Current Affairs March 16 to March 31, 2013  

• BJP announces core team. Varun Gandhi,   Amit Shah, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, JP Nanda and Murlidhar Rao were elevated as the party's General Secretary by the BJP president Rajnath Singh.
• Serena Williams win Miami masters open Tennis Tournament for record sixth time.
• Social activist Anna Hazare started his ‘Jantantra Yatra’ from Jallianwala Bagh.

• North Korea declares ''state of war'' against South Korea.
• Former Pakistan President Musharraf barred from going out of Pak.

• Nelson Mandela admitted in hospital with lung infection in Johannesburg.
• New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder is in hospital at Christchurch after suffering serious head injuries in an altercation outside a local bar.

• India celebrates Holi.
• 2,290 rhinos found in Kaziranga National Park, Assam as per the census conducted in the park.
• Tiger Woods regained his world no. 1 spot in PGA rankings after he win The Arnold Palmer Invitation at Orlando, Florida.

• Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi resigned on Tuesday over his government's decision to return two marines to India.
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) asked Subrata Roy, the head of the Sahara, to appear before it on April 10.

• Indian PM Manmohan Singh reach South Africa to attend 2013 BRICS Summit.
• Navneet Kaur Dhillon from Chandigarh wins Femina Miss India 2013.

• Former President Pervez Musharraf return back to Pakistan.
• India wins Airtel Border Gavaskar Trophy defiting Autralia 4-0 in the series. R Ashwin declares as man of the series.

• Jodhpur Court frames fresh charges against Bollywood actor Salman Khan and others.
• Nikhil Kumar sworn in as ne Governor of Kerala.
• Earth Hour 2013 observed in more than 150 countries.

• Two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen returned to India Friday.
• Former President Pervez Musharraf gets bail ahead of return to Pakistan.
• Fourth and Final test between India and Australia start at Firoz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi.

• Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt sentenced for five years in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. Supreme Court confirm death sentence of  Yakub Abdul Razak Memon.
• The Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa presented a tax-free budget for 2013-14.
• The UN Human Rights Council vote on a US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka in Geneva.
• Anti-Rape bill passed in Rajya Sabha.

• Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman dies after illness at a hospital in Singapore.

• 37 people killed when a Mumbai-bound bus plunged into the Jagbudi River in Ratnagiri district.
• DMK withdraw support from UPA.
• Lok Sabha passed the anti-rape bill.

• India wins the third test to take a lead of 3-0 in the ongoing Airtel Border-Gavaskar trophy.
• National Film Award declared. Paan Singh Tomar declare as the best film, while Irffan Khan and Vikram Gokhale share the best actor Award. Usha Jadhav choosen as best actress.

• Australia wins Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey defeating Malaysia 3-2.

• Shikhar Dhawan score fastest test 100 by any batsman on debut.
• Bobby Ghosh became the First Indian and Non-American to be appointed as Editor of Time Magazine
• Founder of Dr. Reddy’s Lab, Kallam Anji Reddy died.
• Pakistan Govt. complete 5 Year terms, first government to complete after independence.