TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. Today is a Leap Day, occurring on February 29th in a Leap Year, adds an extra day to the calendar every four years to synchronize it with the solar year. This adjustment maintains alignment with Earth’s orbit around the sun. A leap year, also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year. The 366th day is added to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical year or seasonal year.
2. President Droupadi Murmu to address 53rd convocation of #UtkalUniversity in Bhubaneswar today.
3. The government has announced the initiation of the ‘Mera Pehla Vote Desh Ke Liye’ campaign in higher educational institutions nationwide starting from 27 February 2024.
4. Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, is set to unveil a groundbreaking innovation in timekeeping with the world’s first Vedic Clock. This meticulously crafted timepiece, housed on an 85-foot tower at the city’s Jantar Mantar, will be officially inaugurated on March 1st, 2024, by PM Modi in a virtual ceremony.
5. KPDCL (Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited) has extended its amnesty scheme for domestic consumers in Jammu & Kashmir. The scheme allows consumers to clear outstanding electricity dues in easy installments without late payment surcharges. Disconnected connections can be restored by paying only the principal amount.
6. Tripura CM Prof Dr Manik Saha launched the 2nd State Level Shehri Samridhi Utsav by Tripura Urban Livelihood Mission at Agartala’s Children’s Park.
7. PM Modi Releases 16th Installment of PM Kisan Scheme Worth ₹21,000 Crore in Maharashtra, Inaugurates Irrigation Projects and Rail Infrastructure.
8. Himachal Pradesh Minister Vikramaditya Singh stepped down from his position on February 28, a day after the Rajya Sabha election result in the state.
He is the Minister of the Public Works Department (PWD) in Himachal Pradesh. He represents the Shimla Rural constituency in the state legislative assembly. A prominent Congress leader, he is the son of former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.
9. BJP asks Election Commission to videograph voting process at all polling stations during upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
10. PM Modi to address Viksit Bharat Viksit Madhya Pradesh programme through video conferencing today.
PM Modi to lay the foundation stone and dedicate to nation multiple development projects worth over Rs 17,500 crore across Madhya Pradesh.
11. Telangana Government announces strategic plans for formation of Life Sciences GCC Consortium bringing together all Lifesciences GCCs in Hyderabad.
12. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday launched the SWAYAM Plus platform, which will offer employability and professional development-focused programmes through collaboration with leading industry players such as L&T, Microsoft and CISCO.
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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. : Nawaf Salam
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1. The Culcutta High Court allowed the fact finding team from New Delhi to visit Sandeshkhali. Justice Kaushik Chanda has ordered that the team can visit Sandeshkhali on 3rd March but asked them not to go places where section 144 is imposed.
2. TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh was arrested by the West Bengal Police from the Minakhan area in North 24 Parganas.
3. Restoration of Old Pension Scheme: Govt. employees to go on indefinite strike from 01 May. The steering committee of the platform, the Joint Forum For Restoration of Old Pension Scheme (JFROPS) has unanimously decided to serve strike notices on March 19 to respective administrations.
4. A man who worked at an Army canteen in Rajasthan’s Bikaner has been arrested for allegedly leaking sensitive information to a Pakistani agent. The Rajasthan Police, in collaboration with Military Intelligence, caught Vikram Singh on charges of spying for Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI.
5. The government Wednesday banned two factions of the Muslim Conference Jammu and Kashmir for five years for their anti-India and pro-Pakistan propaganda, and asking people to refrain from taking part in elections.
The government has declared the Muslim Conference Jammu & Kashmir (Sumji faction) and Muslim Conference Jammu & Kashmir (Bhat faction) as Unlawful Associations.
The ban on the Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu Kashmir, has been extended by another five years for continuing activities that pose a threat to the security of the nation, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Tuesday.
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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 ₹ 82.97
💷 GBP ₹ 104.06
€ Euro : ₹ 89.83
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GDP(PPP ) :
purchasing power parity (PPP)
$13.119 trillion
GDP (nominal)
: $3.73 trillion
(Nominal means total market value of all goods and services produced in a country’s economy) .
GDP growth : 7.6% (Q2 2023-24)
India is the fifth largest economy in the world.
Inflation rate : Retail Inflation 5.69% in Dec 2023
Population : 143.86 cr
(17.7% of the total world population).
Unemployment : 10.09% (Oct2023)
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.
GDP per capita
$2,845 (Nominal; 2024)
$9,983 (PPP; 2024)
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BSE SENSEX
72,304.88 −790.34 (1.08%)🔻
NIFTY
21,951.15 −247.20 (1.11%)🔻
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Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai
GOLD : ₹ 62,820/10gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 73,800/KG
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⛽ FUEL in DELHI
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PETROL : ₹ 97/Ltr
DIESEL : ₹ 90/Ltr
CNG : ₹ 76/Ltr
LPG : ₹ 903/14.2 Kg
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⛽ FUEL in MUMBAI
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PETROL : ₹ 106/Ltr
DIESEL : 95/Ltr
Auto Gas : ₹ 60/Ltr
CNG : 76/Kg
LPG : ₹ 903/14.2 Kg
1. Reliance Industries and Reliance Foundation have launched a bold initiative, Vantara (Star of the Forest), dedicated to the rescue, treatment, care, and rehabilitation of animals in need. This ambitious program is spearheaded by Anant Ambani. Vantara core lies in a sprawling 3,000-acre sanctuary within the Green Belt of Reliance Jamnagar Refinery Complex in Gujarat.
2. Recently PM Modi inaugurated Bharat Tex 2024, one of the largest-ever global textile events to be organized in the country at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
3. The World Gold Council (WGC), representing global gold miners, has named Sachin Jain as its new CEO for India, effective from March.
4. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is promoting financial literacy among young adults through their annual Financial Literacy Week (FLW) campaign, held from February 26 to March 1, 2024. This year’s theme, “Make a Right Start – Become Financially Smart,” with emphasis on “Saving and Power of Compounding”, “Banking Essentials for Students” and “Digital and Cyber Hygiene” which aligns with overall strategic objectives of the National Strategy for Financial Education: 2020-2025.
The theme for this year is targeted towards young adults, mainly students.
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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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ARTICLE 370 box office collection day 5: Article 370 stars Yami Gautam, Priyamani, and Arun Govil. The movie ‘Article 370’ earned ₹44.60 crore worldwide & nearly ₹32 crore in India since its release by the fifth day as per Jio Studios and B62 Studios.
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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.Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is preparing the first two units of the improved TEJAS MK-1A for delivery to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in March. HAL was awarded the contract to produce 83 TEJAS MK-1A (including 73 single-seat and 10 two-seat trainers) aircraft in January 2021. As per the contract, HAL was originally scheduled to deliver the first single-seat aircraft in February, with a total of three MK-1As to be delivered in 2024.
2.The 5th edition of Joint Military Exercise ‘DHARMA GUARDIAN’ between the Indian Army and the Japan Ground Self Defence Force commenced today at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan. The Exercise is scheduled to be conducted from 25th February to 9th March 2024.
Exercise ‘DHARMA GUARDIAN’ is an annual exercise and conducted alternatively in India and Japan. The contingent of both sides comprises of 40 personnel each.
3.The sea phase of MILAN-2024 concluded on February 27 (Tuesday). This edition of MILAN witnessed the participation of 35 units, including ships, submarines and aircraft.
About 13 ships and one aircraft from Friendly Foreign Countries participated in the sea phase. Indian Navy’s participation included both the aircraft carriers INS Vikramaditya and INS Vikrant, the indigenous aircraft carrier.
4. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ships Samarth and Abhinav have arrived in Galle, Sri Lanka, following the completion of Exercise Dosti in Male. The visit aims to strengthen training and professional engagement with the Sri Lankan Coast Guard, enhancing interoperability and camaraderie between the two forces.
5. INDIA GETS ITS SECOND SPACE PORT, ROCKET STARTUPS EXCITED :. ISRO says the new site will be ready in another two years time and will cost a little under ₹1000 crores. Recently PM Modi lays the foundation stone for the country’s second launch site in Kulasekharapatnam, located in the Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu. Until now, the country had a single spaceport Satish Dhawan Space Center situated at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. India has conducted 95 launches from Sriharikota to date, with 80 of them deemed successful.
PM Modi who arrived in Kerala on Tuesday reviewed the progress on the Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram.
6. Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane and German Ministry of Defence State Secretary Benedikt Zimmer chaired the India-Germany High Defence Committee (HDC) meeting in Berlin on Tuesday. The two sides discussed a range of bilateral security and defence issues.
7. IPS officer Daljit Singh Chaudhary appointed as new director general of NSG.
8. The Ministry of Defence’s recent move to challenge almost all verdicts of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) granting disability benefits to military personnel has come under the scanner of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Taking up a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Ex-Services Grievances Cell in Mohali, a Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji has, in its order of February 26, sought a response from the central government on the issue.
9. French Army chief General Pierre Schill, who has arrived in India on Tuesday, witnessed the firepower demonstration of the indigenously developed and manufactured Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher on Wednesday at the Pokhran Field Firing Range in Rajasthan.
India aims to boost its presence in the global defence market by exporting platforms like Tejas aircraft, BrahMos missiles, and Pinaka systems. India’s defence production is projected to reach Rs 3 lakh crore.
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ASSAM : DISPUR (capital)
Bifurcation: 21 Jan 1972
Formation
(as a state) : 26 Jan1950
Districts : 31
Language : Assamese
Governor: Gulab Chand Kataria
Chief minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma (BJP)
State Symbols
Bird: White-winged duck
Flower : Foxtail orchid
Mammal: Rhinoceros
Tree: Hollong
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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
29 Feb (Thursday)
Vedic Ritu/ Shishir Ritu
Drik Ritu : Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Magha 20 (Amanta)
Phalguna 05 (Purnimanta) Nakshatr: Chitra (up to 10:22 am)Swati
Tithi : Panchami/
Shashthi
Rahu 02:06 PM – 03:32 PM
Yamaganda 06:52 AM – 08:19 AM
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