General Knowledge and Current Affairs - 12

• World Water Day has been observed on 22 March since 1993.

• March 21 is observed as World Forestry Day.

• March 23 - World Meteorological Day.

• Soumitra Chatterjee to get Dadasaheb Phalke award.

• Marriage law: Women may get right to marital property.

• March 24 - World TB Day.

• China 'warns' India, conducts 'live fire' exercise in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

• Cricket: Pakistan have won the Asia Cup after a gap of 12 years.

• Bhagat Singh (born on: 28 Sept 1907) was hanged on 23 March 1931 at 7:30 pm in Lahore jail with his fellow comrades Rajguru and Sukhdev.

• HighMAT: High-performance Media Access Technology

• Dheeran Chinnamalai (17 April 1756 to 31 July 1805). In July 2005, a commemorative postage stamp on him was issued. Birth: Melapalayam, Erode.

• On November 10, 1997, Apple introduced the Apple Online Store.

• On October 23, 2001, Apple introduced the iPod digital music player.

• Apple was established on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, to sell the Apple I personal computer kit.

• The Bombay Natural History Society was started in 1883.

• In 1952, Central Government of India Constituted the Indian Board for Wild Life.

• India (New Delhi) hosts 4th BRICS summit.

• BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

• Tech capital Bangalore costliest Indian city to live in: Survey.

• BRICS summit in Delhi focuses on new bank.

• U.S. hikes fee for H-1B visa.

• Project Elephant, a centrally sponsored scheme, was launched in February 1992.

• Project Tiger has been under implementation since 1973.

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