Today’s top News – 24 April 2023

national panchayati raj day 2023

1. President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu will visit Karnal and Hisar in Haryana on Monday.

2. Celebration of National Panchayati Raj Day on 24th April : The Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India in collaboration with the Government of Madhya Pradesh is commemorating National Panchayati Raj Day (NPRD) on 24th April, 2023 at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh as a major event as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) – Samaaveshi Vikaas (Inclusive Development) adopting Whole-of-the-Government approach. The Prime Minister will be the Chief Guest at the national function to be organised at Special Armed Forces Ground, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. He will address the elected representatives and functionaries of Panchayati Raj Institutions as well as Special Gram Sabhas across the country on this momentous occasion.

The Prime Minister will inaugurate an integrated e-GramSwaraj and GeM portal for public procurement at Panchayat level.

3. Railways will launch
Puri – Gangasagar Divya Kashi Yatra by Bharat Gaurav Tourist train from Pune on Friday under Dekho Apna Desh and
Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Scheme.

4. The Union Health Ministry, in collaboration with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, has launched a unique initiative to develop 100 food streducein 100 districts across the country. This pilot project aims to promote safe and healthy practices to reduce food-borne illnesses.

5. BJP President JP Nadda has appointed Rajeev Bindal as the party State President of Himachal Pradesh while Siddharthan will be the party General Secretary.

6. PM Modi will inaugurate an integrated e-GramSwaraj and GeM portal on National Panchayati Raj Day, 24th April.

7. Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya on Sunday met the family of Umesh Pal, who was killed in February, and assured them of providing adequate security.

8. Union Minister Piyush Goyal said the government will form an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) taskforce for the textiles sector to boost its credibility in view of India’s own commitment to sustainability.

9. PM Modi will arrive in Kerala on Monday for a two-day visit during which he be attending several programmes, including the flagging off of the Vande Bharat Express train.

10. The Health and Family Welfare Ministry will organize the Asia Pacific Leaders’ Conclave on Malaria Elimination in New Delhi.

11. Sports Minister Anurag Thakur to chair ‘Chintan Shivir’ of Ministers of Youth Affairs & Sports of States and UTs in Manipur. Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur met Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio at his residence in New Delhi on Saturday.

12. Former Rajasthan deputy CM Sachin Pilot on Sunday indicated he will continue with his agitation against his own government for action against the corruption in the previous BJP government.

13. All schools and colleges in Assam’s Tinsukia will remain closed on April 24 in view of severe thunderstorm and hailstorm that occurred between April 22 and 23.

CRIME REPORT

1. Security has been beefed up in Dibrugarh
pro-Khalistan radical preacher Amritpal Singh will be shifted to a prison in the Upper Assam town from Punjab on Sunday.

2. Amritpal Singh kept in separate cell in Dibrugarh jail, to be questioned by RAW & IB.

3. Recently, the Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSAI) of India (FSSAI) urged food commissioners of all states and Union Territories (UT) to take action against the unauthorised use of artificial fruit ripening agent calcium carbide.

4. An official of the Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA) died on Sunday after being hit by the tail rotor of a helicopter in Kedarnath. Amit Saini sustained severe neck injuries after the accident and died on the spot, Rudraprayag District Magistrate Mayur Dixit said. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered a detailed investigation into the incident.

5. BSP MLA Umashankar Singh on Sunday said gangster Atiq Ahmed’s wife Shaista Parveen has not been expelled from the party. “The party is sympathetic towards her,” Singh said, adding that if she is convicted, she will be expelled from the party.

6. Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Sunday demanded an independent probe into a purported audio clip which they accuse is the voice of the state finance minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan.

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1.Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said government is working with RBI and concerned Ministry to clamp down on ponzi apps.

2. Shantanu Roy has been recommended as the next Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of BEML Limited, a Miniratna PSU under the Ministry of Defence.

3. NHAI to Develop 10,000 km of Optic Fibre Cables Across India by FY 2025. NHAI’s OFC infrastructure project to revolutionize India’s digital transformation.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) was constituted by an Act of Parliament in 1988 under the administrative control of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways NHAI has been set up as a Central Authority to develop, maintain and manage the National Highways entrusted to it by the Government of India.
India and Guyana signed an Air Services Agreement (ASA) on Saturday to facilitate easier travel between the two nations

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

A prayer meeting was held for Pamela Chopra on Sunday at Yash Raj Films Studios in Mumbai. Celebrities like Karan Johar, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta and Abhishek Bachchan were seen arriving at the studio to pay their respects. Pamela, who was married to late filmmaker Yash Chopra, passed away on Thursday at the age of 74.

DEFENCE

1. Two IAF aircraft on standby in Saudi to evacuate Indians from Sudan: The Centre said it is making all out efforts to ensure safety of Indians stranded in Sudan. The government said that it is in touch with Sudan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and the US for the safe return of Indians. Two Indian Air Force C-130J aircraft are positioned on standby in Jeddah and INS Sumedha has reached Port Sudan.

2. India and China are holding the 18th round of corps commander level talks on 23 April at the Chushul-Moldo meeting point in the Eastern Ladakh sector.

3. The Army has now stepped-up efforts to train women officers for “command and leadership roles” as Colonels and beyond, even as the first five female cadets are set to be commissioned into frontline artillery regiments after passing out of the Officers’ Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai on April 29.

Army empanelled 108 women officers for command assignments in the Colonel-rank, with “multiple policy waivers being granted”, through a special selection board earlier this year.

4. The terrorists who ambushed an Army truck in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch used steel core bullets, capable of piercing an armoured shield, and decamped with the soldiers’ weapons, officials said on Sunday

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CHINA : capital is Beijing

Republic established
1 January 1912

The world’s third largest country by total land area.

President : Xi Jinping
Premier : Li Qiang

1 Chinese Yuan equals
11.90 Indian Rupee

China also called as the People’s Republic of China (PRC) officially.

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24 Apr (Monday)
Vedic Ritu/ Drik Ritu : Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Month : Vaishaka 18, (Purnimanta)
Vaishaka 04, (Amanta)
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945 Nakshatra:Mrigashira/ Ardra
Tithi: Chaturthi (up to 8:25 am) Panchami
Rahu : 07:38 AM – 09:14 AM
Yamaganda : 10:49 AM – 12:25 PM

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