Daily Current Affairs 21-March-2017




1. Vodafone, Idea merge to create India’s largest, world’s 2nd largest telecom company.The merged entity will have almost 400 million customers with 35% customer and 41% revenue market share. It will have revenue of Rs. 81,600 crore and an operating profit of Rs.24,400 crore.



2.India ranked at 122 out of 155 countries in the World Happiness Report 2017 published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network on the eve of International Day of Happiness (20 March)


3.The 18th edition of Asia’s largest convention on the business of media and entertainment “FICCI Frames-2017” has started in Mumbai, Maharashtra from March 21.



4.Roger Federer has won the 2017 ATP Indian Wells Masters title by defeating Stan Wawrinka in the final by 6-4, 7-5. With this win, Federer joined Novak Djokovic as the only man to win five Indian Wells titles.


5.The International Day of Forests is observed every year on March 21 
2017 theme is ‘Forests and Energy’.



6.The World Poetry Day 2017 celebrated on - 21 March 2017



7.Person who topped the Forbes World's Billionaires List 2017 - Bill Gates




8.Indian personality selected to newly formed United Nations (UN) group on antimicrobial resistance - Soumya Swaminathan




9.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is proposing to shut down the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti by - October 2017


10.Book- Contemporary Reflections: A Collection of Verses That Inspire 
Author-Alka Vasudeva



11.21 March: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
theme 'Racial profiling and incitement to hatred, including in the context of migration'.



12.IIT-Madras and small scale industry body Tanstia-FNF Service Centre have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for technology transfer of water treatment analysis kits designed to treat drinking water mainly in rural areas.

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