TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. President Smt Droupadi Murmu will address the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, where she is expected to unveil the priorities of the newly-elected government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
2. Senior BJP MP Om Birla was today elected as the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha for the second consecutive term. He was elected with voice vote as the opposition did not press for voting in the House for its candidate Congress MP K. Suresh.
3. Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that the government is firm in its commitment to make India a drug-free nation and is pacing towards achieving this goal with a whole-of-government approach.
4. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched the Safai Apnao, Bimaari Bhagao (SABB) initiative under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, running from July 1 to 31 August, 2024.
5. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president and Union Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda has been named Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha. Mr. Nadda replaces Union Minister Piyush Goyal, who recently won the Lok Sabha election and took oath on June 24, as a member of the Lower House of Parliament.
6. In Manipur, the International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking was observed across the State. The State bordering Myanmar and infested with drug abuse for many years pledged to eradicate drug menace during the observation. Chief Minister N. Biren Singh flagged off a motorbike rally organised by the state Police.
7. The first IDF Regional Dairy Conference Asia Pacific-2024 will be held in Kochi from June 26th to June 28th, 2024. It will bring together experts from around the world to talk about new ideas and problems in the dairy industry.
8. India’s first underground coal gasification pilot project, launched by Eastern Coalfields Limited in Jharkhand’s Kasta coal block, aims to convert coal into valuable gases like methane and hydrogen.
9. In, Tamil Nadu the Regional Met department has predicted heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places over Nilgiris district and Ghat areas of Coimbatore district for the next seven days.
10. In Kerala, the IMD has issued orange alert in seven districts of the state, indicating isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall.
11. In Goa, the IMD has issued a yellow alert of heavy rainfall to very heavy rainfall with strong surface winds till June 29 at isolated places over the state.
12. Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner in a press release announced that all Anganwadis, government, aided, and private primary and high schools in the district shall remain closed on 27 June 2024. This decision comes in response to the Red Alert issued by the Indian Meteorological Department and Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre indicating a high possibility of extremely heavy rainfall for Thursday.
13. Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy met Union Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari in Delhi on Wednesday and secured pending approvals for various highway projects and the Hyderabad Regional Ring Road project.
14. Congress high command gives nod for Telangana cabinet expansion in July 1st week.
15. Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani was admitted to the AIIMS in New Delhi late on Wednesday night.
16. The Telangana government on Wednesday issued a directive to implement a five per cent reservation for persons with benchmark disabilities in all higher education institutions, including government and aided institutions.
17. Security forces were put on high alert after a villager claimed to have spotted two “suspicious-looking’ men in Punjab’s Pathankot. The Punjab police, along with the Army and the BSF, carried out a massive search operation in the Bamial area of Pathankot.
18. The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to set up a sprawling 120-acre central public park of international standards at the Mahalaxmi Race Course in Mumbai.
19. New research at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru has led to a potential advance in tuberculosis (TB) study. The Department of Bioengineering has created a new 3D hydrogel culture system similar to mammals’ lung environment.
20. Uttar Pradesh state has started building the world’s first center for protecting and raising the Asian king vulture, also called the red-headed vulture, in Maharajganj. The species has been on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List since 2007.
21. The Bharat Centre of Olympic Research and Education (BCORE) was inaugurated on June 23, at the Rashtriya Raksha University in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district.
*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. A Delhi court yesterday sent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to three-day CBI custody, hours after he was arrested by the agency in connection with a money laundering case.
2. Ministry of Corporate Affairs has refuted recent reports claiming that Byju’s has been cleared of financial fraud in an ongoing investigation by it. The Ministry categorically clarified that such reports are factually incorrect and misleading.
3. A team of CBI reached Oasis School in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand to investigate the NEET paper leak case.
4. An accused in the NEET-2024 exam scam was arrested by Latur police, Maharashtra. The name of the accused is Sanjay Jadhav. He was produced before the court yesterday and was remanded to police custody till 2nd July.
5. Ministry of Labour and Employment has sought a detailed report from the Labour Department of the Tamil Nadu Government after media reports claimed that married women are not being allowed to work at Foxconn India Apple iPhone plant. The office of Regional Chief Labour Commissioner has also been directed to furnish the factual report on the matter to the Ministry.
6. Directorate of Enforcement (ED) sleuths have searched for 11 locations in and around Hyderabad under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, recently in connection with irregularities in Operation Mobilisation (OM) group of Charities.
7. Bombay high court on Wednesday refused to interfere with a decision taken by a city-based college to impose a ban on hijab, burka and naqab, observing that such rules do not violate students’ fundamental rights.
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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* ₹105(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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*BSE SENSEX*
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*NIFTY*
*23,868.80 +147.50 (0.62%)*🌲
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*Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai*
*GOLD* : ₹ 72,200/10gm (24 krt)
*SILVER* : ₹ 90,900/KG
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*PETROL* : ₹ 95/Ltr
*DIESEL* : ₹ 88/Ltr
*CNG* : ₹ 74/Ltr
*LPG* : ₹ 803/14.2 Kg
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1. Kotak Mahindra Bank in India plans to expand its branch network by 175 to 200 branches in FY25. This decision comes despite recent regulatory restrictions from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on digital customer acquisition and credit card issuance due to IT-related issues.
2. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India inaugurated the ‘Chadwick House: Navigating Audit Heritage’ Museum at Shimla on 24 June.
3. State Bank of India plans to open 400 new branches in 2024-25 to enhance customer service, particularly in emerging sectors like wealth management. In the previous fiscal year, SBI opened 137 branches.
4. State Bank of India (SBI) paid a Rs 6,959 crore dividend to the government for FY 2023-24, declaring Rs 13.70 per share. Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) presented a Rs 857 crore dividend, declaring Rs 1.40.
The dividend cheque was presented by SBI Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in the presence of Financial Services Secretary Vivek Joshi.
5. Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB), a regional rural bank sponsored by Canara Bank, has been honoured with a national award by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).
6. Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is investigating Sanjiv Bhasin of IIFL Securities, for his part in an alleged market manipulation.
7. Banking industry experts on 25 June warned that the Telangana government’s recent announcement of a farm loan waiver could lead to asset quality issues and hit the credit culture of a wider section in other states who may make similar demands. A loan waiver simply means the government asking banks to write off the dues of a large number of borrowers at one go.
On 21 June Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy announced that up to Rs 2 lakh each owed to banks by farmers in the state would be forgiven. Following this, farmers in states like Punjab and Maharashtra too have raised similar demands.
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*ENTERTAINMENT NEWS*
#Information and Broadcasting Minister:
Ashwini Vaishnaw
#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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The Nag Ashwin directed Kalki 2898 AD is scoring very good response in advance bookings in the Hindi markets, surpassing all the expectations. The futuristic saga set against the backdrop of Mahabharata, features Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan and Kamal Haasan in lead roles, and has surpassed the advance bookings of Salaar in the North Markets.
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*DEFENCE*
#Supreme Commander of Armed Forces: The President
#Def Minister: Rajnath Singh
#Def Minister of State :–
#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. In Jammu and Kashmir, three terrorist were killed in an encounter with security forces in a forest area in Doda district yesterday. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the gunfight started in Bajad village in Gandoh area of the mountainous district Doda.
Lt Gen Ajai Kumar Singh, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command, has officially inaugurated the new Southern Star Auditorium.
2. The National Security Guard (NSG) recently conducted a four-hour anti-hijack drill at the Kempegowda International Airport.
3. The Indian Army progresses with Phase II recruitment under the Agniveer initiative, focusing on transparency and efficiency. The Agnipath scheme targets youths aged 17-and-half to 21 for short-term service to enhance the military’s age profile, with the option of retaining 25% for an extended period.
4. *Defence Ministry signs 350th contract under iDEX for miniaturised satellite*: The 350th contract under the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX), the flagship initiative of the Ministry of Defence was signed with SpacePixxel Technologies Pvt Ltd for the design and development of a ‘miniaturised satellite capable of carrying electro-optical, infrared, synthetic aperture radar, and hyperspectral payloads up to 150 kgs’, the defence ministry announced on Tuesday.
5. The Centre has sanctioned a 1,700-member armed security force from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for the upcoming Noida international airport, scheduled to commence operations in April 2025.
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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* :
*Minister of Parliamentary affairs* : Kiren Rijiju
*Rajyasabha Seats* : 245 (233 Elected + 12 Nominated)
*Loksabha* : 550 members (530 States 20 Union Territories)
*Chief Election Commissioner:*
Shri Rajiv Kumar
27 Jun (Thursday)*
*Vedic Ritu/* Vasant Ritu
*Drik Ritu* : Grishma (Summer)
पक्ष :: *Krishnapaksh*
*Vikram Samvat – 2081*
*Shaka Samvat – 1946*
*Month* : Jyeshta 21 (Amanta)
Ashada 05 (Purnimanta)
*Nakshatra* :Shatabhisha (up to 11:36 am)
Purva Bhadrapada
*Tithi :* Shashthi (up to 6:40 pm)Saptami
*Rahu* : 02:10 PM – 03:51 PM
*Yamaganda* 05:47 AM – 07:28 AM
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