1.Noted science journalist Pallava Bagla was  conferred with National award for his efforts in science and technology communication on television.
 2.Tamil Nadu government today launched internet services to every household through the state-owned Arasu Cable TV Corporation.
3.Rajasthan will host the popular National Lagori Championship 2016.
4.International Cricket Council (ICC) banned South Africa left-arm spinner Aaron Phangiso from bowling .
5.UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed the 'West-Eastern Divan Orchestra' as the United Nations Global Advocate for Cultural Understanding.
6.World wildlife day observed on March 3.
7.Delhi government has directed schools in the national capital to consider banning the sale of food items with high fat, sugar and salt content from canteens .
8.Center will procure 1.5 lakh tonne pulses to create buffer stock.
9.Earthquake in Indonesia 8.2.
10.Multi Commodity Exchange announced the appointment of Mrugank Paranjape as MD & CEO of the exchange.
11.Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain took over as the Chief of Staff of the Visakhapatnam.
12.The MS Swaminathan Research Foundation has signed a MOU with Bhubaneswar -based Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) to establish a Research Chair.
13.Scott Kelly, American Astronaut(NASA), Returns to Earth After 340 Days in Space.
14.RBI unlocks Rs.40000 crore additional capital for banks.
15.Government to buy 15,000 tonnes of Onion from Farmers to create a Buffer Stock .
16.India signed a loan agreement with multilateral lending agency World Bank for $300 million for Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Quality Improvement Project.
17.The multinational Military Exercise Force Eighteen conducted by Indian Army has started in at Pune, Maharashtra. In this seven-day military exercise (till March 8, 2016) over 300 participants from 18 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Plus countries are participating.
18.Columnist and author Jerry Pinto was chosen for the 2016 Windham-Campbell Prize.
19.US ratings agency Moody's Analytics in the first week of March 2016 cut its outlook for China from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’
20.Three British scientists have won a prestigious 2016 Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Prize (also known as Brain Prize) for giving vital insight how the human brain remembers, learns and navigates.These scientists are Timothy Bliss, Graham Collingridge and Richard Morris.
21.BEML Limited has bagged a Rs. 900 crore order for the supply of Metro coaches to Kolkata East-West Metro Line.
22.The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the investment arm of the World Bank has launched its first Uridashi Masala Bonds (Japanese bonds).
23.Indian Railways launched bar coding system for unreserved tickets to bring transparency and prevent revenue leakage in the ticketing system in New Delhi.
24.Chennai gets India’s first self-cleaning smart toilets .
25.India's GDP Growth likely to rise to 7.8% in FY 17: Nomura
26.The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has identified 46 new coal blocks in the country, including 12 each in West bengal and Chattisgarh and 11 in Madhya Pradesh .
27.Indian Accent , the famous restaurant situated in New Delhi again bags the best restaurant award in India.
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