1. Shri Mahavir Jayanti 2023: Celebrating the Birth of Lord Mahavir today. According to the Jaina tradition, Lord Mahavira is the last among the 24 Tirthankaras,
Tirthankara is the ultimate form of a being or the saviour who has succeeded in the cycle of rebirths close to attaining salvation or Nirvana.
2. The government has selected one lakh 40 thousand pilgrims to perform Haj this year through the Random Digital Selection process. Minority Affairs Ministry said, out of the total selected pilgrims, over ten thousand persons are of above 70 years of age.
3. Parliament has passed the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2023 with the Rajya Sabha approving it today amid din without discussion. The Lok Sabha cleared the Bill last week.
The Competition Amendment Bill, 2023 seeks to amend the Competition Act, 2002, to regulate mergers and acquisitions based on the value of transactions.
4. Both the Houses of Parliament yesterday continued to witness disruption for thirteen consecutive days over the Adani group issue and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on Indian democracy. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha adjourned to meet again on Wednesday.
5. Congress Party Central Election Committee to hold a meeting in New Delhi to release second list of candidates for Karnataka Assembly polls.
6. Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya has said that new ceiling prices of 651 out of 870 essential medicines have been notified so far. He said, due to this, the approved ceiling price of medicines has decreased by an average of over 16%.
7. Ahmedabad authorities have ordered the closure of all slaughterhouses and shops selling meat, fish and chicken on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti on Tuesday.
8. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has apologised after a video of his remarks about a High Court judge went viral on social media. Speaking on the 2019 Haryana Police constable recruitment, Khattar said that the judge has “some problem in his head” and that “he will be fixed”.
9. Communist Party of India (CPI) to organise a roundtable meeting on crimes against Dalits & minorities in Andhra Pradesh, at Dasari Bhavan Vijayawada.
10. Uttar Pradesh government schools will adopt from this academic session the National Council of Educational Research and Training’s (NCERT’s) new Class 12 history textbooks in which portions about Mughal courts have been removed.
11. Central Water Commission (CWC) on Monday ordered the Polavaram Project Authority (PPA) and the AP government to conduct a joint survey on the submergence areas of Telangana on account of the dam’s backwaters.
12. A Parliamentary committee recently asked the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to decide on a priority basis the cases pending disposal for more than 10 years.
CRIME REPORT
1. An FIR has been filed against Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar for allegedly handing out cash during a rally on March 28 ahead of the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls.
2. Delhi lawyers to ‘completely abstain’ from work in all district courts in protest of a fellow lawyer’s killing.
3. A special court on Monday extended the judicial custody of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia till April 17 in a corruption case related to the alleged Delhi excise scam.
4. A sessions court in Gujarat’s Surat city on Monday granted bail to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after admitting his appeal against conviction in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark in which he has been sentenced to two years in jail, a defence lawyer said.
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1. BYJU’S has appointed Vedanta’s Group Deputy CFO Ajay Goel as its CFO over a year after its previous CFO PV Rao resigned in December 2021.
2. Reliance Capital lenders have postponed the second auction in the firm’s insolvency case to April 11.
3. Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the proposed combination involving the demerger of the FMCG business of Haldiram Snacks and Haldiram Foods into Haldiram Snacks Food.
The existing shareholders of Haldiram Snacks and Haldiram Foods have acquired a 56% and a 44% stake, respectively, in Haldiram Snacks Food.
4. The government has said 42.7 lakh loans amounting to over five thousand crore rupees have been disbursed to 34.47 lakh street vendors under Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme in the country till 23rd of last month.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Aaliya Siddiqui are going to settle their differences out of court. However, they will still grow through a divorce. Both Aaliya and Nawazuddin have filed for custody of the kids.
2. DASARA movie box office collection:
Actor Nani is thankful to the audience for showering love on Dasara movie.
DEFENCE
1. Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh, AVSM, NM assumes charge as vice chief of the naval staff on 01 Apr 2023.
2. Indian Air Force will soon kick off Cope India’ exercise with the US Air Force (USAF) at the Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal.
3. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia informed Rajya Sabha that twenty-six Indian Air Force (IAF) airports have been identified under Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) for the operation of flights under the scheme so far
4. Six Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMV) will be built by the Cochin Shipyard Limited for the Indian Navy at the cost of 9,805 crores, with ship deliveries expected to start in 2027.
5. Russia plans to form a division of special-purpose submarines that will carry Poseidon torpedoes as part of the country’s Pacific Fleet by the end of 2024.
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04 Apr (Tuesday)
Vedic Ritu: Vasant (Spring)
Drik Ritu: Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksha
Month : Chaitra 28, (Purnimanta)
Chaitra 14, (Amanta)
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945 Nakshatra:Purva Phalguni (up to 9:36 am)
Uttara Phalguni
Tithi: Trayodashi (up to 8:05 am)Chaturdashi
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