Today in History (November 28^th, 1964)

• 28th November- Red Planet Day is observed annually on November 28.
• Red Planet Day commemorates the Mariner 4 spacecraft’s launch on November 28, 1964. By NASA

Summary of Today’s News

1. Collapse of Silkyara tunnerl in Uttarakhand,

Key points for exams:

• The Silkyara-Barkot tunnelis part of the Char Dham all-weather road project of the Central Government.

1) Yamunotri Dham
2) Gangotri Dham
3) Kedarnath Dham
4) Badrinath Dham:
Other Important Tunnels in India

• Atal Tunnelor Rohtang Tunnel, in Rohtang Pass, on the Leh-Manali Highway in Himachal Pradesh, India.
• Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel:India’s longest transportation railway tunnel. Between Quazigund and Baramulla.
• Jawahar Tunnel:It is also called Banihal Tunnel, between Srinagar and Jammu.

2. Right to privacy no eclipsed by marriage

• The Karnataka High Court said that the relationship by marriage does not eclipse the right to privacy under the Aadhaar Act.
• The personal data of one of the spouses stored in Aadhaar cannot be disclosed at the instance of the other spouse without hearing the spouse whose information is sought.

     RIGHT TO PRIVACY

• Generally we think that privacy is synonymous with the right to be let alone.
• The Supreme Court described privacy and its importance in the landmark decision of S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India in 2017
  • Right to Privacy is a fundamental and inalienable right and attaches to the person covering all information about that person and the choices that he/ she makes.
• The right to privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty under

3. Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize for Prophet Song

• Prophet Song, a fiction work, written by Ireland’s Paul Lynch, 46, marking the first time he has won the prestigious fiction writing prize.
• The novel is inspired by the Syrian war and refugee crisis.
• It is a leading literary award in the English-speaking world.
• It is awarded annually to the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.