The Government on March 29, 2019, constituted a Multi-Disciplinary Terror Monitoring Group (MDTMG) to ensure concerted action against terror financing and other terror-related activities in the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).

Due to the present crisis, uncertainty prevails over when the elections in Nizamabad constituency will be held. It is worth mentioning that EVMs can accommodate only 64 candidate names, including NOTA. After scrutiny, the total number of candidates in the fray from Nizamabad is 185.

India is pushing the dates as both India & USA are negotiating a trade package in order to boost bilateral commerce. India’s exports to the U.S. in 2017-18 stood at $47.9 billion, while imports were $26.7 billion.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the country’s newest satellite named EMISAT, from Sriharikota launch station. The spacecraft meant to provide electronic intelligence to the Armed Forces is the first of its kind for the country.

South Korea defeated India in the penalty shootout in the final of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2019.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously passed the first-ever resolution ordering members to enforce laws against terror financing.

The third edition of the biennial, bilateral exercise AUSINDEX 19 between India and Australia will be held in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The upcoming exercise will focus on anti-submarine warfare and will see Australia’s largest defence force deployment in India.

Roger Federer lifted his 4th ATP Miami Open title with an emphatic 6-1, 6-4 win over defending champion John Isner. In his 50th Masters final, the Swiss fourth seed produced some typically sublime ground strokes and wrapped up the match in an hour and three minutes.

A district in Western Assam is going the digital way to attract the first-time voters towards the election process and ensure their participation.

On 29th March 2019, Assam filmmaker Rima Das has been appointed as the official ambassador of Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)’s ‘Share Her Journey’ campaign.TIFF launched the five years ‘Share Her Journey’ campaign in 2017 with an aim to increase participation, skills, and opportunities for women behind and in front of the camera. She has won several national and international awards for her film ‘Village Rockstars’, which is India’s official entry to Oscars 2019 and Dublin Film Critics Circle Jury Award for Best Director of her film ‘Bulbul Can Sing’.Recently Rima Das was honoured with ICC NE Excellence Award by Indian Chamber of Commerce at North East Business Summit at Hotel Le Meridien in New Delhi.The other Indian ambassadors of the campaign include Filmmakers Mira Nair, Deepa Mehta, and Actress Priyanka Chopra.

On 27th March, 2019, Ram Nath Kovind addressed the Croatian-Indian Economic Forum in Zagreb, Croatia to delegate Indian and Croatian businesses to partner with each other for trade, technology and investment collaboration.The theme of the address was “India – Croatia relations- the way forward”. Both the countries discussed to integrate the value and supply chains to derive maximum benefit economically.

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has inducted a 5-member committee under the chairmanship of Nandan Nilekani to further deepen digital payments and enhance financial inclusion through Fintech.