TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. People of southern West Bengal are likely to get a respite from the sweltering heat with the Met Department on Saturday forecasting thunderstorms owing to the formation of a cyclonic circulation over north Bangladesh. Panagarh recording the highest temperature in the state at 41.7 degrees Celsius, closely followed by Bankura at 41.5 degrees Celsius.
2. India has set an ambitious target in the nuclear power sector, aiming to scale up its production to 1 lakh MW by 2047, as announced by Atomic Energy Commission Chairman A K Mohanty.
3. Shrikant Shinde, son of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, will be the ‘Mahayuti’ candidate from the Kalyan Lok Sabha seat, deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday.
4. The Congress party unveiled its manifesto titled ‘Nyay Patra’ promising several key initiatives, including restoring full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir immediately.
5. Lakshadweep, the country’s smallest Lok Sabha constituency, in terms of number of voters, will go to polls in the first phase on the 19th of April.
6. A setback to the Uddhav Thackeray camp ahead of Lok Sabha elections, former Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena-UBT deputy leader Babanrao Gholap joined the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday.
7. Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) will run 200 special buses during the Ugadi festival season.
8. Mrs. Ratna Mehera, hailing from Hyderabad, achieved the title of Mrs. India Telangana Runner-Up in September 2023. Proudly representing Telangana on the national stage of Mrs. India, she recently clinched the coveted title of Classic Mrs. India 2024 in Gurugram on March 30, 2024. This remarkable victory marks a return of the crown to the state after a gap of 7 years.
9. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam legislator N Pugazhenthi died due to a brief illness at a hospital in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram on Saturday, He was 69.
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. National Investigation Agency on Saturday carried out raids at multiple locations in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar against the Communist Party of India-Maoist in an anti-India conspiracy case.
2. A case has been registered against Charan Das Mahant, the Chhattisgarh Congress’ Leader of Opposition, over his ‘objectionable’ remarks against PM Modi at a public rally.
3. The LAB (Leh Apex Body), along with the Kargil Democratic Alliance, is spearheading an agitation to demand statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
Accusing the administration of turning Leh into a “war zone” ahead of its march to the China border on April 7, the Leh Apex Body on Saturday said it is withdrawing the proposed event to “avoid any sort of confrontation with the law-enforcement agencies”.
4. National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday (6th April 2024) raided multiple locations in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in CPI (Maoist) anti India conspiracy case.
5. Delhi court has extended the judicial custody of Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia till 18th of this month in the alleged money laundering case related to the Delhi Excise Policy Scam case.
6. Four persons were arrested on Saturday in connection with the blast in Kerala’s Kannur a day ago that claimed one life and caused injuries to three others, the police said.
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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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💷 GBP ₹ 106(Approx)
€ Euro : ₹ 91(Approx)
🇨🇳 Yuan ¥ : ₹ 12
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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 : 8.4% (Q3 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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1. The country’s foreign exchange reserves logged a record high of $645.6 billion after rising by nearly $3 billion in the week ended March 29. RBI governor Shaktikanta Das said.
2. Indian IT major Wipro on Saturday announced the resignation of its CEO Thierry Delaporte and named Srinivas Pallia as the new chief executive officer effective immediately.
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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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A shooting of a web series on the Emergency period in India in the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi was disrupted by the varsity’s students’ union on Saturday, even as the administration said that it has granted permission for the shooting to take place on campus premises.
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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. Recently Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan addresses officers undergoing 79th Staff Course at DSSC, Wellington. He has highlighted the need for Military Leaders to adapt to the changing character of war.
The 79th Staff Course is presently underway at the College. The course is of 45 weeks duration. The present course comprises of 476 student officers to include 36 students from 26 Friendly Foreign Countries. For the first time, eight Women Officers are also participating in the course.
2. India’s Strategic Forces Command (SFC), also known as the Strategic Nuclear Command, is undergoing a significant overhaul with the introduction of new missile technologies. In its latest move, India successfully tested the new-generation Agni-Prime ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers, aimed at countering potential threats from neighboring Pakistan.
3. Indian Army has issued an AoN for procurement of Canister Launched Anti-Armour Loiter Munition (CALM) System with accessories for Mechanised Infantry in Buy IDDM (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured-IDDM) Defence Procurement Procedure.The Canister Launched Anti-Armour Loiter Munition (CALM) System is a pre-loaded canister with a drone or loiter ammunition. It can destroy moving targets, communication centres.
4. For the second time, the launch of AgniKul ‘Agnibaan SOrTeD’ has been postponed. The launch was scheduled from Sriharikota, but was postponed. No reason has been given.
The Chennai-based Agnikul Cosmos was to test-fire an Agnibaan rocket with 3D-printed engine, aiming for suborbital flight trajectory control.
5. Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued 27 Bangladeshi fishermen on Thursday (April 4, 2024), stranded on their fishing boat at sea.
6. Greek military chief Dimitris Houpis’s visit will be another step towards bolstering India-Greece defence ties in the changing global dynamics.
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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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