TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. PM will inaugurate the 27th National Youth Festival in Nashik to mark National Youth Day on the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda tomorrow. The theme of the four-day festival is ‘Viksit Bharat@ 2047: युवा के लिए, युवा के द्वारा’.
2. Prime Minister Modi will also inaugurate ‘Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri – Nhava Sheva Atal Setu’. Earlier, PM Modi had laid the foundation stone of the bridge in December 2016. Built at a cost of over 17,840 crore rupees, the 21.8 kilometre long, six-lane bridge is expected to provide faster connectivity from Mumbai to Pune, Goa and South India. Notably, it is the longest sea bridge in India.
3. Ahead of the opening of the Atal Setu, also known as Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), the city cops have announced rules on the speed limit of the vehicles.
4. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that dense to very dense fog will continue in parts of northwest India during the next four days. It has predicted dense to very dense fog in parts of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
5. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, is set to orchestrate the Startup India Innovation Week 2024, spanning from January 10th to January 18th. This week-long initiative seeks to unite startups, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and stakeholders to celebrate and advance the Indian Startup Ecosystem, culminating in the National Startup Day on January 16th, 2024.
6. PM Modi engaged with a delegation from the Muslim community on Thursday and presented them with a ceremonial ‘chadar’ intended to be placed at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah. The meeting was part of an event commemorating the death anniversary of the esteemed Sufi saint, Moinuddin Chishti.
7. Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw revealed that India’s first bullet train is poised to commence operations by 2026.
8. According to the Mumbai Police, the maximum speed limit for four-wheelers on the Atal Setu bridge will be 100 kmph. The speed will be restricted to 40 kmph on the ascent and descent of the bridge. However, two-wheelers and three-wheelers have been prohibited on the sea bridge.
9. The Vikas Bharat Sankalp Yatra started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is getting full support from the people of Uttar Pradesh. Under the Yatra, 24 lakh new Ayushman cards have been made in the camps being organized across the state. Along with this more than 1 lakh 74 thousand new beneficiaries have been added to the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
10. The Telangana State government on Wednesday extended the date for clearing pending traffic challans with a discount, up to January 31. The government announced a waiver of 90 per cent for TSRTC buses, 80 per cent for two and three wheelers and 60 per cent for LMV/HMV vehicles on pending eChallans issued under the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988.
11. Former Indian cricketer Ambati Rayudu who quit YSR Congress Party recently is likely to join Jana Sena Party. He has arrived at the Jana Sena party office in Mangalagiri to meet Pawan Kalyan.
12. Vidhu P Nair, who is presently India’s ambassador to Turkmenistan, has been appointed as the next ambassador of India to Angola.
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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. Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai has been booked for allegedly promoting religious enmity between two groups. Dharmapuri police registered a case against him under section 153 (A), 504, 505 (2) in Bommidi Police Station.
2. Differences crop up among ‘Shankaracharyas’ on Ram temple consecration ceremony:
Swami Avimukteshwaranand Maharaj, the Shankaracharya of Badrikashram Jyotirmath, Uttarakhand, & Swami Nischalananda Sarswati, the Shankaracharya of Puri based Govardhan Peeth has said that it was against the tenets of Hinduism to install the deity of Ram Lala in an ”incomplete temple”.
3. On the third day of hearing before the Constitution Bench in the matter pertaining to the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Advocate Shadan Farasat appearing for petitioners argued that if the University ceases to be a minority institution, then that would hamper the education of Muslim women in India. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta objected to the argument saying that it belittles Muslim women.
4. Two persons, including a security personnel of People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti, were injured on Thursday as she had a narrow escape in a road accident at Sangam in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
5. National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday for questioning in a money laundering case.
6. National Investigation Agency (NIA) has conducted raids at 32 places in Delhi, Haryana, and Punjab to break the nexus between terrorists, gangsters, and smugglers in the country.
7. The Central government on Thursday allocated powers to all the States and the Union Territory (UT) administration to take action against the banned Muslim League Jammu and Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction) and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, Jammu and Kashmir (TeH).
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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 ₹ 83.09
💷 GBP ₹ 106.15
€ Euro : ₹ 91.16
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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
71,721.18 +63.47 (0.089%)🌲
NIFTY
21,647.20 +28.50 (0.13%)🌲
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Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai
GOLD : ₹ 62,830/10gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 76,000/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 Budget Session of Parliament will commence on the 31st of this month. Sources said the session will continue till the 9th of next month. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Interim Budget on the 1st of February.
2. State-owned lender Bank of Baroda (BOB) Thursday said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to waive the ₹5 crore penalty that was previously imposed on it due to a shortfall in soiled note remittances.
3. The CBI has booked Chennai-based Siemens Gamesa Renewable Power and three retired officials of SJVN, among others, for allegedly causing a Rs 191-crore loss to the PSU because of irregularities in the installation of its wind power plant in Ahmednagar.
4. Street Vendors Get a Boost: PAiSA Dashboard & PM SVANidhi Portal Launched. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri unveils online tools: PAiSA for real-time loan tracking & PM SVANidhi for scheme monitoring. These boost vendor transparency, grievance redressal, & financial empowerment.
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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. MERRY CHRISTMAS’ is slated for release today on January 12, 2024. This film, simultaneously shot in Hindi and Tamil, features Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi in lead roles.
2. HanuMan Movie will be released today on 12 January 2024, on the occasion of Sankranti.
Movie will be released in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil & Kannada languages. film written and directed by Prasanth Varma and produced by Niranjan Reddy Kandagatla under Primeshow Entertainment. It features an ensemble cast of Teja Sajja, Amritha Aiyer, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Raj Deepak Shetty and Vinay Rai.
3. SALAAR movie worldwide box office collection day 20: Prabhas blockbuster slowly marching towards ₹750 crore milestone. Prabhas Raju features alongside Prithviraj Sukumaran and Shruti Haasan in the action film directed by Prashanth Neel.
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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. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday. The two leaders discussed issues related to defence, economic cooperation and how India and UK could work together to strengthen a peaceful and stable global rules-based order.
2. Republic Day parade | Under new deal, each State can field tableau once in three years. 28 States agree to Defence Ministry’s new rollover plan for Republic Day parade tableaux selection, whereby every State and UT will be accommodated; move comes amid repeated controversies and complaints over non-inclusion.
3. The Chief of Army Staff, General Manoj Pande, said on Thursday that the security situation on the northern border is stable but sensitive. The Army Chief was speaking at the Annual Press conference ahead of Army Day on January 15.
4. Chief of Staff of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, Lieutenant General Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Ghafili was accorded a Guard of Honour at South Block Lawns in the national capital on Thursday.Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar received his Saudi Arabia’s counterpart.
5. The Indian Navy Wednesday took delivery of its first India-made Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) drone, acquired under emergency procurement mechanism, to augment India’s ability to keep a close eye on the waters of the Indian Ocean.
Manufactured by Adani Defence and Aerospace in partnership with the Israeli firm Elbit, in Hyderabad, the Drishti 10 StarLiner, with an endurance of 36 hours, satellite connectivity and the ability to carry a payload of 450 kg, is the Indian version of the original Hermes StarLiner.
HARYANA :
Capital: CHANDIGARH
Nickname: “Denmark of India”
Before was
Punjab States Agency
As state: 25 Jan 1971
Formation
Before was
Part of Punjab
Formation
(as a state) 1 Nov 1966
Districts: 22
Governor :
Governor: Bandaru Dattatreya
CM: Manohar Lal Khattar (BJP)
STATE SYMBOLS
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Bird: Black francolin
Flower: Lotus
Mammal: Blackbuck
Tree: Bodhi tree
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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
12 Jan (Friday)
Vedic Ritu/ Hemant Ritu
Drik Ritu : Shishir Ritu
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Pausa 01 (Amanta)
Pausa 17, (Purnimanta)
Nakshatr : Uttara Ashadha (up to 3:18 pm)
Shravana
Tithi : Pratipada (up to 2:23 pm)Dwitiya
Rahu 11:14 AM – 12:35 PM
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