1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Setu Bharatam project . The project aims to make all national highways free of Railway crossings by 2019 .
2. PepsiCo has inked a four-year ground sponsorship agreement with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).PepsiCo India will be the official partner of BCCI for the next four years.
3. Mumbai under-23 team clinched the Col CK Nayudu Trophy by defeating Madhya Pradesh at the Holkar Stadium, Indore.
4. Google said it was working with UNICEF to map the spread of Zika and pitching in a million dollars to support the group's efforts on the ground.
5. An MoU was signed between the Indian Army and IndusInd Bank on the Defence Salary Package.
6. Veteran All-India Forward Bloc leader Ashok Ghosh died in Kolkata.
7. Pantala flavescens (Tiny dragonfly ) found in several countries, including India, have an estimated range of 7,081 kilometres or more .
8 .The Government has decided to set up '1033' as a Toll Free National Helpline Number to Report Road Accidents.
9. Facebook , e-commerce platform, the world's largest social media company has tied up with an India payment gateway CitrusPay for cards and net banking transactions.
10. China today announced that it will hike its defence budget by seven to eight per cent this year.
11. Uber Technologies and Ola have launched rival motorcycle-hailing services in Bengaluru.
12. Union Government signed Agreement to provide a loan of 1000 crore rupees to FACT (Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore).
13. The joint venture between Bank of India, Union Bank of India and Dai-ichi Life of Japan, SUD Life announced the launch of its new critical illness policy SUD Life "AAROGYAM".
14. Namibian President Hage Geingob has officially inaugurated the northern main road MR 129 built by a Chinese company.
15. The first U.S.-India Workshop on Traditional Medicine began in New Delhi.
16. A proposal to increase the representation of women in urban local bodies from the present 33% to 50% was under consideration, the government said.
16. Jamaican Usain Bolt, World No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic, and Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi are nominated for the Laureus Sportsman of the Year.
17. Eric Schmidt, new executive chairman of Alphabet - the parent company of Google .
18. World's most expensive train station, the World Trade Centre Transportation Hub, opened in New York, the United States of America.
19. The Union Cabinet was apprised of the three Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) and Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with Japan and Russia in the various fields of Railways.
20. The Election Commission (EC) released the schedule for five state's assembly elections.West Bengal's Six Phase elections will take place from April 4 to May 5 . Assam's 2 Phase election will be on April 4 and 11.Kerala, TamilNadu, and Puducherry will have Single Phase polls on May 16.Vote Counting for All States will be held onMay 19 .
21. According to a UK real estate firm Savills survey, London is the world's most expensive city to live and work in, ahead of New York and Hong Kong.
22. Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram launched the revamped website http://www.ncst.gov.in of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes in the Capital .
23. Meghalaya Government has decided to bid for 2022 National Games after the successful host of 12th south Asian Games concluded recently in the state.
23. Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approved the first-of-its-kind policy on Internet of Things (IoT) with the prime objective of turning the state into an IoT Hub by 2020 and achieve a sizeable share (at least 10 percent) in its market in the country.
24. Former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma passed away.
25. Organizing Committee of the 12th South Asian Games has decided to set up Tikhor Park (Games Mascot) in Guwahati and Shillong and Rs. 2 Crore has been earmarked on behalf of the project.
26. Global ecommerce giant Amazon has decided to set up its second largest global delivery centre outside the US inHyderabad.
27. Barcelona win at Rayo Vallecano to set Spanish record of 35 unbeaten matches.
28. India's largest e-commerce firm Flipkart Ltd launched mobile wallet 'Flipkart Money ' for consumers on mobile operating system Android.
29. The Indian shooter, Jitu Rai win GOLD in the 50m Pistol Men final at the International Shooting Sports Federation( ISSF) World Cup in Bangkok.
30. Veteran Film Actor and Director Shri Manoj Kumar is to be conferred the 47th Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2015.
31.Veteran singer Stevie Wonder was honoured with Global Green Hero award.
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