MARCH 2013 CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. World Water Day is celebrated across the world on 22 March every year
2. UN announced 20 March as International Happiness Day !
3. March 20 is being observed as World Sparrow Day across the globe to raise consciousness in this regard.
4. 21 March is observed as the World Forestry Day across the globe
5. Neha Tripathi Won Sixth Leg of Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour 2013
6. Bhaichung Bhutia Appointed as the Chairman of the AIFF’s Technical Committee
7. Veteran Congress leader and former Nagaland Chief MinisterSenayangba Chubatoshi Jamir sworn-in as the Governor of Odisha
8. Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman Passes away !
9. S. Venkata Mohan a scientist of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, won the National Bioscience Award for 2012 in Hyderabad.
10. Sugathakumari, the Malayalam poetess was chosen for the Saraswati Samman 2012 for the poetry collection Manalezhuthu, which means The Writing on the Sand in English.
11. Rajasthani author Hariram Meena was selected for the Bihari Puraskar for 2012 for Hindi novel Dhooni Tape Teer. The novel was published in 2008.
12. Justice Sudarshan Reddy first Lokayukta of Goa
13. Khil Raj Regmi sworn in as New Nepal PM
14. Xi Jinping has taken over as China's new president and head of the military succeeding Hu Jintao.
15. President of India, Pranab Mukherjee appointed Ali Mohd. Magrey and Dhiraj Singh Thakur as the Judges of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
16. President also appointed Rabstan, Bansi Lal Bhat and Janak Raj Kotwal as the Additional Judges of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, in their order of seniority.
17. The US and South Korea started their annual military drills called Key Resolve on 11 March 2013.
18. Former CBI Director Ashwani Kumar appointed Nagaland Governor