TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. President Droupadi Murmu extended her greetings to all the fellow citizens living in India and abroad on the auspicious occasion of Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Magh Bihu, and Pongal.
2. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said ‘cold’ to ‘severe cold day’ conditions continued at many places over Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan. The maximum temperatures remained in the range of 10-20 degrees Celsius.
3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), named Atal Setu, a 21.8 km marvel connecting Mumbai and Raigad. Costing ₹17,840 crore, it enhances connectivity.
4. In Nashik, Maharashtra, prestigious 27th National Youth Festival hosted by PM Modi, it will from 12 January to 16 Jan 2024.
5. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s first X-ray polarimetric mission has successfully recorded the initial light from the explosion of a star, the space agency announced on Thursday. The XSPECT payload on XPoSat, India’s first X-ray polarimetric mission.
6. A brief Budget session of Parliament, the last of the 17th Lok Sabha, will be held between January 31 and February 9, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said.
7. Top leaders of parties of the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) will hold discussions on January 13 on strengthening the alliance, chalking out a strategy on seat-sharing and deciding whether to have a convenor of the grouping.
8. A delegation representing the Ram Temple Trust on Friday called on President Droupadi Murmu and formally invited her to attend the consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on 22 January.
9. Every passenger gets 55 per cent concession on train journeys, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said regarding demands to restore pre-Covid fare concessions for senior citizens and media persons.
10. In ASSAM govt scheme for women with a few conditions — including a cap on the number of children they have. While women from general and OBC categories cannot have more than three children if they wish to avail of the scheme, the limit is four children for women from Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs).
11. Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the Panchakarma Block and Pharmacology and Chemistry Laboratories for Ayush at Central Ayurveda Research Institute in Guwahati.
12. Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has refused to meet the five-member Congress committee to open seat-sharing talks for West Bengal ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
13. A Central team visited Tamil Nadu’s flood hit district Thoothukudi, for the second time after initial assessment of the flood damages.
14. The ongoing Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra in Ladakh is bringing different government schemes to the doorstep of the residents, covering a substantial area of the Union Territory.
15. Karnataka’s State-Level Single Window Clearance Committee (SLSWCC) led by industries minister MB Patil on Friday approved 73 investment projects cumulatively worth about Rs 3,935.52 crore. These projects have the potential to employ around 15,000 people in Karnataka.
17. PM Narendra Modi has started an 11 day special ritual in the run-up to the Pran Pratishtha of Shri Ramlala in Ayodhya Dham on 22nd of this month.
18. Construction work of Kurukshetra elevated track to be completed by March 2024: Haryana Chief Secy Sanjeev Kaushal said.
19. Sanjay Singh, Swati Maliwal, and N D Gupta from Aam Aadmi Party and Dorjee Tshering Lepcha of BJP elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha.
20. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the reappointment of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Deputy Governor Michael Patra for one year. The reappointment will be effective from 15 January 2024.
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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 Friday restored senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjay Kundu to the post of the Director General of Police, Himachal Pradesh.
2. A sessions court in Mumbai recently rejected the anticipatory bail application of actor Rakhi Sawant in connection with a complaint filed by her estranged husband alleging that she leaked their private videos.
3. Suchana Seth, the chief executive officer of an AI start-up arrested by Goa Police for allegedly killing her four-year-old son, was taken to the crime scene on Friday. Police had said earlier that she would be taken to the service apartment at Candolim to recreate the crime scene.
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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 ₹ 82.87
💷 GBP ₹ 105.63
€ Euro : ₹ 90.87
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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
72,568.45 +847.27 (1.18%)🌲
NIFTY
21,894.55 +247.35 (1.14%)🌲
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Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai
GOLD : ₹ 62,950/10gm (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 Adani Group is investing ₹1,500 crore in Hyderabad over the next two to three years. The investment aims to establish Hyderabad as a hub for manufacturing missiles and unmanned vehicles. The Adani Group plans to manufacture long range missiles, naval missiles, next generation anti-radiation missiles, and Rudram-2 Hypersonic Missiles in Hyderabad.
2. Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad, a CPSU under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has bagged the prestigious “Integrated Electronic Warfare System (IEWS)” contract for the supply of COM segment systems to the Ministry of Defence (Indian Army) from BEL, Hyderabad.
3. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Bharat Forge entered into a partnership to manufacture components for remotely piloted aircraft. The partnership aims to build capabilities for both companies and support the Indian unmanned aircraft industry.
4. India’s leading shipbuilder Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd has launched a next-generation (NG) electric ferry named ‘Dheu’ (which means ‘wave’). The vessel, which is West Bengal’s first next-gen electric ferry.
5. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on January 12 said that it has imposed monetary penalties on ESAF Small Finance Bank, Dhanlaxmi Bank, and Punjab and Sind Bank.
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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. Movies, released on Friday, 12 Jan 2024
HanuMan,
Captain Miller,
Merry Christmas, and Guntur Kaaram
Teja Sajja Starrer ‘Hanu Man’ Dominates Box Office: Here HanuMan Movie has everything families look for in a Sankranthi fare. The film keeps you entertained for 2 hours 38 minutes and seems like something children would love & enjoy.
2. Michael Jackson biopic gets release date.
Michael Jackson’s role will be played by his nephew Jaafar Jackson.
Universal Pictures has international rights to the biopic apart from Japan. The film will be released on 18 April 2025.
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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. After nearly seven-and-a-half years, the wreckage of an Indian Air Force An-32 aircraft, missing since July 2016 with 29 personnel on board, has been discovered 3.4 km deep in the Bay of Bengal. Images from an autonomous underwater vehicle confirm the identity of the plane, found 310 km off the Chennai coast. Despite extensive search efforts, no personnel or wreckage had been located earlier. The National Institute of Ocean Technology utilized advanced technology, including deep-sea exploration by AUV, to uncover the aircraft’s debris.
2. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful flight test of the New Generation AKASH (AKASH-NG) missile on Friday.The test was conducted at 10:30 AM from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha.
3. The Indian and Japanese Coast Guards conducted a successful joint exercise, ‘Sahyog Kaijin,’ off the Chennai coast.
4. Indian Navy will get a unique and advance fabric for its uniform. According to the Navy, it will be a technically advanced uniform fabric.The Navy said, “Specifications of the new Anti-fungal, Anti-Microbial and Anti-bacterial fabric are specially developed for tropical conditions with improved moisture management tech and higher whiteness index lasting multiple washing cycles.
5. The Indian Army has developed the Secure Army Mobile Bharat Version (SAMBHAV) ecosystem in collaboration with the National Centres of Excellence from academia and industry. SAMBHAV, operating on contemporary 5G technology, represents a crucial advancement for India’s defence infrastructure.
6. The ecosystem is designed to provide a secure communication platform and is set to configure 35,000 sets in two phases. The initial phase aims to configure 2,500 sets by 15 January, with the remaining 32,500 sets scheduled to be completed by 31 May 2024.
7. The Japan Coast Guard ship Yashima has arrived in Chennai to conduct a joint exercise with the Indian Coast Guard.
8. Telangana State government has assured to extend its full support to the Indian Navy in establishing its low frequency radar station at Damagundam, forest area, in Parigi constituency.Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy extended the support after being informed that the project was being developed without harming the forest area and the temple in the area.
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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
13 Jan (Saturday)
Vedic Ritu/ Hemant Ritu
Drik Ritu : Shishir Ritu
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Pausa 02 (Amanta)
Pausa 18, (Purnimanta)
Nakshatr : Shravana (up to 12:49 pm)
Dhanishta
Tithi : Dwitiya (up to 11:11 am)Tritiya
Rahu 09:54 AM – 11:15 AM
Yamaganda 01:55 PM – 03:15 PM
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