1. 24th KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS is celebrated today on 26 July 2023, to observe India’s victory over Pakistan in the Kargil War for ousting Pakistani Forces from their occupied positions on the mountain tops of Northern Kargil District in Ladakh in 1999. Kargil Vijay Diwas is observed to commemorate the victory of the Indian soldiers.
SALUTING WAR HEROES FOR THEIR BRAVERY ON KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS …
2. The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu completed one year in office yesterday (July 25, 2023).
To mark the completion of one year of her presidency, President Murmu participated in number of activities. Which include:
(a) Laid the foundation stone for redevelopment of Shiva Temple situated in the President’s Estate
(b) Laid the foundation stone for construction of a Cricket Pavilion at the Sports Ground of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya, President’s Estate
(c) Inaugurated Navachara – an Artificial Intelligence enabled gallery developed by Rashtrapati Bhavan in collaboration with Intel India.
(d) Inaugurated Sutra-kala Darpan – a Textile Collection of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
(e) Inaugurated Janjatiya Darpan – a gallery to showcase the common and connecting cultural traits of various tribal communities.
3. Parliament passes Constitution (STs) Order (5th Amendment) Bill to include some communities in STs category in Chhattisgarh.
4. Both Houses of Parliament witness uproar over Manipur issue. Logjam continued in both Rajyasabha & Loksabha.
5. Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday wrote to opposition leaders of both houses of Parliament, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Lok Sabha, and Mallikarjun Kharge of Rajya Sabha, appealing for their cooperation in the discussion on Manipur issue.
6. PM Modi termed it is a proud moment that Rajya Sabha MP and State President of Nagaland’s BJP Mahila Morcha, S Phangnon Konyak presided over Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
7. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday chaired an all party meeting to end the ongoing impasse in Parliament.
8. Lok Sabha passed the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill 2022 on Tuesday.
9. ISRO to launch PSLV-C56 with six co-passenger satellite on 30th July at 6:30 AM from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
10. PM Modi will dedicate to the nation the International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC) complex at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on Wednesday.
11. The Officer Trainees of the 2022 Batch of Indian Foreign Service called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence in New Delhi on Tuesday.
12. Jammu and Kashmir, the highly anticipated 43-day-long annual Machail Mata Yatra in Kishtwar district will commence on 25th July 2023 and conclude on the 5th September 2023. The Yatra is the second most famous.
13. All the government and private schools in Telangana would remain closed on July 26 and 27 amid heavy rainfall in the stat
14. In Telangana, heavy rains continue to lash several parts of the state. Vailpur in Nizamabad district recorded the highest of 461.5 mm rain in less than 24 hours.
15. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Rajasthan and Gujarat on Thursday and Friday. PM Modi will lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation various development projects in a public programme in Sikar, Rajasthan on Thursday.
16. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced that two-wheelers, autos, tractors and non-motorised vehicles will be banned from the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway, starting from August 1. This decision was taken due to an increasing number of accidents on the newly inaugurated expressway. NHAI stated alternate routes and separate roads are available for such vehicles.
17. The 4th Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) and Environment and Climate Ministers meeting will be held in Chennai from July 26-28, 2023.
18. A total of over 176 Giga Watt of renewable energy capacity have been installed in the country till last month: Union Minister R.K Singh said.
19. The Zomi Council Steering Committee, representing nine Kuki-Zomi tribes of Manipur, on Tuesday demanded imposition of President’s Rule in the state, while a leading Meitei civil rights organisation — Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity — urged the Centre not to hold talks with Kuki militant groups.
20. Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated Delhi’s first ‘water ATM’ to provide water in areas without piped water supply
21. BJP MLA from West Bengal Bishnu Pada Ray passes away due to cardiac arrest in Kolkata. He was legislator from the Dhupguri Assembly constituency in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal.
22. Veteran journalist-author-columnist Shirish Kanekar passed away in Mumbai on Tuesday due to a heart attack.
CRIME REPORT
#Chief Justice of India:
Shri Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
#Minister Of Law & Justice : Arjun Ram Meghwal
1. AAP workers on Tuesday staged a protest in Chandigarh against the violence in Manipur after which the police resorted to using water cannons. The party workers were proceeding towards Governor’s house when they were stopped and workers who attempted to jump over the barricades were detained by the police.
2. Meghalaya police chief LR Bishnoi on Tuesday said the July 24 mob attack on the chief minister’s office in Tura was “pre-planned” and a “conspiracy” was hatched to cause physical harm to Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma.
3. The Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI has arrested a five individuals including a Deputy Chief Engineer of West Central Railway and a Deputy General Manager and Project Director of National Highways Authority of India in a bribery case.
4. More than two years after his arrest, Girish Chaudhari, the son-in-law of senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Eknath Khadse, on Tuesday walked out of jail on securing bail from the Supreme Court in a money laundering case linked to a 2016 land deal in Pune.
FINANCE
#Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman.
#Commerce & Industry : Piyush Goyal
#RBI Gvrnr: Shaktikanta Das
#President of the World Bank :
Ajay Banga
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💷 GBP ₹ 105.68
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GDP rate (2023 ) : 6.15%
Inflation rate : 4.7%
Population : 141.81 cr (17.7% of the total world population).
Unemployment : 7.8%
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1. The government clarified on Tuesday that there is no proposal under consideration for the constitution of eight pay commission for central government employees.
2. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its GDP growth forecast for India for FY24 to 6.1% from 5.9%. In April, the IMF had cut its projection for India for 2023-24 by 20 basis points to 5.9%. According to IMF’s latest report, global growth is projected to fall from estimated 3.5% in 2022 to 3% in both 2023 and 2024.
3. Asian Paints on Tuesday reported a consolidated net profit of ₹1,574.84 crore for the quarter ended June, registering 52% growth from ₹1,036.03 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
#Information and Broadcasting Minister: Shri Anurag Singh Thakur
#Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC): Prasoon Joshi
1. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has issued a notice to Sony Pictures Networks over an episode of the show Super Dancer- Chapter 3.
“The judges on the show [asked a] minor child vulgar and sexually explicit questions regarding his parents on stage,” said the notice. It asked the network to take the episode down.
2. Director Pushpendra Singh said some girls refused to star in the movie ‘Ajmer 92’ because of the subject. ‘Ajmer 92’ is based on events of the gang rape and blackmailing of hundreds of school and college girls in Ajmer.
DEFENCE
#Minister: Rajnath Singh
#Union Home : Amit Shah
#National Security Advisor : Ajit Doval
#Chief of Defence Staff:
Gen Anil Chauhan, PVSM UYSM AVSM SM VSM
FACTS ABOUT KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS
(a) Kargil War took place in the Kargil District of Jammu and Kashmir, along the Line of Control (LoC).
(b) The intruders at that time were on the top whereas the Indians were on the downhill and so it was easy for them to attack.
(c) Do you know that Kargil was part of the Baltistan district of Ladakh before the partition of India in 1947 and was separated by the LOC after the First Kashmir War (1947-1948)?
(d) On 3rd May 1999 Pakistan started this war when it had infiltrated into the high altitudes in the rocky mountainous region of Kargil with around 5000 soldiers and captured it.
(e) Pakistani Army secretly started training and sending troops near Kargil to dominate the region with the goal of claiming Siachen Glacier.
(f) The Indian Air Force, used planes like MiG-2Is, MiG-23s & MiG-27s.
(g) Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated to honour the sacrifices of all 527 soldiers who were martyred in the war against Pakistan.
2. A fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Monday experienced a technical malfunction leading to jettisoning of external stores in Balushasan village in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur. However, no loss of life has been reported in the process.
3. Russian parliament’s lower house approved a bill raising the maximum age for compulsory military service from 27 to 30.
4. A Russian fighter jet allegedly fired flares and flew within several metres of a US drone over Syria, striking and damaging the aircraft, according to the US military, calling the move unprofessional and unprovoked.
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MEGHALAYA
Capital: SHILLONG
Before was
Part of Assam
Formation
(as a state)
21 January 1972
Districts : 12
Language: Bengali
Governor : C.
Phagu Chauhan
CM; Conrad Sangma (NPP)
State:
Bird : Hill myna
Flower : Lady’s Slipper Orchid
Mammal: Clouded leopard
Tree : Gamhar
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26 Jul (Wednesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Varsha
Drik Ritu : Varsha (Monsoon)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Sravana 9, (Purnimanta)
Sravana 9, (Amanta)
Nakshatra: Swati Vishaka
Tithi : Ashtami (up to 3:52 pm)Navami
Rahu : 12:33 PM – 02:12 PM
Yamaganda : 07:37 AM – 09:15 AM
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