15 Dec (Friday)
Vedic Ritu/ Hemant Ritu
Drik Ritu : Hemant Ritu
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Agrahayana 03(Amanta)
Agrahayana 18, (Purnimanta)
Nakshatr : Purva Ashadha (up to 8:10 am)
Uttara Ashadha,
Shravana
Tithi : Tritiya (up to 10:30 pm)/Chaturthi
Rahu 11:02 AM – 12:21 PM
Yamaganda : 03:00 PM – 04:20 PM
TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast light to moderate rains at some to many places, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning at isolated locations, across Tamil Nadu and Kerala from Friday to next Monday (Dec 15-18).
2. President Smt. Droupadi Murmu felicitated the winners of the National Energy Conservation Awards, National Energy Efficiency Innovation Awards, and National Painting Competition on Energy Conservation 2023 at a function in New Delhi.
3. The Railway Board has allotted a eight coach Vande Bharat rake to operate in Jammu and Kashmir along the under-construction Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL).
4. Union Minister Arjun Munda inaugurates ASEAN-India Millet Festival to establish larger market for millet
Union.
5. The union government plans to take the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (PMGS-NMP) global to help both developing and developed nations streamline their infrastructure-planning processes with an integrated digital tool.
6. Both the Houses of Parliament witnessed continuous disruption following opposition uproar over yesterday’s Lok Sabha security breach incident. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha have been adjourned for the day.
7. PM Modi has celebrated two years of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor.
8. Madhya Pradesh’s newly appointed CM Mohan Yadav has ordered a ban on the “unregulated use of loudspeakers in religious places and other public places”.
9. Government informed the Lok Sabha that there are 31.64 crore active domestic LPG consumers in the country as of 1st November this year.
10. The Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra has reached a monumental milestone, with participants exceeding two crores in less than a month.
11. Excavation work at the Quila Maidan at Rajgir in Nalanda district of Bihar, planned by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to unearth the human settlements and structures from the time of ancient Magadh rulers Bimbisar and Ajatshatru, is likely to begin from December 15.
12. YSR Telangana Party president YS Sharmila is likely to merge her party with the Congress in the first week of January 2024. According to Congress sources, Sharmila may be given a key position in the party central leadership, with an active role in Andhra Pradesh during the state assembly and the Lok Sabha polls scheduled for early 2024.
13. Haryana: Chief Minister Manohar Lal announces closure of 8 toll plazas in the state.
14. G. Prasad Kumar unanimously elected as Speaker of third Assembly of Telangana. Eight BJP MLAs of Telangana took oath on Thursday after Congress legislator Gaddam Prasad Kumar took charge as speaker of the Telangana assembly. The BJP MLAs had refused to take oath under pro tem speaker Akbaruddin Owaisi, brother of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi.
15. Union Minister Arjun Munda inaugurates ASEAN-India Millet Festival to establish larger market for millet.
16. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren asked the newly elected Mizoram CM Lalduhoma to not interfere in Manipur’s internal matter.
17. The Telangana government on Thursday transferred eight officers. The government has given top priority to the energy wing and appointed four of eight officers’ were allocated to the energy department. Interestingly some of the officers were shifted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) during assembly polls.
18. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has implemented strict measures against operators found guilty of overcharging and also imposed penalty of Rs.50,000 against them.
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LEGAL REPORT
#Chief Justice of India:
Shri Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
#Minister Of Law & Justice : Arjun Ram Meghwal
#International Court Of Justice Prz. : Joan Donoghue
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1. The Supreme Court on Thursday directed senior Karnataka IPS officer D Roopa to delete some of her controversial social media posts against IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri by Friday.
2. Thirteen opposition MPs of Lok Sabha and one of Rajya Sabha have been suspended for the remainder of the Winter Session for their unruly behavior in the House.
3. Eight security personnel have been suspended in recent security breach incident in the Lok Sabha. The suspended personnel are from different security agencies including Delhi Police. The action has been taken against them for security lapses in Parliament.
4. The Supreme Court on Thursday conditionally suspended the conviction of former Bahujan Samaj Party MP Afzal Ansari in a 2007 Gangsters Act case, saying his Ghazipur constituency will be deprived of its legitimate representation in the legislature since a by-election may not be held given the remaining tenure of the current Lok Sabha.
5. The Allahabad high court on Thursday allowed a court-monitored survey of the Shahi Idgah adjoining the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple, an important milestone in the temple-mosque dispute in Mathura.
6. Lok Sabha has withdrawn the suspension of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP SR Parthiban after the government told Speaker Om Birla that it was a case of mistaken identity as the member was not present in the House when others disrupted its proceedings.
7. Lalit Mohan Jha, a key accused in the Parliament security breach incident, was arrested on Thursday evening.
Four persons arrested in connection with the security breach in Parliament have been charged under the anti-terror law UAPA besides sections of the Indian Penal Code.
8. A Delhi high court on Thursday said the issue raised in a petition seeking de-registration of political parties having names with caste, religious, ethnic or linguistic connotations and flags resembling the tricolour has to be decided by the Parliament as it is not in the domain of judiciary.
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FINANCE
#Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman.
#Commerce & Industry : Piyush Goyal
#RBI Gvrnr: Shaktikanta Das
#President of the World Bank :
Ajay Banga
#IMF MD:
Kristalina Georgieva
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💰 USD ₹ 83.31
💷 GBP ₹ 106.35
€ Euro : ₹ 91.58
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GDP rate (2023 ) : 6.5% ( $3.75 trillion)
India is the fifth largest economy in the world.
Inflation rate : 4.7%
Population : 141.81 cr
(17.7% of the total world population).
Unemployment : 7.8%
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BSE Sensex
70,514.20 +929.60 (1.34%) 🌲
NIFTY
21,182.70 +256.35 (1.23%)🌲
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Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai
GOLD : ₹ 62,130/10gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 75,800/KG
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⛽ FUEL in DELHI
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PETROL : ₹ 97/Ltr
DIESEL : ₹ 90/Ltr
CNG : ₹ 76/Ltr
LPG : ₹ 903/14.2 Kg
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⛽ FUEL in MUMBAI
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PETROL : ₹ 106/Ltr
DIESEL : 95/Ltr
Auto Gas : ₹ 60/Ltr
CNG : 76/Kg
LPG : ₹ 903/14.2 Kg
1. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on December 14 said it has imposed a monetary penalty on five cooperative banks citing various rule violations.
These cooperative banks are
(a) Mumbai-based Janakalyan Sahakari Bank,
(b) Pune Merchants Co-operative Bank,
(c) Pune Municipal Corporation Servant’s Co-operative Urban Bank, (d) Indapur Urban Co-operative Bank
(e) Patan Urban Co-operative Bank.
2. Defence stocks like Bharat Dynamics, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Solar Industries, L&T and Paras Defence are trading mixed bag on BSE on Thursday (December 14, 2023) after the defence ministry on Wednesday approved a Rs 2,800 crore proposal to purchase about 6,400 rockets for the Pinaka Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher System.
3. Coal Ministry’s Government e-Marketplace (GeM) procurement has reached over 34 thousand crore rupees, exceeding the target of 21 thousand crore rupees in the current fiscal year.
4. Over Rs 36,000 crore collected as Toll Fee at NHs through FASTag till November 2023.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
#Information and Broadcasting Minister: Shri Anurag Singh Thakur
#Chairman of The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) :
R Madhavan
#Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC): Prasoon Joshi
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1. Actor Kangana Ranaut reacts to Smriti Irani’s opposition to paid menstrual leave policy for women: Kangana Ranaut comes out in support of Smriti Irani after her decision to not grant period leave for women. The actress says that that there’s never been a single non-woring woman in the history of mankind.
2. Film visa with multiple entry facility valid for one year introduced for international filmmakers to film in India: Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said.
The Film Facilitation Office (FFO) established in December 2015 to create greater ease of filming in India, for international filmmakers and to promote India as a filming destination for attracting investments.
3. Lionel Messi and Aitana Bonmati were named as finalists for the FIFA best players of the year awards by world football’s governing body on Thursday.
4. Emmy-winning actor Andre Braugher, renowned for his notable roles in series such as “Homicide: Life on The Street” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” has sadly passed away at the age of 61.
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DEFENCE
#Supreme Commander of Armed Forces: The President
#Def Minister: Rajnath Singh
#Def Minister of State :
Ajay Bhatt
#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. A Beating Retreat & Tattoo Ceremony was held at Gateway of India, Mumbai to commemorate NavyDay.
2. The Indian Navy re-inducted refurbished 22-year-old fast attack craft, INS Tarmugli, on Thursday in a ceremonial commissioning ceremony at the naval dockyard, Visakhapatnam, more than seventeen years after she was gifted to Maldives which used it for years and returned to India in May this year.
3. A “mild blast” took place near the army station in Assam’s Jorhat district on Thursday evening. There were, however, no reports of any casualty or damage so far.
4. Defence Ministry Approves Rs 2800 Crore Rockets For Pinaka Weapon System
14 Dec, 2023.
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MEGHALAYA : SHILLONG
Before was
Part of Assam
Formation
(as a state) : 21 Jan 1972
District : 12
Governor : Phagu Chauhan
CM : Conrad Sangma
State Symbols
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Bird : Hill myna
Flower : Lady’s Slipper Orchid
Mammal : Clouded leopard
Tree : Gamhar
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In Bharat there are 28 states and 8 Union territories.
Population of Bharat:
142 cr (2023)
President of Bharat ,
Smt Droupadi Murmu
Vice President
Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar
Prime Minister : Shri Narendra Modi
Speaker Lok Sabha :
Shri Om Birla (BJP)
Rajyasabha Seats : 245 (233 Elected + 12 Nominated)
Loksabha : 550 members (530 States + 20 Union Territories)
Chief Election Commissioner:
Shri Rajiv Kumar
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