TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. HANUMAN JAYANTI💐 It is among the most celebrated Hindu festivals that commemorates the birth of Anjaneya, Lord Hanuman, the divine vanara who is an embodiment of pure devotion and loyalty in his service to Lord Ram. Hanuman was born on the Shukla Paksha Poornima of the Hindu Chaitra month. This year, Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated on April 23rd, 2024.
2. President Smt. Droupadi Murmu confers Padma Awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
3. Hectic campaign continues for second phase of Lok Sabha Elections; Top Political leaders leave no stone unturned to woo the voters; Withdrawal of candidature for third phase ended.
4. Inner Manipur Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Repolling: 73.05% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 3 Pm
5. Bharatiya Janata Party Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai held a roadshow along with the party’s candidate from Bengaluru South seat, Tejasvi Surya here on Monday.
6. NCP President Ajit Pawar yesterday unveiled the party’s manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, promising that all efforts will be made to make Maharashtra a trillion dollar economy.
7. Lok Sabha elections 2024: First result out as PM Modi’s BJP wins first seat without voting. The state Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced that BJP’s candidate from Surat constituency won uncontested. It came as the nomination of the Congress candidate from the seat, the main opposition party, was rejected by the Election.
8. Former Punjab Congress chief and ex-MP Mohinder Singh Kaypee (67) on Monday quit the party to join the Shiromani Akali Dal.
9. Pavuluri Subba Rao Honoured with Aryabhatta Award for Astronautics Contribution
Pavuluri Subba Rao, the Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Ananth Technologies, has been conferred with the prestigious ‘Aryabhatta Award’ by the Aeronautical Society of India (ASI).
10. India’s premier space research organization, ISRO, has made significant strides with its first solar mission, the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, which has been actively transmitting data about the Sun since its launch on September 2, 2023. ISRO Chief S. Somnath said.
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 Andhra Pradesh High Court ruled that textbooks dealing with mathematical equations and science subjects do not come under copyright law, as their content is non-literary in nature.
2. The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered the cancellation of all appointments made through the recruitment process of the State Level Selection Test-2016 (SLST) in West Bengal government-sponsored and aided schools, declaring it “null and void”.
3. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested retired IAS officer Anil Tuteja on Sunday in connection with an alleged liquor scandal in Chhattisgarh under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
4. A Delhi court on Monday directed the All India Institue of Medical Sciences to constitute a medical board to examine Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to determine whether he needs insulin to control his blood sugar levels and said the home-cooked food that the politician was consuming was different from the diet chart prepared by his doctor.
5. The Karnataka BJP unit on Monday expelled former deputy chief minister K S Eshwarappa from the party for six years. The expulsion came after Eshwarappa filed his nomination as an Independent candidate from Shivamogga against sitting BJP MP and party nominee B Y Raghavendra, son of former chief minister B S Yediyurappa. Raghavendra is also the brother of Karnataka BJP unit chief B Y Vijayendra.
6. The Supreme Court has issued notice on the plea filed by the mother of television journalist Soumya Vishwanathan against the Delhi High Court order granting bail to four men serving life imprisonment in the 2008 murder case of her daughter.
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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 ₹ 84 (Approx)
💷 GBP ₹ 104(Approx)
€ Euro : ₹ 89(Approx)
🇨🇳 Yuan ¥ : ₹ 12
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GDP(PPP ) :
purchasing power parity (PPP)
$13.119 trillion
GDP (nominal)
: $3.73 trillion
(Nominal means total market value of all goods and services produced in a country’s economy) .
GDP growth : 8.4% (Q3 2023-24)
India is the fifth largest economy in the world.
Inflation rate : Retail Inflation 5.69% in Dec 2023
Population : 143.86 cr
(17.7% of the total world population).
Unemployment : 10.09% (Oct2023)
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.
GDP per capita
$2,845 (Nominal; 2024)
$9,983 (PPP; 2024)
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BSE SENSEX
73,648.62 +560.29 (0.77%)🌲
NIFTY
22,336.40 +189.40 (0.86%)🌲
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Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai
GOLD : ₹ 74,350/10gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 86,400/KG
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⛽ FUEL in DELHI
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PETROL : ₹ 95/Ltr
DIESEL : ₹ 88/Ltr
CNG : ₹ 74/Ltr
LPG : ₹ 803/14.2 Kg
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PETROL : ₹ 104/Ltr
DIESEL : ₹ 93/Ltr
Auto Gas : ₹ 60/Ltr
CNG : ₹ 74/Kg
LPG : ₹ 803/14.2 Kg
RBI imposes monetary penalty on three co-operative banks for rule violations:-
(a) The Nakodar Hindu Urban Co-operative Bank- Rs 5 lakh penalty.
(b) Jogindra Central Co-operative Bank : Rs 3.50 lakhs.
(c) The Fatehabad Central Cooperative Banks : Rs 2 lakhs.
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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. Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty was conferred with the country’s third-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan, by President Droupadi Murmu on Monday. Mithun received the prestigious award in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, among others at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi.
2. Veteran actor Nirmal Rishi, best known for her work in Punjabi film industry, was conferred the Padma Shri award on Monday.
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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. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday visited Siachen glacier, the world’s highest battlefield, and carried out on-the-ground assessment of the security situation and also interacted with soldiers deployed there. In addition to the Base Camp, Mr. Singh also visited Kumar post located at around 15,600 feet.
2. Exercise Poorvi Lehar (XPOL): It is a maritime exercise conducted by the Indian Navy along the East Coast recently, under the operational direction of the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command.
It aimed at validation of procedures towards assessment of Indian Navy’s preparedness to meet Maritime Security challenges in the region. It witnessed participation of Ships, Submarines, Aircrafts and Special Forces.
3. The Indian Army is progressing two projects worth over Rs 6,800 crore to develop indigenous Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) systems. These shoulder-fired missile systems are being developed to counter aerial threats along the borders with China and Pakistan.
4. Indian Naval Sailing Vessel Tarini carrying two women officers has returned triumphant to its base port in Goa after undertaking a “historic transoceanic expedition” of nearly two months,
Lt Cdr Dilna K and Lt Cdr Roopa A, women officers of the Indian Navy, undertook the expedition in “double-handed mode”. “Their exceptional journey marks a historic milestone as they become the first from India to accomplish such a feat,” the Navy said in a statement.
5. BrahMos being test-fired from INS CHENNAI stealth destroyerIndia can export $3 billion of the BrahMos missiles by 2026, as more than 12 countries are in keen negotiations at present. BrahMos is the world’s fastest supersonic missile, capable of travelling at almost three times the speed of sound.
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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
23 Apr (Tuesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Vasant Ritu
Drik Ritu : Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2081
Shaka Samvat – 1946
Month : Chaitra 15 (Amanta)
Chaitra 29 (Purnimanta) Nakshatr:Chitra (up to 10:32 pm) Swati
Tithi : Purnima/
Pratipada
Rahu : 03:36 PM – 05:11 PM
Yamaganda 09:14 AM – 10:49 AM
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