TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. President Smt Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the annual cultural festival, ‘Vividhta ka Amrit Mahotsav’ at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.
2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, the government has given as much priority to People, Economy and Innovation as it has given to infrastructure and industries in terms of investment. Addressing a Post-Budget Webinar on Employment through video conferencing.
3. The Arunachal Pradesh cabinet, led by chief minister Pema Khandu, has approved three policies to enhance the state’s horticulture, agriculture and tourism sectors.
These include the Arunachal Pradesh Horticulture Policy 2025-35, the New Agriculture Policy — Arunachal Pradesh 2025-35, and the Arunachal Pradesh Tourism Policy 2025-30.
4. NITI Aayog recently published a report titled From Borrowers to Builders – Women’s Role in India’s Financial Growth Story. This report marks the increasing participation of women in seeking credit and managing their financial health.
5. The Swavalambini Women Entrepreneurship Programme was launched in 2025 by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) in collaboration with NITI Aayog. This initiative aims to empower female students in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) by equipping them with entrepreneurial skills, resources, and mentorship.
6. India’s first comprehensive river dolphin population survey, conducted from 2021 to 2023, recorded a total of 6,327 river dolphins across the country. The survey spanned the Ganga and Brahmaputra river basins, as well as the Beas River, and was carried out by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII).
7. The government has given approval for the development of Sonprayag to Kedarnath ropeway with the length of 12.9 kilometres.
8. Actor-politician Kamal Haasan on Wednesday intervened in the ongoing dispute between Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK and the BJP-led central government over ‘Hindi imposition’ and delimitation.
9. Sahitya Akademi will organize its annual Festival of Letters, Sahityaotsav, Asia’s Largest Literature Festival, at Rabindra Bhavan in New Delhi from the 7th to the 12th of March. The six-day event will be inaugurated by the Union Minister for Culture, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
10. Maharashtra’s government today announced the waiver of the 500 rupees stamp duty previously required for submitting affidavits while applying for essential documents such as caste certificates, income certificates, and nationality certificates. Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said that under the new rule, applicants no longer need to pay the stamp duty for affidavits.
11. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the Gujarat Semiconnect Conference 2025 in Gandhinagar.
12. Former Aam Aadmi Party MLA SK Bagga has passed away, as announced by the party on its X handle. He previously served as an MLA for Delhi’s Krishna Nagar constituency. This election cycle, his son Vikas Bagga was given the ticket to contest from this seat. Unfortunately, Vikas did not manage to replicate his father’s success and finished in second place.
13. Delhi Minister for Irrigation and Flood Control Parvesh Sahib Singh inspected the Yamuna River in the National Capital.
14. The Indian Meteorological Department has forecast light and moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds over Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during the next two to three days.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. The Supreme Court of India ruled that protection against disability-based discrimination is a fundamental right, aligning with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016.
2. A court in Lucknow on Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs 200 on Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for skipping appearance in a 2022 defamation case related to his alleged derogatory remarks on freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
3. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said that Abu Azmi would face arrest due to his contentious remarks about Aurangzeb.
4. All borders of the Union Territory of Chandigarh have been sealed, and a police force has been deployed in the wake of the march of protesting farmers.
5. The DMK alleges that the current Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre is now trying to impose Hindi on Tamil Nadu through the National Education Policy. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin says the state won’t accept the National Education Policy even if it was offered Rs 10,000 crore.
6. Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Asim Azmi was suspended from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly until the end of the ongoing budget session on Wednesday, following his remarks praising Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
7. In a significant relief to Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate and his brother Shivaji Kokate, the Nashik District Sessions Court has stayed the two-year imprisonment sentence and 50,000 rupees fine imposed on them by a lower court in a fraud case dating back three decades. This decision also temporarily prevents Mr Kokate from being disqualified as an MLA.
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In Jharkhand, three CRPF jawans have been severely injured in an IED blast in the Baliba forest area under Jaraikela police station in West Singhbhum district.
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Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has urged the Centre to immediately release long-pending dues of over 1468 crore rupees meant for the supply of rice to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) during the 2014-15 Kharif season.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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The Regional Officer of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Nadeem Thufali T, has written to the CBFC chairperson for Centre’s intervention to prevent the screening of the movie ‘Marco’ on OTT platforms. The CBFC has already rejected the satellite rights for the movie for television screening due to the extremely violent content.
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DEFENCE NEWS
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1. The U.S. Air Force is adapting its naval warfare strategy by exploring the integration of the Harpoon anti-ship missile on F-16 aircraft. This move represents shift in operational capabilities.
2. The Defence Bio-Engineering & Electro Medical Laboratory (DEBEL), a Bangalore-based lab under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), successfully conducted high-altitude trials of the Indigenous On-Board Oxygen Generating System (OBOGS)-based Integrated Life Support System (ILSS) for the TEJAS aircraft, on 04 March 2025.
3. India’s new Astra MK-III missile, renamed GANDIVA, significantly increases its aerial combat capabilities with a range of 340 kilometers, surpassing rivals like China’s PL-15 and the U.S. AIM-174. India’s defense exports have also surged to a record high of Rs 21,083 crore for the fiscal year 2023-24.
4. DRDO Successfully Tests Indigenous Life Support System for LCA Tejas. Ka-226T and Ansat to be Enhanced with New VK-650V Engine.
5. Solar Industries’ subsidiary secured a ₹239 crore contract from the Ministry of Defence to supply Multi-Mode Hand Grenades to the Indian Army within a year.
6. The Indian Navy is significantly bolstering its maritime strength by inducting two advanced stealth frigates, INS Himagiri and INS Udaygiri, which are part of Project 17A and belong to the Nilgiri class, thus enhancing its combat capabilities across anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine operations; notably, these warships are largely indigenously built with 75% domestic components.
7. The Indian Navy plans to test the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) to potentially integrate it onto its warships, aiming to significantly enhance their close-in defense capabilities against a variety of aerial threats, including low-flying drones and other hostile aircraft at close range; essentially acting as a supplementary layer of protection alongside existing missile systems like the Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM).
8. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has been strategically evolving its fighter fleet with a long-term vision of operating an all-5th generation fighter force by 2047. This ambitious modernization plan aligns with Pakistan’s national defense objectives and aims to maintain regional air superiority.
06 Mar (Thursday)
Vedic Ritu/ Shishir
Drik Ritu : Vasanta
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
(In Purnimanta calendar)
Vikram Samvat – 2081
Month : Phalguna 22
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1946
Month Phalguna 07
Nakshatra: Rohini/
Mrigashirsha
Tithi : Saptami (up to 10:51 am) Ashtami
Rahu 02:05 PM – 03:33 PM
Yamaganda 06:47 AM – 08:15 AM
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