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Globally Observed World Hearing Day on 3rd March
Every year World Hearing Day is observed internally to create awareness on how to avoid deafness and hearing loss and support ear and hearing care all over the world.
- The main goal of 2020 World Hearing Day is hearing for life. Don’t let hearing loss limit you.
- World Health Organization decides the subject and creates brochures on the topic based on the preeminent available evidence as well as advocacy materials such as infographics, posters, banners, and presentations, among others.
- These materials are shared with the WHO colleagues, civil society and the partners in government all over the world. WHO warm invites the entire stakeholders to join this world initiative.
03 March: World Wildlife Day
World Wild Life is observed every year on 3rd march to raise awareness about the essential of protecting wildlife. The year is mainly on two counts. The Bio-diversity super year due to the enormous amount of Eco-Friendly initiatives being taken across the globe. The year 2020 is especially important in India, because it has taken over as the president of COP for Action against climate change.
The main goal of the day is to sustaining wildlife on Earth. The year 2020 known as biodiversity super year will host several major global events that place biodiversity at the forefront. It provides a unique opportunity to deliver transformative progress for the conservation and sustainable use of the species of wild animals and plants.
Andhra appoints ex-finance secretary as an adviser to CM Jagan
The Andhra government has selected the ex-secretary, Subhash Chandra Garg, as an advisor to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, to assist the cash-strapped state to mobilise resource.
Subhash Chandra Garg
A 1983-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, Garg took voluntary retirement from his service in October 2019. At the time, there was the assumption that he was moved for suggesting the controversial idea of sovereign bonds.
Mexican Releases 2020 Highlights
At Acapulco the Mexican Open 2020 Championship has won by Rafael Nadal. He overcomes Taylor Fritz to privilege the title. With this win, he claims the World No.1 Novak Djokovic in the STP Ranking.
Mexican Open 2020:
Mexico Open 2020 is the 20th edition for the women and 27th for the men’s. The tournament is a part of the ATP Tour 2020. The championship was held at Princess Mundo Imperial from 22-29 February 2020.
Tournament Results:
Women’s Singles: Heather Watson (Britain)
Men’s Singles: Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Women’s Doubles: Giuliana Olmos (Mexico), Desirae Krawczyk (US)
Men’s Doubles: Marcelo Melo (Brazil), Łukasz Kubot (Poland)
Two Short-range missiles launched in North Korea
Highlights of 03 March 2020 Current Affairs: Two Short-range missiles have launched in North Korea into its eastern sea on 2nd March. The data was released by the South Korean Officials.
Two short-range Missile Launch
- The missiles had a range of about 240 kilometers and a height of about 35 kilometers.
- The two projectiles were fired from an area near the coastal town of Wonsan.
- They are presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles.
North Korea:
Leader: Kim Jong-un
Currency: Korean People’s won (₩)
President of Assembly Presidium: Choe Ryong-hae
Capital: Pyongyang
Official languages: Korean
Muhyiddin Yassin was sworn in as the 8th PM of Malaysia
Muhyiddin Yassin was sworn in as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia. He began as a frontrunner for the top job at the end of February. But Mahathir Mohamad requested he was the one with enough support to form a government and would prove it with a vote in Parliament.
Muhyiddin Yassin:
Muhyiddin bin Haji Muhammad Yassin is a Malaysian politician currently serving as the prime minister of Malaysia. He was appointed on 29 February 2020 and sworn in on 1 March 2020 after Mahathir Mohamad’s unexpected resignation on 24 February 2020.
First KIU Games concludes in Bhubaneswar Chandigarh tops medals tally
KIU (Khelo India University) Games finished in Bhubaneswar, Odisha Panjab University Chandigarh took home the champions trophy-winning 46 medals, including 19 silver, 17 gold, and ten bronze.
It claimed the 2nd position and Punjabi University, Patiala declared as the 2nd runners up and it won 33 medals, including 13 gold, six silver, and 14 bronze medals. Panjab University won a total of 46 medals while Savitribai Phule Pune University won 37 medals, including 17 gold, 11 silver, and nine bronze medals. Kirti Vijay Bhoite from the University of Mumbai settled for silver with a schedule of 24.98 seconds while Deepali Mahapatra from Utkal University won the bronze, clocking 25.19 seconds.
Totally 113 universities took part in the games. India’s fastest woman Dutee Chand representing Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology clinched the gold medal with a timing of 23.66 seconds in the 200m final.
Khelo India Games
Annually KIU games held in the month of January or February, are the national level multidisciplinary grassroots game.
First event: 2018
Last event: 2020
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