TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. Northern Railway has informed that upto 20 trains inbound to Delhi are running late due to fog.
2. Vice President Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar has expressed grief over the demise of Justice Navrang Lal Tibrewal, former acting Governor of Rajasthan and acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.
3. PM Modi said Government is aiming to take all its schemes to saturation through Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra. He said, Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra has touched 11 crore people in last 50 days.
4. Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurates new health facilities in Central government hospitals in Delhi.
5. Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that India aims to extend medical facilities to the world through the ‘Heal in India, Heal by India’ initiative.
6. PM Modi has kicked off the ‘Swachh Mandir’ (Clean Temple) campaign across the country with an aim to make pilgrimage sites pristine.
7. Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has increased weekly rest periods from 36 hours to 48 hours for flight crew. As per the revised flight duty time rules issued by DGCA, night duty will now cover the period from midnight to 6 am in the morning as compared to five am earlier.
8. Indian Railways achieved 6,577 route kilometers electrification in the calendar year 2023.
9. The government has set a target to run the first phase of the bullet train between Surat and Bilimora in south Gujarat by 2026. The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Monday said it has completed 100% land acquisition for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Rail Corridor.
10. PM Modi is on a three-day visit to Gujarat. He will take part in Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024.
11. Gujarat is all set to host the tenth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit commencing on 10th January at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar.
12. ‘International Purple Fest Goa – 2024’ was inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athvale. International Purple Fest is designed as a platform for individuals with disabilities to exhibit their capabilities and talents and to ensure social inclusion of “divyangjan” persons.
13. Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has offered three Lok Sabha seats to Congress in Delhi for the 2024 general elections, AAP and Congress are part of the I N D I A alliance.
15. Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar will on January 10 deliver his verdict on the disqualification petitions against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and several MLAs whose rebellion had split the Shiv Sena in June 2022.
16. Puducherry Lt. Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan and Chief Minister Shri N Rangasamy have distributed benefits to the beneficiaries under various welfare schemes today in the #VBSY urban van program held at Kamban Kalaiarangam.
17. Regional Meteorological Centre forecasts rainfall in Puducherry and Karaikal.
18. Delhi on Monday recorded its coldest day of the month so far as the minimum temperature dropped to 5.3 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average and almost the same as the hill station of Nainital, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
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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 Monday scrapped the remission granted to 11 men convicted in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case and directed them to surrender in two weeks, holding that the Gujarat government was complicit with the prisoners and wrongly exercised its power to order their premature release.
2. West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar on Monday said that strict action will be taken against those involved in an attack on Enforcement Directorate officials in Sandeshkhali of 24 North Parganas district last week.
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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 ₹ 83.05
💷 GBP ₹ 105.93
€ Euro : ₹ 91.12
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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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1. The State Bank of India has released an economic research report revealing a substantial decrease in individual income inequality in India between the financial years 2013-2014 and 2021-2022.
2. Minister of Ports Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal has told that central government will invest 45 thousand crore rupees for the development of tourism in waterways.
3. State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has started oil production from its flagship deep-sea project in Krishna Godavari basin in Bay of Bengal.
4. Bharat Forge recently acquired a 51% stake in the Indian arm of Ukrainian firm Zorya Mashproekt. Zorya’s gas turbine powerplants are used in all of India’s destroyers and the Talwar class frigates.The war in Ukraine has caused India to accelerate its process of moving away from the Russian defence industry.
5. The co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of EaseMyTrip, Nishant Pitti, has announced the suspension of all Maldives flight bookings following the derogatory remarks made by Maldives ministers against India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
6. Tour operators in India are gearing up for an impact of calls for a cancellation of holidays in the Maldives as they said that there are “no new inquiries by people” for visits to the island nation.
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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. Lily Gladstone won Best Actress at the Golden Globes the prestigious event held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, Gladstone became the first Indigenous woman in the history of the award to win the Golden Globe for the Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama category.
2. Bollywood Legend Amitabh Bachchan has become the latest celebrity to promote the mystic beauty of the Indian island of Lakshadweep amid the escalating controversy over the derogatory remarks by Maldivian politicians against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
3. Malayalam movie ‘Neru’ Box Office Collections: Mohanlal’s Film Collects Rs 40 Crore In 15 Days. , ‘Neru’ maintained a solid 16.39% occupancy in Malayalam theaters on Wednesday, January 3rd.
4. PM Modi has shared a devotional song, sung by Vikas and Mahesh Kukreja. In a post on social media, PM Modi said, everyone should listen to the Ram Bhajan.
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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. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal to raise four more National Cadet Corps (NCC) Units in the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
2. Praising the Indian Navy for its ‘daring operation’ on the Arabian Sea to rescue a Liberian merchant ship, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the marine warriors trawled 2000 kms from the Indian coastline to thwart the attempted hijack and brought all 21 crew members, including 15 Indians, from the vessel to safety.
3. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit on Jammu on January 9 to review the security in the region.
4. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is all set to participate in the 10th edition of ‘Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show 2024. With the thrust on ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’, the defence manufacturer seeks to explore the capability of Indian industries through this event.
One of the major attractions at the HAL stall will be Sukhoi Su-30MKI aircraft which has been modified indigenously for integration of air-to-ground BrahMos missiles manufactured in India. The missile weighs 2500 kg and has a range of nearly 300 kms.
GOA : Panaji
Before was
Goa, Daman and Diu
Admission to union
19 December 1961
Formation
(by bifurcation)
30 May 1987
Governor : P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
CM : Pramod Sawant (BJP)
STATE SYMBOLS
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Bird : Flame-throated bulbul
Flower : Jasmine
Fruit : Cashew
Mammal : Gaur
Tree : Matti Terminalia crenulata
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
09 Jan (Tuesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Hemant Ritu
Drik Ritu : Shishir Ritu
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Agrahayana 28 (Amanta)
Pausa 14, (Purnimanta)
Nakshatr : Jyeshta (up to 9:11 pm)Moola
Tithi : Trayodashi (up to 10:25 pm)Chaturdashi
Rahu 03:13 PM – 04:33 PM
Yamaganda 09:53 AM – 11:13 AM
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