TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. The Election Commission on Thursday made public a data set of electoral bonds including their numbers that can help match their purchasers with the political parties that received the funds. The separate lists of the donors and the recipients were published by the poll body on its website after the details were submitted to it by the State Bank of India after the order of the Supreme Court.
2. The procurement of mustard in Haryana will commence from March 26 and wheat procurement will start from April 1. The preparations for the rabi season 2024-25 are complete. The minimum support price (MSP) has been fixed at Rs 5,650 per quintal for mustard and Rs 2,275 per quintal for wheat for this season.
3. The sub-orbital launch of India’s second privately developed rocket, which was scheduled for Friday early morning, has been postponed.
Chennai headquartered space startup Agnikul Cosmos has postponed its test launch of the “AGNIBAAN SOrTeD” (Sub Orbital Technology Demonstrator) that was scheduled for March 22, 2024. While the exact reason for postponing was not known immediately.
4. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has commenced snow clearance works to restore access to Ladakh region from Manali side. A team of highly skilled engineers of 111 Road Construction Company of 753 Border Roads Task Force, equipped with advanced snow-clearing machines, has been employed for this massive task.
5. BJP has released a list of nine candidates for Tamil Nadu for the coming Lok Sabha elections. State unit chief K Annamalai has been fielded from Coimbatore and former Telangana Governor Tamilsai Soundrarajan from Chennai South seat.
6. Telugu Desam president Nara Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan met again at the former’s residence in Hyderabad on Thursday to sort out issues in candidate- selections. The two discussed names of nominees for the un-announced seats, change of nominees in allotted seats based on chances of win, a common poll strategy and release of a common manifesto.
7. Manipur CM N Biren Singh has asked the Centre for a “special” financial grant of Rs 2,000 crore to offset the loss in tax revenue due to the unrest since last May.
8. Senior JD(S) leader C S Puttaraju on Thursday said the party’s state President H D Kumaraswamy will be contesting as the NDA candidate from Mandya Lok Sabha segment. Though there is no official announcement yet, speculations are rife among both alliance partners — BJP and JD(S) .
9. The Congress on Thursday released its third list of candidates for the upcoming elections where it fielded three sitting MLAs for the Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra. According to the list, three-time Solapur City Central MLA Praniti Shinde (43), daughter of former Union minister Sushilkumar Shinde, will contest from Solapur, while Kasbapeth legislator Ravindra Dhangekar will fight the polls from Pune.
10. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has reached out to Arvind Kejriwal’s family and assured them of his support after the Enforcement Directorate arrested the Delhi Chief Minister on Thursday, as per party sources.
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 on Thursday night arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in an excise policy-linked money laundering case, officials said, in a big setback to his Aam Aadmi Party and the opposition INDIA bloc just ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
2. Acting on the directions of anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal, the CBI on Thursday registered an FIR against former Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in the cash-for-query case.
3. The National Investigation Agency, NIA chargesheeted three persons engaged in conspiracy, fabrication of explosives and IEDs, and fund-raising for the global terror organisation ISIS. The chargesheet was filed before the NIA Special Court, Patiala House, New Delhi on Thursday.
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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
72,641.19 +539.50 (0.75%)🌲
NIFTY
22,011.95 +172.85 (0.79%)🌲
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Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai
GOLD : ₹ 65,600/10gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 77,000/KG
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⛽ FUEL in DELHI
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PETROL : ₹ 95/Ltr
DIESEL : ₹ 88/Ltr
CNG : ₹ 76/Ltr
LPG : ₹ 903/14.2 Kg
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⛽ FUEL in MUMBAI
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PETROL : ₹ 104/Ltr
DIESEL : 93/Ltr
Auto Gas : ₹ 60/Ltr
CNG : 76/Kg
LPG : ₹ 903/14.2 Kg
1. In January 2024, the index of mineral production in the mining and quarrying sector stood at 144.1, indicating a 5.9% increase compared to January 2023. The cumulative growth for April-January 2023-24 over the corresponding period of the previous year is recorded at 8.3%.
2. The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) is gearing up to introduce the BhashaNet portal during the upcoming Universal Acceptance (UA) Day. This initiative aims to advance digital inclusion and linguistic diversity in India, showcasing collaborative efforts between NIXI and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
3. Top donors to BJP since 2019 under an opaque funding scheme that has now been scrapped included Megha Engineering, Reliance affiliate Qwik Supply Chain, MKJ Enterprises and Vedanta, data made public on Thursday showed.
The data, released by the Election Commission of India under orders of the country’s Supreme Court, showed top donors to the main opposition Congress party also included Megha Engineering and its affiliates, Vedanta and MKJ Enterprises.
4. The State Bank of India told the Supreme Court on Thursday it has provided the Election Commission all details of electoral bonds, including the unique bond number that would reveal the link between the purchaser and the recipient political party.
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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. SWATANTRYA VEER SAVARKAR movie is slated to release today on 22 March 2024 in both Hindi and Marathi languages.
Director
Mahesh Manjrekar
Writer
Randeep Hooda, Utkarsh Naithani, Rishi Virmani
Cast
Randeep Hooda, Mark Bennington, Amit Sial, Ankita Lokhande, Richard Bhakti Klein, Apinderdeep Singh
2. AE WATAN MERE WATAN is a 2024 Hindi-language historical biographical film about India’s struggle for freedom in 1942, based on the life of Usha Mehta, a brave young girl who starts an underground radio station to spread the message of unity, setting off a thrilling chase with the British authorities during the Quit India movement.
Written & directed by Kannan Iyer
Produced by
Karan Johar,
Cast : Sara Ali Khan as Mehta.
Release Date : The film was premiered on 21 March 2024 on Amazon Prime Video.
3. Renowned Indian Dancer Dr. Uma Rele Honoured with Maharashtra Gaurav Award. Dr. Uma Rele, the esteemed Principal of Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya in Mumbai.
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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. Exercise ‘Tiger Triumph 2024’, a bilateral, tri-service exercise between India and the US, entered day 3 of its Harbour phase on Wednesday. The opening ceremony of the exercise took place onboard INS Jalashwa on 19 March.
“The exercise represents the robust strategic partnership between both countries and aims to share best practices and Standard Operating Procedures in undertaking multinational HADR operations,” the Ministry of Defence said in an official release.
2. India’s 21st Century Pushpak ‘Viman’, a reuseable launch Vehicle is Set for Launch. A sleek, SUV-sized winged rocket is ready for its experimental flight at a defence airfield in Karnataka. The rocket will be launched at 7 am today from the Chalakere Runway.
3. The MQ9-B Sky Guardian Aircraft being sold to India by the US would be equipped with highly sensitive surveillance and lethal attack equipment including hellfire missile, and laser small diameter bombs.
4. One Helicopter Unit has been inducted at Air Force Station Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, a move that will ensure availability of sufficient resources with the Southern Air Command’s headquarters to enhance operational capabilities as well as meet peacetime tasks. The Southern Air Command (SAC) is based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
5. The Indian Army has taken a significant step by introducing an initial lot of seven indigenous integrated drone detection and interdiction systems (IDD&IS) for deployment along the northern borders with China. These systems, produced by DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization) and Bharat Electronics, serve a crucial role in countering hostile drones.
MAHARASHTRA : MUMBAI
Winter Capital : Nagpur
District : 36
State of Bombay : 1950-1960
Formation : 01 May 1960
Governor : Ramesh Bais
Chief Minister : Eknath Shinde
STATE SYMBOLS
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Bird : Yellow footed Green pigeon
Fish : Silver Pomfret
Flower : Jarul
Tree : Mango 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
22 Mar (Friday)
Vedic Ritu/ Shishir Ritu
Drik Ritu : Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Phalguna 12 (Amanta)
Phalguna 27 (Purnimanta) Nakshatr: Magha/
Purva Phalguni
Tithi : Trayodashi
Rahu : 11:03 AM – 12:33 PM
Yamaganda 03:34 PM – 05:04 PM
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