DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 21 MARCH 2016
(Daily News India)
1. 21 MARCH OBSERED AS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS
i. 21st March is observed
as International Day of Forests in all over the
world.
ii.The day is observed to raise awareness about the importance of
all types of forests and of trees outside forests.
iii.Theme of the day 2016
is “Forests and water”.
2. HS PRANNOY WINS 2016 SWISS OPEN GRAND PRIX GOLD BADMINTON
TITLE
i. Ace Indian shuttler HS Prannoy has grabbed 2016 Swiss Open
Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in the men’s single category.
ii.He defeated Marc Zwiebler of Germany to won the title Basel, Switzerland
iii.In Women’s Single it was won by He Bingjiao from China after defeating
Wang Yihan
iv.Men’s Doubles is won by Denmark pair of Kim Astrup and Anders
Skaarup Rasmussen after defeating Chinese Taipei pair of Lee Sheng-mu and Tsai
Chia-hsin.
v. Women’s Doubles is won by Japanese pair of Shizuka Matsuo and
Mami Naito after defeating Japanese pair of Naoko Fukuman and Kurumi Yonao .
3. YOGESHWAR DUTT GRABBED
THE GOLD MEDAL IN ASIAN OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT
i.Indian grappler Yogeshwar Dutt has grabbed a Gold medal in the
Asian Olympic Qualification tournament in the 65 kg freestyle category.
ii.In the final match he defeated Katai Yeerlanbieke from China in
the 65 kg freestyle category held at Astana in Kazakhstan.
iii.After this victory he secured an Olympic quota place for India
in 2016 Rio Olympic games.
4. EARTH HOUR 2016 OBSERVED ACROSS THE WORLD ON 19 MARCH 2016
i. The tenth edition of World Wide Fund for Nature’s Earth
Hour was observed across the World on 19 March 2016 from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm
local time.
ii.Earth Hour 2016 encouraged people to explore and adopt a
cleaner and more sustainable lifestyle by embracing renewable energy solutions.
iii. In the 2016 Earth Hour
millions of people around the world took part in the event for the global
climate change awareness campaign.
iv.More than 178 countries and territories participated in the
event .
5. INDIAN AIR FORCE SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED EXERCISE IRON FIST IN
POKHRAN
i. The Indian Air Force successfully conducted Exercise Iron Fist
in Pokhran, Rajasthan.
ii.The day and night exercise was aimed at demonstrating IAF’s
combat and fire power about its commitment and capabilities in safeguarding the
national interests.
AIR CHIEF
MARSHAL: ARUP RAHA
6. PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA
MODI LAUNCHED KISAN SUVIDHA MOBILE APP
i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Kisan Suvidha mobile
application for farmers.
ii.It will provide information on subjects such as weather,
seeds,market prices, pesticides, fertilizers, and agriculture machinery.
iii.Kisaan Suvidha is mobile app developed to help farmers by
providing relevant information to them quickly.
