Today’s top News – 02 April 2023

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1. PM Modi will be visiting Hyderabad on April 8 to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for multiple infrastructure projects, said Union Minister G Kishan Reddy. During the visit, PM Modi will also flag off a Vande Bharat train between Hyderabad and Tirupati. The flag-off programme will be held at the Secunderabad Railway Station.

2. Haryana becomes first state in India to have 100% electrified railway network.

3. Badrinath Dham in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district will be closed till April 27 as the region received fresh snowfall on Saturday.

4. 2nd three-day Energy Transitions Working Group (ETWG) meeting under India’s G20 Presidency to begin in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

5. Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah inaugurated several development works of 2415 crore Rupees in Aizawl Mizoram

6. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik a high-level delegation comprising of Government officers & industrialists to leave for Japan to highlight about holistic investment atmosphere & project prospects in State & invite Japan industrialists to invest in Odisha.

7. Odisha government has approved five industrial projects worth ₹35,760 crore, which would generate employment for 38,100 people.

8. Telangana government has announced that nearly one crore people have undergone eye examinations under Phase 2 of Kanti Velugu scheme covering 60.55% of the targeted population in the state.

9. BJP & Shiv Sena (Shinde) to hold Veer Savarkar Yatra from Belapur Palm Beach Marg to Vashi Shivaji Maharaj Chowk, Mumbai.

10. NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said that the sacrifice made by VD Savarkar for India’s independence cannot be ignored. “We had said a few things about Savarkar but it was not personal. It was against Hindu Mahasabha,” said Pawar.

11. JD(S) leader AT Ramaswamy, who represented the Arkalgud constituency in the Karnataka Assembly, joined the BJP in Delhi ahead of the May 10 Assembly polls in the state. He resigned as MLA from Arkalgud on Friday.

12. Former BJP MP Makhansingh Solanki joined the Congress party in presence of Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh in Barwani on Friday. Solanki had won the 2009 Lok Sabha election from Khargone seat

13. Odisha government on Saturday announced Metro train project on the 100-km Cuttack-Bhubaneswar- Khurda- Puri route. Announcing the project on Utkala Dibasa (Odisha Day), CM Naveen Patnaik said the project will be predominantly based on elevated corridors and will be funded by state government.

14. Union Minister G Kishan Reddy addresses session on “adventure tourism as a vehicle for achieving sustainable development goals” at 2nd G20 Tourism working group meeting in Siliguri

15. Sarah Thomas, a renowned short story writer and novelist, passed away at the age of 89 on Friday. She authored 17 novels and over 100 short stories, receiving several accolades such as the Kerala Sahi.

CRIME REPORT

1. Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu received a warm welcome from his supporters outside his home in Punjab’s Patiala after his release from jail. Navjot Sidhu To Walk Out After 10 Months Of ‘Rigorous Imprisonment’

2. Several people were injured in a bomb blast in Sasaram city in Bihar’s Rohtas district on Saturday. The blast took place after communal clashes broke out in Sasaram on the occasion of Ram Navami.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has cancelled his tour of Bihar’s Sasaram after clashes broke out there during Ram Navami festivities.

3. A passenger bus was stopped and set on fire by around 20 to 25 Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Saturday. All passengers are safe as the Naxals first asked them to get out of the bus. The passenger bus was flagged off a month ago to connect Bastar’s Dantewada directly with Narayanpur.

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1. PAN and Aadhaar number are now mandatory for making investments in small saving schemes like Public Provident Fund (PPF), Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY), Post Office Saving Scheme, and Senior Citizen Savings Scheme, the Ministry of Finance has announced.

2. The government collected a gross GST revenue of ₹1.60 lakh crore in March 2023, registering a 13% year-on-year growth, government data showed. This is the second-highest amount collected ever in a month after April 2022. Monthly GST revenue crossed ₹1.4 lakh crore for the 12th consecutive month. The total gross GST revenue for 2022-23 stood at ₹18.10 lakh crore.

3. India’s foreign exchange reserves have continued to increase for the second consecutive week, reaching USD 578.778 billion in the week ending March 24. This indicates a rise of USD 5.978 billion.

4. Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said that 2 lakh crores procurement by the Government within a single financial year 2022-2023 through the Government e-Marketplace .

5. The new financial Budget-2023-24 which had been presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has come into force on 01 Apr.

6. Ministry of Finance has issued gazette notifications for Mahila Samman Savings Certificates-2023 scheme. Women can invest in the scheme.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Telugu Actor Nani’s film ‘Dasara’ has earned over ₹53 crore worldwide in two days of its release,

DEFENCE

1. Ministry of Defence recently signed a contract with ISRO’s commercial arm New Space India Ltd (NSIL) for the procurement of an advanced communication satellite, GSAT-7B.

GSAT 7 series satellites are advanced communication satellites developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to meet the communication needs of the defence services.

(a) The GSAT 7B will primarily fulfil the communication needs of the Indian Army.

(b) It provides communication services to the Indian Air Force.
It also helps in satellite-controlled operations of UAVs.

Note: GSAT 7 Series Satellite @ GSAT-7 (Rukmini):
It is India’s first military satellite launched in August 2013 from an Ariane 5 ECA rocket from Kourou in French Guiana.

It is an advanced communication satellite developed by ISRO and primarily provides communication services to the Indian Navy.

2. India’s defence exports reached an all-time high of Rs 15,920 crore in the financial year 2022-2023, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday describing the rise as a remarkable achievement.

The country’s defence exports in 2021-22 was Rs 12,814 crore.

3. PM Modi addressed at the Combined Commanders’ Conference in Bhopal. PM Modi Modi on Saturday assessed the operational readiness of the Indian Armed forces in the backdrop of the lingering border row with China. The three-day conference commenced on March 30 with the theme RRR : ‘Ready, Resurgent, Relevant’.

4. The Indian Armed Forces are working on formulating a “National Military Strategy” for laying down long-term national and geopolitical objectives, The chiefs of all three forces along with the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan, will discuss this strategy on the sidelines of the Combined Commanders Conference (CCC).

5. The Indian Navy would deploy its recently-approved BrahMos supersonic cruise missile-equipped mobile coastal batteries at strategic locations across the maritime zone to neutralise threats from China & Pakistan.

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Odisha : Bhubaneswar

It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population.

Foundation Day: 01 Apr 1936
It is also known as Utkal Divas or Utkala Dibasa

Gvnr : Ganeshi Lal
CM : Naveen Patnaik (BJD)

Sate
Bird : Indian roller
Mammal : Sambar
Flower : Ashoka
Tree : Sacred Fig
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02 Apr (Sunday)
Vedic Ritu : Vasant (Spring)
Drik Ritu: Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksha
Month : Chaitra 26, (Purnimanta)
Chaitra 12, (Amanta)
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945 Nakshatra :Magha
Tithi: Dwadashi
Rahu : 05:06 PM – 06:39 PM
Yamaganda : 12:30 PM – 02:02 PM

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