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Today in History<\/strong><\/h1>\n

23rd<\/sup> March is observed as Shaheed Diwas<\/em> to commemorate the hanging of Bhagat Singh<\/em>, Shivram Rajguru <\/em>and Sukhdev Thapar<\/em> in Lahore Jail on 23rd<\/sup> March, 1931, for murdering John Saunders, the Assistant Commissioner of Police.<\/p>\n

Abel Prize for Mathematics
\n<\/strong>The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awarded the Abel Prize for Mathematics<\/em> to Luis Caffarelli<\/em>, a professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas, in recognition to his seminal contributions in non-linear partial differential equations. He is the first person born in South America to win the award.<\/p>\n

Marital Rape
\n<\/strong>The Hon\u2019ble Supreme Court has agreed to hear a series of petitions which seek to criminalise marital rape. Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code decriminalises marital rape and holds that sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, who is not under 18 years of age, without her consent is not rape.<\/p>\n

Exercise Cobra Warrior
\n<\/strong>The Indian Air Force with its five Mirage-2000 fleet is participating in the multi-national aerial Exercise Cobra Warrior<\/em> in the United Kingdom. The exercise involves joint training in high intensity, large force, and tactical air war fighting operations. India, Saudi Arabia and Finland are participating in the exercise for the first time.<\/p>\n

Sharda Peeth<\/em> in POK
\n<\/strong>The Union Home Ministry has proposed to open a corridor to the Sharda Peeth<\/em> in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK). Sharda Peeth<\/em> is a renowned Hindu pilgrimage site, located in the Neelum <\/em>Valley in PoK across Teetwal<\/em> village along the Line of Actual Control (LAC.)<\/p>\n

Chandrayaan 3<\/em> likely to be launched in mid-2023
\n<\/strong>S. Somnath<\/em>, the incumbent Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said that India\u2019s third lunar mission, Chandrayaan 3<\/em>, will be launched by the middle of 2023. The mission will have a lander and rover, but not an orbiter. The propulsion module of the mission will carry lander and orbiter in lunar orbit.<\/p>\n

Solomon Island\u2019s port deal
\n<\/strong>The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation has been chosen by the Solomon Island\u2019s Government to develop the international port in Honiara, the capital of Solomon Island. It will boost Chinese strategic hold in the South Pacific.<\/p>\n