SPORTS:
1) ATP Mexican
Open 2013 Tennis Tournament : Rafael
Nadal Defeated David Ferrer to Win ATP Mexican Open 2013.
2) ATP Dubai Open
Tennis title 2013 : World Number one Novak
Djokovic defeated third seed Czech
Republic’s Tomas Berdych in
the finals.
3) Indian Wells
BNP Paribas Open 2013 (Men): Rafael
Nadal of Spain
won Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open after defeating Argentine Juan Martin del
Potro in the final.
4) Indian Wells
BNP Paribas Open 2013 (Women): Maria
Sharapova won women’s final of the
tournament by defeating Caroline
Wozniacki.
5) Sultan Azlan
Shah Hockey Tournament : Australia,
the World Champions won the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament title for the
seventh time. Australia
defeated Malaysia in the
final match in Malaysia.
MISCELLANEOUS:
1) Bihari
Puraskar for 2012 : Rajasthani author Hariram
Meena for the for Hindi novel Dhooni Tape Teer.
2) Parliamentarian Award for 2010, 2011 and
2012 : The Parliamentary Award Committee selected BJP leader Arun Jaitley,
Congress MP Karan Singh and MP Sharad Yadav for Outstanding Parliamentarian
Award for 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively.
3) The Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) cut the repo rate
by 25 basis points to 7.5 per cent from 7.75 percent. The reverse repo rate under the LAF stands adjusted to 6.5 per cent
from the earlier 6.75 per cent and the marginal
standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank
Rate to 8.5 per cent with immediate effect.
4) The 5th
BRICS Summit took place in Durban, South
Africa from 25 March 2013 to 28 March 2013
5) Eighth India-Yemen
Joint Committee Meeting Held in New
Delhi.
6) The India-UK
Summit talks took place on in New Delhi during
the visit of British Prime Minister, David Cameron to India.
7) 12 March 2013,
Mauritius
celebrated its 45th Independence Day. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee was the chief guest.
8) New High
Courts in India
: Three High Courts opened in Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya.
9) Arunachal
Pradesh became the First
State to Introduce e-GPF system.
10) United Nations
announced 20 March as International
Happiness Day.
