TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. Martyrs’ Day is celebrated on January 30 in India, the day when Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse in 1948.
2. PM Modi on Monday interacted with students from all around the country in the seventh edition of ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ (literally translated as discussion over exams) at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The Indian leader advised students to compete with themselves and not engage in competition with others.
3. Election Commission on Monday released the date for the Rajya Sabha elections to 56 seats from 15 states of India. The election body said that the elections for the membership of the Upper House of the Parliament will be conducted on 27 February.
The states where the elections for the Rajya Sabha are scheduled to occur encompass :
Uttar Pradesh (10),
Maharashtra (6),
Bihar (6),
West Bengal (5),
Madhya Pradesh (5),
Gujarat (4),
Karnataka (4),
Andhra Pradesh (3),
Telangana (3),
Rajasthan (3),
Odisha (3),
Uttarakhand (1),
Chhattisgarh (1),
Haryana (1), and
Himachal Pradesh (1)
4. Beating retreat ceremony that officially marks the end of Republic Day festivities will be held on 29 January at Vijay Chowk.
The ceremony is a display of military pageantry and musical prowess. It includes the massed bands of the three wings of the Indian Armed Forces (Army, Navy, and Air Force) along with pipes and drums bands from the Army, Air Force, and the Central Armed Police Forces.
5. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi will hold meeting with the floor Leaders of Political Parties in both the houses of the Parliament, before the start of the Parliament Session. The All Party meeting will be held at 11:30A.M today 30th January 2024 at Parliament Library Building, New Delhi.
6. Union minister Shantanu Thakur on Monday claimed that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA will be implemented across the country within a week.
7. The Parliament session will commence with the address of the President on 31st Jan 2024 and subject to exigencies of Government Business, the session may conclude on 9th February 2024.
8. The Central government has amended regulations, allowing women government employees to nominate their children over their husbands for family pensions, according to an official release issued on Monday.
9. Several top-level leaders of the National Conference (NC) in the Jammu region joined the BJP on Sunday, in a setback to former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah’s party, months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
10. In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Punjab government on Monday transferred 10 IAS officers, including six deputy commissioners (DCs), with immediate effect.
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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. : Joan Donoghue
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1. The government on Monday extended the ban imposed on terrorist group Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) for five years for its involvement in fomenting terrorism and disturbing peace and communal harmony in the country.
2. A fatwa has allegedly been issued against All India Imam Organization chief Dr Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi after he attended the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Ram Lalla at Ram Temple in Ayodhya on 22 January.
3. The Supreme Court on Monday extended the stay on the Allahabad High Court’s order for a court-monitored survey of the Shahi Idgah Mosque complex adjoining the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple at Mathura in Uttar Pradesh as it deferred hearing on petitions challenging the high court’s order. Further hearing is in April.
4. Security was beefed up on Monday a day after a row broke out over the removal of a saffron Hanuman flag from Keragodu village in Mandya, with protests demanding its restoration and the incident sparking a political confrontation between the Congress government and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal (Secular).
5. An Enforcement Directorate team on Monday visited the Delhi residence of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to question him in connection with a money laundering investigation in an alleged land fraud case and camped there for over 12 hours. Official sources claimed Soren was “missing” and could not be contacted by the federal agency.
6. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad for over nine hours in connection with the agency’s money laundering probe into the alleged land-for-jobs scam.
7. The Supreme Court dismissed the AP government’s special leave petition (SLP) filed challenging the AP High Court’s grant of anticipatory bail to Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu in a case of anomalies in alignment of Amaravati Inner Ring Road.
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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 ₹ 83.26
💷 GBP ₹ 105.76
€ Euro : ₹ 90.19
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GDP rate (2023 ) : 6.5% ( $3.75 trillion)
India is the fifth largest economy in the world.
Inflation rate : Retail Inflation 5.69% in Dec 2023
Population : 141.81 cr
(17.7% of the total world population).
Unemployment : 7.8%
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1. Union Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Interim Union Budget on 1st February 2024.
2. Rolls-Royce announced a seven-year deal with Azad Engineering to manufacture and supply critical components for military aircraft engines.
Azad Engineering is based in Hyderabad, India.
3. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 29 January said it has imposed monetary penalties on five co-operative banks for rule violations.
These banks are Mula Sahakari Bank, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Urban Co-operative Bank, Bhilai Nagrik Sahakari Bank Maryadit, Krushiseva Urban Co-operative Bank, and Jila Sahakari Kendriya Bank Maryadit.
4. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Trust Board, which manages the affairs of the world-famous Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple in Tirumala, has approved an annual budgetary outlay of Rs 5,141.74 crore for the fiscal year 2024-2025. Whereas the previous revised budgetary allocation for 2023-2024 fiscal was Rs 5,122.80 crore, almost equal to the newly approved budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal.
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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. Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone starrer FIGHTER movie, directed by Siddharth Anand, made a entry into the box office, crossing the coveted Rs 100 crore mark within its first four days of release. However, the movie has nosedived on Monday, raising concerns about the film’s sustainability at the box office in the upcoming days. Released on 25 January, Fighter experienced a steady opening weekend.
2. HanuMan box office collection day 17: Starring Teja Sajja in the lead role, the film has already crossed Rs 250 crore mark worldwide.
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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. Indian Defence officials on Monday (January 29) said that the Navy warship INS Sumitra has rescued fishermen hijacked by Somali pirates 700 nautical miles west of Kochi in the Arabian Sea.The Iranian fishing vessel MV Iman with around 17 crew members was hijacked by Somali pirates.
2. The Border Road Organisation on Sunday achieved a major milestone by breaking through Naushera tunnel on the highly strategic 200 kilometers long stretch which connects Jammu with Poonch border district, The tunnel spanning an impressive 700 meters is a crucial link connecting Akhnoor and Poonch.
Border Road Organisation (BRO) Director General Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan said.
There are four major tunnels — Kandi tunnel, Sungal tunnel, Naushera tunnel and Bhimber Gali tunnel — in this stretch.
3. INDIAN ARMY has invited applications for the NCC Special Entry 56 Course. The application process is ongoing and the deadline for submitting the application form is February 6. Candidates can apply online through the official site of Join Indian Army at joinindianarmy.nic.in.
4. NOTIFICATION (Army) : SSC (Tech)
63rd SSC (Tech) Men Course and the 34th SSC (Tech) Women Course. The application period begins on 23 January 2024, and will end on 21 February 2024.
5. The Indian army has brought in a new fitness policy in view of the “declining physical standards among officers”. The policy adds news tests to the existing ones and also poses a requirement of an Army Physical Fitness Assessment card (APAC) for each person.
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MANIPUR : IMPHAL
Before was
Manipur Kingdom
Admission to union
15 Oct 1949
As union territory: 1956
As state: 1972
District : 16
Governor : Anusuiya Uikey
CM : N. Biren Singh (BJP)
STATE SYMBOLS
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Bird : Nongin
Fish : Pengba
Flower : Shirul Lily
Tree : Unigthou
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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
30 Jan (Tuesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Hemant Ritu
Drik Ritu : Shishir Ritu
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Pausa 19 (Amanta)
Magha 05, (Purnimanta) Nakshatr:Uttara Phalguni (up to 10:06 pm)Hasta
Tithi : Chaturthi (up to 8:54 am) Panchami
Rahu 03:24 PM – 04:46 PM
Yamaganda 09:55 AM – 11:18 AM
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