In accordance with the Hijri calendar, the Islamic year is 354 or 355 days long. Muslims around the world celebrate Muharram as New Year’s Day.
1. Today is MUHARRAM, It was commenced on 19th July 2023. The 10th day of Muharram as Ashura will be observed today, on 29 July, 2023. “Ashura” is derived from the Arabic word for the number 10.
Muharram holds an immense importance among Muslims. This day commemorates the death of the prophet Muhammed’s grandson, Hussein Ibn Ali. On the day of Ashura, the Shia Muslim community gather in mosques to pray and mourn. People gather on large scales to pray and express their grief since it is a day of commemoration. It marks the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the son of Hazrat Ali and the grandson of Prophet Muhammad.
2. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued heavy rainfall warning for several states for Saturday. Heavy rainfall is very likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.
3. Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar today convened an all-party meeting in his chamber to break deadlock in the Upper House.
4. Lok Sabha passes the Mines & Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2023.
5. Lok Sabha on Friday passed the National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill, 2023 aimed at forming a commission for development and regulation of all aspects relating to nursing and midwifery education, institution and profession.
6. PM Modi will inaugurate the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam today at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan in Delhi. It coincides with the 3rd anniversary of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
7. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is all set to complete three years of its successful implementation across all the educational institutions in the country. The Govt plans to include 3-8 year old children in formal education system: Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.
8. Publications Division to participate in 27th Delhi Book Fair at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, from 29th July till 2nd August.
9. Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has praised the National Education Policy 2020 for connecting sports and physical activities to education.
10. The Government is ready to have a debate on Manipur issue under rule 176 in Parliament, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said.
11. The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the National Capital Region (NCR) has announced a revision in the existing Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). The revised GRAP will come into force from the first of October this year and will be applicable to the entire NCR.
12. Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off Tamil Nadu BJP President Annamalai’s EN MANN, EN MAKKAL (My Land – My People) Padayatra in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu.
13. The National Health Authority has launched 100 Microsites Project under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) to promote digital health adoption and make healthcare more accessible to all.
14. Punjab government regularised 12,710 contractual teachers on Friday.
15. GLOBAL KASHMIRI PANDIT DIASPORA FILES APPLICATION IN SC SUPPORTING ABROGATION OF ARTICLE 370: The Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD) has filed an intervention application in the Supreme Court on Thursday, July 27, with a plea for dismissing the petition of Shah Faesal and others who are seeking revocation of abrogation of these two ‘undemocratic and unjust laws’.
16. Dr. Jeewan S Titiyal, Chief of the Dr. R P Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi has appealed to the people not to panic about the rise in cases of Eye Flu or Conjunctivitis in certain parts of the country including Delhi – NCR as the cases are self-limiting.
17. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has denied the rumors of sabotage in the Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (APFC) Examination.
CRIME REPORT
#Chief Justice of India:
Shri Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
#Minister Of Law & Justice : Arjun Ram Meghwal
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1. In Manipur, incidents of violence have been reported in different parts of the State that claimed the lives of two persons while one sustained a bullet injury.
According to the Police report, two suspected NSCN-IM cadres were shot dead at Rengpang Village in the Noney district of Manipur.
2. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been asked to take over the probe into the May 4 violence incident in Manipur.
3. A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Friday acquitted gangster Chhota Rajan on charges of murdering labour union leader Datta Samant, who was shot dead in 1997 by assailants.
4. BJP worker Shakunthala Nataraj was arrested in Bengaluru for alleged derogatory post against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah amid Udupi toilet incident. She was responding to a Congress tweet that termed it a communal issue over a prank among kids.
5. After a 22-year-old female student was allegedly attacked by an iron rod and killed in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar, The deceased, a student of Kamala Nehru College, was attacked in a park outside Sri Aurobindo College. The Man who killed female student was her cousin, wanted to marry her.
6. A youth was dragged for around 1 km after being tied to a scooty on a busy road in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly. A CCTV footage of the same surfaced online. The police have launched a probe into the matter, saying that strict action will be taken against the culprits.
FINANCE
#Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman.
#Commerce & Industry : Piyush Goyal
#RBI Gvrnr: Shaktikanta Das
#President of the World Bank :
Ajay Banga
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Unemployment : 7.8%
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1. US-based Silicon Power will invest ₹1,000 crore to set up a silicon carbide manufacturing plant in the Odisha state. The investment will be made by the company’s Indian unit RIR Power Electronics.
2. PIRAMAL ENTERPRISES TO BUY BACK ₹1,750 CRORE SHARES AFTER 12 YEARS: Piramal Enterprises announced a share buyback scheme worth ₹1,750 crore at ₹1,250/piece via tender route. The company plans to buy back 5.87% of the total shares and the company’s promoter and promoter group have expressed their intention not to participate in the buyback.
3. Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal said his company and Foxconn remain the “best of friends” and JV didn’t work out due to differences in vision. Meanwhile, Foxconn Chairman & CEO Young Liu said Foxconn remains unwavering in its commitment to India’s semiconductor sector and will continue to work closely with Vedanta in many other industries, particularly in the growing fibre sector.
4. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a hefty fine of ₹30 lakh on IndiGo, a prominent Indian airline, for tail strikes during landings. Tail strikes occur when an aircraft’s tail inadvertently touches the runway during landing, posing serious safety concerns.
5. India’s foreign exchange reserves saw a dip of $1.9 billion, dragging the reserves to $607.03 for the week ending on July 21, Reserve Bank of India’s data showed.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
#Information and Broadcasting Minister: Shri Anurag Singh Thakur
#Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC): Prasoon Joshi
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1. The Rajya Sabha on July 27 passed the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2023 that introduces stringent anti-piracy provisions, expanding the scope of the law from censorship to also cover copyright.
2. Randeep Hooda confirms he lost 26 kg to play Veer Savarkar, says he followed paleo diet
(consuming only milk and dates) to lose 26 kg for ‘SWATANTRYA VEER SAVARKAR.
3. Randy Meisner, a founding member of the ‘Eagles’ and singer of the song ‘Take It to the Limit’, passed away at the age of 77 on Wednesday. He died of complications from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD).
4. 75th Annual Emmy Awards, scheduled for September 18, will not be held as planned, due to the writers’ and actors’ strike in Hollywood. USA TODAY has confirmed that the ceremony, hosted by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, will be postponed to January 2024.
DEFENCE
#Minister: Rajnath Singh
#Union Home : Amit Shah
#National Security Advisor : Ajit Doval
#Chief of Defence Staff:
Gen Anil Chauhan, PVSM UYSM AVSM SM VSM
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1. Indian Naval Ship ‘Khanjar,’ an indigenous Khukri class Missile Corvette will visit Trincomalee from the 29th of July. The ship will conduct interactions on special operations such as Visit-Board-Search and Seizure(VBSS), Gunnery, and Missile Operations.
2. The Defence Ministry has said that no cases, withdrawn in 2019, are being reopened regarding disability pensions to veterans.
The Ministry has termed the media report in this regard as misleading and factually incorrect. It said, the Ministry has gone for appeal only in those cases where the Medical Boards have clearly stated that injury or disability is Neither Attributable Nor Aggravated (NANA) by military service.
3. Two Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters rescued six persons who were stranded atop a JCB in flood-stricken Nainpaka village in Telangana.
4. An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed to detect mines and a first of its kind in the country was launched on Friday. The AUV named ‘Neerakshi’ is a collaboration of Kolkata-based war ship maker Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd and MSME entity AEPL.
5. The Indian Navy is gearing up for the trials of what will be its first indigenously-developed, ocean-going multirole unmanned surface vessel (USV) for surveillance and minesweeping.
The boat was jointly designed and developed by the Weapon and Electronic Systems Engineering Establishment (WESEE) and Bharat Electronic Ltd (BEL), along with Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL).
6. Aditya-L1, India’s pioneering space mission to explore the Sun, is slated for launch in 2023.
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Districts : 30
Governor : Ganeshi Lal
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Mammal: Sambar
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