TODAY’S TOP NEWS
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1. President Smt. Droupadi Murmu will visit Andaman and Nicobar Islands from 19 Feb to 23 February. During the visit, the President will lay a wreath at the Martyr’s Column and visit the Cellular Jail Complex and Museum. On Tuesday, the President will visit Indira Point and Campbell Bay, and Subhash Chandra Bose Island and witness the light and sound show.
2. PM Modi wraps up BJP’s two-day National Council meet in New Delhi: The big focus was infusing the cadre of the BJP to prepare for general elections in India due in April or May, the date is not set yet. He set targets for the next 100 days and streamlined goals. BJP ruled State Chief Ministers conclave held at Bharat Mandpam.
3. The High-Level Committee (HLC) on One Nation One Election under the Chairmanship of former President, Ramnath Kovind held interactions with political parties and stakeholders in New Delhi.
4. A panel of Union ministers began the fourth round of talks with farmer leaders in Chandigarh on Sunday evening over their demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
5. Madhya Pradesh MLAs loyal to senior Congress leader Kamal Nath reached Delhi on Sunday amid speculation that he and his MP son Nakul Nath are set to join the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party.
6. Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren has given the go-ahead for a caste-based survey in the state.
7. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led alliance in Jharkhand is “strong” and there is no threat to the coalition government in the state, Chief Minister Champai Soren said on Sunday, amid reports of resentment brewing among a section of Congress legislators over the induction of four party MLAs as ministers.
8. PM Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh : The PM will launch 14,000 projects across the state worth more than Rs 10 Lakh crore at the fourth groundbreaking ceremony for investment proposals received during the UP Global Investors Summit 2023 held in February last year.
9. HIMACHAL BUDGET 2024-25: CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday presented a Rs 58,444 crore Budget for 2024-25, no new taxes.
10. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Sunday said the party cadre stands united in the Baramati constituency, a remark coming amid speculation about a potential face-off between his wife and sitting MP Supriya Sule.
11. Telangana state BJP president and Union minister G. Kishan Reddy ruled out an alliance with the BRS or any other party in the state for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and announced that the BJP would contest all 17 seats, with strategies chalked out to win a majority of them.
12. Former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha declared that the party he formed after separating from JD(U) president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will now be called the ‘Rashtriya Lok Manch’.
13. Famous Jain seer Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj on Sunday passed away at Chandragiri teerth in Dongargarh in Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh after undertaking the religious practice of ‘sallekhana’ involving voluntary fasting unto death for spiritual purification.
14. Tamil Nadu Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday launched a scheme here to provide sports kits to youth in over 12,000 village panchayats in the state.
15. Weather Update: IMD Predicts Rainfall In Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Hailstorms in Rajasthan & Punjab.
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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
1. Centre suspends mobile Internet services in 6 Punjab districts till 24 February: Patiala, Bathinda, Muktsar, Mansa, Sangrur and Fatehgarh Sahib.
2. A day before the Supreme Court hearing, Chandigarh Mayor Manoj Sonkar resigned on Sunday setting a stage for fresh mayoral election; 3 AAP councillors join BJP.
3. The Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of Punjab Police on Sunday shot dead gangster Gurmeet Singh alias Kala Dhanaula during an encounter in Barnala.
4. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said “an incident was made to happen” in Sandeshkhali and blamed it on the BJP for having it scripted along with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the media.
5. Trinamool Congress leader Shiba Prasad Hajra, one of the prime accused in the case of alleged land grab and sexual harassment of women in Sandeshkhali, was remanded to police custody for eight days by a court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.
6. ECI Chief, Rajiv Kumar said that the Election Commission will publish all the details of the donors and receivers of Electoral bonds within the deadline as ordered by the Supreme Court.
7. West Bengal government on Saturday removed senior officer Sumit Kumar from the post of DIG (Barasat Range) and made him DIG (Security), he was replaced by DIG (Malda Range) Bhaskar Mukherjee.
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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 ₹ 83.02
💷 GBP ₹ 104.61
€ Euro : ₹ 89.46
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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%
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.
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1. The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has rolled out a new insurance product named ‘Amritbaal’ for children.
2. The Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL), renowned as the world’s first airport fully powered by solar energy, has embarked on a groundbreaking collaboration with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) to establish a Green Hydrogen plant within its premises.
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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. Following its success in theaters, Tollywood’s recent blockbuster Hanu-Man, starring Teja Sajja and directed by Prasanth Varma, is now preparing for its debut on the OTT platform. It is set to premiere on ZEE5 on 2 March 2024, in multiple Indian languages.
Hanuman Movie is a sensational blockbuster that collected around Rs 300Cr and emerged as the all-time highest Sankranti grosser and one of the biggest grossers in Tollywood.
2. Mammootty’s latest film, ‘Bramayugam,’ continues to enjoy a successful run in theatres, drawing praise not only from Malayali and Tamil audiences but also from Hindi viewers.
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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. Promoting Maritime cooperation and security Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh is all set to host Milan 2024. The flagship International Naval exercise under the aegis of the Eastern Naval Command of the Navy. At least 50 countries have confirmed participation in the event. The Indian Navy will host its largest-ever multinational exercise – “Milan – 2024” – from February 19 to 27 February 2024.
2. A Chinook helicopter of the Indian Air Force made a precautionary landing following a “technical snag” in Punjab’s Sangrur district on Sunday. The helicopter landed on an open ground at Dhadrian village of Longowal in Sangrur around 1 pm.
3. The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Jammu and Kashmir Police conducted a joint search on Saturday for any possible cross-border tunnel along the International Border in Samba district, amid heightened security in the Union territory ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit.
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Population of Bharat:
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President of Bharat ,
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Vice President
Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar
Prime Minister : Shri Narendra Modi
Speaker Lok Sabha :
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Loksabha : 550 members (530 States + 20 Union Territories)
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