TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand today.
2. A inter-ministerial seven-member team from centre visited Vadodara, Kheda, Anand, Surendranagar and Jamnagar districts to survey the damage in flood-affected districts of Gujarat.
3. The Government has decided to *rename Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands as Sri Vijaya Puram.* In a social media post, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, the government took the decision to free the nation from the colonial imprints.
4. In Haryana, scrutiny of nomination papers was held for single-phase Assembly Elections scheduled for 5 of next month. State Chief Electoral Officer Pankaj Agarwal said. Counting of votes in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir will take place on the 8th of next month.
5. Swacchata Hi Sewa Abhiyan 2024 will be celebrated from 17th September to 2nd October across the country. The theme for this year is Swabhav Swachhata-Sanskaar Swacchta.
6. Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal unveiled the Jan Sunwai portal of the Ministry in Mumbai yesterday.
7. The three-day Semicon India 2024 which was being organised at India Expo Centre and Mart in Greater Noida concluded yesterday.
8. In Jammu and Kashmir, a total of 483 candidates have submitted their nomination papers for the third phase. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is the 17th of September. Forty assembly constituencies will go to polls in this phase on the 1st of October. Counting of votes for assembly polls in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir will take place on the 8th of next month.
9. Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has launched a dedicated web portal to monitor the progress of Special Swachhata Campaign 4.0. via video conferencing. The Special Campaign aims to institutionalize Swachhata in all offices of the central government with a saturation approach.
10. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has instructed all States and Union Territories to strictly monitor the manufacturing and sale of adulterated sweets, savouries and dairy products during the festive season. It also requested them to conduct frequent enforcement and surveillance drives during the festive season to prevent such malpractices.
11. The Department of Food and Public Distribution and the Food Corporation of India (FCI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the efficiency and accountability of food grain procurement and distribution.
12. The Fourth Akhil Bharatiya Rajbhasha Sammelan will be organised at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the Diamond Jubilee Special Edition.
13. Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H. D. Kumaraswamy has said that the recently approved Prime Minister eBus Sewa-Payment Security Mechanism (PSM) scheme will support the deployment of more than 38,000 electric buses (e-Buses) from the financial year 2024-25 to the financial year 2028-29.
14. All eligible senior citizens aged 70 years or above covered under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PMJAY) will be issued a new, distinct card under the scheme. The scheme is expected to be operational within a week.
15. On September 11, 2024, PM Modi virtually inaugurated the 2nd International Conference on Green Hydrogen, which is being held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi from September 11-13, 2024. The conference aims to position India as a leader in the global green hydrogen ecosystem by discussing recent technological advances and fostering strategic investments.
16. A new mobile app called “Rangeen Machhli” was launched by Union Minister Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh in Bhubaneswar. This app supports India’s growing ornamental fisheries sector, which is part of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).
17. The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a major initiative called ‘Mission Mausam.’ This project, with a budget of ₹2,000 crore over two years, is designed to significantly improve India’s weather prediction and atmospheric science capabilities.
*LEGAL REPORT*
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1. Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal has been released from Tihar Jail yesterday evening. The Supreme Court granted him bail in the Delhi excise policy case.
2. The National Investigation Agency today conducted searches at several locations in Punjab in connection with its probe into the attack on the Indian High Commission in Canada alleged by pro-Khalistan supporters. The searches were conducted in Moga, Amritsar, Gurdaspur, and Jalandhar. Last year, the agency had registered a case over protest by pro-Khalistani supporters outside the Indian mission in Ottawa.
3. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is conducting searches at various places in West Bengal yesterday in connection with food supply and distribution corruption case.
4. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued show-cause notices to 27 schools in Rajasthan and Delhi for violating its by-laws. The CBSE said in a release that it had conducted surprise inspections at these schools and found several violations in their functioning, particularly concerning their enrollment and attendance practices.
5. Kashmir Muslim bodies’ the Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), has written a detailed letter to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) and opposed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024. Meanwhile, Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, also Valley’s chief cleric, was allegedly barred by authorities from attending the MMU’s meeting in Srinagar.
6. The Centre on Friday granted time till November 20 to a Commission of Inquiry to submit a report on its investigations into the series of violence in Manipur that has claimed more than 220 lives so far.
7. Forty years after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a Delhi court on Friday framed charges for murder and other offences against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case related to the killing of three people in north Delhi’s Pul Bangash area.
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1. The government has scrapped the minimum price threshold for onion exports. In a notification, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade said that the Minimum Export Price condition on onions has been removed with immediate effect.
2. Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H. D. Kumaraswamy has said the recently approved Prime Minister eBus Sewa-Payment Security Mechanism scheme will support deployment of more than 38,000 electric buses (e-Buses) from the financial year 2024-25 to financial year 2028-29.
3. Adani Airports Holdings Limited (AAHL) launched an application ‘Aviio’ for the future Airport ecosystem, which generally provides real time information like waiting times, gate change, baggage updates etc, this will enhance airport operations.
4. India’s Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based retail inflation rose marginally to 3.65% in August from 3.6% in July, remaining below the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) medium-term target of 4% for the second time in nearly five years.
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*ENTERTAINMENT NEWS*
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Actress Hema alias Krishnaveni was arrested for her involvement in the drug partyparty. The police have now submitted a detailed chargesheet on the incident. She was arrested for her involvement in the drug party that was held at a farmhouse near Electronics City on May 15 in Bengaluru.
The police had recovered MDMA pills, hydro cannabis, cocaine, hydro ganja, and several electronic items from the site of the rave party during its raid. Actress Hema, among those present at the drug party, was subsequently arrested and charged with consumption of illicit drugs under Section 27(b) of the NDPS Act.
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*DEFENCE News*
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1. The Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lauded Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO, the Indian Navy and all stakeholders for the successful flight tests of the Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile, (vlsrsa) done on 12 Sep.
2. The Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the 7th National Security Strategies Conference 2024 in New Delhi.
3. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the India Defence Aviation Exposition (IDAX-24) at Jodhpur on September 12, 2024. This major event coincides with Exercise Tarang Shakti-24, one of the largest multinational air exercises hosted by the Indian Air Force. The IDAX-24, running from September 12-14, showcases significant advancements and contributions of the Indian aviation industry.
4. Indian Army, in collaboration with Assam Police, apprehended an NSCM(IM) cadre in Tinsukia district, recovering pistols, grenades, and ammunition. In Manipur, joint operations with Manipur Police, CRPF, and BSF led to the seizure of significant arms and ammunition. These efforts underscore the ongoing commitment to regional peace and stability.
5. Two Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer, were killed and an equal number injured in an encounter with terrorists in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, The gunfight broke out when a joint security party of the Army and police, acting on a tip-off, launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Naidgham area in the Chhatroo belt.
6. Highlighting that troops have disengaged at four places in Eastern Ladakh, including Galwan Valley, the Chinese foreign ministry on Friday said India and China have agreed during their meeting in Russia to work together to create conditions for the improvement of bilateral relations.
National security advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks on the sidelines of a meeting of the BRICS high-ranking officials responsible for security matters in St Petersburg in Russia on Thursday.
*14 Sep (Saturday)*
*Vedic Ritu/* Varsha (Monsoon)
*Drik Ritu* : Sharad (Autumn)
पक्ष :: *Shuklapaksh*
*Vikram Samvat – 2081*
*Shaka Samvat – 1946*
*Month* : Bhadrapada 26, (Purnimanta)
Bhadrapada 11 (Amanta)
*Nakshatra*: Uttara Ashadha (up to 8:32 pm)
Shravana
*Tithi :* Ekadashi (up to 8:41 pm)Dwadashi
*Rahu* : 09:19 AM – 10:50 AM
*Yamaganda*: 01:53 PM – 03:24 PM
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