1. Five Indian women have made it to the Forbes list of world’s richest people in the world, which saw 190 women billionaires.
2. India has been ranked at the 90th place in a list of 126 countries compiled by WEF on the basis of their ability to deliver secure, affordable and sustainable energy.Sweden at first place.
3. Portugal Government nominated former Portuguese Prime Minister and head of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres as a candidate for General Secretary at United Nations.
4. 3 March: World Wildlife Day.World Wildlife Day was observed on 3 March 2016 across the world .2016 theme is “The future of wildlife is in our hands”.
5. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) cleared a proposal to acquire two more Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) at the cost of Rs.7,500 crore under a tripartite contract with Israel and Russia.
6.European Union has proposed an emergency fund of 760 million dollars to help Greece and other member states that are struggling with the migrant crisis.
7. Eminent poet Dr Bhagwati Lal Vyas has been chosen for the 2015 Bihari Puraskar for his anthology of Rajasthani poems ‘Katha Sun Aawe Hai Sabad’.
8. Parliament has passed the Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, 2015 to empower Union government to revise the limits of liability for airlines and compensation as per the Montreal Convention which India accepted in 2009.
9. Veteran playwright and director Ratan Thiyam named for Lifetime Achievement Award of the 11th edition of the Mahindra Excellence Theatre Awards (META).
10. India's Financial Capital, Mumbai, with 1094 billionaires (Ultra High Net Worth Individuals) has become home to the wealthiest people in the country, followed by Delhi at 545 , according to the Knight Frank Wealth Report 2016.Rankings of Mumbai and Delhi: 21 & 33 respectively.
11. NHAI has taken a significant step in ensuring development of management competencies of its technical and managerial manpower, with a tie up with Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad
12. Nepal appointed Ek Narayan Aryal as the country's Consul General in Kolkata.
13. Kerala government has launched an air ambulance to be used exclusively for speed in organ transplant.
14. Former New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe passed away in Auckland, New Zealand after a long battle with cancer.
15. Book titled -Who was Shivaji? authored by Govind Pansare came in news in first week of March 2016.
16. The Hinduja Group is a global conglomerate company acquired the heritage Old War Office in London that was once inhabited by Winston Churchill.
17. Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman, the two men who created the famous Diffie-Helman public-key exchange protocol , are conferred with the prestigious Turing Award .This Award is also known as Oscars of computer science and technology .
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