Today’s top News – 29-August-2023

Happy Onam 2023

1. Today is THIRUVONAM. 💐🙏🏻HAAPY ONAM
It is the rice harvest festival of Kerala. Onam is celebrated on the day of Thiruvonam nakshatram (Shravana asterism) in the Malayalam calendar month of Chingam.
Thiruvonam Nakshathra Begins 29 Aug 2023
2:43 AM &Ends @ 11:50 PM

2. President Smt Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar greeted all citizens especially, the people of Kerala on the eve of ONAM.

3. ISRO’s Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun will be launched on the 2nd of September at 11.50 hrs from Sriharikota space station in Andhra Pradesh.

4. Former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan credits PM Modi for Chandrayaan-3 Success.

5. Chandrayaan-3 VIKRAM lander and PRAGYAN Rover on the surface of the moon: The temperature variation observed by Chandrayaan 3 on the moon is interesting as the high of 70 degree was not expected, scientists said.

6. PM Modi congratulates Jan Dhan Yojana beneficiaries on completion of nine years of the scheme.

7. The Delhi Traffic Police has issued advisory ahead of the G20 Summit, to be held in Delhi from September 9 to 10, 2023. It has issued specific guidelines for different modes of transport in the capital.

8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed over 51 thousand appointment letters to newly inducted recruits through video conferencing. This was the eighth edition of the Rozgar Mela, which was held in 45 different places across the country.

9. Supreme Court, disposed of a petition against the demolition drive by the Railways authorities to clear alleged illegal constructions on railway land near Krishna Janmabhoomi in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura.

10. A chapter on National War Memorial – ‘A Homage to our Brave Soldiers’ has been included in the NCERT curriculum of Class VII from this year.

11. Union Home and Co-operation Minister Amit Shah chaired the 26th Meeting of the Western Zonal Council at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

12. BJP President J P Nadda released the Outlook Group’s Coffee Table Book ‘Sikhs and Modi (A Journey of Nine Years) at a function in New Delhi.

13. In TELANGANA: BRS party which announced candidates for 115 Assembly constituencies on August 21, even before the Election Commission issued poll notification, is set to name candidates for the remaining four seats this week.

14. Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi will attend this week’s meeting of the I.N.D.I.A bloc in Mumbai and the gathering will see the unveiling of the opposition grouping’s logo, the party’s Maharashtra unit president Nana Patole said.

15. ASSAM, 1.9 lakh people are reeling under the fury of floods in 16 districts in the State. Over 400 persons are shifted to temporary relief camps in Chirang and Sonitpur districts. Due to rising water levels of the Brahmaputra river, ferry services have been temporarily suspended at Jorhat – Majuli and Guwahati and North Guwahati.

16. Union Minister of State for Railways and Textiles, Darshana Jardosh is on a three day visit to Nagaland.

17. Former head granthi (priest) of Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar, Giani Jagtar Singh, passed away on Sunday.

CRIME REPORT
#Chief Justice of India:
Shri Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud

#Minister Of Law & Justice : Arjun Ram Meghwal

#International Court Of Justice Prz. : Joan Donoghue
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1. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a first information report (FIR) against Enforcement Directorate assistant director Pawan Khatri in connection with an alleged bribery of Rs 5 crore by liquor businessman Amandeep Dhall to evade action in the excise policy scam case.

2. The sister of a Dalit youth, who was allegedly beaten to death by a group of people in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district, on Monday claimed her mother was also stripped by the accused during the incident.

3. Heavy police presence, intense security checks and an undeclared curfew turned Nuh into a fortress and ensured peace was not disrupted on Monday.

FINANCE
#Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman.
#Commerce & Industry : Piyush Goyal
#RBI Gvrnr: Shaktikanta Das
#President of the World Bank :
Ajay Banga
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💷 GBP ₹ 103.85
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GDP rate (2023 ) : 6.5%
( $3.75 trillion)

Inflation rate : 4.7%
Population : 141.81 cr (17.7% of the total world population).
Unemployment : 7.8%

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

#Information and Broadcasting Minister: Shri Anurag Singh Thakur

#Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC): Prasoon Joshi
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1. ‘ABCD 2’ Actress Lauren Gottlieb Gets Engaged To Longtime Beau Tobias Jones.

2. Kollywood Thalapathy Vijay’s Son, Jason Sanjay, Set to Make Directorial Debut with Lyca Productions.

3. President Smt Droupadi Murmu released the commemorative coin on NT Rama Rao on his centenary year at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre yesterday.

Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the Late NT Rama Rao enriched Indian cinema and culture through Telugu films. She said that he breathed life into the prominent characters of Ramayana and Mahabharata through his acting.

DEFENCE
#Commander of Armed Forces: The President
#Def Minister: Rajnath Singh
#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. 🇰🇪Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Defence Aden Bare Duale arrived in New Delhi today on a three-day visit to India. During his visit, the Minister will hold talks with his indian counterpart Rajnath Singh.

2. The Indian Navy is seeking expedited delivery of 26 Rafale-M fighter jets from 🇫🇷France to prevent a three-year gap before the first delivery of Rafale jets.

Additionally, the Navy is also planning to train fighter pilots from the French Navy jets rather than commencing training after the first Indian jets gets delivered.

3. INS Vikrant, which is undergoing a scheduled compulsory refit/maintenance process, will likely use Indian Navy’s MiG-29K fighters to become fully operational in the meantime.

India will soon send a Letter of Request (LOR) to the French government seeking financial quotes for the procurement of 26 Rafale-Marine fighter aircraft, also known as Rafale-M, for the Indian Navy’s second aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.

4. Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems Pvt Ltd (KRAS), a joint venture company between Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Systems Ltd, has got a contract worth ₹287.51 crore from the Ministry of Defence for supply of missile systems.

5. India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh, has accorded an Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) to procure the Long-Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) for the Indian Air Force.

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MEGHALAYA
Capital: SHILLONG

Before it was
Part of Assam

Formation
(as a state)
21 January 1972

Districts : 12

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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29 Aug (Tuesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Varsha
Drik Ritu : Sharad (Autumn)
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Sravan 13, (Purnimanta & Amanta)
Nakshatra: Shravana (up to 11:50 pm)
Dhanishta
Tithi : Trayodashi (up to 2:48 pm) Chaturdashi
Rahu : 03:35 PM – 05:09 PM
Yamaganda : 09:19 AM –10:53AM

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