Nine people were killed and 11 others were hospitalised due to an incident of gas leakage in a factory in Giaspura area in Punjab’s Ludhiana on Sunday. The injured were rushed to a hospital, police said. It is not known what caused the gas leakage. They have sealed the area while a fire brigade and an ambulance have been deployed there
1. PM Modi will share his thoughts with the people of the country and abroad in the Mann Ki Baat programme on All India Radio at 11 AM today, April 30. It will be the 100th episode of the monthly radio programme.
2. National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday declared the final NTA scores for Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 2023. As many as 43 candidates have received a perfect 100 NTA score in JEE (Main) 2023 examination in BE/BTech (Paper 1), the NTA said. In 2022, a total of 24 candidates had scored a 100 percentile in the overall merit list.
3. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organized the third edition of the Summit on Farm Machinery Technology, which was held at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi from 27-28 April 2023 in physical format.
4. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurates Summit on Farm Machinery Technology.
5. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and NAFED launched the first of its kind ‘Millets Experience Centre (MEC)’ in New Delhi.
6. Anji Khad bridge, India’s first cable stayed rail bridge, has been installed in Jammu and Kashmir.
7. Sinthan Snow Festival-2023 is to take place at Sinthan Maidan, Jammu and Kashmir. Kishtwar Development Authority, JKAACL and Indian Army are celebrating Sinthan Snow Festival on 29th & 30th April, 2023.
8. The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Maharashtra government that all party assets of the Shiv Sena being held by the Uddhav Thackeray faction be transferred to the group led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
9. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai starts administering of intranasal Covid19 vaccine iNCOVACC.
10. Tripartite Memorandum of Settlement signed between Centre, Assam state government and DNLA/DPSC.
11. Karnataka election 2023: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address at least 19 rallies across Karnataka till three days before people of the state vote on May 10.
12. PM Modi addressed the Kashi Telugu Sangam-Ganga Pushkara Aradhana held in Varanasi through video conferencing today.
13. B R Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat in Hyderabad will be inaugurated today, April 30. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will be formally inaugurating the newly constructed State secretariat constructed at a cost of over 600 crore rupees..
14. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today inaugurated the All India Vedic Science Conference in New Delhi.
15. Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has urged citizens to download Namo App and upload their photos while listening to the live broadcast of the 100th episode of Mann Ki Baat.
16. Union Minister of State for Railways, Raosaheb Dadarao Patil Danve, inaugurated the Dhule-Dadar Special Express train service from Dhule railway station this morning, April 29 through video conferencing.
CRIME REPORT
1. Former Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Jawahar Prasad has been arrested by Bihar Police in connection with its investigation into communal clashes that erupted during a Ram Navami procession in Sasaram district in March this year.
2. The Enforcement Directorate has conducted searches at the home and offices of Byju’s CEO Raveendran in Bengaluru today, April 29. In a tweet, the ED has said that they conducted searches at three premises of Byju in Bengaluru under the Provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act, FEMA.Delhi Police has registered two FIRs against Wrestling Federation of India Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in connection with sexual harassment allegations levelled by women wrestlers
3. ENGINEERING STUDENT STABBED TO DEATH DURING COLLEGE FEST : A fourth-year mechanical engineering student died after he was allegedly stabbed in the chest during a fest at REVA University in Bengaluru on Friday. The victim was identified as 22-year-old Bhaskar Jetty from Gujarat. He was reportedly stabbed by someone from a rival group after a scuffle broke out.
4. Delhi Police has registered two FIRs against Wrestling Federation of India Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in connection with sexual harassment allegations levelled by women wrestlers.
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1. The combined Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) increased by 3.6 percent (provisional) in March 2023 as compared to the Index of March 2022.
2. Siddhartha Mohanty has been named as Managing Director (MD) and the first Chief Executive Officer of LIC.
3. The Supreme Court on Friday turned down a petition seeking to reintroduce concession for senior citizens on railway tickets.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
1. The makers of ‘Adipurush’ unveiled a new motion poster featuring Kriti Sanon as Janaki on the occasion of Sita Navami (29 Apr). Reacting to the poster, a fan wrote on Instagram.
2. Sreenath Bhasi was banned by both FEFKA and Kerala Film Producers Association on April 25 after complaints, including drug usage on sets. The actor was arrested in a case and released on bail in September 2022. He applies for Association of Malayalam Movie Artists membership.
3. Actor Sonam Kapoor is set to share the stage with global icons such as Lionel Richie and Katy Perry and at the grand Coronation Concert planned for King Charles III in May.
The 74-year-old royal will be formally crowned as monarch along with his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, at Westminster Abbey in London on 06 May..
4. Today’s Google doodle celebrates English actor and director Alan Rickman’s 76th Birthday, he is a wizard in the world of entertainment with a career spanning almost 40 years.
DEFENCE
1. Navies of India, Indonesia begin coordinated patrol exercise. There is a “large presence” of Chinese vessels in the Indian Ocean Region and India keeps a “very close watch” on the developments in the region to protect and preserve its national interests in the maritime domain, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said on Saturday.
2. A mountain cycling expedition of 12 Army soldiers was flagged off from Leh to Kargil on 25 April to pay tribute to war heroes and celebrate the World Day for Safety and Health. School students assembled at the venue to cheer on the participating soldiers and were seen waving the national flag.
3. Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has told his Chinese counterpart that military deployments on their disputed Himalayan frontier were undermining relations and called for disengagement to preserve “peace and tranquillity”.Relations between the two Asian super powers have been fraught since a high-altitude Gulwan valley clash.
4. Around 151 gentleman cadets and 35 woman cadets were commissioned into the Army after a passing out parade at Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai on Saturday.
Bangladesh Army Chief Gen SM Shafiuddin Ahmed reviewed the passing out parade at the Officer’s Training Academy at Chennai. He complimented the cadets on an impeccable parade.
5. In a historic first, the Indian Army has inducted five women officers into its Regiment of Artillery and three of them have been posted to frontline formations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. The Regiment of Artillery is a major combat support arm.
The commissioning of women officers into the Regiment of Artillery is a testament to the ongoing transformation in the Indian Army.
6. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Saturday held a high-level meeting at south Kashmir’s Anantnag on National Highway (NHW) security with a special focus on the emerging threat of Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) and other modes of the potential terror attack.
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