.• FIFA2022worldcuptobeplayedinquatarheldonDecember18,2022.

IMPORTANT DAYS• 3rdMarch–NationalDefenceDay• 8thMarch–WorldWomen'sDay• 15thMarch–WorldConsumerRightsDay• 20thMarch–InternationalDayofHappiness• 21stMarch–WorldPoetryDay• 22ndMarch–WorldWaterDay

DEATHS• RamSundarDas–FormerChiefMinisterofBihar–6thMarch2015• VinodMehta–VeteranJournalist–8thMarch2015• SirTerryPratchett–FantasyAuthor–12thMarch2015• YusufAliKechery–MalayalamPoet–21stMarch2015• LeeKuanYew–FounderofModernSingapore–23rdMarch2015

AWARDS AND HONORS• VeerappaMoily–SaraswatiSammanAward• SmritiIrani–YoungGlobalLeaderbyWEF• ShashiKapoor–DadaSahebPhalkeAward• CaptainJaidevofParachuteRegiment–KirtiChakra• FormerPMAtalBihariVajpayee–BharatRatna• ISRO–GandhiPeacePrize2014.• AditiArya–MissIndia2015.