TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) yesterday hosted an exhibition titled ‘People and Places of India – A Retrospect’ to celebrate International Labour Day.
2. Online nominations and recommendations for the Padma Awards 2025 have begun yesterday. The last date for nominations for Padma Awards is the 15th of September 2024. The Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, are amongst the highest civilian awards in the country.
3. President Droupadi Murmu reached Ayodhya yesterday to perform Darshan-Poojan to Ram Lalla at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple.
4. The Centre has increased the children’s education allowance and hostel subsidy for its employees. This change comes after the dearness allowance reached 50 per cent in January this year. The reimbursement for children’s education allowance is fixed at 2812.5 rupees per month, and the hostel subsidy is fixed at 8,437.5 rupees per month.
5. In Telangana, several areas are reeling under the sweltering heat as heatwave conditions gripped more areas. Several areas especially in 11 districts reported more than 46 degrees Celsius temperatures and nine other districts reported over 45 degrees Celsius. Neredugommu of Nalgonda District recorded the highest Maximum Temperature of 46.6 degrees Celsius.
6. The Election Commission has banned former Telangana Chief Minister and BRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao from campaigning for 48 hours for making alleged derogatory and objectionable statements against the Congress party.
7. Actress Rupali Ganguly today joined BJP. She was inducted into the party in the presence of party General Secretary, Vinod Tawde and party leader Anil baluni at BJP headquarter in New Delhi. Astrologer Ameya Joshi also joined the BJP.
8. The Election Commission has issued instructions for re-polling at a polling booth in Nandsi village in Ajmer Lok Sabha constituency of Rajasthan. Chief Electoral Officer Mr. Praveen Gupta informed that re-polling will be held today from 7 am to 5 pm.
9. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shivsena has released a list of 3 candidates for Loksabha Elections. Hemant Godse from Nashik Constituency. Naresh Mhaske from Thane Constituency. Eknath Shinde’s son and sitting MP Shrikant Shinde from Kalyan Lok Sabha Constituency.
10. 14 Constituencies Of Karnataka Going To Polls In Third Phase On May 7th
11. BJP Candidates Manoj Tiwari And Harsh Malhotra File Nominations In Delhi
12. Sixty-Fifth Maharashtra State Foundation Day was celebrated with full enthusiasm in Maharashtra. Governor Ramesh Bais unfurled the National Flag at the State function held at Shivaji Park in Mumbai.
13. Gujarat state also celebrated its 65th Statehood Day yesterday. Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel greeted the citizens of the State on the occasion of its foundation day.
14. Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH44) was yesterday reopened for light motor vehicles (LMVs) after remaining closed for the past two days following multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains in Ramban district.
15. On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, the Jhelum river in Srinagar crossed the danger mark. The Kashmir Valley remained on edge as the water level in the Jhelum kept rising due to incessant rains.
16. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) have achieved breakthrough in speech technology by developing and patenting “LOQU,” a novel method to generate human speech signals directly from vocal cord vibration signals. This innovative approach allows for the reconstruction of speech signals from vocal cord vibrations, offering promising applications for speech-impaired individuals and medical settings.
17. Telugu Desam chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday vowed to append his second signature on the file to abolish the AP Land Titling Act once the three-party alliance gets the people’s nod to form the next government.
18. Senior Indian Information Service officer, Maushumi Chakravarty assumed the charge of Director General of Akashvani News.
19. Dr Atul Verma, a 1991-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, was appointed the new director general of police (DGP) of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday. Verma was serving as the director general (CID).
20. Kunal Ghosh Removed as TMC State General Secretary. Hours after Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh shared a stage with a BJP Lok Sabha candidate and praised him, the TMC on Wednesday removed him from the post of state general secretary for making statements not aligning with the party.
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. Delhi Police Special Cell has registered a case in the matter about a bomb threat email received by several schools in Delhi and NCR yesterday. “Nothing objectionable” was found during searches by authorities which later declared it a hoax. The Police said that an investigation is underway into the matter.
2. Gangster Goldy Brar, Sidhu Moosewala Murder Mastermind, Shot Dead By Rival Gang In US
3. Salman Khan house firing case: Anuj Thapan, one of the accused in the firing incident outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s house in Bandra, died by suicide in police custody in Mumbai on Wednesday.
4. National Investigation Agency today made another arrest in the Attari drugs seizure case, raising the total number of arrests to eight.
5. The Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI conducted raids across 30 locations in 10 states and Union Territories as part of investigation into a fraudulent investment scheme linked to the HPZ Token App. The investigation, which involves two private companies and their directors, is regarding misleading the public into investing in a non-existent Cryptocurrency mining scheme.
6. CBI has filed a charge sheet against Alok Kumar Misra, former chairman and managing director (CMD) of Bank of India and Oriental Bank of Commerce.
He is accused bank in fraud – worth nearly ₹35,000 crore — allegedly committed by Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL), run by brothers Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan.
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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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SILVER : ₹ 84,000/KG
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DIESEL : ₹ 88/Ltr
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CNG : ₹ 74/Kg
LPG : ₹ 803/14.2 Kg
1. The Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue collections for April this year recorded the highest ever collection of two lakh ten thousand crore rupees. Union Finance Ministry said.
2. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has revoked the license of Acemoney (India) Limited, a Delhi-based non-banking financial company (NBFC), citing irregular lending practices. This action stems from the company’s violation of RBI guidelines regarding excessive interest charges and inadequate protection of customer information.
3. India has adjusted its windfall tax on petroleum crude, reducing it to 8,400 Indian rupees ($100.66) per metric ton from 9,600 rupees, effective 1 May.
4. The Ministry of Home Affairs has joined forces with SBI Cards and select telecom operators to address the rising issue of one-time password (OTP) frauds. In light of increasing phishing attacks targeting bank customers, a solution is being developed to alert individuals about potential OTP thefts.
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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. Allu Arjun-starrer Pushpa 2: The Rule, is the FIRST Pan-India film to also release in Bengali; makers shoot a massive underwater sequence.
Usually, Pan-India films, until now, have had a release in five languages, namely Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Pushpa 2: The Rule breaks the record as it’ll be released in as many as six languages in India. This was confirmed by popular music composer Devi Sri Prasad.
2. Movies to be release
(a) Movie Name : YAAR KE DO NAAM
Release date : 03 May 2024
Starcast : Bhavya Sachdeva, Ankita Sahu
Directed by Danish Javed.
(b) Movie Name : The Sabarmati Report
Release date : 03 May 2024
Star Cast : Vikrant Massey, Raashi Khanna
(c) ” Heeramandi: Diamond Bazaar ” on Netflix
Released on 01 May 2024
Star Cast : Sonakshi Sinha, Huma Qureshi
Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, celebrated for his unparalleled cinematic vision, has finally made OTT debut
3. Noted playback singer Uma Ramanan passed away on Wednesday. She was 69.
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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. Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor assumed the appointment of Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) Training Command (TC) on 01 May 2024. Air Marshal N Kapoor was commissioned into the Fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on 06 December 1986.
2. Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi on April 30 took charge as the new Chief of Naval Staff of India. As Admiral R Hari Kumar retires from services on April 30.
3. Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, known for his expertise in communication and electronic warfare, on Wednesday assumed charge as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff.
4. Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system was successfully flight-tested from Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has achieved a significant milestone in enhancing India’s anti-submarine warfare capabilities with the successful flight-test of the Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system. This next-generation torpedo delivery system was successfully flight-tested on May 01, 2024, at around 8:30 AM from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha
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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
02 May (Thursday)
Vedic Ritu/ Vasant Ritu
Drik Ritu : Grishma (Summer)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2081
Shaka Samvat – 1946
Month : Chaitra 24 (Amanta)
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Shatabhisha
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Rahu : 02:00 PM – 03:37 PM
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