1. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 8 March 2016 announced to withdraw proposal to tax Employee Provident Fund (EPF) withdrawals.
2. Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launched Mahila e-Haat portal( http://mahilaehaat-rmk.gov.in) in New Delhi to facilitate women entrepreneurs to sell their products to buyers.
3. President Francois Hollande has awarded the Legion d’Honneur, France’s highest honour, to visiting Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Nayef.
4. Nomura reports reveal that Axis bank is better placed than ICICI and other public sector bank in terms of corporate book profitability.
5. The financial capital of India (Mumbai) to host BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave in April involving top Urban Policy makers and Planners from BRICS Nations .
6. Australian golfer Adam Scott won the 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral, Florida, U.S.
7. Attempting to capitalise on the increasing usage of smart phones among college-goers and working professionals, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has unveiled an application for Android phones – ‘TNelections’ – through which it will offer a range of services to the general public.
8. Former world number one Maria Sharapova has revealed she failed a drugs test at the Australian Open.
9. Germany will help to develop Kochi, Bhubaneswar and Coimbatore as smart cities.
10. Fitch, the global rating agency has maintained India's growth forecast for India at 7.5 % for this fiscal ( 2015-2016 ) and also sees higher growth around 7.7 % & 7.9 % over the next two financial years.
11. The sex ratio in Gujarat has come down to 919 in 2011 from 920 in 2001 as against significant increase of 10 points in the national average during this period, according to the Socio-Economic Review for 2015-16 tabled in the State Assembly.
12. NASSCOM Foundation has launched the Indian Public Library Movement (IPLM).The IPLM movement will start by reaching out to a million library users at 300 district-level libraries and proving them with community driven services such as computer training classes.
13. Zhong Tianshi became China's first world champion in an individual cycling event after beating teammate Lin Junhong in the women's sprint at the Track World Championships.
14. Countdown for the launch of PSLV-C32 to place India's sixth navigational satellite IRNSS-1F in the orbit started at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota this morning.
15. Olympic champion Jason Kenny won the men's sprint title at the track cycling world championships.
16. In Himachal Pradesh, the National Special Olympic for special children’s have been organized in Narkanda slopes in Shimla District.
17. Bajaj Power Generation Company has signed an agreement with the Indian Railways for electrification of the Lalitpur-Udaipura rail section under the public private partnership (PPP).
18. 8 March: International Women's Day (IWD) , International Women's Day was observed across the world on 8 March 2016.This year's theme for the Day is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”. The campaign theme for the day is #PledgeForParity.
19. Banks have so far disbursed over Rs 1.15 lakh crore under Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY), Financial Services Secretary Anjuly Chib Duggal said today.
20. Indian scientists for first time have claimed to have developed herbal medicine against mosquito borne dengue fever using traditional Indian medicine system Ayurveda.
21. Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar said that Solar Energy Policy , 2016 would be launched which aims at installing 4,000 Mega Watt capacity in five years through numerous steps like grant of status of industry.
22. ICICI Bank announced the launch of a work-from-home programme to prevent women employees from dropping out of its workforce.
23. Travel Solutions giant Thomas cook India has signed pact with Western Union Business Solutions and DCB bank to enable international trade payments by small and medium sized enterprises.
24. International Labour Organization (ILO) released a report titled Women at Work: Trends 2016 . The report which was released on International Women’s Day says that gender equality in the workplace remains elusive .
25. Jindal Panther defeated Sona Polo to lift the Amity Polo Cup trophy , Jindal Panther beats Sona Polo by 5/12 goals to 3 in the summit clash.
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