Chhattisgarh Dantewada Naxal Attack | 10 DRG Jawans, Driver Killed In Maoist IED Blast In Dantewada. The District Reserve Guard team were returning from an anti-Maoist operation launched after a tip-off, when their vehicle was blown up by an IED with over 50 kg of explosives, creating a crater in the road
1. Commemorative ₹100 coin and a postage stamp have been released by the government to mark 100 episodes of ‘Mann Ki Baat’. Union Home Minister Amit Shah was present at the event to unveil the coin and the stamp. The ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme’s 100th episode will be released on Sunday (April 30).
2. The Union government has approved the establishment of 157 new government nursing colleges at a cost of 1570 crores in co-location with existing medical colleges in the country.
3. The Union government has approved the National Medical Devices Policy, 2023. The policy is expected to help the Medical Devices Sector, The policy is expected to help the Medical Devices Sector, grow from the present $11 Bn to $50 Bn in the next five years
4. Ayurved doctors not entitled to same salary as that of MBBS counterparts: the Supreme Court on Wednesday held that practitioners of the alternative system of medicine, who do not attend emergency duty and perform complicated surgery, are not entitled to equal salary to that of their allopathic counterparts.
5. New expressway that connects Bengaluru and Mysuru gears up to ban two-wheelers from its main carriageway: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is currently considering a proposal to ban two-wheeler vehicles, three-wheelers, and agricultural vehicles as a safety precaution. Only service roads would allow these restricted vehicles.
6. NHIDCL National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. terminates contract with ARSS over poor Shillong-Dawki road project, from Mylliem to Pynursla in Meghalaya.
7. Union Home Minister Amit Shah launches IFFCO Nano DAP (Liquid); says it will make India self-reliant in field of fertilizer Union Home Minister and Cooperation Minister.
8. The mortal remains of five-time Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal have been brought to his native village Lambi for his last rites.
9. Government offices across Chandigarh will remain closed on April 27 following five-time Punjab Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal’s demise.
10. Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a meeting of Power Development Department at Civil Secretariat, Jammu to review power situation during the upcoming summer months.
11. Chief Electoral Officer in Karnataka Manoj Kumar Meena today informed that 16,04,285 voters were added to the electoral roll after the final electoral roll was published on January 5, 2023.
12. In Andhra pradesh, Telugu Desam chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu has promised Muslims that he would restore the Dulhan scheme for minorities, without any conditions, if he returns to power in the 2024 Assembly polls.
13. A Gujarat High Court judge on Wednesday recused herself from hearing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s appeal challenging the order of the Surat sessions court that declined to stay his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark.
14. Shreekant M Bhandiwad has become the new Chairman of Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB).
15. Microsoft India president Anant Maheshwari appointed Nasscom chairperson for the period 2023-24, succeeding Krishnan Ramanujam.
CRIME REPORT
1. Gangster Atiq Ahmed’s brother-in-law Akhlaq Ahmed, a health department doctor allegedly involved in unethical activities, has been suspended by the Uttar Pradesh government.
2. Ten police personnel and a driver were killed in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Wednesday in the worst attack on security forces in the Maoist insurgency-hit central Indian state since April 2021.
3. All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) has moved the Madras High Court against Tamil Nadu’s Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act. “The…government has passed an unconstitutional law, which bans multiple online skill games.
4. A 44-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly entered a school, threatened to take students hostage and blow up the classroom in West Bengal’s Malda on Wednesday.
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1. Union Cabinet approves the medical devices policy. The policy aims at increasing India’s share in the global medical devices market from the current 1.5% to over 10% within a decade.
2. Centre approves payment of arrears under One Rank One Pension (OROP) from July 1, 2019.: The estimated financial implication in payment of pending arrears completely in FY 2023-24 will be approximately Rs 22,000 crore that will be drawn from the budget of Defence Pension under the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
3. NEOBANK JUPITER SECURES NBFC LICENCE: Jupiter, a neobanking startup, has obtained a non-banking finance company (NBFC) license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), enabling the company to provide credit from its own resources.
4. India’s Ministry of Science and Technology Launches Quantum Technology Mission with Rs. 6003.65 Crore Budget .
5. India has shown improvement in the logistics ranking of the World Bank by jumping 6 places to rank 38 out of 139 countries in the 7th edition of Logistics Performance Index (LPI 2023).
6. Maruti Suzuki India’s Chairman RC Bhargava said the demand for small cars is stagnant due to affordability issues. He stated that the country would need “to become a little bit more wealthy for people to be able to afford these cars.
7. Hinduja Group firm IndusInd International on Wednesday emerged as the highest bidder for Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Capital in the second auction round with an offer of ₹9,650 crore.
8. PhonePe is reportedly considering signing a commercial deal with ZestMoney in lieu of an $18 million loan it had given to the lending startup.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
1. Ponniyin Selvan 2 will release in theatres on April 28. Trisha Krishnan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are busy promoting their upcoming film Ponniyin Selvan 2 with co-stars Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi and others.
2. The Early Childhood Association (ECA) wrote an open letter to all lyricists and music directors raising concerns over ‘Let’s Dance Chotu Motu’ song from ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’ over nursery rhymes. “New age schools and parents are against…British era ‘nursery rhymes’…These old-versions of…rhymes are a mismatch to what new-age young children should see.
3. Actress Priyanka Chopra confirmed that she’d be making an appearance at the Met Gala 2023, which will take place on May 1. The theme of Met Gala will be Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, honouring the German fashion designer, who died in 2019.
DEFENCE
1. The multinational wargame codenamed ‘ORION’ is being hosted by France involving many of its NATO and other important allies.
HIGHLIGHTS
(i) The France and India began a military exercise ‘Orion’ at Mont-de-Marsan, an Air Force base of the French Air and Space Force (FASF) on April 17.
(ii) The exercise is being conducted from April 17 to May 5, 2023.
(iii) This is the first overseas exercise for the IAF’s Rafale aircraft. IAF Contingent comprising four Rafale, two C-17, two ll-78 aircraft and 165 air warriors.
(iv) The Indian Air Force’s first woman pilot Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh to fly the Rafale fighter jet is part of the IAF contingent taking part in the multinational exercise ‘Orion’ in France.
(v) Exercise Cope India, in which The Indian Air Force and the United States Air Force (USAF) took part from April 10, culminated on April 25 at Kalaikunda, West Bengal.
2. Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane inaugurated the Ashok Roy Training Simulator Complex at the Indian naval air station, INS Rajali, in Arakkonam on 25 April.
(i) The complex houses a state-of-the-art simulator for the training requirements of P8I aircrew and a technical team, aimed towards the safe operation and maintenance of the aircraft.
(ii) The new facility was named the ‘Ashok Roy Training Simulator Complex’ (ARTSC) to commemorate the distinguished service rendered by Lieutenant Commander Ashok Roy, Vir Chakra (VrC), Nausena Medal (NM), and his gallant actions in the 1971 Indo-Pak war.
3. Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved payment of arrears under the One Rank One Pension (OROP) revision with effect from July 1, 2019.
4. Family members of the eight Indian Navy veterans who have been held captive in Doha since August 2022 have been permitted to visit them. This visit has been facilitated by the company they were working for — Dahra Consultancies. The second hearing in the case in which the eight have been charge-sheeted is on May 3.
5. General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Army’s Western Command Lt Gen Nav K Khanduri said the armed forces, MSMEs and the academia need to come together to enhance the role of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in defence manufacturing.
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