Page-25 of Current Affairs - March, 2017

SSP Chawrasia defends Indian Open Title

March 13, 2017

SSP Chawrasia (38) created history after defending his title at the Hero Indian Open with a remarkable seven-stroke win in New Delhi. He is only the second Indian golfer after Jyoti Randhawa to successfully defend the Hero Indian Open. It ..

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9 March: World Kidney Day

March 13, 2017

The World Kidney Day was observed on 9 March to raise awareness of the importance of kidneys for good health. The theme for year 2017 was “Kidney Disease and Obesity: Healthy Lifestyle for Healthy Kidneys”. It aimed to promote education about ..

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HSBC appoints Mark Tucker as its New Chairman

March 13, 2017

Europe’s biggest bank HSBC Holdings Plc has appointed Mark Tucker as its chairman. He will replace Douglas Flint and would take over as group chairman designate from September 2017 and as non-executive group chairman on October 2017. Tucker is an ..

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Congress emerges largest party in 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

March 13, 2017

Indian National Congress (INC) emerged as the single largest party in the 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election by winning 28 seats of the total 60 seats. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 21 seats, Naga People’s Front National People’s Party won ..

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Congress emerges largest party in 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election

March 13, 2017

Indian National Congress (INC) emerged as the single largest party in the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election by winning 17 seats of the total 40 seats. Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won 13 seats, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak, Goa Forward Party and Independents ..

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Congress wins 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

March 13, 2017

Indian National Congress (INC) won the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election by winning 77 seats of the total 117 seats. Aam Admi Party (AAP) won 20 seats, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) won 15 seats, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won 3 ..

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BJP wins 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election

March 13, 2017

Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won the 2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election by winning 57 seats of the total 70 seats. Indian National Congress (INC) won 11 seats and Independents won 2 seats. The election was held on 15 February 2017 ..

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BJP wins 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

March 13, 2017

Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won the 17th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election by winning 312 seats of the total 403 seats. BJP’s allies Apna Dal (Sonelal) and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party won 9 and 4 seats respectively. Samajwadi Party won ..

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Four States come together for elephant census

March 11, 2017

For the first time in India, four states Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have decided to conduct a synchronised elephant census in May 2017. These four together have the maximum number of human-elephant conflict-prone regions in India. This decision ..

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Gravitational waves Pioneer Ronald Drever passes away

March 11, 2017

Scottish physicist and gravitational waves pioneer Ronald Drever passed away. He was 85. He was one of the co-founders of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors that had detected the gravitational waves emitted by merger of a binary ..

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