Page-19 of Current Affairs - March, 2016

Maria Sharapova provisionally suspended after failing drugs test at Australian Open

March 8, 2016

Former world number one female tennis player Maria Sharapova (28) from Russia has revealed that she failed a drugs test at the Australian Open. Due to this failure the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has provisionally suspended her till further action ..

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Haryana signs 11 MoUs on opening day of Global Investors' Summit

March 8, 2016

Haryana Government has signed 11 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) involving a total investment of Rs 18,159 crores with different companies. These MoUs were signed in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on the first day of the two-day ..

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Former NDDB chief Amrita Patel gets Mahindra lifetime achievement award

March 8, 2016

Dr Amrita Patel was conferred prestigious 2016 Mahindra Samriddhi India Agri Lifetime Achievement Award also known as the Krishi Shiromani Samman. The award was bestowed upon her by Union Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh for her contribution in the ..

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Union Government launches online marketing platform Mahila E-HAAT

March 7, 2016

The Union Government has launched an online marketing platform Mahila E-HAAT to facilitate women entrepreneurs to sell their products to buyers. It was launched by Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi in New Delhi. The Mahila e-Haat portal ..

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Indian scientists develop Herbal Medicine for Dengue

March 7, 2016

Indian scientists for first time have claimed to have developed herbal medicine against mosquito borne dengue fever using traditional Indian medicine system Ayurveda. The herbal dengue medicine was developed using alcoholic extract of Cissampelos pariera Linn (Cipa extract) derived from ..

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MoEFCC releases Four Colour Classification Scheme for industries based on Pollution Index

March 7, 2016

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has released a new Four-colour Classification Scheme for industries based on their pollution potential. The four-colour classification scheme of industrial sectors based on the Pollution Index (PI) which is a ..

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Capital Area Bank first to get small finance bank licence from RBI

March 7, 2016

Jalandhar based Capital Local Area Bank (CLAB) Limited became the first financial entity in India to get Small Financial Bank Licence by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). CLAB ltd claims to be largest local bank in the country with total ..

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E-mail inventor Ray Tomlinson passes away

March 7, 2016

Internet pioneer and e-mail inventor Raymond Tomlinson passed away in Washington, United States. He was 74 years old. Tomlinson invented direct electronic messages between users on different machines on a certain network in 1971. Key pioneering inventions First email system: ..

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Dogri poetess Padma Sachdev awarded 2015 Krutitava Smagra Samman

March 7, 2016

Renowned Dogri poetess and writer Padma Sachdev has been awarded prestigious Krutitava Smagra Samman for the year 2015. She was bestowed with this award for her outstanding contribution in literature and great service to Dogri Language. It was presented to ..

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New snake species named Melanophidium Khairei discovered in Western Ghats

March 7, 2016

Researchers have discovered new species of burrowing snake named Melanophidium khairei or Khaire’s Black Shieldtail in Northwestern Ghats. This new snake species was correctly identified after a gap of 144 years as it was earlier wrongly identified as identified as ..

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