22 Dec (Friday)
Vedic Ritu/ Hemant Ritu
Drik Ritu : Hemant Ritu
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Agrahayana 10(Amanta)
Agrahayana 25, (Purnimanta)
Nakshatr :Ashwini (up to 9:36 pm) Bharani
Tithi : Dashami (up to 8:17 am)Ekadashi
Rahu 11:05 AM – 12:25 PM
Yamaganda : 03:03 PM – 04:23 PM
TODAYS TOP NEWS
1. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast isolated light rainfall and snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
2. GITA JAYANTI 2023 is observed today on 22 Dec Friday. Gita Jayanti is being celebrated in not only India but also Singapore and Malaysia in large scale. Temples in India who have deity of Lord Krishna also celebrate this day.
3. PM Modi met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at Parliament House after Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die.
4. Three Congress MPs- Deepak Baij, D K Suresh and Nakul Nath have been suspended from the Lok Sabha for the remaining part of the winter session for their unruly behaviour.
5. The Parliament has passed the ‘Telecommunications Bill, 2023’ with the approval of Rajya Sabha yesterday with amendments.
6. Parliament has passed the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha(Second) Sanhita, 2023 and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023, with the Rajya Sabha approving them.
7. The Parliament has passed the ‘Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023’ with the Lok Sabha approving it. The Rajya Sabha has already cleared it. It repeals the ‘Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867’.
8. Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh will address the one-day National Workshop on “Cactus for Green Economy in Watershed Projects” through Video Conference.
9. The registration of youth on ‘Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat)’ portal has crossed 26 lakhs.
10. The Centre has informed that under PM Awas Yojana Urban (PMAY-U) projects worth over 1.19 crore rupees have been sanctioned in the country and out of it 78 lakh houses have been completed.
11. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde conducts a comprehensive review of the state’s health system in light of the detection of the new Corona variant, JN.1 in the state.
12. Senior tribal leader from Chhattisgarh, Nand Kumar Sai, on December 20 left the Congress party. The development comes just months after the veteran, who has been a BJP State president and the Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly, left the BJP to join the Congress.
13. Haryana CM Manohar Lal conducted a surprise inspection of Gurugram city’s cleanliness system. He levied a fine of 1 lakh rupees on the agency responsible for maintaining cleanliness on Kanhai Road due to inadequate cleanliness standards.
14. Bihar deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav dropped hints that he might give the slip to the latest summons by the Enforcement Directorate, which has asked him to turn up in Delhi on Friday.
15. J-K: Security has been heightened on the Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch highway after the terrorist attack on two military vehicles in the Thanamandi area in the Rajouri sector.
LEGAL REPORT
#Chief Justice of India:
Shri Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
#Minister Of Law & Justice : Arjun Ram Meghwal
#International Court Of Justice Prz. : Joan Donoghue
1. The Delhi High Court directed the Commission of India to take appropriate action against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for his speech on 22 November in which he called PM Modi a pickpocket.
2. The Tamil Nadu government informed the Madras High Court that Governor R.N. Ravi had constituted a separate four-member search panel on September 6, 2023 to identify a suitable candidate to the post of Madras University Vice Chancellor, before the government issued an order on September 13, 2023 constituting a three-member search panel.
“””””””””” MISHAPS “”””””””””
Tamilnadu, rescue and relief work is continuing in full swing. Helicopters, Boats and other ways of rescuing people stranded in floods and pumping out the flood waters are being undertaken on a war footing.
FINANCE
#Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman.
#Commerce & Industry : Piyush Goyal
#RBI Gvrnr: Shaktikanta Das
#President of the World Bank :
Ajay Banga
#IMF MD:
Kristalina Georgieva
💰 USD ₹ 83.22
💷 GBP ₹ 105.56
€ Euro : ₹ 91.52
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%
BSE SENSEX
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NIFTY
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Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai
GOLD : ₹ 63,000/10gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 79,200/KG
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PETROL : ₹ 97/Ltr
DIESEL : ₹ 90/Ltr
CNG : ₹ 76/Ltr
LPG : ₹ 903/14.2 Kg
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PETROL : ₹ 106/Ltr
DIESEL : 95/Ltr
Auto Gas : ₹ 60/Ltr
CNG : 76/Kg
LPG : ₹ 903/14.2 Kg
1. The government will approach the Supreme Court again to get more funds from the Sahara Group, as three crore investors have sought a refund of Rs 80,000 crore stuck with the company’s cooperative societies.
2. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, recognized as the world’s largest professional body of Chartered Accountants, recently revealed a new logo that encapsulates its commitment to an India-first approach and its role as a trusted partner in nation-building.
This unveiling took place at the Global Professional Accountants Convention (GloPAC) in Gandhinagar, where the Vice-President, Jagdeep Dhankhar, and Commerce and Industry Minister, Piyush Goyal, were present.
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
1. Shah Rukh Khan film
DUNKI comedy-drama movie released on 21 Dec, 2023
SALAAR: Part 1 – Ceasefire will release today 22 December 2023. The movie is directed by Prashanth Neel and featured Prabhas, Shruti Haasan, Prithviraj Sukumaran and Jagapathi Babu as lead characters.
2. The Madras High Court refuses anticipatory bail to accused in property fraud complaint by actress Gautami:
Court refused to grant anticipatory bail to film producer C Alagappan and his family members after noting that there existed enough evidence to prima facie suspect they had cheated actress Gautami.
3. The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate on a plea filed by Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez seeking to quash the ECIR (FIR) and supplementary chargesheet filed by the agency in a ₹200 crore money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
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
1. India is set to commission INS Imphal, the latest Visakhapatnam-class guided missile destroyer, into the Indian Navy. Sputnik India examines the role of the Imphal destroyer in the Indian Navy’s arsenal.
2. The upcoming MILAN 2024, hosted in Visakhapatnam from February 19 to 27, anticipates record-breaking participation from over 50 nations and nearly 20 ships. The biennial naval exercise, initiated in 1995 by the Indian Navy, has evolved to align with India’s ‘Act East policy’ and PM Modi’s SAGAR initiative.
3. Bangalore based Flying Wedge Defence and Aerospace started a state of art facility to build Unmanned aircrafts and drones in Electronic City, with ELCIA.
4. 620 Agniveer Aspirants turn up on first day of recruitment rally at Amethi. The rally saw an overwhelming response from aspirants from 13 districts.
5. Indian warship INS Kadmatt docked at Thailand’s Bangkok port on Tuesday to bolster the Indo-Thai maritime cooperation in the North Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea and enhance interoperability between both the navies.
6. The proposed procurement of 114 multi-role fighter aircraft (MRFA) is being ”progressed” under the ”Make in India” framework, the government has told a parliamentary standing committee.
7. India is set to export its indigenous anti-air system to Armenia, adding to its growing list of exports to the Asian country. Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) will manufacture and deliver the Akash anti-air systems as part of an estimated ₹6,000-crore deal.
8. In a major boost to Indian Coast Guard’s capabilities, India’s defence ministry has decided to procure six next generation offshore patrol vessels. A deal was signed on Wednesday with Mazagon Dockyard Shipbuilders Ltd.
9. Heavily-armed terrorists ambushed two Army vehicles in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday.
NAGALAND : KOHIMA
It was Part of Assam Formation : 1 Dec 1963
Districts : 16
Largest city : DIMAPUR
Governor :La. Ganesan
CM : Neiphiu Rio (NDPP)
STATE SYMBOLS
Bird : Blyth’s tragopan
Flower : Rhododendron
Mammal : Mithun
Tree : Alder
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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