{"id":38534,"date":"2021-03-12T05:17:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T05:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=38534"},"modified":"2021-03-12T05:17:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T05:17:24","slug":"current-affairs-12-march-2021-current-affairs-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-12-march-2021-current-affairs-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Affairs 12 March 2021 | Current Affairs Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Current Affairs 12 March 2021 is the most important area from which a major share of questions come in SSC, Railway, state government recruitment exams, UPSC prelims and mains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/kashmiri-pandits-festival-herath\/\">Kashmiri Pandits\u2019 festival \u2018Herath\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on the occasion of Herath, one of the biggest festivals of Kashmiri Pandits. 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Kashmiri Pandits\u2019 festival \u2018Herath\u2019 Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on the occasion of Herath, one of the biggest festivals of Kashmiri Pandits. 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