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Ranji Trophy: Paras Dogra (J&K captain) became only the second cricketer to score 10,000 runs in Ranji Trophy history.
FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026: Winner: Magnus Carlsen (def. Fabiano Caruana).
Santosh Trophy (79th): Winner: Services (def. Kerala 1-0) in Assam.
U-19 Women's SAFF Championship: Winner: India (def. Bangladesh 4-0) in Nepal.
U-19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2026: Winner: India (def. England by 100 runs). Captain: Ayush Mhatre. Player of the Tournament: Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
Asian Shooting Championship 2026: India topped the overall medal tally with 94 medals (51 Gold, 23 Silver, 20 Bronze).
Winter Olympics 2026 (Milano Cortina): Norway topped the medal tally (41 medals).
Women's Asia Cup Rising Stars 2026: Winner: India A (def. Bangladesh A).
T20 World Cup Record: Jasprit Bumrah became the highest wicket-taker for India in T20 World Cups (33 wickets in 22 matches).
T20 Cricket Milestone: Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) became the first bowler to take 700 wickets in T20 cricket.
Science, Technology & Defence
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India AI Impact Summit 2026:
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Held in New Delhi with the theme " Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah ".
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PM Modi presented the 'MANAV' (Moral & Ethical, Accountable, National Sovereign, Accessible & Valid) vision for AI.
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Parm 2.0 , a 17-billion-parameter multilingual AI model supporting 22 Indian languages, was launched.
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Switzerland announced it will host the 2027 AI Summit.
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Joint Military Exercises:
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Exercise Khanjar (13th): India & Kyrgyzstan in Masamari, Assam .
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Exercise Vajra Prahar (16th): India & USA in Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh .
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Exercise Dharma Guardian (7th): India & Japan in Chaubattia, Uttarakhand .
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Exercise Kharak Shakt i: Indian Army exercise in Rajasthan .
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Exercise Agni Varsha: Indian Army exercise in Pokhran, Rajasthan .
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NASA's Crew-12 Mission: Launched by a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida.
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Month: Current Affairs - March 18, 2026
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