Current Affairs 30th and 31st March 2017

Medicinal use of marijuana approved by - Argentina

• The Argentine Senate gave final legislative approval to a bill that permits the medicinal use of marijuana on 29th March 2017.
•  The legislation had already obtained the green signal from the Chamber of Deputies in November 2016. The measure will become law once it is signed by President, Mauricio Macri.

Four GST Bills passed by - Lok Sabha

• The Lok Sabha passed four Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bills on 29th March 2017, that includes:
• The CGST Bill - The Central Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017.
• The IGST Bill - The Integrated Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017.
• The UTGST Bill - The Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017.
• The Compensation Bill - The Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to the States) Bill, 2017.

India became net exporter of electricity For the first time

• India became the net exporter of electricity for the first time, as per Central Electricity Authority, the designated authority of Union Government for Cross Border Trade of Electricity on 29th March 2017. 

World Theater Day celebrated on - 27th March 2017

• The World Theater Day was celebrated on 27th March 2017 across the globe. To mark the occasion, various national and international theater events were organised by the International Theatre Institute (ITI) Centres and the international theatre community.

First Tiger Reserve in India to get official mascot - Kanha

• Kanha Tiger Reserve became the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot, named Bhoorsingh the Barasingha in the last week of March 2017. 
• The step was taken to present the hard ground swamp deer as the spirit of the reserve. It will spread awareness to save the species from possible extinction. 

Pranab Mukherjee grants Padma awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan

• The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee presented the prestigious Padma awards to dignitaries belonging to various fields at a Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30th March 2017.
• Among those presented at the occasion were the Vice President of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Union Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh.

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