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Awards and Honors
Veteran film actor and director Manoj Kumar has been selected for the prestigious 47th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2015.
→ Dadasageb Phalke Award is conferred by the Union Government on person for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema.
Veteran gurru Ratan Thiyam selected for the 11th META Life time Achievement Award for 2016 .He is currently working as Chairman of National School of Drama . He has been conferred with this (Mahindra Excellence in Theater Award) in recognition for his work for creating a new language in theater and enriching the art form in various roles like director , writer, composer, designer and choreographer.
International Affairs
Indian- American Sunil Sabharwal took charge as Alternate Executive Director at International Monetary Fund (IMF) . With this he became first Indian-American to occupy a key administration post at the IMF.
World's most expensive train station is opened at the 9/11 Site in New York, United States It has been named "World Trade Center Transportation Hub". This train station is built to next to Twin Towers in New York which were destroyed in the terror attacks in 2001.
Bill Gates, Mricro Soft founder has retained the title of World's Richest Person in Forbe's 30th Annual ranking of the world's billionaires 2016 list. This is his 17th time to top the list in last 23 years with a net worth of $75 Billion. 2nd Top most rich is Amancio Ortega(Italy) who is founder of clothing retail giant ZARA with net worth of $67 Billion.
Sports
Martin Crowe(53) Former New Zealand Cricket Captain passed away after a long battle with cancer. He had played 77 test matches and scored 5444 runs with highest score of 299 runs. he was captain of New Zealand team from 1990 to 1994.
Aaron Phangiso , South African Spinner has been suspended by ICC for illegal bowling action as he was found bending his hand exceeding 15 degree level of tolerance permitted by ICC.
Mumbai U-23 team wins CK Nayudu Trophy 2015-2016 which is worth of 20 lakh rupees ..In the final match played at Holkar Stadium in Indore, Mumbai has defeated Madhya Pradesh team .
Jitu Rai won Gold Medal in 50m Pistol event at ISSF World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand. He had scored 191.3 points in the final round beating Chinese Olympic team Pan Wei and Wang Zhiwei
National
Parliament passes "Carriage by Air ( Amendment) Bill, 2015 to empower Union government ot revive the limits of liability for airlines and compensation as per the Montreal convention which india accepted in 2009.
India has been ranked at the 90th place in a list of 126 countries on the basis of their ability to deliver secure, affordable and sustainable energy . This list was revealed by Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report compiled by World Economic Forum. Top 3 counties in the list are Switzerland(1) , Norway(2) , Sweden(3).
First Raisina-Dialogue 2016 , a flag ship conference on Geopolitics and Geo-economics held in New Delhi from March 1st to 5th . This three day conference is joint initiative of Union Ministry of External Affairs ( UMEA) and Observer Research Foundation(ORF) , an independent think tank of India.
→ The theme of Raisina Dialogue 2016 is "Asia: Regional and Global Connectivity"
"National Conference on Women Legislatiors: Building Resurgent India " began in Delhi on March 5th was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukerjee . The two day conference will provide women legislators a platform to interact with their counter parts from across the country.
The Traditional festival of Chapchar Kut of the Mizos was celebrated across the state of Mizoram and in the Mizo-inhabited areas in neighboring states. This festival is celebrated every year in the month of March which observes advent of Spring.
Narendra Modi has launched "Setu Bharatam "project to make all national highways free of railway crossings by 2019. Under this project 2018 places have been identified for the construction of rail over bridges(ROB) or underpasses with an estimate of 50,000 crore rupees .
Union governament approved proposal of 4 states for issuance of Ujwal Discom assurance Yojana (UDAY) bonds.
Films
Veteran film actor and director Manoj Kumar has been selected for the prestigious 47th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2015.
→ Dadasageb Phalke Award is conferred by the Union Government on person for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema.
Film Scholar PK Nair ( Parmesh Krishnan Nair) passed away on March 4th in Maharashtra . He had won epithet of 'celluloid man'for his life long dedication towards the acquisition and preservation of cinematic heritage of the country.
Veteran guru Ratan Thiyam selected for the 11th META Life time Achievement Award for 2016 .He is currently working as Chairman of National School of Drama . He has been conferred with this (Mahindra Excellence in Theater Award) in recognition for his work for creating a new language in theater and enriching the art form in various roles like director , writer, composer, designer and choreographer.
Important Days
"World Wildlife Day (WWD) is celebrated on 3rd March this year also with the theme of "The future of wild life is in our hands". Every year 3rd March is celebrated as World Wildlife day to raise awareness of the world's wild fauna and flora. It calls for taking urgent steps to fight wild life crime which has wide ranging environmental, economic and social impacts.
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