TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. Delhi Battles Cold and Fog with 120 Flights Delayed, 53 Canceled, 20 Trains Behind Schedule.
2. Vice President Shri Jagdeep Dhankhad has said that Amrit Kaal is glorious for the country and during this period, Women are supposed to play a vital role in converting India into the greatest country. He was addressing the 40th Convocation ceremony of Banasthali Vidhyapeeth at Niwai in the Tonk district of Rajasthan.
3. PM Modi will visit Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on Friday.
4. PM Narendra Modi dedicates to the nation 3 major infrastructure project at Kochi in Kerala. was addressing the BJP Shaktikendra incharges at the Marine Drive in Kochi .
5. Union Minister of Fisheries Sri. Parshotham Rupala launched the project of depositing artificial reefs in the seabed in Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram, via Videoconferencing.
6. The India International Science Festival (IISF) 2023 has commenced today on January 17, marking the beginning of a four-day extravaganza celebrating the achievements of India in the frontier areas of science and technology. Organized by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, and coordinated by the National Innovation Foundation-India, IISF 2023 aims to foster scientific temperament, acknowledge achievements, and spread awareness among the Indian populace.
7. The rituals of Pran Pratistha Mahotsav of Lord Ramlala are going on in Ayodhya. After Prayaschita or remorse ritual yesterday the ritual of parisar pravesh was held. These rituals and activities of Pran Pratishtha will continue till 21st January and after that the main program of Pran Pratishtha will take place on 22nd January at 12.20 pm.
8. RAM TEMPLE ‘PRAN PRATHISHTHA ’: The states which officially declared 22 January a public holiday.
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Haryana
(e) Goa
9. Got invite for Ram temple consecration ceremony, but will visit Ayodhya after January 22: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said only one person was allowed (for the ceremony) due to security reasons, so he will go with his family to Ayodhya and pay obeisance to Ram Lalla at the Ram temple there after the January 22 consecration ceremony. .
10. Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has drawn the attention of External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaisankar to the repeated apprehensions of fishermen and their fishing boats by the Sri Lankan Navy.
11. Various initiatives taken to boost tourism in Andaman : Andaman and Nicobar administration has taken numerous initiatives to attract more tourists to the archipelago, including granting access to uninhabited islands, allowing beaches to remain open till late night and reaching out to more airline operators, a top official said. Chief Secretary Keshav Chandra said that there will also be eco-friendly tourism infrastructure in four islands and 11 tourist sites.
12. On the occasion of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Jayanti, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal paid obeisance at Gurudwara Lakhnaur Sahib in Ambala.
13. Patients to get medicines free of cost in govt hospitals of Punjab after 26 Jan : Punjab Government is planning to ensure that a patient visiting government hospitals does not buy any medicine from the market.
14. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation launched a new app called eSakshi this week to track the fund flow under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) for 2023. The app aims to capture the entire MPLADS fund allocation cycle and provide greater convenience and accessibility in monitoring the scheme.
15. The 9th Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival (PPHF) will be held from January 18-20, 2024 in Arunachal Pradesh. Declared a state festival, it centers around wildlife conservation, especially hornbills found in the Pakke Tiger Reserve.
16. The Assam government has announced that it will confer the Assam Baibhav award, the state’s highest civilian honor, to Member of Parliament and former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi.
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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. : Joan Donoghue
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1. The Calcutta High Court has formed, a CBI- West Bengal Police (WBP) joint Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into attack on the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials at Sandeshkhali of North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on the 5th of January.
A team of Enforcement Directorate (ED) was attacked by the followers of Sahajahan Sheikh a local leader and Karmadhyakshya of Zila Parishad of ruling All India Trinamool Congress (AITC). Sahajahan Sheikh has not been arrested till now.
2. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached properties worth five crore rupees in the case of Mohammad Akbar Bhat and others in relation to terrorist activities.
3. Former Haryana chief minister and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda was on Wednesday questioned by the ED in connection with a money laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in land acquisition at Manesar during 2004-07.
4. The Supreme Court has given Karnataka IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri and IPS officer D Roopa another opportunity to settle their differences and barred them from making public statements on the case.
5. Punjab and Haryana high court ordered the National Medical Commission (NMC) and the Punjab government to shift all 258 students of Chintpurni Medical College in Pathankot to other colleges. The college has remained in controversy for a long time.
The college was started in 2011 but closed in 2016 for not providing the basic infrastructure required . The college managed to get permission to accept admissions for MBBS batch again in 2021 and the permission continued in year 2022. Thereafter the permission was withdrawn again for lack of infrastructure and facilities.
6. Two Manipur Police commandos were killed and two sustained bullet wounds after heavily-armed militants targeted them amid renewed violence in Moreh, a business town close to the Myanmar border, on Wednesday.
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1. In Himachal, Five people, who were going to attend a roadshow, were killed after their car fell into a 600 metres deep gorge in Kinnaur district on Wednesday, The accident occurred on the Shilti road, around five km from the district’s headquarters Reckongpeo.
2. Four policemen were killed and 13 others injured after a Punjab Police bus in which they were travelling in met with an accident in Mukerian on Wednesday.
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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 ₹ 83.21
💷 GBP ₹ 105.52
€ Euro : ₹ 90.56
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GDP rate (2023 ) : 6.5% ( $3.75 trillion)
India is the fifth largest economy in the world.
Inflation rate : Retail Inflation 5.69% in Dec 2023
Population : 141.81 cr
(17.7% of the total world population).
Unemployment : 7.8%
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BSE SENSEX
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NIFTY
21,571.95 −460.35 (2.09%)🔻
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SILVER : ₹ 75,900/KG
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DIESEL : ₹ 90/Ltr
CNG : ₹ 76/Ltr
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Auto Gas : ₹ 60/Ltr
CNG : 76/Kg
LPG : ₹ 903/14.2 Kg
1. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das stressed that according to the first advance estimate, released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), India’s economy is expected to grow at 7.3 percent in FY2024.
2. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday imposed a fine of Rs 1.2 crore on IndiGo and Rs 60 lakh on CSMI Airport, Mumbai (MIAL) in connection with the video of passengers eating on the tarmac at the Airport. The regulator said the reply to the show cause notice was received today and was not found satisfactory as the response submitted by MIAL showed that they had failed to adhere to the safety requirements.
3. Billionaire Gautam Adani’s apples-to-airport conglomerate will invest Rs 62,400 crore in the next 10 years in setting up data centres in Maharashtra and Telangana to provide infrastructure for the booming digital services demand in the country.
4. JSW Neo Energy, a subsidiary of JSW Energy, on Wednesday announced the setting up of a pumped storage project in Telangana state with an investment of Rs 9,000 crore, after signing an MoU with the state government at the Telangana Pavilion at the World Economic Forum in Davos of Switzerland.
5. The government is working on finalising a proposal to double the insurance cover under its flagship Ayushman Bharat health scheme to Rs 10 lakh to ensure that serious diseases like cancer and transplants that entail more expenditure are supported by it.
6. The International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT City in Gandhinagar announced a new collaboration with the Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) and Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC). The goal is to jointly develop a Global Hydrogen Price Index.
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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. HanuMan Box Office Collection Day 5: HanuMan, starring Teja Sajja in the leading role, continues to get strong numbers even on weekdays. As per early estimates, the Prasanth Varma directorial earned ₹12.75 crore on Tuesday in India. Movie is close to minting ₹70 crore in India.
2. The city of Ayodhya is witnessing a significant transformation with the upcoming inauguration of the Ram temple. A key highlight in this transformation is the Lata Mangeshkar Chowk. Saraswati Veena, a bronze sculpture, weighing 14 tonnes and made by renowned sculptor Ram Sutar, stands as a symbol of Lata Mangeshkar’s musical legacy at the Chowk.
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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. Rear Admiral Shantanu Jha took charge as Chief Staff Officer (Operations) at the Headquarters, Eastern Naval Command.
2. Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane said that NCC cadets are role models for the youth to excel and contribute to nation-building. He encourages Youth Excellence.
3. The National Defence Academy (NDA) in Pune, India, celebrates its 75th anniversary. On 16 January 2024, NDA has completed 75 glorious years in service to the nation.
The NDA has produced over 42,000 officers for the Indian armed forces and trained officers for friendly foreign countries. It has also trained the chiefs of staff of all three services from the same batch three times. The NDA is considered one of the country’s most prestigious military academies and has played a crucial role in India’s battles and wars since independence.
Over seven decades, NDA has garnered rare distinction, with alumni contributing selflessly in peace and war. This cradle of military leadership has 38,000 alumni upholding the glorious martial traditions including including 3 Param Vir Chakra ,12 Ashok Chakra, 32 Maha Vir Chakra , 45 Kirti Chakra , 152 Shaurya Chakra and 163 Vir Chakra.
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JHARKHAND :
Capital: RANCHI
The word “Jhar” means ‘forest’ and “Khand” means ‘land’
Before was
Part of Bihar 15 Nov 2000
Districts: 24
Governor : C. P. Radhakrishnan
CM : Hemant Soren (JMM)
STATE SYMBOLS
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Bird: Koel
Flower: Palash
Mammal: Elephant
Tree: Sal
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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
18 Jan (Thursday)
Vedic Ritu/ Hemant Ritu
Drik Ritu : Shishir Ritu
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Pausa 07 (Amanta)
Pausa 23, (Purnimanta)
Nakshatr : Ashwini/
Bharani
Tithi : Ashtami (up to 8:45 pm)Navami
Rahu 01:57 PM – 03:18 PM
Yamaganda 07:14 AM – 08:34 AM
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