yoshiro mori president of the tokyo 2020 organizing committeehighlights the game will not be cancelled but will be postponedthe organizers are still discussing if they could still secure the olympic venues for all 33 sports and for the paralympicselimination of racial discrimination international day for the elimination of racial discrimination is observed on 21 march the day aims to promote equality and reminds people of the negative consequences of racial discrimination it encourages people to remember their obligation and determination to combat racial discrimination theme on 23 december 2013 the un general assembly proclaimed the international decade for people of african descent from 1 january 2015 to 31 december 2024 march 24atm use union finance minister nirmala sitharaman announced that debit cardholders could withdraw cash from any other banks atm free of charge for the next three monthshighlights there will not be any minimum balance requirement fee in the bank accounts the announcement comes as lockdown and the curfew is in place in many parts of india amid coronavirus pandemic centre has also waived minimum bank charges for savings bank accountsdont cut salaries the central government directed all public and private companies to ensure that they do not cut the salaries of their staff during the lockdowns imposed to curtail the spread of covid19 the announcement was made by the secretary of the labour ministry heeralal samariyamarch 25albert uderzo passed away on 24 march 2020 he died at the age of 92 he died due to a heart attack he was the cocreator and illustrator behind the hugely popular of the asterix comic books albert uderzo albert uderzo is a french comic book artist he was born on 25 april 1927 in fismes france he created the beloved asterix comics in 1959 in collaboration with ren goscinny the famous character was sold worldwide with more than 370m albums 11 films and an asterix themesikkim glaciers melting scientists from the wadia institute of himalayan geology wihg dehradun found that glaciers in sikkim are melting at a higher magnitude as compared to other himalayan regionsstudy highlights the scientists assessed the response of 23 glaciers of sikkim to climate change for the period of 19912015 it revealed that the glaciers in sikkim have retreated and deglaciated significantly from 1991 to 2015march 26pds foodgrains government of india is to supply an additional 2kg subsidized foodgrains under the public distribution system pds over the next three months a total quota of 7 kg per person will be given the announcement was made by the ministry of consumer affairs food and public distribution on 26 marchhantavirus a report from china stated that a man died from hantavirus he was from chinas yunnan province he died on a bus to the shandong province the people who travelled along with him have been testedhantavirus hantaviruses are a family of viruses that are transmitted mainly by rodents it can show varied disease syndrome in people the name varies differ in various regions in america it is known as