Current Affairs One-liners — 15 March 2026

Sun, 15 Mar 2026

• The Election Commission of India on 15 March 2026 announced Assembly elections in four States and Puducherry, with polling from 9 to 29 April and counting on 4 May 2026.
• West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on 15 March 2026 that DA arrears under ROPA 2009 will be paid from March 2026 and raised the monthly honorarium of purohits and muezzins by ₹500 to ₹2,000.
• Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu launched the Guru Dakshina portal on 15 March 2026 to give a one-time financial settlement to teachers of venture institutions whose services were not provincialised.
• India's youth boxers ended the World Boxing Futures Cup 2026 in Bangkok, held from 8 to 15 March, with five medals, led by Chandrika Pujari's gold in the women's 51 kg category.
• Minister of State for Communications Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani addressed a Gramin Dak Sevak Sammelan in Chennai on 15 March 2026 and praised the Tamil Nadu postal circle for ranking second in the country in overall revenue.
• Italy's Jannik Sinner beat Daniil Medvedev 7-6(6), 7-6(4) in the Indian Wells final on 15 March 2026 to become only the third man, after Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, to win all six ATP Masters 1000 hard-court titles.
• The National Highways Authority of India said on 15 March 2026 that the FASTag Annual Pass fee will rise from ₹3,000 to ₹3,075 for 2026-27, effective 1 April 2026.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Pragjyotishpur Medical College and Hospital, built at about ₹675 crore, and other Assam government health projects in Guwahati on 15 March 2026.
• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 127 development works worth ₹363.82 crore in Nepanagar, Burhanpur district, on 15 March 2026.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs opened online nominations for the Padma Awards 2027 on 15 March 2026 on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal, with 31 July 2026 as the last date.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said at the final of the Aditya Birla Memorial Polo Cup in New Delhi on 15 March 2026 that polo can rightfully be designated a 'Heritage Sport' of India and called for more public-private partnership in sport.