Republic Day 2021

  • This day marks the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect on 26 January, 1950. 
  • The constitution replaced the Government of India Act (1935) as the governing document of India.
  • Republic day is celebrated with a parade on Rajpath in Delhi. 

REPUBLIC DAY 2021

  • This year marked the 72nd Republic Day.
  • The event commenced with Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate for the wreath-laying ceremony.
  • A wreath laying ceremony is a traditional practice during which funeral wreaths are laid at a grave or memorial site.
  • The parade marched this year was 3.5 km as opposed to earlier distance of 8.5 km 
  • The size of every contingent was also cut short to 96 members instead of 144. 
  • The route of the marching contingent ended at the India Gate C-Hexagon instead of Red Fort.

ARMY CONTINGENTS

  • 90% of the Territorial Army’s contingent comprised of people from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, who came to the mainland for the first time.
  • The only woman contingent commander of the Indian Army at the parade was Captain Preeti Choudhary of 140 Air Defence Regiment, leading upgraded Schilka Weapon system.
  • A contingent from Bangladesh marked the third instance of a military contingent from a friendly foreign nation participating in the parade. 
  • The first was France in 2016, and then UAE in 2017.

REMARKABLE TABLEAUX

  • A total of 32 tableaux marched down Rajpath this year.
  • The tableau of the Department of Biotechnology was presented with the theme of ‘Aatma-Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan: COVID’. 
  • The display of cultural tableaux began with Ladakh leading which was the first-ever tableau of the UT.
  • Tableau of Punjab showcased the glory of 9th Sikh Guru, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur – to commemorate his 400th birth anniversary.
  • Uttar Pradesh tableau showcased Ayodha Ram Mandir.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Hamas V. PLO

The irony in the ongoing conflict is that Hamas, whose founding members were encouraged by Israel in the 1970s and 80s against Yasser Arafat’s secular national movement, has turned out to be Israel’s biggest rival in the Palestinian territories. HAMAS Hamas was established after the first intifada broke out in 1987, as an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.  Intifada was the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.  The first intifada lasted from 1987 to 1993, and the second began in 2000. As strife between Israel and Palestine continued to soar as the latter resorted to the First Intifada, or uprising, in December 1987, Hamas as an organisation led by Sunni-Islamic fundamentalists, began to take shape.  Hamas could gain immediate and immense popularity within the protesting Palestinians because it was ...
Read more

G7 global corporate Tax Deal

Image
The Group of Seven (G7) countries have backed the proposal to impose a common global corporate tax. It would be aimed at preventing multinational businesses from evading taxes and also squeeze the havens which attract tax evaders due to the low-rate jurisdictions.  The consensus to adopt a common tax rate was reached at the G7 finance ministers' meeting held in Buckingham (London) on June 5.  THE PROPOSAL The tax proposal endorsed by the US, the UK, France and other G7 countries has two parts.  The main part of the proposal states that countries around the world should tax their home companies' overseas profits at a rate of at least 15%.  The companies have multiple branches spread across various jurisdictions, they transfer the bulk of their profit in accounts set up in countries that offer the lowest tax rate.  Often, these tax havens are the Caribbean Islands such as Bahamas or British Virgin Islands, or at times, countries like Ireland where the corp...
Read more

The statue of Swami Vivekananda at the JNU campus

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually unveiled a life-sized statue of Swami Vivekananda at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus on November 12. JNUSU (JNU students' union), un response, planned to protest on campus.  They believe the Modi government “openly supported” violence on campuses and is attacking universities with the National Education Policy which will result in fund cuts and privatization of education. FUNDING CONTROVERSY It was on June 30, 2017 that JNU’s Executive Council (EC) first gave approval for the statue.  The administration said it was installing the statue to give the campus a more “pleasing look” as Vivekananda had contributed to “nation building”. The administration remained mum on who was funding the statue and how much it would cost.  Then JNU Students’ Union president N Sai Balaji filed several RTIs to know about the funding. In January 2018, he filed an RTI seeking the total cost of construction of the statue as well as the sour...
Read more