TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. The Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar unveiled the plaque of the Arun Jaitley Multipurpose Stadium at Shri Ram College of Commerce, SRCC, University of Delhi on Saturday. The stadium has been named to commemorate the former Union Minister Arun Jaitley’s contribution towards nation building and his deep affection for his alma mater, SRCC.
2. PM Modi inaugurated the strategically significant Sela Tunnel project during his day-long visit to Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday. Built with a total cost of Rs 825 crore, the tunnel project is constructed at an altitude of 13,700 feet in West Kameng district on the road connecting Tezpur to Tawang. The foundation stone of the project was laid by PM Modi in February 2019.
3. Prime Minister also inaugurated and laid foundation stone of about 12 projects worth 8,534 crore rupees for Tripura virtually during his visit to Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday. The important projects, include construction of Agartala Western Bypass.
4. Union Minister for Communication, Electronics, IT and Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw launched India’s fastest and indigenously developed Multiprotocol Label Switching router in Bengaluru on Saturday.
5. Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigned on Saturday, days before the expected announcement of the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
6. Congress leader and former Union Minister Suresh Pachouri joins the BJP in presence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and BJP state president V D Sharma, at BJP headquarters in Bhopal.
7. Bharatiya Janata Party sealed its alliance with the Telugu Desam Party on Saturday for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Andhra Pradesh assembly elections, with former chief minister of the southern state N Chandrababu Naidu asserting that the combine will sweep the polls.
8. Sharad Pawar, who heads the NCP (SP), on Saturday declared MP Supriya Sule as their candidate from Maharashtra’s Baramati Lok Sabha seat, amid speculation that Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra Pawar could be fielded from there.
9. Six Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs who voted against party nominee Abhishek Manu Singhvi in the Rajya Sabha elections, along with three Independent lawmakers, have shifted to a hotel in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Uttarakhand amid an ongoing rebellion against Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
10. In Telangana, Transport minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Saturday announced the setting up of a Pay Revision Commission (PRC) for the TS Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) employees and that the staff would get a 21 per cent fitment from next month. The approximately 42,057 employees were waiting for eight years for the announcement.
11. Punjab Cabinet approves excise policy for 2024-25
Prices of imported foreign liquor (IFL) will drop while there will be no increase in the rates of country liquor, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said on Saturday as the state Cabinet gave its nod to the excise policy for 2024-25.
12. Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has resigned as the president of the state Congress, ahead of the Lok Sabha and the Assembly elections.
13. BSP to contest forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections alone, says party Chief Mayawati.
14. Delhi Assembly passed a resolution asking the Chief Secretary of Delhi to appear before the House and apprise it of the progress report regarding the redressal of complaints of the citizens related to water supply by the Delhi Jal Board and leakage and maintenance of the sewer lines.
15. Poshan Pakhwada 2024 has begun from yesterday and will continue till the 23rd of March.
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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 National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing the IED bomb blast at the Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru’s Brookefield on March 1, shared four fresh pictures of the suspected bomber and sought public support in identification.
2. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday arrested 36-year-old Jaffer Sadiq, an expelled Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam functionary in Tamil Nadu, in connection with an international drugs trafficking racket investigation estimated to be worth more than Rs 2,000 crore.
3. Rail traffic in parts of North India is likely to be hit due to a protest call by the Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee and Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political). They have announced a four-hour ‘rail roko’ agitation in Punjab from noon on Sunday. Farmers are set to stop trains at 52 places in 22 districts.
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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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BSE SENSEX
74,119.39 +33.40 (0.045%)🌲
NIFTY
22,493.55 +19.50 (0.087%)🌲
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Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai
GOLD : ₹ 65,700/10gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 75,600/KG
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⛽ FUEL in DELHI
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PETROL : ₹ 97/Ltr
DIESEL : ₹ 90/Ltr
CNG : ₹ 76/Ltr
LPG : ₹ 903/14.2 Kg
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PETROL : ₹ 106/Ltr
DIESEL : 95/Ltr
Auto Gas : ₹ 60/Ltr
CNG : 76/Kg
LPG : ₹ 903/14.2 Kg
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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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INDIA BOX OFFICE COLLECTION
SHAITAAN : Ajay Devgn starrer movie takes a very good start, opens on the same lines as Drishyam 2. Collected Rs. 16 crores.
ARTICLE 370 movie running successful. Till now earned Rs. 62 Crores.
CRAKK : Rs. 14 Crores.
TERI BAATON MEIN AISA ULJHA JIYA movie Box Office collection : 78 Crores
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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. On the occasion of International women’s day and 40th anniversary of INAS 318, the Andaman & Nicobar Command conducted a maiden all-women maritime surveillance mission on Friday, March 08. INAS 318 is the Andaman & Nicobar Command’s elite Naval Air Squadron, which has been continually engaged in surveillance since its commissioning on the same day in 1984.
2. Armenia has recently confirmed its decision to procure 84 of the Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) from India, an investment of $155 million.
3. Top commanders of the Indian Navy carried out a comprehensive review of the security challenges facing the nation in the maritime domain and vowed to work towards boosting the combat capabilities of the force including in the strategically-located island territories. India on Wednesday commissioned a new naval base, INS Jatayu, at Minicoy in Lakshadweep islands to enhance its combat prowess amid China’s increasing forays into the Indian Ocean region.
4. India will soon carry out the next phase of tests for two nuclear-capable ballistic missiles including a submarine-launched one.The missile will likely be fired between 11 and 16 March, with the final launch depending on several factors, including weather conditions.
5. The Indian Army is set to significantly enhance its long-range offensive artillery capabilities along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China by raising and deploying two new regiments of Pinaka Multi Launch Rocket Systems. These long-range vectors, designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), will deliver a high volume of firepower precisely and swiftly deep into enemy territory.
ODISHA = Bhubaneswar
Before was
Orissa Province
Formation: 01 April 1936;
Districts: 30 (3 divisions)
Governor: Raghubar Das
CM : Naveen Patnaik (BJD)
STATE SYMBOLS
BIRD : Indian roller
Fish: Mahanadi mahseer
Flower: Asoka
Mammal: Sambar
Tree: Sacred Fig
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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
10 Mar (Sunday)
Vedic Ritu/ Shishir Ritu
Drik Ritu : Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Magha 30 (Amanta)
Phalguna 15 (Purnimanta) Nakshatr: Purva Bhadrapada/ Uttara Bhadrapada
Tithi : Amavasya (up to 2:30 pm)Pratipada
Rahu 05:02 PM – 06:30 PM
Yamaganda 12:37 PM – 02:05 PM
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