Daily Current Affairs of 29th March 2017

• US President Donald Trump would be hosting PM Narendra Modi later this year, the White House announced today.
• The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to scrap a Barack Obama-era rule that required internet providers to get customers' permission before sharing their browsing history with other companies. 
• The rule also required internet providers to protect that data from hackers and inform customers of breaches. 
• The bill will become law once US President Donald Trump signs it.
• The British government today delivered the formal notification of the country's intention to leave the European Union to EU President Donald Tusk after 44 years of membership.
• This comes after UK citizens voted to leave the EU in a referendum in June. 
• UK PM Theresa May delivered a statement in the Parliament, confirming that the Brexit process has begun.
• The Scottish Parliament today voted in favour of holding a second UK independence referendum. 
• Lawmakers voted 69-59 to back First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and seek permission from the UK government for a ballot to be held between autumn 2018 and spring 2019. 
• Note : Prime Minister Theresa May had earlier ruled out plans for a new Scottish referendum before Brexit.
• The US, Britain and France are among almost 40 countries that will not join talks on a nuclear weapons ban treaty starting at the UN on Monday, US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley said. 
• She further said that the countries skipping the negotiations are instead committed to the Non-Proliferation Treaty which is aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.
• Cambodia has officially banned selling and exporting human breast milk to the US after reports exposed how women were turning to the controversial trade to boost incomes in the country.
• Earlier, the UNICEF condemned the trade, calling it exploitative.

• Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat was conferred the honorary rank of General of the Nepal Army by country's President Bidhya Devi Bhandari today. 
• Rawat has arrived in Kathmandu for a four-day official visit. 
• Note : The two countries have a tradition of conferring such titles on the chiefs of their armies since 1950 to signify the close military-to-military ties.