Page-19 of Current Affairs - March, 2015

Three South Asian women selected for International Women of Courage Award 2015

Three South Asian women have been selected for the prestigious International Women of Courage Award for the year 2015 by the United States. They are Captain Niloofar Rahmani...

March 4, 2015

RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.5 per cent

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 4 March 2015 has cut down repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.5 percent from 7.75 percent, with immediate effect....

March 4, 2015

Union Government launches website Shipping Samvad

Union Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways on 3 March 2015 launched a website Shipping Samvad. It was launched by Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport &...

March 4, 2015

Renowned ornithologist K.S. Lavkumar Khachar passes away

Renowned ornithologist and environmentalist K.S. Lavkumar Khachar passed away in Rajkot, Gujarat. He was 84. As environmentalist he had a long association with the environmental conservation intuitions like...

March 4, 2015

World's largest and tallest Indian flag unfurled in Faridabad, Haryana

World’s largest and tallest Indian national flag was unfurled on 3 March 2015 at Town Park in Faridabad, Haryana. Features of Flag- It has dimension of 96 feet...

March 3, 2015

Lok Sabha passes Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2015

The Lok Sabha on 3 March 2015 passed the Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill, 2015 by voice vote. The Bill seeks to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and...

March 3, 2015

Lok Sabha passes Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015

Lok Sabha on 3 March 2015 passed Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2015 to replace ordinance promulgated in this regard. The bill amends the Mines...

March 3, 2015

MC Mary Kom to retire from boxing after Rio Olympics Games 2016

MC Mary Kom has announced that she will retire from boxing after the Rio Olympic Games 2016. She made this announcement citing the reason that her body will...

March 3, 2015

Forbes’s 2015 billionaires list: Bill Gates retains title as world’s richest person

Microsoft Co-founder, Bill Gates retained the title of the world’s richest person in the Forbes 2015 billionaire list. Mr. Gates has topped the list for 16 of the...

March 3, 2015

Union Government and RBI sign agreement to keep inflation below 6%

Union Government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have signed an agreement on Monetary Policy Framework in order to move towards the RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan’s view...

March 3, 2015