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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated to the nation a new campus Nirman Bhawan of National Defense University at Lavad village near Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Singapore-based T Raja Kumar has been appointed as the chairman of the Financial Action Task Force, the world's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing agency.