1. Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi says, small online payments are helping in building a big digital economy.
2. PM Modi on Sunday tested general knowledge on country’s museums as he addressed the latest edition of his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat.’ Speaking about the importance of museums in the country.
3. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is organizing the ‘Kisan Bhagidari, Prathmikta Hamari’ campaign from today. The campaign which will continue till the 30th of this month is being organized under ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ in the association with various other Ministries and Departments.
4. The Serum Institute of India (SII) urged the Centre to immediately use the 10 crore Covishield doses provided free of cost by vaccine alliance GAVI amid rising coronavirus cases
5. Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses gathering on occasion of inaugural function of 150th Birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo in Puducherry.
6. *Assam* , the BJP have won the Guwahati Municipal Corporation, GMC polls with absolute majority. The BJP along with its ally Asom Gana Parishad won 36 seats so far in the 60 members GMC polls. The BJP got 31 seats and Asom Gana Parishad won 5 seats.
7. *DELHI* : A massive fire broke out at a godown in Sabzi Mandi railway station in Delhi on Sunday. A total of 14 fire tenders reached the spot and the blaze was brought under control.
8. Delhi govt issues guidelines to prevent spread of Corona in schools.
9. *GUJARAT* : Former Congress MLA Manilal Vaghela joined the BJP on Sunday in the Vadgam town of Banaskantha district ahead of Gujarat Assembly elections
10. *J&K*: PM Modi who was in Jammu on 24 Apr, inaugurated Banihal-Qazigund road tunnel, laid foundation stone of multiple development initiatives including hydroelectric projects, expressways worth over Rs 20,000 crore and addressed gram sabhas across the country to mark National Panchayati Raj Day.
11. J&K: Lieutenant Governor approves hike in minimum wages of daily wagers.
12. *Punjab* govt orders probe against 720 schools for raising fees.
13. The Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force on Sunday arrested the most wanted Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Charanjit Singh alias Patialavi. Patialavi was wanted in Ludhiana’s Shingar cinema bomb blast case.
14. *MAHARASHTRA* : Khar Police on Sunday arrested 10 more Shiv Sena workers for allegedly creating a ruckus outside Amravati MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana’s house in Mumbai.
“A total of 16 workers have been arrested…Police will present everyone in the court [on Monday],” Mumbai Police said. Both Ravi and Navneet have been sent to 14-days judicial custody.
15. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated seven National Highway Projects worth 5569 crore rupees in Aurangabad.
16. *UTTAR PRADESH* Ashish Mishra, accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case today surrendered at Lakhimpur Kheri District Jail. The apex court had last week canceled the bail granted to Ashish Mishra in the violence case and asked him to surrender within a week
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Crypto investors gained a total of $162.7 billion in 2021, a 400% increase from just $32.5 billion in 2020, a report by data analytics firm Chainalysis revealed. As per the report, the US investors profited the most (around $47 billion), followed by the UK, Germany and China. India came 21st, with $1.85 billion in total realised gains
ENTERTAINMENT:
1. Actor Vedaant Madhavan, who recently won a gold medal in swimming at the Danish Open 2022 in Copenhagen, said in an interview with DD News that he wants to make a name for himself. “I didn’t want to live under my dad’s shadow…I didn’t want to be just (actor) R Madhavan’s son,” said the teenager.
2. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu advises political parties to have code of conduct and media to follow ethical Journalism.
DEFENCE:
1. HAL will produce the first five Tapas-BH-201 drones. DRDO scientists are also working with a Coimbatore-based private firm on an indigenous engine for Tapas…. As of now, close to 75 per cent of the drone is India-made
2. Tapas-BH-201, developed by the Bengaluru-based Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE),
Recently achieved an altitude of 28,000ft and 18 hours of endurance. The agency, under the DRDO, began developing the medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle a decade ago at a cost of Rs1,540.74 crore; it was later revised to Rs1,786 crore.
3. In Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, three (03) terrorists affiliated with the proscribed Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terror outfits have been gunned down by security forces in a gunfight that broke out this evening between terrorists and security forces at the Pahoo area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
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