Tuesday, 22 March 2016

22nd March

India has assumed BRICS Chairmanship from the Russian Federation for the year 2016.

India has assumed BRICS Chairmanship for second time and had hosted the  BRICS Summit in 2012 for first time in New Dehli. The 7th BRICS Summit was held in the Russian city of Ufa in July 2015.

India will host the 8th BRICS Summit would be organized on 15-16 October 2016 in Goa.

Established: 2009. Originally it was known as BRIC before the inclusion of South Africa in 2011.

First Summit: The first formal summit was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

March 22: World Water Day


2016 Theme: “Better Water, Better Jobs”.
first World Water Day on 22 March 1993
2015 theme of WWD was ‘Water and Sustainable Development’

The fast patrol vessel (FPV) of the Indian Coast Guard ICGS Arnvesh was commissioned at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has launched new anti-TB (Tuberculosis) drug Bedaquiline It was launched by the Union Health Minister J P Nadda as part of the TB national programme

The Union Health Minister also has launched CBNAAT (Cartridge-Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test) diagnostic machines for the quick diagnosis of TB within two hours.

Intel’s former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman Andrew Grove passed

Indian wrestler Hardeep Singh has won silver medal in the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in the 98 kg category.

Every year 21st March is being observed as International Day of Forests to raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests and of trees outside forests.

Theme for 2016: “Forests and water”. 
first International Day of Forests was observed on 21 March 2013.

Star Indian grappler Yogeshwar Dutt has won a Gold medal in the Asian Olympic Qualification tournament in the 65 kg freestyle category.
The world sparrow day is being observed every year on March 20
first time, the World Sparrow Day was organised in different parts of the world in 2010.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended Bangladesh bowlers Taskin Ahmed and Arafat Sunny for bowling with an illegal action

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched Kisan Suvidha mobile application

Madhya Pradesh: For production greater than 10 million tonnes in Category I States. Himachal Pradesh and Odisha: For production between 1 and 10 million tonnes in Category II States. Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya: For production less than 1 million tonnes in Category III States. Individual Crops: Total 5 winning states were awarded a trophy, a citation and a monetary award of 2 crore rupees. These states are
Haryana, Assam: Rice.
Rajasthan: Wheat.
Chhattisgarh: Pulses.
West Bengal: Oil Seeds.
The tenth edition of World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF’s) Earth Hour was observed across the World on 19 March 2016 from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm local time.
The first Earth Hour was held on March 31, 2007 in Sydney, Australia.


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