1. President Murmu to a
grace 26th convocation of Himachal Pradesh University at Shimla. The President will interact with officer trainees of Indian Audit & Accounts Service at National Academy of Audit & Accounts, Shimla.
2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Civil Servants in New Delhi on the 21st of April to mark Civil Services Day.
3. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday chaired the fourth meeting of the Heads of Ministries and Department of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation- SCO Member States Responsible for Environment Protection.
4. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved eight projects worth around 638 crore rupees.
5. Union Home Minister Amit Shah presided over a ‘Chintan Shivir’ of senior officers of Ministry of Home Affairs in New Delhi on Tuesday.
6. The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it clear that it will not go into personal laws governing marriages while deciding the pleas seeking legal validation for same-sex marriages and said the very notion of a man and a woman, as referred to in the Special Marriage Act, is not “an absolute based on genitals”.
7. SC On Same-Sex Marriage: Supreme Court on Tuesday said gender is “far more complex” than one’s genitals. A Constitution bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud was responding to the Centre’s argument that laws, including the Special Marriage Act, recognised only heterosexual marriages between a “biological man and a biological woman”. The court said there was no “absolute concept of a man or a woman.
8. Delhi LG VK Saxena directed a special audit to be done of power subsidies given to distribution companies (Discoms) over the electricity subsidy provided by Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government for financial years 2016-17 and 2021-22.
9. Union MoS Steel, Faggan Singh Kulaste to inaugurate three-day India Steel 2023, a conference & International Exhibition on steel industry at Mumbai Exhibition Centre in Goregaon, Mumbai.
10. Haryana to introduce bill to fast track family land disputes: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said the state government will introduce a new law to expedite family land disputes pending in courts for years due to absence of any proper redressal mechanism.
11. The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred till April 25 hearing on a batch of pleas challenging scrapping of the four per cent Muslim quota in Karnataka.
12. Karnataka CM & BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai to file nomination for Assembly election.
13. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will embark on a three-day visit to Karnataka from April 21 ahead of the Assembly elections in the state. Shah will be in Davanagere on April 21 and in Devanahalli on April 22.
14. Congress party on Tuesday released the fourth list of seven candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections. The party has fielded former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar from the Hubli-Dharwad- Central Assembly constituency. Shettar had on Monday joined Congress after announcing his resignation from BJP on Saturday.
15. Former Congress MP BV Nayak quit the party on Tuesday after being denied a ticket to the Devadurga constituency in the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections. A ticket to the seat has been given to his brother’s wife, Shreedevi R Nayak.
16. Farmers in Punjab hold 4-hr rail roko protest, train services hit. Thousands of rail passengers faced inconvenience.
17. Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FAPCCI) to organise ten-day online certificate course for aspiring entrepreneurs at Visakhapatnam.
18. Special trains to depart from Visakhapatnam for Varanasi on April 19 & 26 for Ganga Pushkaralu Festival.
19. Gate of Haji Ali Dargah located off Worli coast in southern Mumbai to remain shut from April 19 to April 23 at specific times.
20. School timings in Jharkhand changed in view of heatwave conditions. Classes for students up to Class 5 will now be conducted from 7 am to 11 am, while classes for Classes 6 to 12 will continue until 12 pm from April 19 to April 25.
21. Department of Personnel and Training has approved the conduct of the Staff Selection Commission Multitasking (non-technical) Staff (SSC MTS) examination, 2022 and CHSLE Examination, 2022 in 13 regional languages in addition to Hindi and English.
CRIME REPORT
1. The Enforcement Directorate has attached four properties valued at ₹11.04 crore belonging to Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram and others in the case of INX Media Pvt Ltd under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
2. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Director General of Police (UP) and Commissioner of Police (Prayagraj) over gangster Atiq Ahmed’s killing while in police custody.
3. Punjab Vigilance Bureau said it has filed a chargesheet against AAP MLA from Bathinda Rural, Amit Rattan Kotfatta, and his personal assistant (PA) in a bribery case.
4. 7 Bihar excise officers get notice over Motihari hooch tragedy: East Champaran District Magistrate said.
5. The Kerala police on Tuesday arrested a Jharkhand native, an area leader of the banned militant outfit People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) and wanted in several criminal cases there, from a migrant workers’ camp.
6. Telangana High Court on Tuesday restrained the CBI from arresting YSRC Kadapa MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy till April 25 in connection with its investigation into the murder of former MP Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy.
FINANCE
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💷 GBP ₹ 101.91
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*GDP rate (2023* ) : 6.15%
Inflation rate : 5.2%
Population: 141.57 cr (17.7% of the total world population).
Unempylmnt : 7.4%
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1. The Government says projects worth five lakh 14 thousand crore rupees have been evaluated under the PM Gati Shakti initiative in the last one and a half years.
2. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has found that India has breached global trading regulations in a dispute over import duties on IT products with the European Union (EU), Japan, and Taiwan.
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1. Actress Priyanka Chopra, speaking about filming intimate scenes with co-star Richard Madden in ‘Citadel’. The series will be premiered on April 28.
2. Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin to inaugurate second edition of Dakshin 2023, South India Media & Entertainment Summit at Chennai.
3. Information and Broadcasting, Secretary Apurva Chandra said that Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) sector has witnessed unprecedented growth in recent times and is expected to grow exponentially in the coming decade.
DEFENCE
1. Land attack BrahMos supersonic cruise missile being launched by stealth destroyer INS ChennaiIndia is likely to conduct multiple missile tests from the Abdul Kalam Islands off the coast of Orissa in the Indian Ocean, next week
According to two Notice to Airmen, or NOTAM, issued by India, a missile test is scheduled between 24 April and 29 April, while the other test is scheduled between 26 April to 28 April.
2. CHANDIGARH: Upcoming IAF Heritage Museum, which will be inaugurated on May 8 will show 40 short promotional movies that highlight the role the IAF played in the wars since independence.
3. The Indian Navy may order a small number of the Naval variant of TEJAS, the N-TEJAS fighter jet as a trainer for frontline naval aviators.
4. ISRO TO LAUNCH SINGAPOREAN EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE TELEOS-02 ON SATURDAY: The Singaporean probe is an Earth Observation Satellite, which has been designed to capture round-the-clock, all-weather satellite imagery.The 750-kilogram satellite, developed by ST Engineering.
5. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal for bringing in industry-friendly reform related to Authority Holding Sealed Particulars (AHSP).
The AHSP is the authority which is responsible for generating, maintaining, updating or declaring obsolete the entire history and technical information of defence products.
6. Russia is using Moscow’s facial recognition cameras to track down young men eligible for military service.
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(Before was
Mysore State)
Formation
1 November 1956
Districts: 31
Gvrnr: Thawar Chand Gehlot
CM: Basavaraj Bommai (BJP)
Bird: Indian roller
Flower: Lotus
Mammal: Elephant
Tree : Sandalwood
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19 Apr (Wednesday)
Vedic Ritu : Vasant (Spring)
Drik Ritu: Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष* :: Krishnapaksha
Month* : Vaishaka 13, (Purnimanta)
Chaitra 29, (Amanta)
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945 Nakshatra:Revati (up to 11:53 pm)Ashwini
Tithi: Chaturdashi (up to 11:24 am) Amavasya
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