TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. IMD issues Red Alert for extreme heatwave conditions in Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha; Rainfall likely over Northwest India.
2. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will likely conduct the crucial integrated air-drop test for the Gaganyaan mission’s crew module this week.
3. The country is witnessing high octane campaign for third phase of Lok Sabha elections with top leaders holding election rallies and road shows in various constituencies. 95 Parliamentary Constituencies across 10 States and two Union Territories will go to polls in this phase on the 7th May.
4. Notification for sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections to be issued today . Elections for the sixth will be held on May 25 in 57 constituencies. The sixth phase will cover 7 States and Union territories. The counting of votes for all polls will done on June 4.
5. Ahead of third phase of the Lok Sabha polls 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed four rallies in the North Karnataka region in Belagavi, Uttara Kannada, Davanagere and Ballari.
6. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi promises ‘Pehli Naukri Pakki’ scheme for unemployed youth if voted to power.
7. The Tamil Nadu government is conducting a three-day synchronised survey of the Nilgiri Tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius), the State animal from 29 April.
8. The educational authorities in Tripura have announced the closure of schools from April 29 to May 1 to ensure the well-being of students, directorate of school education department Tripura said.
9. The ideology of separatism is “Dead” in Jammu and Kashmir as people realised it is futile ,separatist-turned-mainstream politician Sajad Lone said.
10. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will meet his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar jail on April 30, Aam Aadmi Party sources said.
11. Congress leader Arvinder Singh Lovely has resigned as chief of the party’s Delhi unit.
12. Repolling will be held in six polling stations in the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency on April 30. The repolling was necessitated as unidentified persons had damaged EVMs and VVPATs before the completion of voting at four of these six polling stations on April 26.
13. Central Reserve Police Force head constable Arup Saini who was killed in a militant attack in Manipur was cremated with full honours in his native village in West Bengal’s Bankura district on Sunday. Two Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed and two others injured after militants attacked a camp of security forces in Manipur’s Bishnupur district in the early hours of Saturday.
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 is scheduled to hear a plea by the Mamata government in West Bengal against the Calcutta High Court’s order , which directed for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the allegations of crimes against women and land grabbing in Sandeshkhali.
A team of NSG commandoes reached Sandeshkhali on Friday afternoon hours after the CBI recovered arms and ammunition — including foreign-made pistols.
2. The Supreme Court today (29 April) will hear the appeal filed by the West Bengal government against the Calcutta High Court order invalidating the appointments of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff made in 2016 by the state’s School Service Commission (SSC).
3. Election Commission asks Aam Admi Party to modify its Lok Sabha Poll campaign song as per Advertising codes.
4. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest in a money laundering case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam.
5. A case of sexual harassment and stalking was registered on Sunday against former prime minister HD Deve Gowda’s son and former minister HD Revanna and his grandson Prajwal Revanna, who is Hassan MP.
6. The Delhi high court has granted a man serving a life term for murder two weeks’ parole to attend his engagement ceremony and wedding.
Granting the relief to Rahul Dev, the court noted that he was granted parole earlier as well and he had surrendered on time. Dev was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2014 for the offences of murder and causing the disappearance of evidence or giving false information to screen offender under the Indian Penal Code.
7. A court in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district has dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla, the Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate from Vaishali Lok Sabha seat, in a case of alleged land grab.
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Two policemen were killed and over a dozen injured when the van in which they were travelling was hit by a speeding container truck from behind in Bihar’s Gopalganj district on Sunday, The incident took place near Barhima Bazar around noon when the police team was going to Supaul for the third phase of the Lok Sabha election duty.
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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 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has instructed Talkcharge Technologies to halt the issuance and operation of its Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) or wallets . This directive follows the RBI’s observation of the firm issuing wallets without proper authorization. As a result, Talkcharge must refund the balances held in these wallets to customers by 17 May 2024.
2. Arun Alagappan Appointed Executive Chairman of Coromandel International.
3. Government Approved Adani’s Vizhinjam Port as India’s First Transshipment Hub in Kerala : It has received approval from the government to operate as India’s inaugural transshipment port. This designation is significant as it allows cargo to be transferred from large vessels to smaller ones, contributing to India’s goal of becoming a manufacturing hub.
4. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued draft guidelines titled “Digital Lending – Transparency in Aggregation of Loan Products from Multiple Lenders” to promote transparency in the digital lending space.
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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. Actor Sahil Khan gets arrested by Mumbai cyber cell in connection to the Mahadev Betting App. His pre-bail plea was rejected by the court, citing that he is the co-owner of the app and considering his direct involvement with the app.
2. National Award-winning film 777 Charlie is set to be released in Japan on June 28, the makers have announced.
Directed by Kiranraj K and starring Rakshit Shetty, 777 Charlie won the best National Film Award for the best Kannada film last year.
3. Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu on Sunday announced her new film titled Bangaram on the occasion of her 37th birthday. The update comes months after The Family Man 2 star said she will return to work after a seven-month hiatus following her myositis diagnosis in 2022.
4. The world of Yakshagana, a traditional theatre form of Karnataka, has lost a towering figure. Subrahmanya Dhareshwar, a senior and well-known Yakshagana ‘bhagavatha’ (background singer), passed away in Bengaluru. He was 66 years old.
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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. CDS GEN ANIL CHAUHAN CONCLUDES FRANCE VISIT : Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan visited France and reaffirmed the long-standing strategic partnership between New Delhi and Paris and further reinforced the bilateral defence cooperation between the two nations.
2. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) intercepted 86 kg of narcotics worth ₹600 crore from a Pakistani boat off the Gujarat coast on Sunday. The 14 crew members who were attempting to smuggle the drugs into India were arrested and brought to Porbandar for further investigations.
3. INDIAN NAVY RESCUES PANAMA-FLAGGED CRUDE OIL TANKER CREW AFTER MISSILE ATTACK : The Indian Navy said it averted an incident involving an attack on Panama-flagged crude oil tanker MV Andromeda Star PM on April 26. INS Kochi responded to a distress call, adding the vessel was intercepted by an Indian Navy warship. A total of 30 crew, including 22 Indian nationals, were reported to be safe.
4. The Indian Air Force has inducted the Rampage long-range supersonic air-to-ground missiles which can hit targets at around 250 Km. The missile known as the High-Speed Low Drag-Mark 2 missile in the Indian Air Force was reportedly used in a big way by the Israeli Air Force during its recent attacks on Iranian targets.
The Indian Air Force has inducted the Rampage in its Russian-origin aircraft fleet including the Su-30 MKI and MiG-29 fighters along with the Jaguar fighter jets.
5. The Indian Defence Ministry’s Goa Shipyard Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Damen Shipyards for collaborating in the field of e-Tugs, in the presence of the Netherlands’ Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Liesje Schreinemacher.
The MoU further paves the way for new vistas in providing cutting-edge, reliable, and green solutions to Indian ports, according to Goa Shipyard Limited.
6. Two Lashkar terrorists who were killed in an anti-terror operation in Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday were from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and Pakistan, sources said.
Terrorists identified as Sanam Zafar and Abdul Wahab Arrived in North Kashmir a month ago & lived in forest.
7. Indian Army on Friday evening foiled a drone intrusion attempt by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Pallanwala sector of Akhnoor sub-division of Jammu. Multiple rounds were fired at the Pakistani drone from over four posts of Indian Army and searches were launched immediately after the incident.
8. On 26 April 2024, the National Cadet Corps (NCC) Group Headquarters in Pune hosted the Annual Training Conference, bringing together all Group Commanders for a day of reflection and celebration. Major General Yogender Singh, VSM, Additional Director General (ADG) of the NCC Directorate Maharashtra, presided over the conference.
9. Ex-servicemen Rally for Veterans and Veer Narees of Tawang district was held on 28 Apr 2024 at Tawang military station Arunachal Pradesh . An eagerly awaited event commenced with Wreath Laying at Tawang War Memorial, wherein the Veterans paid homage to valiant martyrs of 1962 war.
10. Army Medical Corps Establishes New Centre For Combat Medical Services : General Armed Forces Medical Services (DG-AFMS) Lt Gen Daljit Singh has announced the establishment of the Institute of Military Medicine at the Army Medical Corps (AMC) centre and college in Lucknow.
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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 Kumar
29 Apr (Monday)
Vedic Ritu/ Vasant Ritu
Drik Ritu : Grishma (Summer)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2081
Shaka Samvat – 1946
Month : Chaitra 21 (Amanta)
Vaisakha 1, (Purnimanta) Nakshatr:Purva Ashadha/ Uttara Ashadha
Tithi : Panchami (up to 7:57 am) Shashthi
Rahu : 07:35 AM – 09:11 AM
Yamaganda 10:47 AM – 12:24 PM
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