1. Traditional New Year Ugadi/Gudi Padwa being celebrated in different parts of the country; Chaitra Navratri festival also begins on 02 Apr. The festival symbolises the victory of good over evil. Chaitra is the first month of the year as per the Hindu calendar.
2. The holy month of Ramzan will begin today as the moon was sighted on Saturday evening in many parts of the country. Today will be the first day of fasting. PM Modi extends greetings on commencement of Ramzan.
3. Over 184 crore 52 lakh vaccine doses administered so far in the country.
4. A heat wave is sweeping North, Central and Western parts of the country. Temperatures have soared above 40 degrees Celsius in Delhi-NCR, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan.
5. The Indian Metrological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that heatwave spell will continue over Jammu Division, Himachal Pradesh, Vidarbha and Gujarat till 3 April. The weather department also mentioned that very heavy rainfall will occur over Arunachal Pradesh and Assam-Meghalaya from till 4 April.
6. National Commission for Women launched an Anti-Human Trafficking Cell on 02 April. It aims to improve effectiveness in tackling cases of human trafficking, raising awareness among women and girls.
7. Recent decision to withdraw AFSPA from major areas of Assam, Nagaland, Manipur is a revolutionary decision: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said.
8. *GUJARAT* : Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal & Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, held a roadshow in Ahmedabad on Saturday ahead of Gujarat polls scheduled for later this year.
9. *HIMACHAL* Apple growers halt work on power project near Himachal’s Rampur. Fruit growers have forced the authorities to temporarily stop work at Luhri Stage-1 Hydro Electric Project, Neerath, near Rampur, claiming dust emanating from the site due to blasting is affecting pollination in apple.
10. *J&K* : The first-ever Kayaking and Canoeing marathon was held in J&K’s Srinagar on Saturday. The marathon started from the Zero Bridge to Habba Kadal bridge on the Jhelum river. This event was organised as a part of ‘My Youth, My Pride’, J&K Sports Council Secretary, Nuzhat Gul, said,
11. *JHARKHAND* : Illegal gun factory busted in Jharkhand’s Dumka, 6 arrested by a joint team of Jharkhand Police and Kolkata Police on 02 Apr.
12. *MAHARASHTRA* : Days after Maharashtra government said it isn’t mandatory to wear masks, CM Uddhav Thackeray urged people to wear masks for as long as he and his deputy Ajit Pawar continue to wear them.
13. *RAJASTHAN* : Curfew was imposed in Karauli city of Rajasthan after communal tension broke out following stone-pelting at a motorcycle rally passing through a Muslim-dominated area on Nav Samvatsar, the first day of the new year under the Hindu calendar on Saturday.
14. Several bikes and over a dozen shops have been set on fire and 650 additional police personnel are being deployed to maintain law and order.
15. *TAMIL NADU* :State BJP unit president K Annamalai has been given Y security in the wake of heightened threat perception by the Ministry of Home Affairs while he is aggressively seen working to raise the footprint of the party in the state.
16. *UTTAR PRADESH* : State govt launches special campaign for women security on occasion of 1st day of Navratri.
17. A woman in UP’s Etah prevented a train accident by hanging her red saree on railway track to signal a train to stop after noticing damage to the track. Pictures from the incident showed the saree propped up in the middle of the track with the help of wooden sticks. The train going to Tundla stopped after getting the signal.
ENTERTAINMENT:
1. The Kashmir Files Crosses 300 Crore Mark at The Worldwide Box Office:. Nationalist Congress Party Sharad Pawar on Thursday said a movie like The Kashmir Files should not have been cleared for screening,. Sharad Pawar said, addressing a convention of the minorities department of the Delhi unit of his party.
Director Vivek Agnihotri expressed surprise and said he does not know what’s up with the veteran politician. Agnihotri said he and his wife actor Pallavi Joshi met Sharad Pawar and his wife on a flight a few days ago where they were congratulated and blessed by the Pawar couple.
2. April 1 released Movie – John Abraham’s “Attack – Part 1” struggled on the first day at the box office. The science fiction action film, directed by Lakshya Raj Anand, had big expectations before its release. The movie is based on the concept of a super soldier, which is new in Indian cinema.
John Abraham has penned the story of “Attack”, which is produced by Jayantilal Gada, Ajay Kapoor, and Bhaumik Gondaliya under the banner of Pen India Limited and AK Productions.
3. Malaika Arora admitted to hospital after car accident. She received injury near her eye in a pile-up between vehicles near Mumbai. Three vehicles rammed into each other and all three vehicles have received damages.
DEFENCE:
1. India has been importing weapons and oil from Russia. The defence ministry was looking to clear Russian payments worth around Rs 11,500 crore by the end of the financial year.
2. Unable to Clear Rouble Payments, India Orders Indigenous Weapons to Use Up Defence Capital Budget.
3. India has placed a number of orders to procure indigenous equipment and weapon systems in the last three weeks to exhaust its defence capital funds after it was unable to clear sanctions-hit Russia’s scheduled payments running into Rs 11,500 crore approximately.
The latest orders include:
(a) 15 Light Combat Helicopters for Rs 3,887 crore
(b) Instrumented Electronic Warfare Range with Rs 1,109 crore for the IAF.
(c) Rs 1,993 crore contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for Advanced Electronic Warfare Suite for upgrading MiG-29 fighter jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and a contract with M/s Larsen and Toubro Limited to acquire two multi-purpose vessels for the Indian Navy for Rs 887 crore.
4. Some payments has also been cleared. Which include over Rs 1,300 crore for the 118 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) Arjun Mark 1 A for the Army, the order for which was placed last year with the Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVNL) formed after subsuming 12 ordnance factories.
5. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh 02 Apr attended conclave organised by the Indian Air Force Station, Hakimpet, Telangana to commemorate Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Chetak helicopter’s service to the nation.
(i) The Chetak, a two-tonne helicopter, has a maximum speed of 185kmph and a range of 500km.
(ii) The single-engine helicopter can carry seven people, including two pilots.
(iii) IAF inducted the French-origin helicopters, called Aloutte III, in 1962. The last Chetak helicopter was delivered to the air force by HAL in March 2021.
(iv) Around 15 Chetak and Cheetah helicopters have crashed in the past 10 to 12 years. It has been used for training pilots at HTS and has been the backbone of the rotary wing fleets of the services as well as in civil aviation.
6. The Karaikal base of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) got the Interceptor Boat ICGS C-436 on 01 April. Defence Ministry said that the vessel is set to give a major fillip to its operations in the vast coastline of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
The indigenously built ship C-436 is the 36th interceptor boat of its series. It is fitted with modern navigation and communication equipment capable of operating in tropical sea conditions and for close coast surveillance.
7. The DRDO-developed Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM) has been completed, and integration with the Sea King helicopter has commenced. The DRDO was working on a Naval Short Range Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR) with a range of 55 kilometres for use with Sea King helicopters and maybe in the future with MH-60R helicopters or the Dhruv helicopter.
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