1. The govt has said that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET PG 2022) has not been postponed and will be held as scheduled on 21st of May.
2. The Centre has defended the sedition law and requested the Supreme Court to reject the pleas challenging it.
3. President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Judge in Gujarat High Court Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala as Judges of the Supreme Court.
4. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu extends greetings on occasion of Mother’s Day on 08 May.
5. On World Red Cross Day, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has appreciated the outstanding work of volunteers of Red Cross through their multi-pronged humanitarian efforts and tireless contribution to people in need.
6. On the occasion of World Thalassemia Day, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda virtually addressed the webinar “Challenges in Thalassemia 2022” in New Delhi.
7. The unemployment rate for people above 15 years in urban areas slipped from 10.3% to 8.7% between October and December 2021, the National Statistical Office (NSO) data revealed on Sunday.
8. PM Modi expresses grief on passing away of Odia Writer Rajat Kumar Kar.
9. *ASSAM* : Union Home Minister Amit Shah to launch several development projects in Assam today.
He will inspect the Indo-Bangla Border at Sahapara. lay the foundation stone for Central Workshop and Stores of Central Armed Police Forces and State police in North Eastern States and will also launch Khadi and Village Industries products at Kalcheni in Tamulpur district.
10. *ANDAMAN* : An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred at around 1:11 am, 85km NNE of Campbell Bay , Andaman and Nicobar island.
11. *BIHAR* The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) has cancelled the 67th Combined (Preliminary) Competitive Examination after question paper leaked, probe launched.
12. *HARYANA* : The Archaeological Survey Of India (ASI) has found the remains of a 5,000-year-old Indus Valley era factory which used to manufacture jewellery, in Haryana’s Rakhigarhi village. The skeletons of two women, jewellery, utensils and other artefacts were also found during the excavations
13. *HIMACHAL* : After Khalistan flags were found tied to the main gate and boundary wall of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, CM Jairam Thakur said he has directed police to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident. “Strict action will be taken against the accused.
14. *J&K* : Two terrorists were gunned down by security forces in an encounter at Cheyan in Devsar area of Kulgam district in Jammu and Kashmir. J&K Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh said.
15. Former J&K Education Minister and National Panthers Party (NPP) chief, Harsh Dev Singh, joined AAP in presence of party leader Sanjay Singh in New Delhi
16. *KERALA* Governor Arif Mohammad Khan stressed the need to revive India’s ancient culture and restore the principles of ‘Sanatan dharma’ through proper education in the country. He said while Inaugurating a school in Kalan block in Shahjahanpur District of Uttar Pradesh
17. *MADHYA PRADESH* govt launches second phase of Ladli Laxmi scheme to make girls self-reliant. 42 lakh girls have been registered till April this year under Ladli Laxmi Yojana. So far, more than 9 lakh girl students have been paid a scholarship amount of Rs 231 crore.
18. *MAHARASHTRA* : IIM-Nagpur will promote among students mindset of becoming Job-Creators, says President Kovind while inaugurating the campus
at Indian Institute of Management-IIM in MIHAN area of Nagpur.
19. The Maharashtra government will seek cancellation of bail given to MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana in the Hanuman Chalisa issue, public prosecutor Pradeep Gharat said.
20. *PUNJAB*: Police on Sunday found an explosive device packed with around 1.5 kilograms of RDX and arrested two men in a village in the Tarn Taran district. The IED, packed in a metal box weighing over 2.5 kilograms, was also equipped with a timer, detonator, battery and shrapnel, police said. Police further claimed that they averted a possible terrorist attack.
21. AAP MLA Inderbir Singh Nijjar was elected the new president of the century-old charitable-cum-educational body Chief Khalsa Diwan (CKD). Nijjar is the legislator from the Amritsar South constituency.
22. *UTTAR PRADESH*: CM Yogi Adityanath has warned that no religious event will be allowed on the roads of the state to avert communal tension. Adityanath said that such events should take place inside the premises of religious places.
23. A plea was filed in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court seeking the directions to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to probe the 22 closed doors in the Taj Mahal to ascertain the presence of the idols of Hindu deities. It has been said in the petition that the idols of the Hindu deities are locked up behind closed doors.
FINANCE:
USD ₹76.96
💷 *GBP ₹94.98
BSE Sensex: 54,835.58
NIFTY* : 16,411.25
1. The retail inflation rate in India, which has been on the rise since September last year, touched 6.07 per cent in February this year, according to the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
2. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecasts India’s GDP growth to moderate to 7.5% in 2022-23 from an estimated 8.9% in 2021-22, but will pick up to reach 8% in 2023-2024.
3. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said retail investors have played a key role in the markets in the last two years.
4. Life Insurance Corporation’s (LIC) public issue was subscribed 1.79 times on the fifth day of bidding on Sunday. The offer has received bids for 29.07 crore equity shares against the IPO size of 16.2 crore equity shares. The policyholder portion was booked 5.04 times, followed by the employee portion, which was booked 3.79 times.
ENTERTAINMENT:
Actor Preity Zinta on Sunday shared a picture featuring her mother Nilprabha Zinta and her twins–son Jai Zinta Goodenough and daughter Gia Zinta Goodenough. They celebrated the children’s first Mother’s Day together
DEFENCE:
1. Indian Navy and Coast Guard ships will be involved in training with Saudi officials. The First Training Squadron comprises of three Indian Navy ships and one Indian Coast Guard ship and is meant to provide hands-on, real-world training to newly-commissioned officers of the Navy and Coast Guard.
Four ships of India’s First Training Squadron are on a four-day visit to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as part of a five-nation overseas deployment.
2. Army organises ‘Educative Health Forum’ for women in J&K’s Machhal
The Indian Army organised an “Educative Health Forum” in the remote Machhal sector of J&K’s Kupwara District this month to counsel women on health issues, education and government schemes
3. The army and police in J&K’s Kishtwar district on Saturday rescued two people from drowning in the Chenab river following a nearly five-hour-long rescue operation. The pair got stuck after attempting to cross the river in their earth-mover. Both were sitting on the roof of the vehicle when they were finally rescued in pitch dark.
4. In 2021-22, the Border Roads Organisation completed 102 infrastructure projects including world’s longest highway tunnel and highest motorable road.
In 2021-22, 102 infrastructure projects, including 87 bridges and 15 roads, were completed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), the most in a single year.
These projects include the construction of the world’s longest highway tunnel, above 10,000 feet, named Atal Tunnel at Rohtang and the world’s highest motorable road over Umling La in Eastern Ladakh.
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