TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. India Meteorological Department, IMD has forecast intense rainfall and snowfall accompanied with thunderstorms and lightning over Western Himalayan Region till Sunday (3rd March 20124) and to decrease thereafter. It has also predicted light to moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms and lightning over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
2. PM Modi on Saturday (2nd March 2024) launched multiple oil and gas sector projects worth over 1.48 lakh crore rupees across the country from Barauni in Begusarai, Bihar.
3. Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday (2nd March 2024) inaugurated the Greenfield Projects under Production Linked Incentive Scheme-PLI Scheme for Bulk Drugs and Medical Devices at a function in New Delhi.
4. The BJP has released its first candidate list of 195 candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, aiming for 370 seats. Notable contenders include PM Modi from Varanasi, Home Minister Amit Shah from Gandhinagar, and Smriti Irani from Amethi.
5. Bansuri Swaraj, a prominent Supreme Court advocate and daughter of the late Sushma Swaraj, has been named the candidate from New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency for the upcoming elections.
6. The opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc suffered a setback as Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary switched to the National Democractic Alliance (NDA) on Saturday. Chaudhary met BJP president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
7. The government has asked artificial intelligence platforms to seek its permission before launching an AI product in the country, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.
8. Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, as president of YSRC, will disclose ingredients of YSRC’s 2024 election manifesto in the final and mega Siddham meeting at Medarametla in Addanki constituency of Bapatla district on 10 March.
9. Forest Department of Maharashtra creates a Guinness Book of World Records by creating the words ‘Bharat Mata’ from 65,724 saplings in Chandrapur.
10. Centre signs agreement with Tripura govt, TIPRA Motha party and other stakeholders to amicably resolve all issues of indigenous people of Tripura.
11. West Bengal’s ruling Trinamul Congress has accepted the resignation of journalist Kunal Ghosh as it’s spokesperson.
12. The second day of the Seventh Session (Part IV) of Tenth Assembly of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly (SLA) on Saturday (2nd March 2024) saw the passing of Vote on Account for the Financial Year 2024-25, which was moved by Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, also the Minister-in-Charge, Finance Department on Friday( 01March 2024).
13. Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha attended the ‘Herath Milan Samaroh’ organised by ‘Youth All India Kashmiri Samaj’, in Jammu on Saturday (2nd March 2024). Akashvani Correspondent reports that the LG extended his felicitations to the people on the occasion and appreciated the ‘Youth All India Kashmiri Samaj’ for working towards the welfare of the people of J&K for over two decades and reconnecting future generations of the community with their roots.
14. The Assam Cabinet has expressed its gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for giving the nod to set up a semiconductor Assembly Testing Marking and Packing (ATMP) unit in Assam.
15. Senior IAS Brajesh Mehrotra has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Bihar. Mehrotra will replace Aamir Subhani.
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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. *BENGALURU CAFE BLAST* : Crime Branch detains, interrogates four people after spotting suspect on CCTV. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah visits the Rameshwaram Cafe blast site, in Bengaluru on Saturday. A low-intensity bomb blast, in which an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was used.
2. Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania disqualified the six Congress MLAs on Thursday who cross voted in the Rajya Sabha polls.
3. In a shocking incident from Jharkhand, a Spanish woman, who was on a bike tour with her husband, was allegedly gang-raped in the Dumka district on Friday night. The incident occurred at Kurumahat in the Hansdiha police station area where the tourist couple was spending the night in a makeshift tent.
4. The Assam Police tightened the security of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma after a pro-Khalistani leader issued a threat demanding that radical outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’ members, including its chief Amritpal Singh, be shifted from Assam’s Dibrugarh Central Jail to Amritsar.
5. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested an absconding accused in the Nizamabad PFI case involving an anti-India conspiracy. The State Secretary for the Popular Front of India, PFI Telangana North, Abdul Saleem is the 15th accused arrested in the case. He was nabbed from Mydukur in Kadappa district of Andhra Pradesh. The investigation also revealed that he was involved in radicalisation and recruitment of impressionable Muslim youth into the PFI.
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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* ₹ 82.94
💷 *GBP* ₹ 104.86
€ *Euro* : ₹ 89.73
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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*
73,806.15 +1,305.85 (1.80%)🌲
*NIFTY*
22,378.40 +395.60 (1.80%)🌲
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*Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai*
*GOLD* : ₹ 64,100/10gm (24 krt)
*SILVER* : ₹ 75,000/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. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman virtually launched seven infrastructure projects worth over 1,000 crore rupees from New Delhi. As per the Ministry, for the Central Board of Direct Taxes, the Finance Minister laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Departmental Residential Complex comprising 198 quarters of Type-II and III for the officials of Income Tax Department, in Haryana. Ms. Sitharaman also laid the foundation stone of the Residential Complex at Sector-53, Gurugram, comprising 214 quarters of Type-II to VI for providing adequate residential houses for the officers and officials of the Income Tax Department.
2. Nepal’s Ambassador to India, Shankar Sharma on Saturday appreciated the new guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India, which allow multiple financial services between the people of India and Nepal.He said that now Nepal citizens can send ₹2 lakh per transaction to Nepal and walk-in customers can remit ₹50,000 per transaction.
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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. Superhit crime-thriller, DRISHYAM, is set to get a Hollywood makeover as production Panorama Studios has partnered with Gulfstream Pictures and JOAT Films for the international remake of the movie. After South Korea and China, the movie will be recreated in English for Hollywood, Kumar Mangat Pathak, Chairman and Managing Director, of Panorama Studios said.
2. Junaid Khan, the son of Aamir Khan, is gearing up for his big-screen debut in the upcoming Netflix film “Maharaj,” produced by YRF Entertainments.
3. HANUMAN Movie closing worldwide gross is 294 Cr. The film is one of the all top grossers in Tollywood. Only Rajamouli, Prabhas, and Allu Arjun’s pushpa have collected above Hanuman gross. The team is celebrating a 50 days event.
4. K Shivaram, a bureaucrat-turned-actor and the first person to clear the UPSC exam in Kannada, passed away at a private hospital here at the age of 70. He breathed his last on Thursday at a private hospital where he was undergoing treatment for multiple health issues for many days.
5. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday placed Bhojpuri star Pawan Singh from West Bengal’s Asansol to contest Lok Sabha Elections 2024. A contest between two actors hailing from Bihar is expected as Pawan Singh is likely to take on Trinamool Congress’ Shatrughan Sinha if Mamata Banerjee’s state ruling party announces to give him a ticket again.
6. Manisha Rani has emerged as the winner of ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ season 11. She took away the prize money of Rs 30 lakh. Her choreographer, Ashutosh Pawar, received a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh. The duo also won a grand trip to Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The finale episode aired on Sony Television on Saturday, 02 March.
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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 plans to commission a new naval base in the Lakshadweep islands, off the country’s south-west coast, to boost security in the region, the Ministry of Defense said on Saturday.
2. India’s defence ministry on Friday signed contracts to procure nuclear-capable BrahMos missiles for the navy at a total cost of 195.2 billion rupees ($2.36 billion), India has previously approved purchases of 200 BrahMos missiles. The ministry also signed a contract to purchase a ship borne missile system for 9.88 billion rupees.
3. The Indian Air Force’s Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) in Nyoma, close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, has now been black-topped, while work is ongoing to extend the runway so that it can eventually handle fighter jets. The runway expansion, which will enable the airfield to handle fighter jets in future, is about 15% complete and likely to be finished in two years, according to defence sources.
4. The Indian Army has issued a tender to procure 4×4 ‘light vehicles’ to perform general service (GS) roles. According to a request for proposal (RFP) issued by the Indian Army on 29 February, the service intends to procure 1,054 light vehicles under the ‘Buy (Indian)’ category. Under this category of procurement, at least 50% of the purchased product must be indigenous.
5. Indian and Malaysian navies hold joint drills under Exercise Samudra Laksamana.
6. Union Minister Ajay Bhatt inaugurated the Indian Coast Guard jetty at Vadinar, Gujarat, enhancing infrastructure in the strategically vital North-West region. The Deendayal Port Authority developed the jetty at a cost of ₹74 crore. The ICG’s North-West regional headquarters, established in Gandhinagar in 2009, oversees maritime security in Gujarat, Daman, and Diu.
The Exercise Samudra Laksamana kicked off on February 28 and will continue until March 2, taking place at or off the coast of Visakhapatnam.
7. An Indian Air Force C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft made a safe landing at Begumpet Airport, Telangana on Friday after encountering a technical snag.
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*OMAN* : Muscat (capital)
🇴🇲 Flag
Oman is a sultanate in SE Arabia,
*Sultan*: Haitham bin Tariq
👑 *Prince* : Theyazin bin Haitham
*Population* : 4,520,471 (In 2021)
*Currency*
Omani rial (OMR)
*National Animal*
The Arabian oryx 🐏
Oman is a strategic partner of India and an important interlocutor at Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Arab League and Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) forums.
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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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