TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. Shuboudhay WhatsApp News is celebrating it’s 12th anniversary today . 2013 was a notable year for me. I initiated this short news to help Students preparing for all competitive exams. These 11 years can be defined as a happy and best memories of my life, with new friendship and relationships. This is all because of your constant support and blessings that have made this journey possible. 🙏🏻💐
2. May Day 2024, also known as International Workers’ Day, will be celebrated today (Wednesday). This day is dedicated to recognising the contributions and achievements of workers worldwide and promoting workers’ rights and opportunities.
3. Re-polling at six polling stations of Outer Manipur Parliamentary Constituency concludes peacefully.
4. Senior Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi assures of financial assistance schemes for women and youth if party is voted to power.
5. Nearly Six thousand tourists stranded due to heavy snowfall rescued from Atal Tunnel and Dhundi in Himachal Pradesh.
6. Alok Shukla, a renowned environmental activist and convenor of Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan, has been selected for the prestigious 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize.
7. Sarvadanand Barnwal, an Indian Statistical Service (ISS) officer of the 2010 batch, has been appointed as Director in the Department of Land Resources.
8. Several parts of Andhra Pradesh are bracing up for severe heatwave conditions from Wednesday. IMD Amaravathi has sounded a Red alert as most parts of Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra Pradesh might witness temperatures crossing 45 degrees and above.
9. Air India on Tuesday said it has extended the suspension of flights to and from Tel Aviv till May 15 amid tensions in the Middle East.
10. The National Democratic Alliance comprising BJP, TDP and Janasena in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday released its joint manifesto for the upcoming elections in the state, featuring ‘super six’ promises and several other welfare-centric schemes.
11. The Central Election Committee of the Congress has announced four more candidates who will contest the general election. Raj Babbar will contest from Gurugram, Anand Sharma from Kangra, Satpal Raizada from Hamirpur and
12. AYUSHMAN BHARAT DIWAS is celebrated on 30 April to raise awareness about the Ayushman Bharat Yojana and its goals.
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. A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the bail pleas of former deputy chief minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia in the corruption and money laundering cases lodged by the CBI and the ED in relation to the alleged excise scam.
2. The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Enforcement Directorate on the timing of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest ahead of the general elections and sought a reply from the agency.
3. Janata Dal-Secular MLA HD Revanna and his son Prajwal Revanna, the incumbent MP from Hassan, who have been booked for alleged sexual harassment, have been issued notices by the Special Investigation Team on Tuesday.
The father-son duo was booked under IPC sections 354A (sexual abuse), 354D (stalking), 506 (threat) and 509 (insult caused to the modesty of a woman).
4. Ten Maoists including three women were killed in an encounter with security forces on the border of Narayanpur and Kanker districts of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday morning.
5. A case has been filed against Samajwadi Party leader Maria Alam Khan, niece of senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid, over a controversial speech she gave while campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaimganj.
While seeking votes for INDIA bloc’s candidate — Naval Kishore Shakya — from Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad constituency, Maria Alam made an appeal of “vote jihad“, terming it to be a necessity for the “minority community” in the current situation.
6. Manipur Police personnel drove 2 Kuki women to mob that paraded them naked, says CBI charge sheet. A video showing two women being paraded naked surrounded by a mob of men went viral last year in July, nearly two months after the incident that took place on 4 May 2023.
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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 (Approx)
💷 GBP ₹ 105(Approx)
€ Euro : ₹ 90(Approx)
🇨🇳 Yuan ¥ : ₹ 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
74,482.78 −188.50 (0.25%) 🔻
NIFTY
22,604.85 −38.55 (0.17%)🔻
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Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai
GOLD : ₹ 72,600/10gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 84,000/KG
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DIESEL : ₹ 88/Ltr
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LPG : ₹ 803/14.2 Kg
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DIESEL : ₹ 93/Ltr
Auto Gas : ₹ 60/Ltr
CNG : ₹ 74/Kg
LPG : ₹ 803/14.2 Kg
1. Invest India predicts that India’s ecommerce sector will skyrocket to $325 billion by 2030, with rural India driving much of the growth.
2. The Indian Vaccine Manufacturers Association (IVMA) has announced the appointment of Krishna Ella, co-founder and executive chairman of Bharat Biotech, as its new president for the next two years, effective April 2024.
3. BSE has raised transaction charges between 32 percent and 48 percent for turnover above Rs 3 crore on Bankex and Sensex options from 13 May.
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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. Noted Hindi film superstars Hema Malini and Saira Banu, along with other prominent personalities from the fields of art and culture, will be honoured With Prestigious Pandit Lacchu Maharaj Award. The award ceremony will take place on 31 August 2024 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
2. Bollywood Actor Aamir Khan made a visit to a hospital in Mumbai on Tuesday evening to meet his ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ Editor Hemanti Sarkar, who reportedly suffered a stroke.
3. Malayalam film ‘Paradise’, starring Darshana Rajendran and Roshan Mathew, clinched the Audience Jury Award at Spain’s 23rd Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival recently. Movie was directed by Prasanna Vithanage.
ACTORS BIRTHDAY TODAY
(a) Anushka Sharma was born on 1 May 1988 in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Her father, Colonel Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an army officer, and her mother, Ashima Sharma, is a homemaker. Her father is a native of Uttar Pradesh, while her mother is a Garhwali.
(b) Ajith Kumar (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. To date, he has starred in over 61 films, and won four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.
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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. Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi has officially taken over as the 26th Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy . This marks the beginning of a new chapter following the retirement of Admiral R. Hari Kumar, who concluded an illustrious 40-year tenure.
2. The Indian Air Force (IAF) is developing an artificial intelligence-based drone system to carry out inspection of aircraft engines that would replace the conventional manual methods of carrying out such checks.The system would consist of high-resolution cameras mounted on a mini or micro drone.
3. External affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar interacted with participants of IAF’s No. 3 Warfare and Aerospace Strategy Programme (WASP). The programme aims at exposing the participants to key elements of comprehensive national power, developing critical thinking and cultivating an understanding of a “whole of government” approach. The course consisted of fourteen officers from IAF, two from Indian Navy and one each from Indian Army and Academia.
4. India has increased exports of arms and defence products 35 times since 2014. Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh said.
5. The sixth barge of the LSAM 16 (Yard 130) series, built by a private firm, was launched in Maharashtra’s Thane on Monday. The barge will help the Navy in facilitating transportation of articles, ammunition to ships.
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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
01 May (Wednesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Vasant Ritu
Drik Ritu : Grishma (Summer)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2081
Shaka Samvat – 1946
Month : Chaitra 23 (Amanta)
Vaisakha 8, (Purnimanta) Nakshatr:Shravana/
Dhanishta
Tithi : Ashtami/
Navami
Rahu : 12:24 PM – 02:00 PM
Yamaganda 07:34 AM – 09:10 AM
Pooja
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