1. The international event of May Day or Labour Day is celebrated across the world on May 01 every year. Also known as Workers Day, Labour Day is observed to raise awareness regarding the rights and opportunities of workers in every segment of society.
2. PM Modi’s iconic monthly radio programme, Mann Ki Baat on All India Radio completed one hundred episodes yesterday.
PM Narendra Modi’s conversations with four Indians were featured in Mann Ki Baat’s 100th episode. Haryana’s Sunil Jaglan, who started the ‘Selfie with Daughter’ global initiative, Manipur’s Vijayashanti Devi, who makes lotus fibre clothes, and J&K-based pencil manufacturer Manzoor Ahmed were among them. Pradeep Sangwan and his cleanup initiative ‘Healing Himalayas’ were also featured on the show.
3. Garuda Aerospace crosses halfway mark of Drone Yatra 2.0, covers 1.92L km in 16 states in 5 monthsDrone manufacturer Garuda Aerospace has secured orders for 6,000 Kisan drones.
4. Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur visited the residence of former Chief Minister of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal at Badal village in Bathinda and paid tributes to the departed leader and expressed his condolences to the bereaved family.
5. Students attend the G20 Model Summit Youth Inception meet, at Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC), on the banks of the Dal Lake, in Srinagar on 28 April, ahead of the tourism meet. G20 Tourism Working Group meeting in Srinagar is the significant occasion to highlight the region’s potential as a tourism destination.
6. The first-ever joint parents-teacher meeting was organised in all the Delhi government and MCD schools on Sunday. The meeting was reportedly conducted in over 1,000 Delhi government schools and over 1,500 MCD schools. Delhi Education Minister Atishi said.
7. The Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde launched its Delhi unit on Sunday. Shinde will soon visit Delhi to announce the office-bearers of the party’s new unit.
8. Himachal Pradesh government has decided to regularise the services of the contractual employees, who have completed two years of service as of March 31, 2023.
9. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Sunday criticised the Congress party and its chief Mallikarjun Kharge after he said that PM Narendra Modi is like a “poisonous snake”. “An insult to the PM is an insult to the nation…They insult the 140 crore people of India.
10. About 300 Assam Police officers and jawans, who are “habitual drinkers”, will be offered the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS), Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday.
11. Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy would visit Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts on May 3. He would address two public meetings during the day-long visit.
12. Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao on Sunday inaugurated the Dr BR Ambedkar Telangana State Secretariat in Hyderabad. The six-floor secretariat is spread across 28 acres and has 34 domes. It is inspired by the Neelakanteshwara Temple of Nizamabad, the Wanaparthy Palace and Gujarat’s Salangpur Hanumanji Temple.
13. Today is Mohini Ekadashi, it is observed on the ekadashi (11th day) during the Shukla Paksha (the bright fortnight of moon) in the Hindu month of ‘Vaisakha’ that falls during the months of April-May, on this day people observe a strict fast without eating a grain of food whole day.
CRIME REPORT
1. The death toll in the Bhiwandi building collapse mounted to six yesterday. The deceased include four men, one woman and a child. Officials said relief and rescue operations are continuing since last more than 24 hours
2. 11 people die and several fall ill after inhaling poisonous gas at Giaspura locality of Ludhiana district.
3. Amid the ongoing protest by wrestlers, WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday said, “Akhilesh Yadav knows the truth. We know each other since childhood.” The BJP MP added that 80% of the wrestlers in Uttar Pradesh belong to families with Samajwadi Party ideology.
4. A massive fire broke out at the under-construction building of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Sunday. As per reports, fire tenders have reached the spot and firefighting operations are currently underway. So far, no injuries or casualties have been reported.
5. A massive fire broke out at a rubber manufacturing complex in Tamil Nadu’s Kanniyakumari district on Sunday. As per reports, rubber sheets worth crores of rupees were destroyed in the blaze.
6. PM Narendra Modi on Sunday replied to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s “poisonous snake” remark on him, saying, “A snake adorns the neck of Lord Shiva.” Addressing a rally in poll-bound Karnataka, PM said
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1. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has directed the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) to implement an action plan to increase the taxpayer base through enhanced use of technology. Ms. Sitharaman said this while chairing a review meeting with CBIC in New Delhi.
2. Tech giant Microsoft has said that it will stop making mice, keyboards and webcams under the Microsoft brand and instead focus on developing Surface-branded computer accessories.
3. Kotak Mahindra Bank said billionaire Uday Kotak’s reappointment in a non-executive role is in the best interest of all stakeholders.
4. Hero Electric CEO Sohinder Singh Gill has denied reports claiming the electric two-wheeler manufacturer has received a notice from the government for the recovery of ₹150-250 crore claimed by it in subsidies.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
1. Mohd Danish, who was one of the finalists on ‘Indian Idol 12’, tied the knot with Farheen Faridi on April 27 in Mumbai. Farheen is the sister of singer Shadab Faridi, who sang the title track for the Salman Khan-starrer film ‘Sultan.
2. Congress’ Shashi Tharoor criticised the trailer of the movie ‘The Kerala Story’, which reportedly claims that 32,000 women in Kerala were converted to Islam and were deployed in terror missions.
3. Neetu Kapoor took to Instagram on Sunday to share a post remembering Rishi Kapoor on his death anniversary. Sharing an old picture of herself with Rishi, she wrote, “You are missed every day with all the wonderful happy memories.” Rishi died at the age of 67 in 2020.
4. Mani Ratnam’s directorial ‘Ponniyin Selvan 2’ crossed the ₹100-crore mark worldwide on its second day of release. Meanwhile, the film’s domestic collection is said to be more than ₹55 crore. It stars Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, Sobhita Dhulipala, Jayam Ravi and Karthi, among others in pivotal roles.
5. Bollywood celebrities have praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reaching out to people through his popular radio show ‘Mann Ki Baat’ which completed 100 episodes on Sunday.
DEFENCE
1. Commander Abhilash Tomy, a retired naval officer, has become the first Indian to complete the prestigious Golden Globe Race. He finished second in the race, a solo around-the-world sailing race, which started on September 4, 2022 from Les Sables-d’Olonne in France.
He became the first Indian to complete a solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe passing the three great capes in a pre-modern era sailboat
Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari congratulated Tomy.
2. An Indian Air Force C-130J aircraft with 40 passengers onboard took off from Jeddah on Sunday for New Delhi as ‘Operation Kaveri’ progresses further to evacuate stranded Indians from battle-torn Sudan.It was the 8th flight carrying Indian evacuees that took off from Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah, since ‘Operation Kaveri’ began.
229 Indian citizens stranded in the conflict zone of Sudan were rescued and safely brought to Bengaluru.
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01 May (Monday)
Vedic Ritu/ Drik Ritu : Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Month: Vaishaka 25, (Purnimanta)
Vaishaka 11, (Amanta)
Vikram Samvat – 2080
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