TODAY’S TOP NEWS
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1. President Smt. Droupadi Murmu Emphasizes Holistic Development for Vulnerable Tribal Groups under PM Janman Yojana in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
2. PM Modi to inaugurate AIIMS campus in Jammu on 20 February. PM to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 30,500 crore in Jammu today.
3. PM Modi launches 14,000 projects across UP worth over 10 lakh crore rupees.
4. On the first day of the visit of the state the Election Commission team led by CEC Rajiv Kumar held discussions with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Jharkhand and other officials in Patna. The EC team discussed poll preparedness for upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
5. The Government of India has directed all school and higher education institutions across the country to make available digital study material in Indian languages for every academic course within 3 years.
6. Aadi Mahotsav – National Tribal Festival concluded. Organized by TRIFED, the 9-day festival took place at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, from 10 to 18 February.
7. The Samajwadi Party made it clear that its leader, Akhilesh Yadav, will participate in the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi in Raebareli, but only if the Congress agrees to contest in the 17 seats allocated to it in Uttar Pradesh.
8. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday questioned the motive behind ‘deactivation’ of Aadhaar Cards in the state ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
9. In Telangana, an Officials of the four districts — Karimnagar, Peddapalli, Rajanna Sircilla and Jagtial — are making arrangements for the biennial Sammakka-Saralamma mini-Jataras at 24 locations parallel to the Medaram Jatara from February 21 to 24 in erstwhile Karimnagar district.
10. In Marashtra, the apex court on Monday directed that Election Commission’s order of February 6 allotting ‘Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar’ as the party name for the Sharad Pawar faction will continue till further orders.
11. A 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Kargil district in the Union Territory of Ladakh Monday night but there was no report of any damage.
12. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for sanctioning a grant of Rs 20 crore for infrastructure development at the state-owned Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) University. The Union Ministry of Education allocated funds to 78 universities nationwide, including MBB University, as part of the Prime Minister’s Higher Education Mission (PM-USHA) to enhance infrastructure.
13. Kamal Haasan Likely to Team Up With DMK For Lok Sabha Election…?
Makkal Needhi Maiam president and actor Kamal Haasan said on Monday that an alliance announcement will be made within two days.
14. A delegation of leaders from Ladakh held a meeting with the government’s representatives on Monday to press for their demands, including statehood for the high-altitude region, two Lok Sabha seats and bringing the area under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
15. Farmer leaders on Monday evening rejected the Centre’s proposal to purchase five crops at minimum support price (MSP) over the next five years, and announced that they will resume their ‘Dilli Chalo’ march on February 21, resuming their journey from the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border.
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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. : Nawaf Salam
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1. The Haryana government on Monday further extended the ban on mobile internet and bulk SMS services in seven districts by a day till February 20 in the wake of the farmers’ ongoing ‘Dilli Chalo’ agitation.
2. The police have recovered a huge cache of explosives and other materials allegedly buried by Maoists in a forest in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district. The Maoists had planned to blow up a pressure cooker near a police station with two kilos of explosives, officials said. The bomb squad located and defused the pressure cooker bomb, avoiding a major incident.
3. Assam Rifles recovered weapons and war-like stores in Mizoram and Manipur. The Public Relations Officer of IGAR (East) said that acting on specific intelligence, Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police carried out a search operation in the general area of Chaltlang Sairang road near Ruat Ruati Enterprise on 15 February.
4. Ahead of India’s general election in April-May 2024, authorities in Tamil Nadu have for the first time brought elite clubs and liquor-serving star hotels under surveillance ambit based on instructions from the Election Commission of India.
5. The Supreme Court on Monday rapped the Returning Officer for the Chandigarh Mayoral polls Anil Masih for allegedly defacing the ballot papers with tick and cross marks during the counting, observing that “horse trading is taking place”.
6. The Supreme Court on Monday (Feb 19) ordered fresh counting of existing ballot papers instead of a fresh election for the post of Chandigarh mayor.
7. The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted permission to Leader of Opposition in West Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari to visit trouble-torn Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district.
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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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💷 GBP ₹ 104.69
€ Euro : ₹ 89.45
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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 government will name a new member to the 16th Finance Commission after Niranjan Rajadhyaksha excused himself citing personal reasons.
2. Latest Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) data (Oct-Dec 2023) unveils India’s auto industry dynamics. Uttar Pradesh leads in sales, followed closely by Maharashtra.
In U P, the Total sales is 8,22,472 units across various categories. Maharashtra Secures the second position with 6,88,192 units sold.
3. The Department of Fisheries aims to enhance fishermen’s market access by signing an MoU with the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), unlocking digital commerce potential in Indian Fisheries.
4. ICICI Bank announced the appointment of Mr. Pradeep Kumar Sinha as the Non-Executive Part-time Chairman.
5. Nikhil Joshi Appointed As Managing Director of Boeing Defence India.
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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. Bramayugam movie box office collection Day 4: Rahul Sadasivan’s Mammootty-starrer recorded its highest single-day box office collection on Sunday, surpassing the Rs 10 crore mark in the domestic market, movie earns Rs 25 cr worldwide.
The makers of ‘Bramayugam’ have altered the name of the central character played by Mammootty in the movie. The character, which was originally named Kunjumon Potti, will now be addressed as Kodumon Potti in the film. The change was made after the head of Punjamon Illam, a 200-year-old Brahmin household in Kottayam, approached the High Court.
2. Aishwarya Rajinikanth’s sports drama, ‘Lal Salaam’, featuring Superstar Rajnikanth in an extended cameo, has maintained a stable performance at the box office despite mixed reviews.
The legendary cricketer Kapil Dev also makes a brief appearance in the film. Pravin Baaskar serves as the editor, while the music is composed by AR Rahman.
3. Six day cultural and theatrical extravaganza of National School of Drama (NSD) the Bharat Rang Mahotsav concluded, at Kalidas Rangalaya in Patna, Bihar. It was commenced on 14th February.
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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. Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi took over as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff from Lieutenant General MV Suchindra Kumar, who now has been appointed as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command.
2. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is setting up a remotely operated avalanche warning and monitoring system at Zoji La, a high mountain pass along the Srinagar-Leh national highway in Kashmir.
3. The Indian Air Force test-fired its newly inducted Surface to Air Missile for Assured Retaliation (SAMAR) air-defence system during Exercise ‘Vayu Shakti-24′, which took place in the Pokhran range near Jaisalmer on 17 February.
4. The Indian Navy is going to carry out major operations involving the fleets of both of its aircraft carriers off the west coast in the next ten days, The Navy chief, Admiral R Hari Kumar said. He also said that that the C295 aircraft now is going to be built in India, in line with the push for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India).
5. The Indian Army plans to acquire 1,770 technologically advanced Future Ready Combat Vehicles (FRCVs) under a $57 billion indigenous project to replace Russian-origin T-72 fleet after 2030.
6. The much-anticipated INDUS-X Summit is scheduled to be held on 20-21 February 2024 in New Delhi, marking a significant milestone in the collaborative efforts between India and the United States in defence innovation.
Organised by Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) under the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, and Department of Defence (DoD), United States, in conjunction with the U.S.-India Business Council and Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM), the summit aims to be a pivotal event driving strategic technology partnerships and defence industrial cooperation between India and the USA.
7. Odisha Police along with Military Intelligence on Monday claimed to have made a major breakthrough against counterfeit army combat uniform by seizing nearly 500 meters of the uniform in Berhampur district of the state.
8. In a remarkable display of tributes, soldiers organised a programme to celebrate Shiv Jayanti at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Statue in Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir, situated on the India-Pakistan Line of Control. Despite the challenging weather conditions, with temperatures dipping below 0 degrees and snow covering the ground, the soldiers paid their heartfelt respects to the Maratha warrior king of the 17th century.
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