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History: 13th March
March 13 – No Smoking Day (Second Wednesday of March)
No Smoking Day is observed every year on the second Wednesday of March to raise awareness about the harmful health effects of tobacco via smoking and to encourage people all over the world to quit smoking.
1) Sela Tunnel In Arunachal Pradesh: Inaugration
· PM Modi inaugurates the Sela Tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh, built at an altitude of 13,700 feet by the Border Roads Organisation.
· The all-weather Sela Tunnel is built on the road linking Tezpur (Assam) to Tawang in the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. Constructed using the New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM), it stabilizes the tunnel perimeter with sprayed concrete and other support while ensuring stability through regular monitoring.
· This bi-lane tunnel, stretching approximately 1.5 kilometres.
· Stands as the world’s longest (at an altitude above 13,000 feet), offering crucial all-weather connectivity.
2) Gorsam Kora Festival:
- The Gorsam Kora Festival, held annually in Arunachal Pradesh’s Zemithang valley, concluded, celebrating the shared Himalayan Buddhist cultural heritage and the enduring friendship between India and Bhutan.
- It is Located along the Nyanmjang Chu River, Zemithang is historically significant as the refuge where the 14th Dalai Lama sought sanctuary in 1959.
- The festival, centred around the 93-foot tall stupa – ‘Gorsam Chorten’ built in the 13th century.
- It attracts thousands of devotees, including Bhutanese nationals, for prayers and traditional rituals.
3) 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize:
- Riken Yamamoto, a Japanese architect, was awarded the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize, often dubbed the “Architecture Nobel“.
- Riken Yamamoto, the ninth laureate from Japan, is known for projects like the Hiroshima Nishi Fire Station (2000) and the Koyasu Elementary School (2018), which emphasize transparency and interaction in architectural design.
- Pritzker Architecture Prize established in 1979 by the Pritzker family of Chicago, it recognizes living architects for their significant contributions to humanity and the built environment.
- The laureate receives $100,000 and a bronze medallion.
4) Mission Divyastra:
- The Prime Minister of India announced successful maiden flight test of Agni-5 missile with MIRV technology, code-named Mission Divyastra, boosting India’s defence capability.
- Mission Divyastra the maiden flight test of the locally developed Agni-5 missile with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) technology and code named as Mission Divyastra.
- Agni-5 missile uses a three-stage solid fuelled engine and has a range of more than 5,000km.
- Agni series has medium to Intercontinental versions of Agni missile systems 1 to 5 with a varying ranges — starting from 700 km for Agni-1 to 5000 km and above for Agni-5.
- In June 2021, DRDO successfully tested Agni P, a canisterised missile with a range capability between 1,000 and 2,000 km.
5) Minimum Alternate Tax:
- The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) recently observed that the assessee was entitled to claim credit for Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) under the Vivad se Vishwas (VSV) Scheme.
- Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) is a provision in the Income Tax Act of India.
- It primarily applies to companies and is designed to ensure that companies that report substantial book profits but pay little to no income tax due to various exemptions and deductions are subject to a minimum level of taxation.
- The primary objective behind the MAT tax in India is to curb tax avoidance by companies that manipulate their financial statements to reduce their taxable income artificially.
- With the introduction of MAT, companies have to pay a fixed percentage of their profits as MAT.
- MAT is applicable to all companies, including foreign companies.
- However, it does not apply to companies that have been granted exemption under Section 10AA of the Income Tax Act, which pertains to Special Economic Zones (SEZs).
6) INS Tushil:
- INS Tushil is the first Krivak-III frigate to be acquired under Project 11356M.
- India in October, 2016 signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) with Russia to purchase/construct four additional Admiral Grigorovich-class (Project 11356M) frigates through a partnership between Russian and Indian shipyards.
- Russia will supply two of the frigates (INS Tushil and INS Tamala), while the other two will be constructed in India.
- The Talwar-class frigates, or Project 11356, are a class of stealth-guided missile frigates.
- The construction of the ships is based on the Indian Navy’s specific requirements to meet the entire spectrum of naval warfare in all three dimensions of air, surface, and sub-surface.
- These ships feature “stealth technology” in terms of low radar and underwater noise signatures.
- These ships are being equipped with major Indian-supplied equipment such as surface-to-surface missiles, sonar systems, surface surveillance radar, communication suites, and anti-submarine warfare systems, along with Russian surface-to-air missiles and gun mounts.
7) Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019:
- Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently notified the Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024.
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019:
- The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) amends the Citizenship Act of 1955 to provide a path to Indian citizenship for Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jains, and Parsis who migrated from neighbouring Muslim-majority countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, before December 31, 2014.
- Under the CAA, migrants who entered India till December 31, 2014, and had suffered “religious persecution or fear or religious persecution” in their country of their origin would be made eligible for accelerated citizenship.
- It relaxed the residence requirement for naturalisation of these migrants from twelve years to just six.
- The law exempts the tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Tripura as included in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, including the tribal areas of Karbi Anglong in Assam, Garo Hills in Meghalaya, Chakma district in Mizoram, and Tribal areas district in Tripura.
- It also includes a provision for the cancellation of Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) registration if the OCI cardholder violates any provision of the Citizenship Act or any other applicable law
8) Gustavo Adrianzen Becomes New PM of Peru:
- Gustavo Lino Adrianzen Olaya was sworn in as Prime Minister (PM) or President of the Council of Ministers (PCM) of the Republic of Peru with effect from 6th March 2024.
9) Indian Writer Amitav Ghosh Awarded Prestigious Erasmus Prize 2024:
- The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the Erasmus Prize 2024 to the Indian writer Amitav Ghosh. He receives this prestigious honour for his passionate contribution to the theme imagining the unthinkable.
10) Simdega District Hosts First-Ever Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela:
- The district of Simdega in Jharkhand is hosting the Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela, a national-level agricultural science fair.
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