World TB Day is being celebrated every year on 24 March annually to commemorate the date when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacillus that causes TB in 1882.
The Union Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnav has examined the trial of the "Kavach" methodology between Gullaguda and Chitgidda railway stations.
World Hearing Day is a campaign held each year on March 3 by the Office of Prevention of Blindness and Deafness of the World Health Organization (WHO).