TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses NXT Summit in New Delhi; Stresses, India at a crucial point of historic journey towards Viksit Bharat.
2. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted a key ground test of its CE20 cryogenic engine, demonstrating higher thrust capability that could improve the performance of India’s heavy-lift rocket, the LVM3 launch vehicle.
3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on two-day visit to Assam beginning today: PM Modi to release the 22nd installment of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi from Guwahati in Assam today. Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced this while addressing the media in New Delhi.
4. LokSabha to take up further discussion and voting on the Supplementary Demands for Grants – Second Batch for 2025-2026. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to reply to the discussion in the House.
5. Bharath observed the 96th anniversary of the historic Dandi March, or Salt Satyagraha yesterday. The Dandi March began on this day in 1930, when Mahatma Gandhi and a group of followers set out on a 24-day, nearly 390-kilometre non violent march from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to the coastal village of Dandi in Gujarat to challenge the British monopoly on salt production and taxation.
6. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued an advisory directing milk producers who are not members of dairy cooperative societies, along with milk vendors, to obtain mandatory registration or a licence before commencing or continuing their food business operations.
7. The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Civil Society and Tech Leaders to Build India’s First Integrated Life-Cycle Support Model for Persons with Hearing Impairment in New Delhi.
8. Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth today chaired a review meeting on the functioning of the Canteen Stores Department in New Delhi. During the meeting, Mr Seth expressed satisfaction over the introduction of organic and millet-based products. He also stressed onboarding products from Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India and Self Help Groups to support tribal communities and promote indigenous products.
9. The National Council for Cement and Building Materials has collaborated with TraceXero Technologies, a start-up focused on industrial decarbonisation and carbon capture solutions, to support the development of Carbon Capture Technologies for the cement sector. The collaboration also aims for the utilisation technologies for the cement and construction materials sector.
10. AYUSH Minister Prataprao Jadhav inaugurated a dedicated AYUSH Store on ZEPTO, a quick-commerce platform. The initiative is part of the ongoing collaboration between the AYUSH Export Promotion Council and a quick-commerce platform to expand the digital presence and consumer accessibility of traditional Indian wellness products.
11. The PM-eBus Sewa Scheme, implemented by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, has sanctioned 10,000 air-conditioned electric buses across 116 cities in 20 states and six Union Territories so far to strengthen urban mobility and accelerate the shift to electric public transport, Minister of State for Heavy Industries Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma said.
12. Amid closure of hotels and restaurants over concerns of fuel shortage, the ministry of petroleum and natural gas on Thursday announced that some commercial liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders will be released, adding that state governments will identify beneficiaries.
13. From March 13 onwards, Car, bike registration across Telangana will be digital: Telangana Transport Department on Thursday announced that it is moving to a fully digital, paperless system.
14. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast severe heat wave conditions over Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat today. The Met agency has also issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall over Arunachal Pradesh.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. The Supreme Court ruled that eligibility for OBC reservation be determined solely by parental income and treating private and PSU employees differently from government employees amounts to discrimination. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and R Mahadevan ruled this while upholding Delhi, Madras, and Kerala High Courts’ decisions on OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) claims in Civil Services Exams.
2. The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached 31 immovable properties worth over 581 crore rupees in connection with the case related to Reliance Home Finance Limited (RHFL) and Reliance Commercial Finance Limited (RCFL). ED informed that the attached properties are land parcels located in Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan.
3. Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha JP Nadda has assured the Upper House that a comprehensive investigation will be carried out to uncover the full circumstances behind the reported attack on former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah.
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DEFENCE News
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1. Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, the Chief of the Indian Air Force, undertook a solo sortie in a MiG-29 UPG multi-role fighter aircraft on Thursday. This hands-on flight underscores his commitment to maintaining operational excellence amid the IAF’s ongoing modernisation efforts.
2. Lieutenant General Joel B. Vowell, Deputy Commanding General of the United States Army Pacific, recently called upon Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, India’s Chief of Integrated Defence Staff, in a significant engagement underscoring the deepening India-US Major Defence Partnership.
3. The Indian Army’s Air Defence Brigade, operating under Southern Command, has executed a high-intensity live firing exercise at the Pokhran Field Firing Range in Jaisalmer. This drill targeted the precise aerial threats that have proven devastating in the US-Iran war.
4. The Indian Army has launched a Major Bridge Project in Sri Lanka under Operation Sagar Bandhu. The Ministry of Defence said the bridge links Colombo, the capital city, with the key economic centre of Puttalam along the vital coastal corridor passing through the Chilaw district.
5. India has dispatched a consignment of essential life-saving medicines to Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as humanitarian assistance, being transported onboard INS Trikand. The hospital was founded in 1919 by the Indian-origin community and served thousands of patients every year.
FINANCE
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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Dhurandhar The Revenge is scheduled to be released on 19 March, 2026. Hamza Ali Mazari, whose real identity is Jaskirat Singh Rangi, pursues his undercover operation within Pakistan’s criminal world.
13 Mar(Friday)
Vedic Ritu/ Shishir
Drik Ritu : Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
(In Purnimanta calendar)
Vikram Samvat – 2082
Month : Chitra 10,
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1947
Month : Phlguna 25
Tithi : Dashami
Nakshatra: Purva Ashadha/Uttara Ashadha
Rahu : 11:07 AM – 12:36 PM
Yamaganda : 03:34 PM – 05:02 PM
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