5 jawans killed in J&K’s Poonch as terrorists attack Army vehicle. Defence officials said that terrorists fired at the Army vehicle while it was moving from Bhimber Gali to Sangiot in Poonch district. Massive search operation under way to trace terroristsThe entire area has been cordoned off while drones and sniffer dogs are being used to sniff out the terrorists that might be hiding in the area
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/attack-on-army-vehicle-in-jks-poonch-massive-search-operation-under-way-to-trace-terrorists-1211597.html
1. PM Modi to address Civil Servants on occasion of Civil Services Day at Vigyan Bhawan today. He will also confer Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration.
2. Supreme Court to hear a plea of Hindu side seeking consolidation of all suits pending in a Varanasi court pertaining to Gyanvapi Mosque-Kashi Vishwanath dispute.
3. Ministry of Textile to organise a Chintan Shivir with Textile Industry stakeholders at Rajkot to deliberate upon various important agendas & topical issues pertaining to textile industry..
4. Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have signed a border agreement, putting an end to a 51-year-old border dispute, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday. The agreement states that of the 123 disputed villages, one will be included in Assam from Arunachal Pradesh and 10 villages will continue in Assam. Arunachal Pradesh will also get 60 villages from Assam.
5. Goa tourism department to host three-day ‘Spirit of Goa’ festival revolving around local brews made from coconut and cashew fruits.
6. Maharashtra government on Thursday announced early summer vacation for primary, middle and higher secondary schools of the state board from April 21 in view of heatwave conditions.
7. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced early summer vacation for students in all schools in the state from Classes 1-12, in the entire region. summer vacation will now begin on April 21, instead of the first week of May.
8. Senior BJP leader, Union Home & Cooperation Minister Amit Shah to on a two-day visit to take stock of party’s preparations for the May 10 Assembly elections in Karnataka. He will hold a roadshow in Devanahalli.
9. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has said that a life-size statue of former Prime Minister V P Singh will be installed in Chennai. Stalin hailed Singh for his contribution to social justice.
10. Former MLA Mohiuddin Bava quit the Congress after he was denied a ticket for the upcoming Assembly elections in Karnataka and joined the Janata Dal(Secular) on Thursday.
CRIME REPORT
1. The Gujarat High Court recently issued a notice to the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), in a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking immediate removal of drugs and medicines containing “cancerous impurities” such as NDMA from the Indian market.
2. At least 22 people sustained burn injuries after an LPG cylinder exploded inside a building in the Garden Reach area of Kolkata on Thursday.
3. UP Police use drone to search for Atiq’s wife & Guddu Muslim. Atiq Ahmed’s wife Shaista Parveen and his close-aide Guddu Muslim have been absconding since the murder of Umesh Pal.
4. Railway Protection Force (RPF) along with Telangana Police on Wednesday rescued 34 children in Telangana’s Kazipet railway station who were being trafficked from Bihar.
5. Khalistani preacher Amritpal Singh’s wife Kirandeep Kaur has been released after questioning after she was stopped from flying to the UK at Amritsar airport on Thursday. Kaur, who has been asked not to leave Amritsar, was reportedly sent back to her village at Jallupur Khera.
6. Saying that lawyers cannot go on strike or abstain from work, the Supreme Court directed all high courts to constitute grievance redressal committees at the state level.
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1. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) recently announced a new scheme Mission 50K-EV4ECO to boost the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem in the country.
2. Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited posted a 983% year-on-year jump in the net profit clocked during the fourth quarter of FY23 at ₹11.54 crore as against ₹1.06 crore in the corresponding period of FY22. The company also declared a dividend of ₹3.50 per fully paid-up equity share of ₹10 each, aggregating to ₹5.28 crore, for the fiscal ended March 31, 2023.
3. Vodafone Idea has appointed billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla as a non-executive director on its board. This comes nearly two years after he stepped down as the non-executive director in August 2021.
4. Adani Power on Thursday said it has signed an agreement with MPSEZ Utilities Limited (MUL) for power supply. The power supply agreement is for 15 years. “Adani Power has entered into a long-term power supply agreement (PSA) with MUL for 360 MW capacity to be supplied from its 4,620 MW power plant at Mundra, Gujarat, for 15 years.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
1. Vizag Film Society will organise a three-day Oscar winning film festival, starting from 6 pm on April 21, at Public library premises in Dwaraka Nagar. “The Elephant Whisperers’ will be screened on Wednesday, and ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ on April 22.
2. Union Cabinet recently approved the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2023, which has provisions to curb the transmission of pirated film content on the Internet.
3. Pamela Chopra an Indian playback singer & the wife of veteran Bollywood film director Yash Chopra, died from pneumonia at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, at the age of 75, on 20 April 2023. She was admitted to the hospital due to ‘age-related issues.
DEFENCE
1. Defence minister Rajnath Singh said “war preparedness should be a continuous phenomenon and we should always be ready for unpredictable and uncertain events that may crop up at any time. He expressed confidence in the Indian Army to handle any contingency along the country’s border with China.
2. India’s first C-295 aircraft has rolled out of the Airbus defence production facility in the city of Seville, located in southern Spain.
Images and videos of the military aircraft emerging from the Airbus Defence and Space’s San Pablo site, which is home to the military transport activities and the Final Assembly Line (FAL) for the four-engine turboprop-powered A400M airlifter and twin-turboprop C295, have now gone viral on social media.
The plane is the first of the 16 medium–lift tactical transport airport aircraft which will be delivered to the Indian Air Force (IAF) in flyaway condition.
3. Indian Army confirms terrorists attacked Army truck in J&K : A video has surfaced online showing an Indian Army truck on fire in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch, that led to the death of five soldiers. The Army said that the truck caught fire due to the likely use of grenades by unidentified terrorists who fired on the truck in the Rajouri sector. The martyred soldiers were deployed for counter-terrorist operations.
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