World Sparrow Day observed
On March 20th every year. Started in 2010
"Rise for the Sparrow"-theme for this year.
Australia defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets in the third quarter-final of the ICC cricket World Cup, in Adelaide.
Australia will now take on defending champions India for a place in the final.
Narendra Modi became new Chancellor of Viswa Bharati University
He replaces former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who stepped down recently.
Central university located in Santiniketan, West Bengal.
Founded by Rabindranath Tagore
Amitabh Bachchan will be the Brand Ambassdor for Hepatitis B campaign.
Air Marshal Sohail Aman appointed as Chief of Pakistan Air Force.
Girgaum Chowpatty renamed as Swaraj Bhoomi by the State Government of Maharashtra to honour Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Country's largest insurer LIC acquired 9.9 percent stake in CARE rating agency for about Rs 428 crore.
Union Cabinet has approved 33 percent reservation for women in police forces of all seven Union Territories (UTs) including Delhi Police.
Election Commission has announced that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and ballot papers will carry photographs of candidates. This move of EC seeks to avoid voters being misled by several namesakes in the election fray.It will be effective from 1 May 2015.
Indian-American scientist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, whose pioneering work in molecular biology won him the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, will head Britain’s prestigious Royal Society, a communion of the many of the world’s most distinguished scientists.
