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March 9 , 2019 1881 days 716 0
  • Prime Minister dedicated Indian Oil Corp's LNG import terminal to the nation at Ennore in Tamil Nadu. This is the first LNG terminal on the east coast in South India.
  • All 19 underground Chennai Metro stations in the city will have ‘free-to-use’ landline facilities for passengers in the concourse area.
  • 16-year-old P. Iniyan, from the Erode district, has become the 61st Grandmaster of India during the Noisiel Open 2019, held in Paris.
  • Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar has won the prestigious Airport Service Quality (ASQ) award for being the best airport in size and region for the year 2018.
  • National Women Livelihood Meet 2019, held at Deendayal Hastkala Sankul in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2019.
  • Soumya Swaminathan has been moved from the position of WHO’s Deputy Director-General to Chief Scientist.
  • Findings of the study published in the journal eLife stated that ‘mass measles vaccination campaign of India’ helped to save the lives of tens of thousands of children between 2010 and 2013.
  • Indian-American television personality Padma Lakshmi has been appointed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as its newest Goodwill Ambassador.
  • Rajasthan government has amended the Lokayukta Act to reduce the Lokayukta’s tenure from eight years to five years.

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