• International Theatre Institute (ITI) initiated in 1961 to celebrate World Theatre Day across the world to value and importance of theatre.


• On this day several national and international theatre events are organised. Annually celebrated by the ITI centers and the International theatre community.

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• The leader of 10 intruders who raided North Korea's embassy in Madrid last month contacted the FBI days later, a Spanish high court judge says.


• Adrian Hong Chang, a Mexican citizen who lives in the US, contacted the US agency after fleeing to the US via Lisbon, Judge José de la Mata said.


• The assailants interrogated an embassy official and tried to persuade him - unsuccessfully - to defect, he added.

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• A county in New York state has declared a state of emergency following a severe outbreak of measles


• Rockland County, on the Hudson River north of New York City, has barred unvaccinated children from public spaces after 153 cases were confirmed.


• Violating the order will be punishable by a fine of $500 (£378) and up to six months in prison.

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• Thousands of Syrians gathered in different cities to protest President Donald Trump's formal recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights


• a move that sparked widespread international condemnation, including from a number of U.S. allies.


• Ambassadors from the five EU members of the U.N. Security Council France, Germany, Britain, Poland and Belgium — issued a joint statement saying that they don't recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which Israel occupied in 1967.

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• Yale University has revoked the admission of a student whose family is accused of spending $1.2m (£907,000) in a bribery scheme to ensure admittance.


• An ex-football coach allegedly accepted a $400,000 bribe to fraudulently mark the non-athletic student as a recruit.


• The case is linked to the same cheating scandal that snared celebrity parents Lori Laughlin and Felicity Huffman earlier this month.

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• India emitted 2,299 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2018, a 4.8% rise from last year, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).


• India’s Emissions Growth this year was higher than that of the United States and China — the two biggest emitters in the world — and this was primarily due to a rise in coal consumption.

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• The Election Commission has taken cognisance of a statement made by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar against the Congress’ poll promise of a minimum basic income guarantee of ₹72,000 per year to the poorest families.


• The Election Commission has taken cognisance of a statement made by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar against the Congress’ poll promise of a minimum basic income guarantee of ₹72,000 per year to the poorest families.

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• Trinamool Congress objected to the appointment of General K K Sharma as special police observer for West Bengal and Jharkhand.


• The Trinamool Congress objected to the appointment of former BSF Director General K K Sharma as special police observer for West Bengal and Jharkhand, alleging he was present at an RSS function a year earlier.

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• Days after two underage Hindu girls were allegedly abducted and forcefully converted to Islam for marriage in Pakistan’s Sindh, a fresh case emerged.


• Another minor Hindu girl was allegedly abducted from Ghokti in Pakistan. According to the FIR registered based on the complaint of the 16-year-old’s father, the incident occurred at Dhani Buksh Pitafi village on the intervening night of March [latex]16^{th}[/latex] and [latex]17^{th}[/latex].

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• The union environment ministry has notified Island Protection Zone (IPZ) 2019 for Andaman and Nicobar, which allows eco-tourism projects 20 metres from the high tide line (HTL) in smaller islands like Baratang, Havelock and Car Nicobar, and at 50 metres in larger ones, and relaxed other norms, triggering concern among some green activists.


• The notification, published on March 8, relaxes development norms in the islands compared to the IPZ notification of 2011, which stipulated a no-development zone (NDZ) of 200 metres from the HTL for all islands.

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• IDBI Bank said its all-India Officers’ Association will observe a one-day nationwide hunger strike on March [latex]30^{th}[/latex], over various demands.


• “The Bank is in receipt of notice of one-day nationwide hunger strike on March [latex]30^{th}[/latex], 2019 from All India IDBI Officers’ Association (AIIDBIOA) addressed to MD & CEO, IDBI Bank in support of their various demands,” IDBI Bank said in a stock exchange filing.

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• The Indian rupee was trading marginally lower against the US dollar, tracking losses in Asian currencies market.


• At 9.15am, the rupee was trading at 68.97 a dollar, down 0.17% from its previous close of 68.86. The home currency opened at 69.01 a dollar.

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• Post the deal, Tata will hold 20% in the airport unit, while GIC will get 15% and SSG will own 10%


• Tata Group led consortium of GIC Singapore and SSG Capital will invest Rs 8,000 cr in GMR Airports business. With this strategic investment, Tata will foray into airports business.

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• India’s leading table tennis player Manika Batra has ended her association with Delhi-based childhood coach Sandeep Gupta and will now train in Pune with Sanmay Paranjape.


• While both Batra and Gupta were unavailable for a comment on the split, TTFI secretary M P Singh confirmed the development.

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• Chennai Super Kings stormed to their second successive win in the 2019 Indian Premier League when they crushed Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets at the Feroz Shah Kotla.


• Chasing 148, CSK reached home with just 2 balls to spare. CSK had won the opening game of the season against Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets.

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• In a boost to India’s energy security efforts, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc), the state-run oil company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)


• The exploration rights for the Abu Dhabi Onshore Block 1 to an Indian consortium of state-run Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and Indian Oil Corp Ltd (IOC).

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• Shri Shambhu S. Kumaran (IFS:1995), presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Morocco.


• He presently works as a Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence. He will succeed Dr. Kheya Bhattacharya.

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• Srinath is graduate in Science and Law and a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers. He is also a certificate holder in Industrial Finance.


• N S Srinath started his career in Canara Bank in the year 1970 and served in the areas of Information Technology, Projects and HRD.

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• March 2019, a social activist, Ghulam Nabi Rathar (aged 62years), of Manigam Kangan, Jammu and Kashmir passed away after brief illness.


• He was a retired horticultural officer, ex-chairman of Shaheen Public High School Mamigam and owner of Alamdar Public school Wussan Kangan.

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