Roger Federer wins - ATP Indian Wells Masters title


  • Roger Federer won the ATP Indian Wells Masters title on 19th March 2017 by defeating Stan Wawrinka at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden with 6-4, 7-5.

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 2017 observed on - 21st March 2017

  • The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was observed globally on 21st March 2017
  • with the theme 'Racial profiling and incitement to hatred, including in the context of migration'.

International Day of Happiness celebrated on - 20th March 2017

  •  The International Day of Happiness was celebrated on 20th March 2017 across the world. To mark this occasion, the United Nations released the World Happiness Report 2017, which ranked 155 countries by their happiness scale.
  •  In the report, while Norway was the happiest country in the world, India was ranked 122, much behind most of the SAARC nations including Pakistan and Nepal.

Global teacher prize won by - Canadian teacher

  • Maggie MacDonnell, a Canadian teacher has won the annual Global Teacher Prize at a ceremony conducted on 19th March 2017 at the Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai. 

Forests International Day 2017 observed on 21st March 2017

  • The International Day of Forests 2017 was observed globally on 21st March 2017 with the theme ' Forests and energy'.

World Poetry Day 2017 celebrated on  21st March 2017

  • The World  Poetry Day was celebrated on 21st March 2017 globally with the theme to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression as well as to offer endangered languages the opportunity to be heard within their societies. 

 Ankur Khanna has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of ICC 

  • Ankur Khanna was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 20th March 2017. 
  • Khanna is expected join the ICC by the end of March 2017. He will relocate to the ICC headquarters in Dubai.  Presently, he is serving Air Asia India as the CFO from the last 1 year.

Upendra Tripathy has been appointed as Interim Director General of ISA 

  • Upendra Tripathy, the former secretary at Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, is appointed as the full-time interim Director General (IDG) of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).

Madhabi Puri Buch has been appointed as Full Time Member of SEBI 

  • Madhabi Puri Buch is appointed as the Whole Time Member of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on 21st March 2017. 
  • She is the first woman and a person from the private sector, chosen for a key post in SEBI.
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