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14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave

Ministry of Commerce & Industry to organise the 14th edition of CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnerships, in association with Confederation of Indian Industry and EXIM Bank of India in New Delhi from March 17-19.

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Minister of State for Commerce & Industry- CR Chaudhary.

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Kavinder Singh Bisht won Gold at GeeBee Boxing Tournament

Kavinder Singh Bisht (56kg) won gold while Shiva Thapa (60kg), Govind Sahani (49kg), Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) & Dinesh Dagar (69kg) won silver medals for India at the 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament in Helsinki, Finland.

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Finland Capital- Helsinki, Currency- Euro.

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Mohammad Shtayyeh elected as Prime Minister of Palestine

Mohammad Shtayyeh was named as the Prime Minister of Palestine by the President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas. He replaced Rami Hamdallah who was Prime Minister since 2014.

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Palestine Proclaimed Capital- Jerusalem

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Dandi March Day to be celebrated

Dandi March Day or Salt March Day is celebrated on 12 March every year to commemorate the Salt Satyagraha, a non-violence campaign run by Mahatma Gandhi. Dandi March was started in 12 March 1930 at Sabarmati Ashram to 5 April 1930 at Dandi, Gujarat.

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Rabindranath Tagore gave the title of Mahatma to MK Gandhi.

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New visa agreement between Maldives & India

The new visa agreement between Maldives & India has come into force that will allow Maldivian tourists to stay in India for 90 days without a visa. Maldivians with tourist visas can also stay in India for treatment if they suffer a sudden medical issue.

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Maldives Capital- Male , Currency- Rufiyaa.

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Cycling World Champion Kelly Catlin Passed Away

USA’s cyclist Kelly Catlin passed away at the age of 23. She helped USA to win 3 consecutive world titles between 2016 & 2018 and also silver medal at 2016 Olympics.

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Cycling Governing Body- UCI, President- David Lappartient.

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India's First LGBTQ Clinic

Humsafar Trust inaugurated India’s first LGBTQ clinic and country’s first HIV treatment centre in Mumbai. The centre will provide free counselling and provide Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART).

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Section 377 IPC was diluted to exclude consensual sex b/w adults

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World Wide Web (www) turns 30

World Wide Web is celebrating its 30th anniversary today. On 12 March 1989, British physicist Tim Berners-Lee proposed a decentralized system of information management which led to the birth of www. He invented the 1st web browser WorldWideWeb in 1990.

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Ray Tomlinson invented internet-based email in 1971 using ‘@’.

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President Confers Padma Awards to 47 Personalities

47 prominent personalities, including Malayalam actor Mohanlal, former foreign secretary S Jaishankar, Akali Dal leader Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and renowned journalist Kuldip Nayar (posthumous), were conferred the Padma awards by President Ram Nath Kovind.

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Padma Categories-Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan & Padma Shri.

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Korean Exim Bank give 4100 cr loan for Vizag Metro

Korea Exim Bank (KEXIM) will give a Rs 4,100 crore loan for Visakhapatnam Metro Rail project. The revised project is expected to cost ₹17000 crore for which funding is being tied up with German & French development banks KfW and AFD respectively.

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South Korea Capital- Seoul Currency- Won