1. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is preparing for its upcoming PSLV-C55 mission. The space agency is reportedly aiming to launch it on April 22.The mission is expected to take off from the launch facility in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi to distribute about 71,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits at 10:30 AM via video conferencing.
3. Masks mandatory in offices, schools & cinema halls in Lucknow.
4. Jammu & Kashmir govt to organise three-day ‘Baisakhi Mahotsav 2023’ from April 13 to celebrate Dogra culture & heritage at various locations across Jammu.
5. BJP on Wednesday released the second list of 23 of its candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections. Poll process for May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections to formally set in motion with gazette notification.
6. Bombay High Court to hear matter related to 75% criteria put forth by NTA for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains Exam 2023. National Testing Agency (NTA) for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) main session 2 exam scheduled to be held on April 13.
7. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday lauded his Bihar counterpart and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar’s efforts to bring all opposition parties together and extended his “complete support” for the cause.
8. Central Reserve Police Force on Wednesday said its in-house recruitment process for hiring constables in various categories has always been conducted in Hindi and English languages “only” and it has “never faced any problem” on participation of candidates from the southern states.
9. Kolkata Metro created history on Wednesday when its rake ran through a tunnel under a river for the first time in the country.
10. Manipur State government to celebrate its 1st Anniversary of Biren led government at Mini Stadium Ground, Senapati.
11. To commemorate Khalsa Sajna Divas, Dal Khalsa ‘s youth body plans Conference focusing on Sikh Nationalism. Dal Khalsa to celebrate Khalsa Sajna divas followed by a political conference at Anandpur Sahib. Homage would be paid to 13 martyrs who laid down their lives protesting against pseudo Gurudom in Amritsar on April 13, 1978.
12. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee likely to inaugurate the Dhana Dhanye Auditorium in Alipore ahead of Poila Baisakh (Bengali New Year’s Day) at Kolkata
CRIME REPORT
1. An encounter broke out between militants and security forces at the Chakoora area of Shopian, Kashmir Zone Police on Wednesday.
2. The Punjab Police has registered a case against two unidentified men under the Arms Act for opening fire inside a military station in Bathinda. Empty shells and missing INSAS rifle were recovered. All entry gates to Army cantonment in Bathinda closed after firing.
3. Surat District & Sessions Court to hear Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on plea challenging his conviction in a defamation case related to his 2019 remark about surname Modi.
4. Yes Bank Founder Rana Kapoor was granted bail by a special PMLA court in Mumbai in a money laundering case pertaining to irregularities worth ₹900 crore in a loan given to HDIL. The court stated that further incarceration without a trial cannot be allowed.
5. Late Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar’s grandson on Wednesday approached a court here in Maharashtra with a criminal defamation complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accusing him of making false allegations against Savarkar during his address in London.
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1. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday participated in a roundtable on ‘Multilateral Development Bank Evolution: Building Shareholder Consensus’ hosted by US Department of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at World Bank headquarters on Wednesday.
The discussion was focused on the impact of global development challenges like climate change, pandemics, fragility and conflict on development progress.
2. Union Finance Ministry to hold a review of financial inclusion schemes with public sector banks including Mudra yojana & Stand Up India scheme in New Delhi.
3. RBI issued draft rules on penal charges related to loan accounts. RBI said the quantum of penal charges shall be proportional to the defaults/non-compliance of material terms and conditions of loan contracts beyond a threshold. Penal charges in case of loans sanctioned to individual borrowers, for purposes other than business, shall not be higher than that applicable to non-individual borrowers.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Actress and politician Malavika Avinash has been admitted to the hospital.Malavika is suffering from Migraine problem.
DEFENCE
1. IAF & US Air Force to take part in phase 2 Exercise Cope India 2023 at Air Force Station Kalaikunda, West Bengal
2. Recently, defence ministry signed two contracts with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), worth over Rs 3,700 crore, to enhance the operational capabilities of the Indian Air Force. The first contract, worth over Rs 2,800 crore, deals with the supply of Medium Power Radars (MPR) ‘Arudhra’ for the IAF. The second contract, at an overall cost of approximately Rs 950 crore, relates to ‘Radar Warning Receivers’ (RWR).
3. Chief of the Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan on Tuesday emphasised the need for building dual-use platforms with special focus on incorporating cutting-edge technology in boosting India’s military space capability and plans. He also put the spotlight on the possibility of war and the militarization of space and the development of weapons by different nations.
4. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday called for the need to come up with new innovative methods in order to increase the value of money spent on the country’s security needs. Inaugurating the three-day International Conference on Defence Finance and Economics in the national capital the minister pointed out that the legal and procedural defence-finance framework is an integral part of a mature state system.
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Formation(by bifurcation)
1 May 1960
Before : Bombay State
Districts : 33
Governor : Acharya Devvrat
CM : Bhupendrabhai Patel (BJP)
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