TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. Voting for Second Phase of Lok Sabha Elections completed peacefully in 88 Constituencies spread over 12 States and Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Political fate of on the 1202 candidates sealed in EVMs.
2. Over 63 per cent turnout in phase 2 of LS polls; Tripura records 79.46%, Manipur 77.32% The Election Commission (EC) said polling remained largely peaceful.
3. Filing of nomination for fifth phase of general elections begins.
4. The Regional Meteorological Centre in Guwahati has released its weather forecast for the next five days for Assam and the adjoining northeastern states. According to the forecast, light to moderate rainfall is expected across the region, along with the possibility of thunderstorms and gusty winds in some areas.
5. Heatwave continues to affect normal life in Odisha; Met Department issues red alert for several districts.
6. The Ministry of Education has asked the CBSE to work out logistics for conducting board exams twice a year from the 2025-26 academic session.
According to the New Curriculum Framework (NCF) announced by the education ministry last year, board examinations will be held twice a year to ensure that students have enough time and opportunity to perform well and get an option to retain the best score.
7. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP-led government at the Centre will implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country as it is a guarantee of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and accused the Congress of advocating personal laws.
8. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) general secretary Dr Shushruth Gowda, who had accompanied Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kerala to Kashmir, quit the Congress and joined the BJP on Wednesday. He was denied a ticket to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Mysuru.
9. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday took pot shots at the Congress manifesto as he also made a mention of the controversy surrounding the inheritance tax and wealth redistribution.
10. Polling for three Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal in the second phase of parliamentary elections (Voting for Darjeeling, Balurghat, and Raiganj constituencies) was peaceful with a voter turnout of over 72% registered till 5 PM on Friday, an EC official said.
11. NC leader Omar Abdullah and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday asked the Election Commission not to postpone polls in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. Earlier some parties and three candidates submitted the representations to EC, seeking rescheduling of elections in the constituency due to adverse weather conditions, including snowfall on the Mughal road.
12. Waris Punjab De head Amritpal Singh, currently lodged in Dibrugarh jail in Assam under the National Security Act, will contest elections from Khadoor Sahib as an Independent candidate.
Putting to rest all speculation, the formal announcement was made by his mother Balwinder Kaur at the ‘pakka morcha’ being conducted at the Heritage Street near Golden Temple on Friday.
13. Sudhir Kakar, a renowned writer, cultural critic, and the “Father of Indian Psychology,” passed away at the age of 85.
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. The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed pleas for the 100 per cent verification of voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips with the electronic voting machine count, holding that suspicions regarding tampering of EVMs were “unfounded”. This implies that polling will proceed as usual, with all voting machines connected to their respective VVPAT units.
2. Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that he wishes to withdraw his defamation lawsuit against Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra, as a “peace offering”.
3. West Bengal has approached the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court’s April 10 order for the CBI probe into charges of sexual exploitation of women and land grab made against TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan and others in Sandeshkhali in North 24.
4. BJP MP from Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namgyal on Thursday clarified that he did not make statements against the party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a post on X falsely attributed a quote to him.
5. Supreme Court on Friday, April 26, issued a notice to the Election Commission of India (EC) on a plea seeking directions to nullify the election results of a particular constituency and hold fresh polls if maximum votes are polled in favour of None Of The Above (NOTA) option.
6. A Delhi court dismissed an application filed by former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh seeking further investigation into a sexual harassment case lodged by six female wrestlers against him.
7. Calcutta High Court instructed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to submit a report regarding the clashes in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district during Ram Navami celebrations, stating whether the probe should be handed over to the central agency. A division bench presided by Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam directed the NIA to file a report on the clashes and other allegations made in two PILs and the alleged use of bombs.
8. A court in Delhi extended the judicial custody of AAP leader Manish Sisodia, co-accused Vijay Nair and others till May 8 in a money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. The judge also directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to submit a report on how much time it was likely to take to digitize the documents related to the charge sheet.
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A massive landslide triggered by heavy rain occurred on Wednesday at the highway between Hunli and Anini in Arunachal Pradesh, causing a deep cut in the road and disrupting the route connecting Dibang Valley, which has a border with China.
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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 ₹ 84 (Approx)
💷 GBP ₹ 104(Approx)
€ Euro : ₹ 90(Approx)
🇨🇳 Yuan ¥ : ₹ 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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1. The government has approved a one-year extension for T. Rabi Sankar as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, effective from 3 May, 2024.
2. Axis Bank’s board has approved the re-appointment of Amitabh Chaudhry as Managing Director & CEO for another three years, effective January 2025.
3. India takes a significant step in renewable energy with the inauguration of its first multi-purpose green hydrogen pilot project at the 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station (NJHPS) in Himachal Pradesh’s Jhakri. Spearheaded by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN), the project aims to produce green hydrogen through renewable energy sources.
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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. The Mega auditions for Aha Telugu Indian Idol 3 are scheduled to commence for the first time in USA, the auditions to kickstart from on 4thMay 2024 in New Jersey at TV9 USA studios.
2. Actor Randeep Hooda was bestowed with the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award. This honor recognizes his remarkable contributions to Indian cinema and his recent film “Swatantrya Veer Savarkar”.
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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 Delhi High Court on Friday ordered the Union Ministry of Defence to decide in eight weeks the plea demanding that women should be allowed to join the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force through Combined Defence Services (CDS) exams.
2. Under the new Social Democratic Party government led by Olaf Scholz, Germany has lifted restrictions on the sale of small arms, thereby allowing the Indian military and its state police forces to buy them off the shelf.
Earlier this month, the German government green-lit a request by the National Security Guard (NSG) to buy spare parts and accessories for its MP5 submachine guns that were procured earlier, sources in the know said.
3. IAF Conducts Successful Test of Air-Launched Ballistic Missile : The Indian Air Force (IAF) has achieved a significant milestone by successfully testing a new version of an air-launched medium-range ballistic missile. The missile, codenamed ROCKS or Crystal Maze 2, was test-fired from a Su-30 MKI fighter jet in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
4. Indian Navy’s indigenous stealth frigate, INS Sahyadri participated in the Maritime Partnership Exercise with Royal Navy’s RFA Argus and RFA Lyme Bay, part of the UK Littoral Response Group South, The exercise, which took place on Thursday aimed to enhance interoperability and strengthen maritime cooperation between the two nations.
5. A forest fire in Uttarakhand took a severe form on Friday as the flames reached Nainital’s High Court Colony. The Nainital administration has called forest department employees and army personnel to control the blaze. They may press helicopters in the fire-fighting operation if the situation spirals out of control.
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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 Kuma
27 Apr (Saturday)
Vedic Ritu/ Vasant Ritu
Drik Ritu : Grishma (Summer)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2081
Shaka Samvat – 1946
Month : Chaitra 19 (Amanta)
Vaisakha 4, (Purnimanta) Nakshatr:Jyeshta
Moola
Tithi : Tritiya (up to 8:18 am)Chaturthi
Rahu : 09:12 AM – 10:48 AM
Yamaganda 02:00 PM – 03:36 PM
Pooja
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