March 2018 current affairs

# Phirangi puram is all set to become Andhra Pradesh’s first all-women rail station.

# Bhoodan Board – Reconstituted.

# Insect museum inaugurated in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) .

# 21st National Conference on e-Governance was held in Hyderabad.

# The world's largest solar park Shakti Sthala was inaugurated in Karnataka.

# India hosted the first International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit in New Delhi.

# The Union Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers has launched ‘suvitha’, a 100% Oxo biodegradable Sanitary Napkin, under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP).

# Diu has become the first and only Union Territory in the country to be fully run on solar energy.

# India for the first time has started process of importing Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) from United States.

# Prime Minister inaugurated 105th session of Indian Science Congress (ISC) at Manipur Central University in Imphal.

# The National Cultural Audio-Visual Archives (NCAA) project of Ministry of Culture was certified as world’s firstTrusted Digital Repository as per ISO 16363:2012 standard.

# INS Ganga, an indigenously built frigate of the Indian Navy, was decommissioned after over three decades of service.

# The first-ever International Exhibition of Graphic Prints ‘Print Biennale India 2018’ was held in Lalit Kala Akademi.

# Japan has chosen two futuristic fox-like creatures with "supernatural" powers as its mascots for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.

# The China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) has announced to build its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Liaoning.

# India, Bangladesh and Russia have signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the construction of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.

# The Marshall Islands, a Pacific island nation has become the first country in the world to recognise acrypto currency or digital currency as its legal tender.

# China has passed a historic constitutional amendment to formally remove the term limits to enable President Xi to stay on as the Chinese president beyond 2023.

# Nepal’s first woman President Bidya Devi Bhandari was re-elected for second term in Nepal President office.

# The Revenue Department in the Finance Ministry has imposed anti-dumping duty on import of ‘Ofloxacin’.

# India successfully test-fired the DRDO developed Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) Nag in desert conditions.

# Researchers have developed silver copper telluride (AgCuTe), a novel compound that exhibits poor thermal conductivity in the 25 °C to 425 °Crange but shows good electrical conductivity.

# Scientists using Kepler 2 telescope have discovered hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet named K2-229b.

# The Odisha government has launched a scheme 'Khushi' to provide free sanitary pads to 17 lakh girl students across the state.

# India's first helicopter taxi service was launched in Bengaluru to fly passengers from Kempe gowda International Airport to Electronic City.

# The Institute of Bio resources and Sustainable Laboratory (IBSD), Imphal has set up a floating laboratory in northeast India's largest freshwater lake, Loktak.

# Haryana’s first cyber police station was inaugurated in Gurugram.

# The state cabinet of Karnataka has decided to recognise Lingayat as a ‘religious minority’ and include the Veerashaivas who follow Basavanna as a group within the community.

# The world's longest sandstone cave named Krem Puri was recently discovered in Meghalaya.

# Twenty-time tennis grand slam champion Roger Federer has won the 2018 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year and Comeback of the Year awards.

# 90th Academy Awards (Oscars 2018)
Best Picture – The Shape of Water
Best Director - Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water.

# Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi became the first Indian to receive the Pritzker Prize also dubbed as ‘Architecture Nobel’.

# Renowned British theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking has passed away at the age of 76.

# Canadian mathematician Robert Langlands won the prestigious Abel Prize.

# Afghanistan’s leg-spinner Rashid Khan has become the youngest captain in the history of international cricket.

# Indian para-athlete Deepa Malik won a gold medal in the F-53/54 category javelin event at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai.

# Ranji Trophy winners (2018) Vidarbha won their second title in the domestic cricket season by winning the Irani Cup.

# Manu Bhaker secured gold in individual 10m Air Pistol at the ISSF (International Shooting Sports Federation) Junior World Cup in Sydney.

# Teenaged Afghanistan leg spinner Rashid Khan has become the fastest bowler to the milestone of 100 ODI wickets.