TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. PM Modi will visit Pathanamthitta district in Kerala today to participate in the Loksabha election campaign of NDA candidate Anil Antony. The Prime Minister will also attend the public meeting at the District Stadium in Pathanamthitta.
2. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for various development projects of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority, and Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited through a video conference.
3. Retired IAS officers Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu have been appointed as Election Commissioners. The Ministry of Law and Justice issued a notification in this regard. The posts of the two Election Commissioners were vacant after the retirement of Anup Chandra Pandey and the resignation of Arun Goel.
4. Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani launched a skill development, leadership, entrepreneurship promotion and education programme for the Sikh community in Delhi. This programme has been approved under the Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan, PM VIKAS Scheme, through the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee.
5. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has sanctioned 972.80 crore rupees for widening roads in Rajasthan.
6. Manipur, the class 10th examination to be conducted by the Board of Secondary Education Manipur will begin tomorrow. The examination will continue till the 8th of next month and the board has taken up all measures to conduct the examination in a free and fair manner.
7. Manipur, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh inaugurated the State Institute of Hotel Management (SIHM) constructed at the foothill of Nongmaiching under Imphal East District. The Institute was constructed under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Tourism Government of India.
8. Author Sudha Murty on Thursday took oath as a member of Rajya Sabha. Infosys founder and Sudha Murty’s husband Narayana Murthy was present during her oath-taking ceremony in the chamber of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.
9. Two candidates from Jharkhand, Dr. Pradeep Verma from BJP and Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmed from Grand Alliance of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Congress and RJD were elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha without contesting any elections.
10. In Jammu and Kashmir the J&K Disaster Management Authority (JKDMA) today issued an avalanche warning in the higher reaches of eight districts of the Union Territory during the next 24 hours. Doda, Kishtwar, Poonch and Ramban districts in Jammu division & Kupwara, Bandipora, Ganderbal, Baramulla in Kashmir Valley.
11. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has released a compensation amount of 87.95 crore rupees to farmers of 12 districts that suffered cotton crop damage due to floods in 2023.
12. In Ladakh, in a proactive move to enhance democratic participation, Ladakh’s Office of the Deputy Commissioner Kargil has established a District Level SVEEP (Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation) Core Committee. Headed by District Election Officer Shrikant Suse, the Committee is gearing up to ramp up voter awareness efforts ahead of the much-anticipated Lok Sabha Elections in 2024.
13. Mysuru Royal Scion Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar will be making his foray into electoral politics, with the BJP fielding him as its candidate from the Mysore Lok Sabha segment, replacing sitting MP Pratap Simha.
14. The panel on ‘One nation-One election’ recommended a two-step approach to lead to the simultaneous elections. As the first step, simultaneous elections will be held for the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies.
In the second step, elections to the Municipalities and the Panchayats will be held within 100 days of holding elections to the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies. The committee also recommended that there should be a single electoral roll and Electoral Photo Identity Cards for use in elections to all the three tiers of government.
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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 Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Abhishek Prasad, Press Advisor to former Chief Minister Hemant Soren, former Hatia DSP P K Mishra and Priti Kumar on the 18th, 19th and 20th of March in connection with the illegal mining case.
2. A special MP-MLA court on March 13 sentenced gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari to life imprisonment in a three-decade-old fake arms licence case.
3. Hindu and Sikh refugees living in various parts of Delhi staged a protest near Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Civil Lines residence on Thursday, demanding an apology from him over his statements against the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).
4. The Maharashtra government will rename eight Mumbai railway stations that have British-era names.
(a) Mumbai Central to be named after philanthropist Jagannath Shankar Seth.
(b) Curry Road to be renamed Lalbagh.
(c) Marine Lines to be named Mumba Devi.
(d) Cotton Green to be known as Black Chowki.
(e) Kings Circle might soon be called Tirthankara Parshvanath.
(f) Dockyard Road will be renamed Mazgaon.
(g) Sandhurst Road will become Dongri.
(h) Charni Road to become Girgaon.
“””””””””””MISHAPS “”””””””””
Four people have died and several others were injured in a massive fire incident in a house in the Shahdara area in Delhi.
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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
💷 GBP ₹ 106
€ Euro : ₹ 91
🇨🇳 Yen ¥ : ₹ 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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BSE SENSEX
73,097.28 +335.39 (0.46%)🌲
NIFTY
22,146.65 +148.95 (0.68%)🌲
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Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai
GOLD : ₹ 66,300/10gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 76,100/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. Oil companies have cut petrol and diesel prices by ₹2, effective from 6 a.m. on March 15, said Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
2. Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani on Thursday has agreed to buy the 13% stake in TV and streaming company Viacom 18 Media held by U.S.-listed Paramount Global for 42.8 billion rupees ($517 million).
3. The Election Commission of India has uploaded on its website the data supplied by the State Bank of India regarding electoral bonds. On March 11, the Supreme Court had refused the SBI’s plea to extend the time till June 30 to furnish the electoral bonds information and directed it to supply to the ECI on March 12 itself.
4. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.40 crore on Bank of India for non-compliance with certain directions issued by the central bank.
5. India’s Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) opens its first overseas office in Dhaka, Bangladesh, signaling its commitment to international expansion and stronger regional ties.
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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. YODHA (Warrior)
An action thriller film
Release date
15 March 2024
Story was written & directed by Sagar Ambre and Pushkar Ojha, Produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the banner of Dharma Productions,
The film stars Sidharth Malhotra, Raashii Khanna and Disha Patani.
2. Shweta Singh Kirti, the sister of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, has made a heartfelt plea to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to expedite the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into her brother’s death.
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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. The integrated tri-services exercise Bharat Shakti displayed the indigenous defence capability of the armed forces along with the integration and jointness that are being achieved in various aspects like communications, training, inter-operability and logistics by the three defence forces.
2. The Indian Army is also raising its new DHRUV attack helicopter squadron in Jodhpur on March 15, which will significantly enhance its combat capabilities in the Western desert sector. The DHRUV MK-III UT (Utility) is designed for Search & Rescue, Troop Transportation, Internal Cargo, Recce/ Casualty Evacuation etc. It has proved its performance in high-altitude regions like Siachen Glacier and Ladakh.
3. India’s Cabinet Committee on Security has given the go-ahead for a fifth-generation fighter development project under the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) initiative. The estimated cost of this state-of-the-art project looms around $1.8 billion.
4. Earlier this week, India joined a select band of nations, including Russia, China, and the US, to have a Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology. India’s latest test of the Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), having MIRV capabilities will take the South Asian nation’s nuclear deterrence capability to the next level, a military veteran has said.
5. The Indian Navy on Wednesday commissioned its newly developed naval base INS Jatayu, located on the strategically important island of Minicoy in the chain of Lakshadweep Islands. Sputnik India examines how this would bolster the South Asian nation’s maritime security.
6. The Ministry of Defence on Wednesday signed a contract with Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVNL) for procurement of 693 armament upgrades of infantry combat vehicle BMP2.
7. The first batch of the crew recovery team of Mission Gaganyaan completed Phase-1 of training at the Indian Navy’s Water Survival Training Facility (WSTF) at Kochi.Utilising the state-of-the-art facility, the team comprising Indian Naval Divers and Marine Commandos underwent recovery training of crew modules in varied sea conditions.
8. Bangalore Headquartered Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has signed two contracts worth ₹3,102 crores with the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The MoD and BEL-Bangalore concluded a contract for supply of the Advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) suite for fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force.
JHARKHAND :
Capital: RANCHI
The word “Jhar” means ‘forest’
and “Khand” means ‘land’
Before it was
Part of Bihar 15 Nov 2000
Districts: 24
Governor : C. P. Radhakrishnan
CM : Hemant Soren (JMM)
STATE SYMBOLS
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Bird: Koel
Flower: Palash
Mammal: Elephant
Tree: Sal
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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
15 Mar (Friday)
Vedic Ritu/ Shishir Ritu
Drik Ritu : Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Phalguna 05 (Amanta)
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Tithi : Shashthi (up to 10:09 pm)Saptami
Rahu 11:06 AM – 12:35 PM
Yamaganda 03:34 PM – 05:03 PM
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