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APPOINTMENTS:
1) 68th Secretary of State of the United States : John Kerry.
2) New High Commissioner of India
to Maldives
: Rajeev Shahare.
3) New Chief Minister of Nagaland : Neiphiu Rio.
4) New Chief Minister of Meghalaya : Mukul Manda Sangma.
5) New Pope (head of the Roman Catholic Church) : Jorge
Bergoglio.
6) Nagaland Governor : Former CBI Director Ashwani Kumar
appointed Nagaland Governor.
7) Interim President of Venezuela
: Nicolas Maduro sworn in as the Interim President of Venezuela.
8) New Prime Minister of Nepal : Chief Justice Khil Raj
Regmi.
9) New President of China : Xi Jinping.
10) New President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
India
: Rajan Bharti Mittal.
AWARDS:
1) Liberation War Honour Award : The President of India,
Pranab Mukherjee was conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award by the
President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman.
2) Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 : Tan Twan Eng.
3) National Bioscience Award for 2012 : S. Venkata Mohan won
the National Bioscience Award for 2012.
4) Pritzker Architecture Prize 2013 : Toyo Ito, the Japanese
Architect.
5) Saraswati Samman 2012 : Sugathakumari, the Malayalam
Poetess.
6) 60th National Film Awards:
a) Best actor: Irrfan Khan for Paan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale
for Marathi film Anumati.
b) Best film : Vicky Donor.
c)Best actress: Usha Jadhav for Marathi film Dhaag.
7) Pond’s Femina Miss India 2013 : Navneet Kaur Dhillon
Crowned Pond’s Femina Miss India 2013.
OBITUARIES:
1) Hugo Chavez Died : Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died
at 58 due to Cancer.
IMPORTANT DAYS:
March 8
International Women's Day.
March
15 World Disabled Day.
March
21 World Forestry Day.
March
23 World Meteorological Day.
