1. Over 192 crore 50 lakh Covid vaccine doses administered in country so far.
2. National Recruitment Agency to conduct computer-based online CET for recruitment to Non-Gazetted posts by year-end.
3. Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi inaugurates two-day Training Programme for Haj Coordinators and Assistants.
4. UGC extends last date to submit online application for NET exam to 30th May.
5. NHRC has issued notice to the Chief Secretary and the Commissioner of Police, Delhi over yet another major fire in the national capital resulting in death and destruction.
6. IMD predicts widespread rain in North, West and East areas of the country during next two days; says widespread rainfall is likely over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan today.
7. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition filed by All India Tours Corporation seeking directions to the Union of India for the consideration as Private Tour operator (PTs) for the Hajj of year 2022 and inclusion of the name in the lists of the Haj Group Organisers (HGOs) for Haj-2022.
8. The Union Education Minister has a major announcement for the candidates and the universities regarding the CUET 2022. The central Universities in the North Eastern States and Uttarakhand have been exempted from the CUET 2022 norms.
9. The Department of Consumer Affairs on Monday cautioned restaurants that are forcefully making customers pay ‘service charges’, the government said. It stated that service charge is voluntary and at the discretion of consumers. This comes after a Hyderabad restaurant was fined for forcing a customer to pay service charge.
11. *ASSAM FLOODS* : 18 dead; over 8 lakh affected in 32 districts, Nagaon worst hit.
12. *ARUNACHAL* : Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the Parshuram Kund in Arunachal Pradesh will be connected to the rest of the country via the railways soon. The Parshuram Kund is a Hindu pilgrimage site dedicated to sage Parshuram.
13. *DELHI* : New Lt Governor Is Vinai Saxena, Ex Chief Of Khadi Commission. His predecessor Anil Baijal resigned citing “personal reasons”.
14. *GUJARAT* : CM Bhupendra Patel scraps Par-Tapi-Narmada river-link project
15. *KARNATAKA* : International Day of Yog to be held at Mysuru on June 21; PM to lead mass demonstration.
16. *PUNJAB* : Jailed Navjot Sidhu Taken To Hospital For Check-Up, Seeks “Special Diet”
Navjot Sidhu was lodged in Patiala central jail on May 20 after Supreme Court imposed one-year rigorous imprisonment on him in the 1988 road rage case.
17. *UTTARAKHAND* CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said that his govt would implement the Uniform Civil Code “very soon” and urged other states in the country to follow his example.
FINANCE:
USD ₹77.47
💷 *GBP ₹97.37
BSE Sensex: 54,288.61
NIFTY : 16,214.70
1. India’s foreign exchange reserves declined by $ 2.676 billion to $ 593.279 billion in the week ended May 13.
2. Govt. reduces customs duty on raw materials and intermediaries for plastic products.
3. IDBI Bank to sell 25% stake in Ageas Federal Life Insurance for Rs 580 cr.
4. The RBI on Monday said it has set up a six-member committee to review customer service standards in banks, NBFCs and other entities regulated by it.
5. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Monday announced it has become the first exploration and production (E&P) company to trade domestic gas on online delivery-based gas trading platform Indian Gas Exchange (IGX).
6. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.5 lakh on Bilaspur Nagrik Sahakari Bank for violation of certain directives issued by it. As per RBI, the bank had not adhered to the prudential inter-bank (gross) exposure limit, among other violations. Last month, RBI fined Bank of Maharashtra ₹1.12 crore for non-compliance.
ENTERTAINMENT:
1. Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr L. Murugan has invited the film fraternity of the world to come and shoot in India. He also said for participate in various film festivals in India. He was speaking in a round table conference at India Pavilion in Cannes Film Festival.
2. The first looks of Adil Hussain’s ‘Footprints on Water’ and Randeep Hooda’s ‘Rat on a Highway’ have been unveiled at the ongoing 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
DEFENCE:
1. Good News For Govt Servants: Centre Relaxes Family Pension Rules For Missing Employees serving in militancy-affected areas like Jammu and Kashmir, North-East as well as Naxal-prone pockets.
Now, in all cases where a government servant covered by National Pension System (NPS) goes missing during service, the benefits of family pension will be immediately paid
According to the earlier rule, the next of the kin of an employee would not receive the family pension, if he went missing and the family pension would not be paid till the missing Government was declared dead in accordance with the law or till seven years had passed since he went missing.
2. Ex- Personnel Of Armed Force Reemployed In Govt. Services Not Entitled To Pay Scales At Par With His Last Drawn Pay: Supreme Court.
The reference to the last drawn pay in the armed forces is only to ensure that the pay computed in the civil post in the manner envisaged in para 8 of Central Civil Services (fixation of Pay of Reemployed Pensioners) Order, 1986 does not exceed the basic pay (including the deferred pay but excluding other emoluments) last drawn by the personnel in the armed forces, the bench comprising Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna observed.
3. Indian Navy’s INS Jalashwa carried out joint amphibious drills in the Gulf of Kachchh or Kutch off the coast of Gujarat.
4. The fourth edition of the Indian Navy-Bangladesh Navy Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) commenced. The patrolling drill commenced in the northern Bay of Bengal and continued between May 22 and 23.
Indian Navy’s indigenous warships, INS Kora and INS Sumedha along with Bangladesh Navy’s warships BNS Ali Haider and BNS Abu Ubaidah will participate.
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HARYANA* : Chandigarh
State* 01 Nov 1966
Gvnr* : Bandaru Dattatreya
CM* : Manohar Lal Khattar (BJP)
Dist* : 22
🥇Gold ₹51,480 @10gm 24 (Krt)
🥈 Silver ₹61,400@ Kg
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24 May (Tuesday)
Vasant Ritu
पक्ष* :: Krishnapaksh
Month*: Jyeshta 8, (Purnimata)/ Vaisakha 24(Amanta)
Vikram Samvat- 2079
Shaka Samvat – 1944
Nakshatra* Purva Bhadrapada (10:33 pm)
Uttara Bhadrapada
Titi: Navami (up to 10:45 am) Dashami
RahuKaal: 03:42 PM – 05:21 PM
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