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.
Ministry of Rural Development has organized the 3rd edition of "Gender Dialogue" under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission which aims at the intervention of DAY-NRLM across India with Gender Lens.
Paris-based Financial Action Task Force has added the UAE in its Grey List. It is a list of 23 countries of increased monitoring including fellow Middle-East nations Jordan, Syria and Yemen.
Nepalese Parliament approved a $500 million U.S. government aid program Millennium Challenge Corporation overcoming domestic political divisions and objections from China.