Happy Ram Navami : May the divine grace of Lord Rama always be with you. Wish you a very happy and prosperous Rama Navami.
1. President Droupadi Murmu extends her greetings to citizens of Nation on eve of Ram Navami. https://youtu.be/5nqgtHABU70
2. Puducherry government has announced a financial assistance of ₹2,000 per month to children who lost a parent, father or mother, to COVID-19. The scheme would cover 416 children.
3. Union Home & Cooperation Minister Amit Shah to be on a two-day visit to Uttarakhand , Minister to review & inaugurate various schemes of Cooperative Department in Haridwar.
4. Minority Affairs Ministry is collaborating with Health Ministry for comprehensive health arrangements for pilgrims planning to visit Makkah with a view to ensuring quality health support to pilgrims.
5. Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya to be on a two-day visit to Uttarakhand , Minister to discuss various issues under Vibrant Village Programme with villagers & public representatives of village Malari in Chamoli district.
6. BJP on Wednesday withdrew its no-confidence motion against the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government after it failed to bring together enough lawmakers needed for the no-trust vote to be eligible for discussion.
7. The G20 Agriculture Working Group Meeting delegates visit the Rock Garden in Chandigarh. The garden, also known as Nek Chand Saini’s Rock Garden of Nathupur, is a sculpture garden built entirely from industrial and home waste and discarded items.
8. Voting for the Karnataka assembly elections will take place on the 10th of May in a single phase. The counting of votes will be held on 13th May. The term of the 224-member Karnataka Assembly will end on May 24.
9. Bengaluru airport is set to become India’s first airport with a Multi-Modal Transport Hub (MMTH), offering hassle-free and seamless travel integration for passengers.
10. ‘SAVARKAR GAURAV YATRA’ jointly organised with Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena to be held between March 30 & April 6, The yatra will travel across Maharashtra all 288 Assembly Constituencies & “take Savarkar’s work to people.
11. Uttrakhand, the first meeting of the G20 roundtable conference of Chief Science Advisors was held on the second day of the G20 summit in Ramnagar in the Nainital district on Wednesday.
12. Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh has welcomed its first four cubs born to one of the cheetahs translocated to India on the 17th of September last year under Project Cheetah.
13. Extended Registration window for Common University Entrance Test (CUET) UG 2023 to be closed on March 30.
14. Over 300 lawyers of the Supreme Court and high courts criticised Kiren Rijiju for his recent statement that some retired judges are “part of an anti-India gang”.
15. Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha and senior Bhartiya Janata Party leader Girish Bapat passed away in Pune today after suffering from a prolonged illness. He was 73.
CRIME REPORT/JUDICIARY/ MISHAPS
1. Mumbai zonal unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Wednesday busted a major inter-State drug network and arrested five people in connection with the case.
2. Judge Dinesh Chandra Shukla, who sentenced gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed to life imprisonment, will now be provided with ‘Y+’ security due to increased threat perception. Ahmed was held guilty in the 2006 kidnapping of Umesh Pal, the prime witness in the murder of BSP MLA Raju Pal.
3. Amritsar Rural Police issued a ‘hue and cry’ notice against Amritpal Singh on Wednesday as a high alert was sounded after intelligence inputs suggested he’s likely to surrender. A hue and cry notice is the process of seeking the help of the public in nabbing a criminal. The notice describes him as around 6 feet tall with ‘fair wheatish’ complexion.
4. Punjab Police launched a massive search operation in a Hoshiarpur village and many adjoining areas following inputs that Amritpal Singh could be hiding there, the fugitive Khalistan sympathiser on Wednesday evening released his first video statement and said that he has managed to escape from the cops and “was fine and in high spirits”.
5. Soma Bharat, Kalvakuntla Kavitha’s legal counsel, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Wednesday in New Delhi after the investigation agency wrote to the BRS party MLC informing her that it would examine the mobile phones she had deposited.
6. Massive fire broke out at a plastic scrap factory on the Ujjain road in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore on Wednesday, following which 10 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. This is the second fire incident that has taken place in the city in a day.
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1. The first Trade and Investment Working Group (TIWG) meeting was inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Finance Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad in Mumbai on Wednesday.
2. The Government has launched a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely, New India Literacy Programme with financial outlay of over one thousand crore rupees for implementation during the financial year 2022-23 to 2026-27.
3. National Company Law Appellate (NCLAT) on Wednesday upheld the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) Android dominance order against Google. The tribunal has upheld the penalty of 1338 crore rupees imposed by CCI.
4. Government has stepped up its efforts to monitor stock disclosures of pulses by millers, stockists, traders and importers to ensure that prices of Tur are normalised.
5. From April 1, 2023, UPI Transaction is going to be expensive. A circular related to Unified Payment Interface (UPI) payment has been issued by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
In a circular issued by NPCI, it has been suggested to impose a surcharge of 1.1% on transactions above Rs 2,000 from April 1. This charge will have to be given to the merchant transaction i.e. the customers paying the merchants.
6. RBI expected to deliver 25 bps hike on April 6, rate cut by December 2023.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
1. Today (on 30 Mar) Bombay High Court to give its ruling on Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s plea challenging the process (summons) issued to him by a lower court in a case related to his alleged misbehaviour with a journalist in 2019.
2. In the upcoming episode of The Kapil Sharma Show, Actress Sonali Bendre wishes to take Archana Puran Singh’s place.
3. Bollywood actor Rahul Bose inaugurated a rugby stadium named after him in Odisha. He represented India in rugby, appearing in 17 internationals, and currently serves as the president of the Rugby India football union.
4. A new book titled ‘Basu Chatterji: And Middle-of-the-Road Cinema’ has been released, which chronicles the life and times of the veteran Indian filmmaker Basu Chatterjee.
DEFENCE
1. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) test-fired two of its short-range air-defence system (VSHORADS) missiles in March 2023. The flight tests were the second development trial of the missile. VSHORADS is a man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS) designed and developed by the DRDO and Indian industry partners.
2. Ministry of Defence, on March 29, 2023, signed three contracts – two with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Ghaziabad and one with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) – at a total cost nearly Rs 5,400 crore, to bolster the defence capabilities of the country.
(i) The first contract with BEL pertains to procurement of Automated Air Defence Control & Reporting System ‘Project Akashteer’ worth Rs 1,982 crore for the Indian Army.
PROJECT AKASHTEER
The Automated Air Defence Control & Reporting System ‘Project Akashteer’. It will enable monitoring of low level airspace over the battle areas of Indian Army and effectively control the Ground Based Air Defence Weapon Systems.
(ii) The second contract with BEL relates to acquisition of Sarang Electronic Support Measure (ESM) systems along with associated Engineering Support Package from BEL, Hyderabad at an overall cost of Rs 412 crore for the Indian Navy.
SARANG is an advanced Electronic Support Measure system for helicopters of the Indian Navy, designed and developed indigenously by Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, Hyderabad under programme Samudrika.
(iii) The contract with NSIL, a Central Public Sector Enterprise under Department of Space, Bengaluru pertains to procurement of an advanced Communication Satellite, GSAT-7B, which will provide High Throughput Services to the Indian Army at an overall cost of Rs 2,963 crore.
ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SATELLITE : Providing mission critical beyond line of sight communication to troops and formations as well as weapon and airborne platforms. The geostationary satellite, being a first-of-its-kind in the five-tonne category, will be developed indigenously by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
All these projects are under Buy {Indian – IDMM (Indigenously Designed Developed and Manufactured)} category.
3. The second edition of the joint military exercise, ‘The Africa-India Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX-2023)’, culminated on Wednesday at Foreign Training Node, Aundh, Pune.AFINDEX-2023 was held from March 16 to 29, 2023. A total of 25 African nations, 124 participants and Indian troops from the Sikh, Maratha and Mahar regiments participated in the multinational exercise.
4. China showcased the HQ-9B surface-to-air missile weapons system at Air Show China 2022. HQ-9B is an unauthorised copy of Russian S-300 air defence system.
5. French Navy’s second Suffren/Barracuda-class submarine Duguay-Trouin has started sea trials, French ship building company Naval Group revealed. The vessel kicked off sea trials on 27 March.
6. Indian Naval Ship Sumedha, deployed in the Mediterranean Sea, has entered Algiers, Algeria for an operational turn around. The visit is aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and enhancing maritime cooperation.
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ASSAM : DISPUR
Formation
(as a state) : 26 Jan 1950
Governor:
Gulab Chand Kataria
CM: Himanta Biswa Sarma (BJP)
Districts : 31
Bird : White-winged duck
Flower : Foxtail orchid
Mammal: Rhinoceros
Tree : Hollong
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30 Mar (Thursday)
Vedic Ritu : Vasant (Spring)
Drik Ritu: Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksha
Month* : Chaitra 23, (Purnimanta)
Chaitra 09, (Amanta)
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945 Nakshatra :Punarvasu (up to 10:59 pm)Pushya
Tithi: Navami (up to 11:30 pm) Dashami
Rahu : 02:03 PM – 03:34 PM
Yamaganda : 06:25 AM – 07:56 AM
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