Today’s top News – 31 May 2023

imd issues yellow alert for thunderstorms in delhi

IMD issues yellow alert for thunderstorms in Delhi for next 2 days. The Met also issued an orange alert for Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

1. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, CAG, Girish Chandra Murmu has been re-elected as the External Auditor of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for a four-year term from 2024 to 2027.

2. PM Modi will launch the BJP’s month-long mass outreach campaign to mark the completion of nine years of the government from Ajmer on Wednesday by addressing a rally.

3. Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari chaired a meeting with officials of National Highways Authority of India NHAI in New Delhi on Tuesday and discussed various aspects of National Highway development.

4. The Government has decided to grant waiver of Inter-State Transmission Charges ISTS charges to Off-Shore Wind Projects and extend the waiver to Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia.

5. Union Minister of State Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh felicitated the first 20 All India Toppers of Civil Services Exam 2022 in New Delhi on Tuesday.

6. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation, DGCA has simplified the process for the grant of Heliport License. Now the applications for NOC or Clearance to five external organizations can be routed through a single tab in the applicant’s eGCA profile.

7. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman S. Somanath has said that Chandrayaan-3 will be launched in July this year.

8. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Tuesday launched a WhatsApp-based ticketing service on Airport Express Line. Commuters will have to add the DMRC’s official WhatsApp number 9650855800 to their phone’s contact list. A maximum of six QR code-based tickets can be generated for each passenger.

9. The window of applications under Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme 2.0 for IT hardware will open for the applicants from 1st of June.

10. Home Minister Amit Shah holds series of meetings with all stakeholders to restore peace in Manipur; Assures Centre’s full assistance.

11. 36th foundation day of Goa celebrated with concept of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ in Gujarat.

12. The Mumbai civic body on Tuesday completed the excavation of a second underground tunnel of the coastal road project at Priyadarshini Park in the city, while Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said the key infrastructure venture will be extended to the distant suburb of Virar.

13. Punjab’s AAP government is all set to expand its Cabinet, by giving representation to Muktsar and Jalandhar in the Council of Ministers. Lambi MLA Gurmeet Singh Khudian and Kartarpur MLA Balkar Singh will be sworn in as ministers in the Bhagwant Mann Cabinet.

14. Gurdial Singh, the pioneering climber who led independent India’s first mountaineering expedition in 1951 and was a member of the country’s first successful expedition to Mount Everest in 1965, died at age 99.

15. In Andhra pradesh The YSR Kadapa and Visakhapatnam districts have won top ranks at national-level in implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission – vis-a-vis the ‘best performing’ and ‘fastest moving’ categories.

CRIME REPORT

1. A new ‘DogeRAT’ malware is targeting Android users in India, cybersecurity firm CloudSEK reported. The malware targets victims by impersonating popular apps like YouTube, Netflix, Instagram and ChatGPT and gains access to call logs, audio recordings, text messages, media and photos. It can steal sensitive information such as contacts and banking credentials from devices.

2. Samajwadi Party MLA and former MP Ramakant Yadav was sentenced to four months in jail by a court in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur on Tuesday in a 2019 assault case. The court imposed a fine of ₹7,000 on Yadav, a four-time MP.

3. A group of seers here has announced a rally next week in support of Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh who is accused of sexually harassing women grapplers.

4. The wrestlers, including Olympics medallists Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia and Asian Games gold medallist Vinesh Phogat, arrived at Har ki Pauri to protest the alleged inaction against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexually harassing several women grapplers.

5. Reacting to the stabbing of a 16-year-old girl in Delhi, CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat said that the incident is an example of heinous brutality. “We urge that a strict punishment be given (to the accused) in accordance with…law,” Karat said. The 16-year-old girl died after she was allegedly stabbed over 20 times by her 20-year-old boyfriend in Shahbad Dairy area.

6. The knife used by the youth in the horrific Shahbad Dairy murder was bought by him around 15 days ago from Haridwar in Uttarakhand and was dumped near Rithala Metro Station after the killing.

7. Ten Vaishno Devi pilgrims were killed and 66 injured on Tuesday as the bus carrying them skidded off the road and rammed into the railing of a bridge before falling off it.

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Unemployment: 7.8%

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1. RBI on Tuesday released its annual report that showed the central bank’s net income jumped 47% to ₹2.35 lakh crore in FY23. This surge largely came on the back of foreign exchange transactions, which surged about 50% to ₹1.03 lakh crore.

2. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has issued a notification to increase the limit for tax exemption on leave encashment for non-government salaried employees to 25 lakh rupees.

The tax exemption on leave encashment of non-government salaried employees was earlier up to a limit of three lakh rupees under the Income-tax Act.

3. Japan has urged India to rescind its appeal against a WTO panel ruling that said the country’s import duties on certain IT products violated global trading rules.

4. An inspirational young business leader, Mahima Datla emerged as the richest woman in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022. Mahima Datla and family’s net worth was pegged at a whopping Rs 8,700 .

5. Chinese hotel management company H World Group has sold a 0.15% stake in OYO for about ₹75 crore.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

1. Fast X’ becomes 1st H’wood film to earn ₹100 cr in India this year.

2. Aamir Khan, who’s yet to announce his next project after the release of ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’, said that he’ll do his next film when he’s “emotionally ready”

3. Jogira Sara Ra Ra is led by Nawazuddin Siddiqui. The film released on May 26 in theatres.

DEFENCE

1. Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan has said that the war in Europe, deployment of Chinese army along the northern borders, political and economic turmoil in the immediate neighbourhood, all present a different kind of challenge for the Indian military.

2. Lucknow-based under officer Shalini Singh has become the first female NCC cadet in India to complete the advanced mountaineering course in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand. Shalini, the 20-year-old cadet from 67 UP Battalion, began the month-long course on April 26 and scaled 15,400 feet through snow-covered mountains.

3. The Indian Army conducts Sudarshan Shakti exercise along western border. It carried out a major training exercise in Punjab this month by various units and formations of Ambala-based Kharga Corps.

4. The current turmoil in the north-eastern State of Manipur was primarily an ethnic clash and had nothing to do with insurgency, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan said.

5. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who is on a visit to Nigeria, interacted with the Indian diaspora in Abuja.The event, organised by the Indian High Commission, was attended by the Indian community not just from Abuja, but also from other cities of Nigeria such as Lagos.

Nigeria released Indian sailors, who were detained last year in Equatorial Guinea and later in Nigeria, and warned them to carefully conduct their operations and maritime-related activities within extant regulations.

6. The Indian Navy’s P-8I aircraft at Bahrain International Airport on May 28, 2023.This marks a significant step in strengthening cooperation between the Combined Maritime ForcesIndian Navy’s P-8I aircraft is in Bahrain to take part in the inaugural Operation Compass Rose being carried out by the Combined Maritime Force (CMF).

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MEGHALAYA
Capital: SHILLONG

Before was
Part of Assam

Formation
(as a state)
21 January 1972

Districts : 12

Language: Bengali
Governor : C.
Phagu Chauhan

CM; Conrad Sangma (NPP)

State:
Bird : Hill myna
Flower : Lady’s Slipper Orchid
Mammal: Clouded leopard
Tree : Gamhar

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31 May (Wednesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Grishma
Drik Ritu : Grishma (Summer)
पक्ष:: Shuklapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Jyeshta 26, (Purnimanta)
Jyeshta 12, (Amanta) *Nakshatra*:Hasta (up to 6:00 am)Chitra
Tithi: Ekadashi (up to 1:46 pm) Dwadashi
Rahu 12:24 PM – 02:04 PM
Yamaganda 07:24 AM – 09:04 AM

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