The List of Important Persons in NEWS in the month of March 2015 was given below. Candidates those who are preparing for Bank PO and Clerk Exams can use this GK Materials.
| Important National Appointments in March 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Commanding -in- chief of Western Naval Command | Vice Admiral Cheema |
| 2 | New Managing Director of Renault Nissan Automotive India | Colin Macdonald |
| 3 | New head of the Royal Society. | Sri Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
| 4 | New assembly speaker of Jammu and Kashmir | Kavinder Gupta |
| 5 | Managing Director and CEO of Credit Rating Services of India Limited (CRISIL) | Ashu Suyash |
| 6 | Group President and Chief Operating Officer of Wipro | Ali Neemuchwala |
| 7 | New Brand Ambassador of the North East | MC Mary Kom |
| 8 | New Board of Directors of TCS | Aarthi Subramanian |
| 9 | Assembly speaker of Kerala | N Sakthan |
| 10 | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Walmart India | Aswin Mittal |
| 11 | Chairman of National Book Trust | Baldev Sharma |
| 12 | President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) | Jagmohan Dalmiya |
| 13 | New Indian Ambassador to US | Arun Singh |
| Important International Appointments in March 2015 | ||
| 1 | New President of Nigeria | Muhammad Buhari |
| 2 | New Chief Financial Officer of Google | Ruth Porat |
| 3 | New Editor-in-Chief of Guardian Newspaper | Katherine Viner |
| 4 | New Pakistan Air Force Chief | Sohail Aman |
| Important Awards and Honors in March 2015 | ||
| 1 | Bishwaratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika International Solidarity Award | Adoor Gopalakrishnan |
| 2 | Bharat Ratna (Posthumously) | Madan Mohan Malviya |
| 3 | Miss India 2015 Title | Aditi Arya |
| 4 | Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 | ISRO |
| 5 | Bharat Ratna | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 6 | The Folio Prize 2015 | Novel Name- “Family Life”, Author- Akhil Sharma |
| 7 | Women in Parliament Award (WIP) | Bangladesh |
| 8 | First “National Kavi Pradeep Samman” Award | Gopaldas Neeraj- Veteran Poet |
| 9 | France’s Knight of the order of the Arts and Letters | Artist Bharti Kher |
| 10 | Tyler Prize 2015 | Madhav Gadgil and Dr. Jane Lubchenco |
| 11 | Named for Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2014 | Shashi Kapoor- Veteran Actor |
| 12 | Stock Water Prize 2015 | Rajendra Singh |
| 13 | Women of the Year 2015 in New South Wales | Minoti Apate (Indian Researcher) |
| 14 | Silver Prize at Golden Gate Award at ITB- Berlin | Kerala Tourism’s Campaign |
| 15 | Stree Shakti Puraskar 2014 | |
| Winners: | ||
| · Rani Gaidinliu Zeliang Award- Sister Mariola (Rajasthan) | ||
| · Rani Lakshmibai Award- Seema Prakash (Madhya Pradesh) | ||
| · Rani Rudramma Devi Award- Astha Sansthan- NGO (Rajasthan) | ||
| · Mata Jijabai Award- Chandraprabha Bokey (Maharashtra) | ||
| · Kannagi Award- P. Bhanumati (Kerala) | ||
| Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Award- Anay Rahit Zindagi, NGO (Goa) | ||
| 16 | Mo Ibrahim Prize for African Leadership 2014 | Hifikepunye Pohamba (President of Namibia) |
| Important Sports NEWS- March 2015 | ||
| 1 | Michael Clarke (Australian cricketer) has announced his retirement from One Day Internationals (ODI) cricket. | |
| 2 | Saina Nehwal won India Open Super Badminton Women’s Singles 2015 Title on 29 March 2015. | |
| 3 | Australia won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 for 5th time on 29 March 2015 | |
| 4 | Two-year-old girl Cherukuli Dolly Shivani from Vijaywada, she has created new record in Archery and has entered her name into the India Book Records on 26 March 2015. | |
| 5 | Martin Guptli (New Zealand cricketer) has created Cricket World Cup record by scoringhighest score of 237 runs not out on 21st march 2015. | |
| 6 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won first Indian Cricket team Captain to Register the 100 One Day International (ODI) match on 20 March 2015. | |
| 7 | Kidambi srikanth (India’s ace shuttler) has won badminton’s prestigious $ 120,000 Swiss Open Grand prix Gold Title in Men’s singles Category on 15 March 2015. | |
| 8 | Union Government has selected Five-time world boxing champion Mc Mary Kom as Brand Ambassador for North East Region on 14 march 2015. | |
| 9 | Karnataka has won Ranji Trophy 2015 by defending Tamil Nadu in the finials which was held at 2014-2015. | |
| 10 | Carolin Marin (spain) has won the Women’s singles title in all England Open Badminton Championships 2015 by defeating India’s Sania Nehwal in final. | |
| 11 | MC Mary Kam has announced that she will retire from boxing after the Rio Olympic Games 2016. | |
| 12 | Jagmohan Dalmiya has elected as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). | |
| 13 | Roger Federer (Switzerland) has won the ATP Tennis Championship Men’s single Title 2015 which was held at Dubai | |
| Important Obituaries in March 2015 | ||
| 1 | Thenphunga Sailo, the former CM of Mizoram has passed away on 27th March 2015. | |
| 2 | Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore was passed away on 23rd March 2015 at this age of 91. He is called as the ‘Founding Father’ and ‘Architect’ of modern Singapore. | |
| 3 | Yusuf Ali, famous Malayalam Poet was passed away on 21st March 2015 at this age of 81. | |
| 4 | Krishnarao Ganpatrao, Bard and Marathi folk legend has passed away on 20th March 2015 in the 92nd age. | |
| 5 | Bombay S Kamal, veteran Singer has passed way on 17th March 2015. He is very famous in the music industry especially in Malayalam Film music. He died at this age of 85. | |
| 6 | Narayan Desai, Noted Gandhian has passed away on 15th March 2015 in his age of 90 at Surat. He is achieved so many awards including Sahitya Akademi Award (1993). | |
| 7 | Lia Van Leer, one of the pioneer of Israeli Cinema has passed away on 13th March 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. | |
| 8 | Sir Terry Pratchett, Renowned fantasy author and founder of the Discworld series was passed away on 12th March 2015 at his age of 66. | |
| 9 | Vinod Mehta, one of the Senior Journalist and Outlook Group’s Editorial Chairman has passed away on 8th March 2015 at this age of 72. | |
| 10 | Ram Sundar Das, former CM of Bihar has passed away on 6th March 2015 in Patna at his age of 95 |