TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. The filing of nominations for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections will end today. The Elections will be held in 88 Lok Sabha seats in 12 States and Union Territories along with the remaining part of the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency in this phase.
2. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and LDF candidate Annie Raja of the CPI submitted their nomination papers from the Wayanad Parliamentary constituency in Kerala .
3. Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya today chaired a meeting to review the preparedness for the management of heat-related illness in the summer season.
4. The Election Commission has directed Chief Secretaries and Director General of Police of all States and Union Territories to keep a strict vigil along interstate and international borders to plug the inflow of illicit liquor, cash, drugs, arms and freebies. The Commission has also directed them to ensure peaceful and inducement-free General Elections in 2024.
5. Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Apurva Chandra launched the myCGHS app for the iOS ecosystem of devices in New Delhi. The app is designed to enhance access to Electronic Health Records, information, and resources for Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) beneficiaries. The App was already available for the Android system.
6. The Election Commission is meeting with law enforcement agencies of States and Union Territories to review and assess the law and order situation and prevent illicit activities and seizures. The meeting will also review the steps related to strict vigil across inter-state and international borders.
7. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge launched Ghar Ghar Guarantee Abhiyan from North East Delhi Parliamentary Constituency.
8. Former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday said he was diagnosed with cancer six months ago and, as a result, would not be participating in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha poll campaign.
9. Bengaluru Water Crisis: Karnataka Imposes Restrictions On Consumers Using 40 Lakh Litres Per Month From April 10.
10. 10. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh retired from the Rajya Sabha on April 3 after serving 33 years in the Indian Parliament.
11. In Rajasthan Seemajan Kalyan Samiti has been organising camps and helping Pakistani Hindus apply for citizenship on the CAA portal.
For the past one week, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-affiliated group has been organising camps and issuing “eligibility certificates” to members of the Hindu community from Pakistan to help them apply for citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA).
12. The India Meteorological Department has predicted rainfall and heatwave conditions across various states including Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, and others for the next five days. Enhanced rainfall/thunderstorm activity likely to continue over Northeast India till 07th April, 2024.
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 Government has said that media reports claiming significant hike in prices of medicines are false and misleading. The Union Health Ministry said, these reports further claim that more than 500 medicines will be affected by the increase in price.
2. The Mumbai police arrested nine pirates who were brought to India on Wednesday, days after the Navy caught them for hijacking an Iranian fishing vessel with 23 Pakistani crew members on board off the Somalia coast.
3. A special court in Mumbai on Wednesday observed that Bharatiya Janata Party MP Pragya Singh Thakur’s absence in the September 2008 Malegaon blast case trial was hampering the proceedings, and asked the National Investigation Agency to submit a report on her health.
4. Residents of a village in Kapu assembly segment of Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha constituency have decided to boycott the upcoming election, in protest against the poor civic amenities there.
5. The defence ministry on Wednesday trashed reports which claimed that the new Sainik Schools were allocated to institutions based on their political or ideological affiliations.
Online media platform ‘The Reporters’ Collective’ in a report claimed that the government handed over 62 per cent of the new Sainik Schools to people associated with Sangh Parivar, politicians from the BJP and its allies.
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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 ₹ 84
💷 GBP ₹ 106
€ Euro : ₹ 91
🇨🇳 Yaun ¥ : ₹ 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. REC Limited, a Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power and a leading Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) has been awarded the prestigious SKOCH ESG Award 2024 in the ‘Renewable Energy Financing’ category.
2. Sandeep Jain, an auto-component manufacturer and alumnus of IIT-Kanpur, has been unanimously elected as the President of the Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) for the year 2024-25.
3. Tesla Motors will send a team to scout locations in India this month for a proposed USD 2-3 billion electric car plant.
4. World Bank Projects India’s Economy to Grow at 7.5 % in 2024.
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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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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. Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi inaugurated the Param Vir Chakra garden and Aikyam exhibition the Kanchi Mahaswami Vidya Mandir in Tambaram. The garden showcases the history and statues of the 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees, India’s highest military decoration for valor.
2. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that India’s defence exports surged to a record Rs 21,083 crore in the fiscal year 2023-24, marking a remarkable growth of 32.5% from the previous year.
3. COASTAL SECURITY EXERCISE ‘SAGAR KAVACH’ CONDUCTED OFF LAKSHADWEEP
Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, chief of the Royal Australian Navy received the Guard of Honour at South Block Lawns in Delhi on Wednesday.The Australian Navy officer received the honour in the presence of the Indian Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar.
4. Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted emergency landing trial runs of both fighter jets and helicopters on the newly constructed 3.5-kilometre emergency landing facility in Anantnag, South Kashmir.
5. At least 13 Naxals were killed by security forces in a major operation ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in Chhattisgarh. Police said the gunfight took place in a remote forest in Bijapur district on Tuesday.
6. Myanmar’s Great Coco Islands, close to India’s strategically located Andaman and Nicobar Islands (A&N), are showing signs of increased military construction, raising concerns within India’s defence establishment.
There have been numerous reports alleging the presence of personnel from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Strategic Support Force (SSF) on the island, using the base as a listening post to monitor Indian military activities in the region.
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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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