Today’s Top News – 17 September 2024

Ganpati festival

TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. The President Smt. Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate the 8th India Water Week 2024 at Bharat Mandapam in Delhi today.

2. The Honorable Vice President of India Shri. Jagdeep Dhankhar has inaugurated the “Constitutional Temple – Samvidhan Mandir” at 433 Industrial Training Institutes across Maharashtra. This programme was organized by the Maharashtra Skill, Employment, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Department.

3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates and lays the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than 8,000 crore rupees in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

4. The Union Minister for MSME, Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi, inaugurated the Centre for Rural Enterprise Acceleration through Technology (CREATE) at Leh via virtual mode.

5. More than 24,000 police personnel will be deployed for immersion processions on Anant Chaturdashi, the tenth and final day of the Ganpati festival in Mumbai on Tuesday.

6. The high number of Independent candidates in the fray have led to the National Conference, Congress and the People’s Democratic Party to allege that they were being supported by “Delhi”.

7. In Jammu & Kashmir, a total 365 candidates have filed their nominations as Independent candidates to contest the three-phase polls. This is the second highest number of Independents to contest the polls. In the 2008 assembly elections, 468 candidates had contested as Independents.

8. The Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD) has welcomed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s election manifesto for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.It has also urged that the rehabilitation, resettlement, recourse and restitution of Kashmiri Pandits need to be grounded in Constitutional frameworks validated by Parliament with Judicial closure.

9. The Kerala government has imposed restrictions at containment zones in Malappuram where a 24-year-old recently died due to Nipah infection. The district authorities have asked shops in the containment zones to close by 7 PM. Cinema halls, schools, colleges, Madrassas, anganwadis and tution centres will remain shut in the containment zones.

10. On 14th September 2024, the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) received the Rajbhasha Kirti Award for excellence in promoting Hindi as the Official Language. The department implemented various initiatives like Hindi workshops, regular reviews, bilingual documentation.

11. The Government has authorised the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) to perform Aadhaar authentication on voluntary basis for establishing the identity of candidates during the various stages of examination. In a gazette notification, the Ministry of Personnel has asked SSC to adhere to all the relevant provisions of the Act, rules and regulations made by the Unique Identification Authority of India.

12. Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad was celebrated with religious fervour and due reverence in various parts of the country yesterday.

13. The India Meteorological Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh today. Heavy rainfall is also expected over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan over the next two to three days.

14. Aam Aadmi Party leaders on Monday held a series of meetings to discuss probables for the chief minister’s post, a day before party MLAs meet to finalise a successor for Arvind Kejriwal, who is likely to tender his resignation to Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena.

15. On the occasion of the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda will inaugurate a blood donation camp under Seva Pakhwada at the party headquarters in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to celebrate his 74th on Tuesday, September 17, adding another year of success to his decades of public service.

LEGAL REPORT
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1. The first round of talks between the West Bengal government and the agitating junior doctors began at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence in Kalighat on Monday evening to address the RG Kar impasse.

2. Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad has kicked up a row by announcing a Rs 11 lakh reward to anyone chopping off Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s tongue for his remarks on scrapping the reservation system. No casualty has been reported so far and train traffic was restored after the tracks were cleared of the debris.

3. The engine of a goods train derailed in Sonbhadra early on Monday, disrupting rail traffic for hours after debris from a nearby hill fell on the tracks due to heavy rains.

4. In Manipur, the government has lifted a ban on internet and mobile data services. The government also said that the schools and colleges will be open from today.

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1. The GST Council has constituted a 13-member Group of Ministers (GoM) to review and suggest GST rates on health and life insurance premiums. The report is due by 30 October, 2024.

2. India’s private sector bank HDFC looks to increase the income of 5 lakh marginal farmers who earn less than 60,000 annually by 2025, as part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Parivartan.

3. The Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal today launched Bharat Startup Knowledge Access Registry-BHASKAR in New Delhi. BHASKAR is an interactive online platform that will centralise, streamline, and enhance collaboration among key stakeholders within the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) announced the successful deployment of the ‘Accessibility Standards’ module in E-Cinepramaan, in line with the scheduled timeline of September 15. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had issued guidelines in March 2024 for accessibility standards in the public exhibition of feature films in cinema theaters for persons with hearing and visual impairments.

DEFENCE News
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1. India and US army personnel on Monday trained together to bolster interoperability and enhance synergy between forces of both nations in the 20th edition of the Joint Military Exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas 2024.’Notably, army personnel have been training together at the Foreign Training Node, Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan, since September 9 and will continue till 22 September.

India-US army personnel engaged in joint military exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas 2024’ took a break on Sunday, the soldiers visited the historic Junagarh Fort in Bikaner. Around 600 soldiers from the US have arrived in India, and they were brought to Junagarh in groups by bus and taken on a guided tour of the fort.

2. Private sector defence manufacturer Nibe Limited has set an ambitious seven-year plan to establish a constellation of military grade intelligence gathering satellites that will be manufactured and launched in India.The company, which specialises in defence components and has contracts for subsystems in major projects like the Pinaka launcher, MRSAM and modular bridges.

3. The Indian Navy has started rapid preparations to deploy Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations in response to the devastating flash floods in Myanmar, in response to Typhoon Yagi.The typhoon, which has originated from the South China Sea, is being recognised as the most powerful storm in Asia this year.

4. NAVIKA SAGAR PARIKRAMA II : Top commanders of the Indian Navy will carry out a comprehensive review of India’s maritime security challenges, including China’s growing forays into the Indian Ocean, at a four-day conclave beginning Tuesday.The commanders are also likely to deliberate on the overall situation in the Red Sea and adjoining areas.

5. Two Female Indian Navy Officers To Embark On Global Sailing Expedition : . Commanders A. Roopa and K. Dilna will be undertaking the expedition of circumnavigating the globe onboard INSV Tarini. After three years of preparations, two women officers of the Indian Navy are set to embark soon on an arduous blue-water voyage around the world.

6. Zen Technologies is strategically positioning itself as a leader in the defence sector by focusing on an intellectual property (IP)-driven business model. The company, based in Hyderabad, has made significant strides in developing advanced defence technologies, particularly in training solutions and anti-drone systems.

17 Sep (Tuesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Varsha (Monsoon)
Drik Ritu : Sharad (Autumn)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2081
Shaka Samvat – 1946
Month : Bhadrapada 28, (Purnimanta)
Bhadrapada 13(Amanta)
Nakshatra:Shatabisha (up to 1:53 pm)
Purva Bhadrapada
Tithi : Chaturdashi (up to 11:44 am)Purnima
Rahu : 03:22 PM – 04:53 PM
Yamaganda: 09:19 AM – 10:50 AM

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