• Today (2nd Monday of March) is Commonwealth Day.
Theme of Commonwealth Day 2017 - 'A Peace-building Commonwealth'.
• The Arunachal Pradesh government has launched a new scheme Adarsh Gram Yojana that is in accordance with the basic philosophy of the Prime Minister “Sabka Saath Sabka Vikaas” (Collective Efforts Inclusive Growth).
• Europe’s biggest bank HSBC Holdings Plc. has appointed Mark Tucker as its Chairman .
• The Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley was given the additional charge of the Defence Ministry on March 13, 2017 after Manohar Parrikar resigned to take on the new role of Goa Chief Minister.
• Chinese smartphone company OnePlus has roped in Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan as its new brand ambassador for India .
• Punjab defeated Railways by a 2-1 in a Group B final round league match of the 71st Santosh Trophy football tournament in Goa.
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