TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. ISRO successfully conducted the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV-LEX-02). The test was conducted at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga, Karnataka in the early hours on 22 March 2024 at 7:10 hrs IST, the first mission was conducted on April 2, 2023 also at 7:10 hrs IST.
2. Pre-poll alliance between the ruling Biju Janata Dal and the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party in Odisha broke down, with both parties separately announcing decisions to go solo in the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly elections.
3. Three independent MLAs in Himachal Pradesh, who had supported the BJP candidate in the recent Rajya Sabha elections, resigned from the Assembly and announced their intention to join the BJP.
4. On the day of Holi festival (25th March), the Metro services will not be available till 2:30 PM on all lines of the Delhi Metro including Rapid Metro and Airport Express Line.
5. BJP released fourth list of 15 candidates on Friday for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls. The declared candidates are from the Parliamentary constituencies in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu.
6. Union government is pushing power generation companies (gencos) to buy gas and scale up electricity generation from stranded or underutilised gas-based power unitsold.
7. Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Friday declared the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, “unconstitutional” and violative of secularism, directing the state government to accommodate students studying in madrasas in regular schools.
8. Social activist Anna Hazare, once considered to be Arvind Kejriwal’s mentor and guru has come out all guns blazing. A scathing critique is now out in the open against his former protege. Anna says, it is only Kejriwal who is responsible for his own arrest in the Delhi liquor policy case.
9. Senior DMK leader K Ponmudy was on Friday re-inducted into the cabinet led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin following a tussle between the state government and the Governor.
Governor R N Ravi administered the oath of office to the minister in the presence of the chief minister at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai.
10. President Droupadi Murmu has expressed grief over the demise of senior Biju Janata Dal (BDJ) leader and former Odisha state government minister Damodar Routtoday. He had been in a critical state for the past few days after suffering a heart attack earlier this month. He was 82 years old.
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. Delhi Chief Minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal has been remanded to the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) custody for seven days, until March 28.
2. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has disaffiliated 20 schools for engaging in malpractices. The Board has disaffiliated Five schools from Delhi alone.
3. The search and interrogation process by Income Tax department is continuing at the house of Swarup Biswas. He is brother of state minister Arup Biswas. Swarup Biswas is alleged to evade income tax. Besides IT raid is going on at Behala, Pornorshri areas of Kolkata.
4. Enforcement Directorate ED has been conducting searches at the Bolpur residence of state minister Chandranath Sinha since this morning in connection with the teachers recruitment scam.
5. Supreme Court today denied any relief to BRS leader, K Kavitha, who was arrested last week in the Delhi liquor policy case. The apex court told her to approach the trial court.
6. Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed further investigation in a criminal case filed against BJP MP and Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje over her statement during a protest in Bengaluru, where she linked a suspect in the Rameshwaram cafe blast with Tamil Nadu.
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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
💷 GBP ₹ 106
€ Euro : ₹ 91
🇨🇳 Yen ¥ : ₹ 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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72,831.94 +190.75 (0.26%)🌲
NIFTY
22,096.75 +84.80 (0.39%)🌲
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GOLD : ₹ 65,600/10gm (24 krt)
SILVER : ₹ 77,000/KG
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DIESEL : ₹ 88/Ltr
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LPG : ₹ 903/14.2 Kg
1. Ashwani Kumar, Partner at Victor Forgings in Jalandhar, has been unanimously elected as the new President of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO).
2. Microsoft named British AI pioneer Mustafa Suleyman as the head of its AI division. Suleyman, who co-founded Google’s DeepMind, will now report directly to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
3. The Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) has elected M V Rao, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Central Bank of India, as its new Chairman.
4. PolicyBazaar, a prominent player in insurance and financial services, has unveiled plans to diversify its offerings by establishing a wholly owned subsidiary named ‘PB Pay Private Limited.’ This subsidiary, approved by the Board of Directors on March 20, 2024, aims to specialize in payment aggregation services, both domestically and internationally, subject to regulatory clearances.
5. SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd, in collaboration with Titan Company Ltd, proudly presents the Titan SBI Card, an exclusive shopping credit card designed to offer unparalleled benefits to its users. With a focus on cashbacks, gift vouchers, and reward points, this card promises benefits worth over ₹2,00,000 annually.
6. Aviation watchdog DGCA on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 80 lakh on Air India for violations of norms related to flight duty time limitations and fatigue management system of flight crew.
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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. IPL 2024 OPENING CEREMONY HIGHLIGHTS: Performances from Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff; AR Rahman, and Sonu Nigam made for an unforgettable opening ceremony @ 6:30 pm on 22 March at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai.
2. Veteran actor Radhika Sarathkumar, nominated to contest from the Virudhunagar constituency, Tamilnadu. This decision comes after Radhika’s husband, Sarath Kumar, merged his Akila Indiya Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) with the BJP two weeks ago.
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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. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has been exploring options to procure six mid-air refuelers crucial to extending the range of its increasing fleet of fighter aircraft of Rafales, Su-30MKIs, Jaguars and indigenous Light Combat Aircraft.
2. HAL’s Koraput Division achieved a “milestone of successful manufacture and delivery of cumulative 140th RD-33 Series-3 Engine for the IAF”
3. Indian Navy vessels, INS Tir and INS Sujata, are set to participate in the second edition of the India-Mozambique-Tanzania (IMT) tri-Lateral (TRILAT) exercise from March 21-29, the Ministry of Defence informed through an official release.
4. The Indian Army achieved another milestone with the patenting of the Portable Multi Target Detonation Device (WEDC), a ground breaking innovation developed by Major Rajprasad RS of the Corps of Engineers.It is a microprocessor-based electronic system that functions using both wired and wireless modes of firing. The WEDC has a long range of 2.5 kilometres, which is significantly longer than the 400-metre range of the previously used Exploder Dynamo Capacitor systems.
23 Mar (Saturday)
Vedic Ritu/ Shishir Ritu
Drik Ritu : Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Phalguna 13 (Amanta)
Phalguna 28 (Purnimanta) Nakshatr: Purva/ Phalguni
Tithi : Trayodashi (up to 7:18 am)Chaturdashi
Rahu : 09:32 AM – 11:03 AM
Yamaganda 02:04 PM – 03:34 PM
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TELANGANA : Hyderabad
Part of Andhra Pradesh
Formation (by bifurcation) 02 June 2014
GOVERNOR : C. P. Radhakrishnan (Also governor of Jharkhand)
CM : Anumula Revanth Reddy (INC)
Dist: 33
STATE SYMBOLS
BIRD : Indian roller
FLOWER : Senna auriculata
MAMMAL : Spotted deer
TREE : Prosopis cineraria
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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
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