TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has returned to power in Arunachal Pradesh, while the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) has secured another term in Sikkim. Counting of votes for Assembly elections in the two North-Eastern states was held yesterday.
(a) Polling for the 60 seats in Arunachal Pradesh and for 32 seats in Sikkim was held on the 19th of April, simultaneously with the first phase of Lok Sabha elections. BJP has recorded a landslide victory in Arunachal Pradesh securing 46 seats out of 60.
(b) In Sikkim, out of all 32 seats, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) has won 31 seats. The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) has managed to bag only one seat.
(c) BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda has expressed his gratitude to the people of Arunachal Pradesh for BJP’s victory in the state assembly election.
2. The counting of votes for all the seven phases of Lok Sabha elections will take place on Tuesday. The counting of votes for Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and bye-elections to Assembly Constituencies will also be held the same day. Counting will begin from 8 AM onwards.
3. PM Modi yesterday held a series of meetings in Delhi to review a wide range of topics including heatwave and post-cyclone situation.
4. India’s temperatures rose incredibly quickly in 2023, making it the second-hottest year on record since records started 122 years ago.
5. In view of the ongoing water crisis in the national capital, Delhi Water Minister, Atishi has requested the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments to release additional water for Delhi for at least a month.
6. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heatwave conditions to continue with reduced intensity over Northwest, Central and East India during next 3 days.
7. Kerala has introduced Artificial Intelligence (AI) learning in the Information & Communication Technology (ICT) textbook for Class 7 students.
8. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary KC Venugopal convened a virtual meeting of all party leaders in New Delhi yesterday to chalk out future strategies ahead of the counting.
9. Congress has rejected the Exit Poll figures for the Lok Sabha elections, issued by several private TV news channels and other agencies. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has called the Exit poll completely bogus. He reiterated that the I.N.D.I.A. Bloc is going to get a minimum of 295 seats.
10. Telangana State Formation Day (02 June) is being celebrated on a grand scale as the state concludes its decennial celebrations of its formation. Chief Minister Revanth Reddy received guard of honour at the main event held at the Parade Grounds, Secunderabad yesterday morning.
11. The India Meteorological Department, IMD has said, isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall will continue over Northeast India and south Peninsular India during the next 3 to 4 days.
12. The All India Council for Technical Education, AICTE has come up with short term courses to train core engineering faculty members under quality improvement programs in emerging areas such as artificial intelligence, data science. AI and data science is the second most sought after course in Tamilnadu colleges this year.
13. The Election Commission on Sunday ordered repolling at one booth each in the Barasat and Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal.
14. The Election Commission will hold a press conference on Monday, a day before the counting of votes polled in the Lok Sabha polls.
15. The Centre has approved an Indian Institute of Management for Assam, and it would come up near Guwahati, making it among the few cities in the country housing top educational institutions, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday.
16. Sikkim Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Sunday dissolved the 10th Sikkim legislative assembly with immediate effect to clear the decks for the constitution of the 11th SLA following the declaration of results.
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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. Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court today sent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody till 5th of June in connection with the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise duty scam.
2. The Election Commission today asked Congress leader Jairam Ramesh to share detailed information about his allegation that Union Home Minister Amit Shah made calls to 150 district magistrates or collectors ahead of counting of votes.
3. Eight Maoists, four of them carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 5 lakh, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Sunday.
“””””””””MISHAPS””””””””””
Punjab, two goods trains collided near new Sirhind railway station in Fatehgarh Sahib district on Ludhiana-Ambala main track in the wee hours this morning. More than 51 trains on this route have been affected while seven trains have been cancelled.
2. In Odisha, the death toll in the explosion of a stockpile of firecrackers at Puri has reached 11. 30 people were injured in the explosion that happened during recent Lord Jagannath’s Chandan Yatra.
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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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1. Axis Bank and Mastercard have launched the NFC Soundbox, set to redefine payment experiences in India. This innovative device is poised to be an all-in-one solution, enabling users to accept various payment methods such as Bharat QR, UPI, Tap & Pay, and Tap + Pin.
2. Adani Ports secures a 30-year concession agreement with the Tanzania Ports Authority to operate Container Terminal 2 (CT2) at Dar es Salaam Port, marking its third international port.
3. GST Collection in may Grows up by 10% Year On Year to Rs 1.73 Lakh Crore. The gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue for the month of May 2024 stood at one lakh and 73 thousand crore rupees. Ministry of Finance in a statement said that this represents a 10% year-on-year growth.
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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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Rajamouli’s superhit pan-india film, RRR and Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar were re-released in the theatres last week. In fact, trade analyst Taran Adarsh also recently tweeted that it is high time distributors re-release movies, till the regular flow begins in the second half of 2024. Citing examples of classics such as DDLJ, Hum Aapke Hain Koun, Ghajini, Kaho na pyaar hai, he added that re-releasing a successful film in cinemas will help reintroduce those films to an all-new audience
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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 Indian Air Force (IAF) has taken a significant step by deploying its state-of-the-art Rafale fighter jets for the prestigious multinational exercise, Red Flag 24, which is being held on US soil for the first time. During this exercise, the IAF Rafales will engage in simulated dogfights with the American F-35 stealth fighters.
2. U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin attends the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore 1 June 2024.
Defence Secretary Lloyd J. Austin on June 1 said the U.S.-India ties are based on a common vision and common values and the momentum in the relationship is not only going to continue but will pick up speed.
3. A total 50 Assistant Commandants including 6 women, who successfully completed their 57-week long training and took part in the passing out parade at the National Industrial Security Academy (NISA), the premier training institution of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in Hyderabad on 01 June. Additional Director General (Airport Sector), CISF, Praveer Ranjan reviewed the parade and appreciated the efforts of the 36th batch of Assistant Commandants.
4. Major General Harsh Chhibber Takes Over as Commandant of College of Defence Management He succeeds Rear Admiral Sanjay Datt, VSM, who has retired after an illustrious 36-year career in the Indian Navy.
5. The Indian Military Academy (IMA) in Dehradun is poised to host its prestigious Passing Out Parade (POP) on the 8th of June, 2024. This significant event marks the culmination of rigorous training and the transformation of cadets into commissioned officers, ready to serve in the Indian Army.
6. IAF AFCAT Recruitment 2024: The registration window opened on May 30 and will close on June 28. The recruitment drive aims to fill a total of 304 seats.
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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
*03 Jun (Monday)*
*Vedic Ritu/* Vasant Ritu
*Drik Ritu* : Grishma (Summer)
पक्ष :: *Krishnapaksh*
*Vikram Samvat – 2081*
*Shaka Samvat – 1946*
*Month* : Vaisakha 26 (Amanta) Jyeshta 11 (Purnimanta) *Nakshatr*:Ashwini/
Bharani
*Tithi :* Dwadashi
Trayodashi
*Rahu* : 07:24 AM – 09:04 AM
*Yamaganda* 10:45 AM – 12:25 PM
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