TODAY’S TOP NEWS
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1. Prime Minister Modi to address ‘Viksit Bharat Viksit Rajasthan’ programme today via video conferencing. PM Modi to inaugurate, dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over 17,000 crore rupees in Rajasthan.
2. Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Shri Parshottam Rupala, unveiled the realigned Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) scheme and introduced a Radio Jingle for AHIDF in New Delhi.
3. New Delhi ranks 7th amongst cleanest cities in Swachh Survekshan 2023.
4. National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that his party remains a member of the Opposition INDIA bloc. His statement comes hours after his father Farooq Abdullah said that the party would contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election alone on all seats.
5. The Centre has constituted a Committee to draft guidelines to address the issue of pesky, promotional or unsolicited commercial calls received by consumers.
6. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), in collaboration with the National Institute of Electronics and IT (NIELIT), is hosting the Future Skills Summit in Guwahati.
7. The Rajasthan government announced a special scheme for laborers and street vendors, named the Mukhyamantri Vishwakarma Pension Yojana. Under this scheme, eligible workers aged 60 or above will receive a monthly pension of Rs. 2,000.
8. Union Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister Raj K Singh, interacts with the women participants of WePOWERSAR-100 training series in New Delhi.
9. West Bengal: Jadavpur MP Mimi Chakraborty on Thursday handed over her resignation to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and said she wants to quit politics. The Trinamool MP alleged that she faced a lot of obstacles in the party.
10. Meghalaya Cabinet has approved an increase in the amount of secretarial assistance provided to retired judges.
11. The Cabinet on Thursday approved the Meghalaya State Investment Promotion & Facilitation Bill (MSIPF), 2024. This will lead to the creation of the Investment Meghalaya Authority which will replace the existing Single Window Agency in the state.
12. The Comptroller and Auditor General, CAG Report states that the Telangana is set to have a huge financial burden over the next 14 years in the form of debt servicing of the loans taken for the construction of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation project.
13. Andhrapradesh CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy took another revolutionary initiative by offering international educational courses for free to students in AP. An agreement would be signed between the AP government and edX.
14. Three Union ministers held a third round of talks with the leaders of protesting farmer unions in Chandigarh on Thursday amid a standoff between the protesters and security personnel at two points on the Punjab-Haryana border. Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann also joined the meeting at the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration in Sector 26 in Chandigarh.
15. Mr Sanjay Kumar Jain, an accomplished Indian Railway Traffic Services (IRTS) Officer of the 1990 batch, has assumed the pivotal role of Chairman & Managing Director of IRCTC.
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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. Supreme Court Declares Electoral Bonds Scheme Unconstitutional: The Supreme Court on Friday struck down the electoral bonds scheme, which provides blanket anonymity to financial contributions to political parties, and amendments made to the law allowing rich corporations to make unlimited political donations “unconstitutional and manifestly arbitrary”.
2. BJP Chandigarh unit has removed the name of Anil Masih from the party’s minority cell. Masih is the presiding officer who has come under fire for allegedly tampering with the ballot papers.
3. Police arrested Tahir Hussain, a leader of banned PFI outfit in connection with 2020 Bengaluru riots. He was absconding during National Investigation Agency raids after the riots.
4. Chief Justice of Karnataka suggests closing down Bangalore Development Authority due to illegal land acquisition and non-payment of compensation.
5. Former Rajya Sabha MP and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday, “alleging a scam of nearly ₹5100 crore in Axis Bank”, Bar and Bench reported on Thursday. He accused the private lender of “making undue gains by way of transactions in shares of Max Life Insurance”.
6. Fresh violence broke out in Manipur’s Churachandpur on Thursday night after a mob barged into the government complex housing the superintedent of police and district collector offices and torched vehicles and ransacked government property, hours after a head constable of the district police was suspended after he was allegedly seen with armed men in a video grab.
7. ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation of farmers entered the third day on Thursday, two key border points between Delhi and Haryana remained closed for traffic, while security personnel in anti-riot gear conducted drills and mock exercises to ensure their fool-proof preparation.
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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 ₹ 83.00
💷 GBP ₹ 104.51
€ Euro : ₹ 89.11
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GDP rate (2023 ) : 6.5% ( $3.75 trillion)
India is the fifth largest economy in the world.
Inflation rate : Retail Inflation 5.69% in Dec 2023
Population : 141.81 cr
(17.7% of the total world population).
Unemployment : 7.8%
Per capita: This income is also known as average income as it is calculated by dividing the total income of the country by the total population of the country.
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BSE SENSEX
72,050.38 +227.55 (0.32%)🌲
NIFTY
21,910.75 +70.70 (0.32%)🌲
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GOLD : ₹ 62,200/10gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 73,900/KG
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DIESEL : ₹ 90/Ltr
CNG : ₹ 76/Ltr
LPG : ₹ 903/14.2 Kg
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Auto Gas : ₹ 60/Ltr
CNG : 76/Kg
LPG : ₹ 903/14.2 Kg
1. The 16th Finance Commission (FC) convened its inaugural session with Arvind Panagariya at the helm to deliberate upon its Terms of Reference (ToR).
2. Boeing, the US-based aerospace company, has appointed Nikhil Joshi as the managing director of Boeing Defence India (BDI) as part of its strategy to strengthen operations and accelerate growth in India.
3. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has instructed Visa and Mastercard to cease card-based commercial payments by businesses, citing concerns over Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance.
4. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has augmented its shareholding in SBI Cards & Payments Services Limited from 4.99% to 5.02% of the paid-up capital through open market purchases.
5. SBI Capital Markets (SBICAPS), the investment banking arm of State Bank of India (SBI), Virendra Bansal has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.
6. Reserve Bank RBI Governor ShaktikantaDas says stable and low inflation will provide the necessary bedrock for sustainable economic growth. Speaking at the 59th SEACEN Governors’ Conference in Mumbai.
7. Ministry Of Defence Achieves ₹1 Lakh Crore Total Order Value Milestone on Government E-Marketplace since 2016.
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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. Upcoming Bollywood Movies 2024.
AAKHIR PALAAYAN KAB TAK
16 Feb 2024 Cast: Rajesh Sharma, Bhushan Pattiyal
DASHMI
16 Feb 2024
Cast: Aadil Khan, Vardhan Puri
KUCH KHATTAA HO JAAY
16 Feb 2024
Cast: Anupam Kher, Guru Randhaw
SRI
Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Alaya F
THE IMMORTAL ASHWATTHAMA
16 Feb 2024
Cast: Vicky Kaushal
2. Indian actor Nitish Bharadwaj, who is best known for playing the role of Lord Krishna in the hit TV show Mahabharata, has filed a police complaint against his estranged wife, Smita Bharadwaj. In the report filed, the actor has claimed that Smita, who is an IAS, has been harassing him mentally and is not allowing him to meet his daughters.
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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. India to build naval bases in Agatti and Minicoy Islands in Lakshdweep to counter increasing Chinese influence in Maldives.
2. AFMS & IIT Roorkee join hands to foster research in combat medical support. The MoU was signed by Director General (Org & Pers) Lt Gen SK Singh on behalf of Director General Armed Forces Medical Services and Director IIT Roorkee Prof Kamal Kishore Pant.
3. India is planning to conduct test of a 500-kilometre strike range Submarine Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM) from the east coast next month.
4. The Ministry of Defence on Wednesday signed a Rs 1,752.13-crore contract with a Kanpur-based firm for manufacturing and supply of 463 indigenously built 12.7 mm stabilised remote control guns for the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard,
5. Recently Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled a life-size statue of late General Bipin Rawat – the country’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) – at TonsBridge School, Dehradun in the presence of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami.
6. IIT-JAMMU Develops ‘first of Its Kind’ Anti-drone System, this device will be able detect aircraft flying up to 300 meters.
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CHINA = Beijing
Flag 🇨🇳China
Official language :
Chinese
Goverment: Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic
President : Xi Jinping
Vice President : Han Zheng
Premier : Li Qiang
POPULATION :
1,409,670,000(in 2023)
Currency
Renminbi (元/¥)[h] (CNY)
National Animal : Giant 🐼Panda
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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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पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Magha 7 (Amanta)
Magha 22, (Purnimanta) Nakshatr:Ashwini (up to 9:26 am)Bharani
Tithi : Shashthi (up to 10:13 am)Saptami
Rahu 02:05 PM – 03:29 PM
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