TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. 112th Mann Ki Baat programme (Sunday) Highlights
(a) PM Modi has asserted that the rising sales of Khadi and handloom products in the country are creating new job opportunities.
(b) National Handloom Day will be celebrated in the country on the 7th of next month.
(c) PM Modi expressed pride on inclusion of Charaideo Maidam of Assam in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Prime Minister highlighted that it will be the 43rd site of India in the list, and the first Cultural World Heritage site from the Northeast.
(d) Speaking about the pressing issue of drug abuse in the country, PM Modi outlined the government’s proactive measures to combat this growing menace.
(e) PM Modi also asked listeners to participate in the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, with 15th August approaching. He encouraged people to upload their selfies with the Tricolour on ‘harghartiranga.com’.
2. The two day conclave of Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states called Mukhyamantri Parishad concluded in New Delhi.
3. President Smt. Droupadi Murmu has appointed new Governors in different States.
(a) Former Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde has been appointed Governor of Rajasthan.
(b) Former Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura Jishnu Dev Varma has been appointed Governor of Telangana.
(c) Former Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan Om Prakash Mathur appointed as Governor of Sikkim.
(d) Former Union Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar has been appointed as Governor of Jharkhand.
(e) Former Lok Sabha MP from Assam Ramen Deka appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh.
(f) Former Karnataka Minister C H Vijayashankar has been appointed as Governor of Meghalaya.
(g) C.P. Radhakrishnan who is presently Governor of Jharkhand has been appointed as Governor of Maharashtra.
(h) Gulab Chand Kataria who is currently Assam Governor has been appointed Governor of Punjab and Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
(j) Lakshman Prasad Acharya who is currently Sikkim Governor appointed as Governor of Assam and has also been given additional charge as Governor of Manipur.
(k) Former IAS officer K. Kailashnathan has been appointed Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry..
4. In Telangana, field survey pertaining to integrated Geographic Information System (GIS) survey of properties starting on July 30, the GHMC in a press release issued on Saturday urged the people to keep photocopies of the documents ready and hand it over to the surveyors who will visit their homes.
5. Political strategist-turned-activist and founder of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj will be christened a political party on 2 October, Gandhi Jayanti. Jan Suraaj which started as a campaign in Bihar, will be registered as a political party this year.
6. The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) is set to develop India’s first integrated agricultural export facility at Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai. The project, approved by the Union Minister for Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, is valued at Rs. 284.19 crore and will cover an area of 67,422 square meters.
7. Indian Railways is working in full swing to strengthen rail infrastructure in the northeast part of the country. Sharing an update regarding the Bhairabi-Sairang New Rail Line (51.38 km) Project, Mizoram, the Ministry of Railways informed that 93 per cent of the work is completed.
8. The Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari announced the implementation of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS)–based toll collection system at select national highways, terminating the existing traditional toll collection methods.
GNSS-based user fee collection system has been conducted on the Bengaluru-Mysore section of NH-275 in Karnataka and the Panipat-Hisar section of NH-709 in Haryana.
9. Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs, George Kurian has said that the government is working for the inclusive development of the minorities and it is moving forward with the Prime Minister’s vision of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayaas.
10. National Testing Agency, NTA has declared the result of the Common University Entrance Test – CUET (UG) 2024. The entrance test was conducted for over 14.99 lakh registered candidates.
11. The Ministry of Education will celebrate the fourth anniversary of the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020, NEP 2020 with Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam ABSS, 2024 at Manekshaw Centre Auditorium in New Delhi.
12. The Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy was hospitalised here after his nose started bleeding during a press conference on Sunday.
13. The Gujarat high court has issued summons to the Bharatiya Janata Party MP from the Surat Lok Sabha constituency, Mukesh Dalal, over two petitions challenging his uncontested victory.
14. After social media outrage over a Budget proposal making it mandatory to get tax clearance certificates for going abroad, the government on Sunday clarified that the proposed amendment is not for all. Only those accused of financial irregularities or having substantial tax arrears need such clearance.
15. The Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department has imposed a complete ban on private constructions in the high security zone around the Rashtrapati Niwas ‘Retreat,’ near Mashobra, Shimla.
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 will organize a Special Lok Adalat week starting today till the 3rd of next month. This initiative commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Apex Court.
2. The National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the result of the Common University Entrance Test – CUET (UG) 2024. The entrance test was conducted for over 14 lakh 99 thousand registered candidates. These candidates had applied for various combinations of subjects across 283 Central, State, and other participating universities and Institutions for the Academic session 2024-2025.
3. Climate activist Soman Wangchuk announced on Sunday that he will launch a 28-day fast on Independence Day if the government does not invite Ladakh authorities for talks on demands for statehood and constitutional protection for the union territory.
** MISHAPS **
The Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has expressed anguish at the death of three Civil Services aspirants due to water logging in the basement of a coaching centre in the National Capital.
Delhi Police has registered a first information report (FIR) and formed multiple teams to probe the Rajinder Nagar coaching centre flooding incident which killed three IAS aspirants.
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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
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 has imposed penalties on three payment system operators, namely Visa Worldwide, Ola Financial Services, and Manappuram Finance, for the companies failure to adhere to regulatory compliance.
2. The Government has approved setting up of 7 (Seven) PM Mega Integrated Textile Region. Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks in Greenfield/Brownfield sites (including a Greenfield project in Virudhanagar Tamil Nadu) with world class infrastructure including plug and play facility with an outlay of Rs. 4,445 cr for a period of seven years upto 2027-28.
3. Centre Clears Urban Flood Management Projects Worth ₹2,514.36 cr Of 5 States.
Approved six project proposals in the states of Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, West Bengal and Maharashtra at a total cost of Rs. 2514.36 crore for Urban Flood Management in six metro cities, namely Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune.
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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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Akshay Kumar’s ‘Sarfira’ becomes his 7th disaster in two years, actor’s films reportedly incur losses of over Rs 1000 crore : The Khiladi of Bollywood, who has dominated the industry by giving back-to-back money spinners, has been going through a rough patch as his recent films including Bachchhan Paandey, Samrat Prithviraj, Raksha Bandhan, Mission Raniganj, Ram Setu, Selfiee, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and the latest one Sarfira bombed at the box office.
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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. Eastern Navy Commander Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar visited INS Karanj, the third submarine of the Scorpene class in the Indian Navy, on Friday.
2. The Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) has resumed the use of India-donated helicopters and Dornier aircraft to transport patients. The Indian helicopters are operated jointly by the Indian army and the MNDF and are used to airlift medical patients in Maldives.
3. Contingents from India, China, Australia, Japan, U.S., U.K. are among the participants from 23 countries at Khaan Quest; the exercise prepares armed forces to conduct joint peacekeeping operations. Indian Army contingent participate in the ongoing 21st edition of the multinational joint military exercise Khaan Quest 2024.
4. Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted Indian Navy personnel onboard Indian Naval Ship (INS) Tabar, which is participating in Russia’s Navy Day celebrations.
5. The defence ministry is working on developing a light tank for the Indian Army for deployment at high-altitude area of the country, with a prototype already built, the Parliament was informed on Friday. Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth gave the information in a written response to a query on project ‘Zorawar’.
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In Bharat there are 28 states and 8 Union territories.
Population : 143.86 cr
(17.7% of the total world population).
President of Bharat ,
Smt Droupadi Murmu
Vice President
Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar
Prime Minister : Shri Narendra Modi
Speaker Lok Sabha : Sri Om Birla
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
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