1. The online nominations for the Padma Awards 2024 have opened today. The last date for nominations for Padma Awards is 15th September this year. The Home Ministry said, the nominations or recommendations for Padma Awards will be received online on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal.
2. PM Modi has praised the National SC-ST Hub Scheme which crossed more than one lakh beneficiary registrations.
3. Railways has decided to raise the sectional speed of 53 important broad-gauge routes across the country to 130 kmph. Speed enhancement works would not only help in reducing the running time of Vande Bharat trains but also of Shatabdi Express and other trains.
4. The government has decided that all the states shall celebrate not only their own statehood day but also the statehood days of other states in order to promote Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.
5. Telangana Raj Bhavan celebrates State formation day of Maharashtra and Gujarat. Telangana Governor Dr Tamilisai presides over cultural celebrations.
6. President Droupadi Murmu & Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar have greeted people on the occasion of Gujarat and Maharashtra Day. EVERY year on May 1, Maharashtra Day and Gujarat Day are observed after the bifurcation of the Bombay State in 1960.
7. Election Commission reviews election arrangements, law and order coordination for Assembly Elections in Karnataka.
8. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Delhi Government over the reported stopping of food to a shelter home in the Nizamuddin area being run by it for about five hundred inmates. NHRC also decided to depute its team to investigate the spot.
9. Andhra Pradesh High Court recently struck down the Public Interest Litigation (PIL), challenging the Centre’s decision not to bear the Rs 7,214 crore component of the Polavaram project. The project has been accorded National project statusby the Union Government of India.
It is an under-construction multi-purpose irrigation projecton the Godavari River in the Eluru District and East Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh.
10. Bengaluru’s Tunnel Boring Machine (Rudra) which was stuck after encountering a huge pile of garbage 33 feet below the surface, finally made a breakthrough on Friday (April 28). The machine, which burrowed a distance of 745 metres from the Dairy Circle Station to Lakkasandra took 398 days to complete the task.
11. The Ministry of Ayush will celebrate the Yoga Mahotsav to commemorate the 50 days countdown to the International Day of Yoga at Shri Bhawani Niketan Shiksha Samiti, Sports Ground in Jaipur.
12. Central government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it has initiated the process of re-examining the colonial-era Sedition law. The Centre informed the apex court that it was reconstructing Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalises the offence of sedition.
CRIME REPORT
1. The Supreme Court held that it can exercise its plenary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to grant a decree of divorce to consenting parties, in cases of irretrievable breakdown of marriage.
2. Government has blocked 14 messenger mobile applications that were largely used in Jammu and Kashmir for spreading terror.
3. 11 killed in Ludhiana gas leak incident; govt announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia for families of deceased.
4. BSP MP Afzal Ansari, a parliamentarian from Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, has been disqualified from Lok Sabha after being sentenced to four years in prison in a 2007 criminal case.
5. The Supreme Court agreed to hear on May 8 petition filed challenging the decision of the Bihar Government to grant premature release to former Bihar MP Anand Mohan in the case for the mob lynching of Gopalganj District Magistrate G Krishnaiah. The petition was filed by Uma Krishnaiah, the widow of District Magistrate G Krishnaiah, who was killed after an attack by a mob led by Mohan in 1994.
6. Stones pelted at newly launched Vande Bharat Express in Kerala. Stones pelted at newly launched Vande Bharat Express in Kerala. The incident took place around 5 pm when the train was passing through an area between Thirunavaya and Tirur in Malappuram district.
FINANCE
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💷 GBP ₹ 102.20
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*GDP rate (2023* ) : 6.15%
Inflation rate : 5.66%
Population : 141.81 cr (17.7% of the total world population).
Unemployment : 7.8%
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DIESEL : ₹ 90/Ltr
CNG : ₹ 74/Ltr
LPG : ₹ 1103/14.2 Kg
1. Highest ever GST revenue of over Rs 1,87,000 crore collected in April 2023.
2. India’s coal production has made a new record for highest production during the month of April 2023 achieving over 73 million tonnes of coal with a growth of over eight per cent as compared to last year.
3. The price of a 19 kilogram commercial LPG gas cylinder has been reduced by 171 rupees 50 paise per cylinder.
4. Heavy Industries Ministry has issued notices to EV makers Okinawa and Hero Electric to recover nearly ₹250 crore which they claimed as subsidies under phase II of Centre’s FAME scheme.
5. HDFC has leased 2.17 lakh square feet of office space in Noida for 18 years for a starting monthly rent of ₹1.47 crore.
6. Tata Communications has acquired 100% stake in video transmission provider The Switch for $58.8 million (₹486.3 crore) after customary adjustments and regulatory approvals.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
1. Kerala government calls for ban on controversial film, The Kerala Story.
The Kerala Story is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language film directed by Sudipto Sen, produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. The plot follows the story of a group of women from Kerala who are converted to Islam and join the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
The film will be released on 5th May 2023 in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam language.
2. Anil Antony (son of Congress leader A K Antony) criticized the CPI(M) & Congress for allegedly claiming to be the “supporters of free speech” yet demanding ban on a movie like “The Kerala Story.”
DEFENCE
1. The Army Southern Command, in association with some civil agencies, conducted a day-long firefighting exercise called ‘Agni Daman – 23’ on 28 Apr. The excise was conducted with 56 teams at the 29 Field Ammunition Depot (FAD), Dehu Road.
2. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holds bilateral delegation-level talks with the Maldivian Defence Minister Mariya Ahmed Didi.
3. Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari arrived at Bandaranaike International Airport in Sri Lanka on 01 May, He is on four-day official visit to the island nation.
4. INS Satpura and INS Delhi reach Singapore to participate in inaugural AIME-2023 scheduled from Tuesday.
5. Indian Army and British Army troops on Monday (local time) carried out joint training on various tactical drills during the ongoing Bilateral Exercise Ajeya Warrior 2023 in the United Kingdom.The bilateral exercise is being held at Salisbury Plains, United Kingdom till May 11.
6. Colonel Geeta Rana of the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers has become the first woman officer to take over command of an independent field workshop in the Eastern Ladakh sector with China.”
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formerly called as Orissa
Formation of state
1 April 1936
Districts : 30
Governor : Ganeshi Lal
CM : Naveen Patnaik (BJD)
State:-
Language – Odia
Bird: Indian roller
Flower : Ashoka
Mammal: Sambar
Tree : Sacred Fig
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Vedic Ritu/ Drik Ritu : Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Month : Vaishaka 26, (Purnimanta)
Vaishaka 12, (Amanta)
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945 Nakshatra:Magha
Tithi: Dwadashi
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