EU, Turkey Agreement to tackle migrant crisis comes into effect

The agreement between the European Union (EU) and Turkey to tackle the migrant crisis has formally come into effect. Under this agreement, migrants arriving in Greece will be sent back to Turkey if their asylum claim is rejected.

Lori Robinson-the First female US Army Combatant Commander

The big boss(USA) has named its first female army combatant commander to be Lori Robinson. The position is one of the most senior in the US military and she was nominated by the President Barack Obama.

21 March: International Day of Forests

21 March has been celebrated as the International Day of Forests by the United Nations in order to “raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests and of trees outside forests”.
Theme for 2016: “Forests and water”.

Nico Rosberg  won 2016 Australian Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg won the first event of the 2016 Formula 1 season. The German driver beat his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. The Ferrari driver, who had led the first half of the race, completed the podium.

Current Affair One-Liner

  • Indian Professor TV Paul took over as the 56th president of International Studies Association (ISA), an US Study organization for higher studies.
  • British mathematician Sir Andrew Wiles named as the winner of the 2016 Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters in Oslo.
  • For the first time in Pakistan, Sindh province has declared a public holiday on the occasion of Holi.
  • The world sparrow day is being observed every year on March 20 to raise awareness of the house sparrow and other common birds to urban environments and threats to their populations.
  • Yogeshwar Dutt secured an Olympic quota place for India with a gold-medal finish in the men’s 65kg freestyle category in Asian Olympics qualification tournament at Astana.
  • Ace Indian shuttler HS Prannoy (World no 13) has won the prestigious 2016 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in the men’s single category.
  • ICC suspends Bangladeshi bowlers Taskin Ahmed and Arafat Sunny for illegal bowling actions.