Page-11 of Current Affairs - March, 2015

Veteran singer Bombay S Kamal passes away

March 17, 2015

Veteran singer and music composer Bombay S. Kamal passed away on 17 March 2015 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala at the age of 85. He was suffering from respiratory ailments. In past six decades, he had active presence in the field of ..

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Facebook acquires shopping search engine TheFind.com

March 16, 2015

Facebook has acquired the shopping search engine TheFind. With the acquisition, the social networking giant Facebook has signaled its future plans to move into the e-commerce. The acquisition aims to improve Facebook ads experience and lift its digital advertising business. ..

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Wipro appoints Ali Neemuchwala as the Group President and Chief Operating Officer

March 16, 2015

Wipro, India’s third-largest software services firm has appointed Abid Ali Neemuchwala as the Group President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). This appointment will be effective from 1 April 2015. Neemuchwala in his new role will head Wipro’s service lines of ..

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Services clinched 69th Santosh Trophy football title 2015

March 16, 2015

Services on 15 March 2015 have won 69th Santosh Trophy football title 2014-15. In the final match Services defeated host Punjab by score of 5-4 at Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana, Punjab. In the final match both teams failed to ..

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India win’s Women's FIH Hockey World League Round Two

March 16, 2015

India on 15 March 2015 has won FIH Women’s Hockey World League Round Two competition title. In the final match played at Major Dhyan Chan stadium in New Delhi, Indian women team defeated Poland team by score of 3-1 goals. ..

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Kidambi Srikanth wins Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold 2015

March 15, 2015

India’s ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on 15 March 2015 won  badminton’s prestigious $120,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold title in Men’s singles category. In the final match he defeated Denmark’s defending champion Viktor Axelsen by score of 21-15, 12-21 and ..

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Noted Gandhian Narayan Desai passes away

March 15, 2015

Noted Gandhian Narayan Desai on 15 March 2015 passed away in Surat, Gujarat. He was 90. He is son of Mahatma Gandhi’s personal secretary and biographer Mahadev Desai. About Narayan Desai He was born on 24 December 1924 at Valsad ..

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Pioneer of Israeli cinema Lia van Leer passes away

March 15, 2015

Lia van Leer, pioneer of Israeli cinema passed away on 13 March 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. She was 90. She was the founder of Israel Film Archive, Jerusalem Cinematheque, Haifa Cinematheque and the Jerusalem Film Festival. About Lia van Leer ..

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Union Government merges Green India Mission merged with MGNREGA to reclaim forest cover

March 15, 2015

Union Government has merged Green India Mission (GIM) with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) Scheme. By merging GIM with MGNREGA Scheme government seeks to increase 10 million hectares of forest cover. Key facts National Mission for ..

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Cyclone PAM hits archipelago of Vanuatu

March 15, 2015

Powerful cyclone Pam on 14 March 2015 slammed the south Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu. The cyclone Pam is category five tropical storm and has brought destructive 270 kilometre-per-hour winds and torrential rain along with it after it had changed its course ..

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