TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. 🙏🏻💐 MAHA SHIVRATRI . It is usually celebrated on the 13 th or 14 th day of the Krishna Paksha of the Indian month of Falgun. As per English calendars, it usually falls in the month of February or March. According to the position of the moon, Maha Shivratri falls just before the occurrence of the new moon.
2. President Smt. Droupadi Murmu has extended her best wishes to citizens, especially women, on the eve of International Women’s Day. The Day is observed every year on the 8th of March.
3. PM Narendra Modi performed Bhoomi Pujan and inaugurated projects worth 118 crore 72 lakh rupees in Madhya Pradesh through video conferencing on Thursday. These include various projects in Gwalior and Chitrakoot under Swadesh Darshan 2.0 scheme and development work of Amarkantak and Pitambara Peeth Temple Datia under Prasad scheme.
4. Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Commerce and Industry, and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal, launched the ‘e-Kisan Upaj Nidhi’ (Digital Gateway) of the Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) in New Delhi. This initiative is poised to become a cornerstone in India’s journey to becoming a developed nation, ‘Viksit Bharat’, by 2047, with agriculture as its foundational pillar.
5. PM Modi is scheduled to embark on a day-long visit to Arunachal Pradesh on March 9 to inaugurate several development projects including the Sela Tunnel which will provide all-weather connectivity to Tawang bordering China.
6. PM Modi virtually inaugurated Agra Metro from Kolkata. CM Yogi Adityanath took the inaugural ride on the priority corridor on March 6. The 6 km long priority corridor connects the iconic Taj Mahal’s eastern gate to the Mankameshwar Temple station, providing a vital transportation link for tourists and commuters alike.
7. Uttar Pradesh government, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has announced a complete waiver of electricity bills for private tube wells owned by farmers, effective from 1 April, 2023.
8. PM Modi said that potential of tourism along with the capabilities of farmers and youth will pave the way for Viksit Jammu Kashmir. He was speaking after launching several development projects worth over 6,400 crore rupees during Viksit Bharat Viksit Jammu and Kashmir programme at Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar on Thursday.
9. Congress poll committee holds first meeting, where candidates for the northeastern States, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana were discussed; Shashi Tharoor may be fielded again from Thiruvananthapuram. Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi will contest from Wayanad constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
10. Bengaluru is reeling with drinking water shortage as the Government initiates steps to supply drinking water through tankers. Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K Shivakumar reviewed the situation in Bengaluru and issued instructions to the officials to fix rates for the private water tankers and initiate action against private water suppliers fleecing the public.
11. DMK’s former candidate, Shimla Muthuchozhan, who contested against Jayalalithaa in 2016, joins AIADMK.
12. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday inspected the Coastal Road in Mumbai and said that the first phase would commence soon.
13. The Telangana school education department has issued an order for half-day schools amid rising temperatures. Effective from March 15 until the last working day of the academic session that is April 23, 2024, all primary, upper primary, and high schools across the state, irrespective of management — be it government, government-aided, or private — will operate from 8 am to 12.30 pm.
14. Senior BJP leader and Union home minister Amit Shah will address the party’s booth presidents and otherleaders at Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad on March 12.
15. Andhra pradesh CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy released Rs 5,060.49 crore under YSR Cheyutha financial assistance for the fourth consecutive year under his rule, benefiting 26,98,931 poor women of 45 – 60 years from SC, ST, BC and minorities.
16. West Bengal BJP MLA has defected to the Trinamul Congress. He is Mukutmani Adhikari who won from Ranaghat South in Nadia for the first time in 2021 Assembly Election and belongs to the Matuas, a community of Hindu migrants. His entry to TMC came a day after BJP recruited former TMC MLA of Baranagar Tapas Roy.
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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 Ministry of Home Affairs has declared Lashkar-e-Taiba member Mohammad Qasim Gujjar, as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967. According to the Ministry, Mohammad Qasim Gujjar is presently residing in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.
2. The Bombay High Court issued notice to the Maharashtra government seeking its response on a PIL filed against the decision to grant a 10 per cent quota in jobs and education to the Maratha community.
3. The Madras high court has directed the state to explain an allegation by NHAI that state authorities were not cooperating with them for the removal of unauthorised flag posts put up by political parties along national highways.
4. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday busted a major human trafficking network involved in sending Indian youths to Russia-Ukraine war zone on the pretext of lucrative jobs.
According to officials, the CBI is conducting searches across Delhi, Trivandrum, Mumbai, Ambala, Chandigarh, Madurai and Chennai. The officials said the agency has registered an FIR against various visa consultancy firms and agents.
5. The Haryana Board of School Education (HBSE) cancelled the English exam of Class X at a centre after the paper was leaked at Chatehra village of Gohana subdivision, the Hindi paper of Class XII was leaked at Bhawar village of Gohana area.
6. Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday summoned Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal directing him to appear physically before the court on March 16, 2024. According to the reports, the latest summons came after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) complained to the court that the AAP leader is not cooperating in the investigation related to now scrapped Delhi excise policy money laundering.
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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
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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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NIFTY
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SILVER : ₹ 75,000/KG
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DIESEL : ₹ 90/Ltr
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CNG : 76/Kg
LPG : ₹ 903/14.2 Kg
1. The Union Cabinet has approved to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners from 1 Jan 2024
2. The Government has approved the continuation of 300 rupees targeted subsidy per cylinder to PM Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries till the 31st of March 2025.
3. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has clinched a significant order from power giant NTPC to establish a 1,600 MW Singrauli thermal power project (Stage-II). This underscores BHEL’s continued prowess in the power generation equipment sector. The Deal Details
Contract worth Rs 9,500 crore, excluding GST, signifies a significant achievement for both BHEL and NTPC.
4. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Bank Indonesia (BI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Mumbai on Thursday for establishing a framework to promote the use of local currencies viz. the Indian Rupee (INR) and the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) for cross-border transactions.
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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. Ajay Devgn’s highly anticipated Hindi film, “Shaitaan,” featuring Kollywood stars Madhavan and Jyotika in pivotal roles, is set for a grand theatrical release on March 8, 2024.
This supernatural horror thriller is an official adaptation of the acclaimed Gujarati movie “Vash” (2023).
2. The five-day North East India Film Festival 2024 concluded on Thursday at the Palace Auditorium of Manipur State Film Development Society in Imphal.
In the competition category of the film, the Garo film – Rapture directed by Dominic Sangma won the Best Film Award. The Best Director award was bagged by Haobam Pawan Kumar for his Manipuri film Joseph’s Son. Eight films from the different States of North East Region competed in the competition category of the festival.
3. World’s largest literary festival-‘Sahityotsav’ by Sahitya Akademi will be held from the 11th to 16th of March. The festival commemorating 70 years of Sahitya Akademi will witness the participation of more than a hundred renowned writers and scholars. The highlight of the festival will be the presentation ceremony of the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2023, which will be held on the 12th of March in New Delhi’s Kamani Auditorium.
4. The fastest Malayalam movie to earn Rs 100 crore globally, Manjummel Boys is winning praise from fans and critics alike. The movie is inspired by real events and is based on an incident that took place in 2006 in Guna Caves, Kodaikanal.
5. Gaami is Vishwak Sen’s latest adventure drama that follows the life of an orphaned man named Shakar, who grows up as an Aghora. The movie written and directed by Vidyadhar Kagita finally opened on the big silver screen on March 8, worldwide.
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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 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to develop fifth-generation stealth fighter aircraft. Cabinet committee on security approves ₹15,000 crore program. The project would see large participation from Indian industry, including the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and many private sector companies.
2. The Indian Navy INS Kolkata swiftly responded to a distress call from the Gulf of Aden where a merchant vessel caught fire after being hit by a missile, and rescued 21 crew members, including one Indian national.
3. A 33-member delegation led by Anurag Bajpai, Additional Secretary in Ministry of Defence, is travelling to Abuja from March 7 as the Nigeria government has expressed in jointly working with Indian defence industry.
Leading defence PSUs and private companies like HAL, Bharat Electronics Ltd, Bharat Earth Movers Limited, Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Goa Shipyards, Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited, L&T, Bharat Forge and MKU Limited are part of the 33-member delegation visiting Nigeria.
4. US Coast Guard Ship Bertholf visits Port Blair for the joint exercise “Sea Defenders-2024” with Indian Coast Guard. Exercise ‘Sea Defenders-2024’ scheduled for March 9-10.
5. Recently, the Indian Navy, INAS 334 ‘Seahawks,’ the first MH 60R Squadron, was formally commissioned at INS Garuda, Southern Naval Command, Kochi.
KARNAKATAKA :
Capital: BENGALURU
Nickname : “IT Capital of India”
Before was Mysore State
Formation 1 November 1956
Districts: 31
Governor : Thawar Chand Gehlot
Chief minister : Siddaramaiah (INC)
State Symbols
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Bird : Indian roller
Mammal: Elephant
Tree : Sandalwood
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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
08 Mar (Friday)
Vedic Ritu/ Shishir Ritu
Drik Ritu : Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Magha 28 (Amanta)
Phalguna 13 (Purnimanta) Nakshatr: Shravana (up to 10:41 am) Dhanishta
Tithi : Trayodashi (up to 9:58 pm)Chaturdashi
Rahu 11:09 AM – 12:37 PM
Yamaganda 03:33 PM – 05:01 PM
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