*TODAYS TOP NEWS*
1. Celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Easter falls on the Sunday after the first Full Moon that follows the Spring Equinox. This year, Easter falls on Sunday 31 Mar, 2024.
2. IMD Predict rainfall till 5 April : The IMD on Saturday said parts of northeast are likely to get scattered to widespread light to moderate rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms, due to a cyclonic circulation over sub-Himalayan West Bengal and the neighbourhood, from March 30 to April 5.
3. President Droupadi Murmu conferred the prestigious Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honor, on Saturday, at a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan, and two-time former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur were honored posthumously.
4. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a notification banning the conduct, publication or publicising of exit polls between 7.00 a.m. on April 19 and 6.30 p.m. on June 1 when votes will be cast for the Lok Sabha and four State Assembly polls.
5. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has fielded Ajit Pawar’s wife, Sunetra, against his estranged cousin Supriya Sule from Baramati seat in Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
6. BJP has handed the ticket to former Congress MP and former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh’s wife Preneet Kaur from Patiala who had won the same seat in the 2019 general elections on Congress ticket.
Preneet Kaur, who was suspended by the Congress in February 2023 over alleged ‘anti-party’ activities, joined the BJP earlier this month.
7. Former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren’s wife Kalpana Soren on Saturday met jailed Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal at her residence on 6 Flagstaff Road in Delhi.
8. After quitting Union cabinet, Paras says he’s still with NDA: Former Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras, who quit after his Lok Janshakti Party faction was not given any seat by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance in Bihar for the Lok Sabha elections, on Saturday announced his party’s support to the ruling alliance, ending speculation over his next course of action.
9. Archana Patil Chakurkar, daughter-in-law of senior Congress leader and former Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, joins Bharatiya Janata Party, in the presence of Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, in Mumbai.
10. PM Modi will address his first party rally for Lok Sabha elections in UP in Meerut on Sunday. Prime Minister will address the rally in presence of chief minister Yogi Adityanath and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary.
11. Senior NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik was on Saturday admitted to a hospital in Kurla after he complained of difficulty in breathing.
12. Rescue operations underway to rescue stranded tourists after an avalanche hit near Hung, Sonamarg, Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday, 29 March 2024.
*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. Samajwadi Party leader Zaheer Salmani’s wife Nazreen was shot dead by an unknown miscreant in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur on Saturday.
2. Five people have been booked in connection with the killing of the Kar Sewa chief of Nanakmatta Gurdwara, Baba Tarsem Singh, in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district. A retired IAS officer who heads the gurdwara’s management committee is also among those booked.
3. BJP on Friday filed a complaint with the Election Commission, alleging that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son Yathindra Siddaramaiah violated the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by using “abusive words” to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
4. The Delhi Police on March 30 filed its first chargesheet against news portal NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha, in a case lodged under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, following allegations that they received funds through Chinese firms to spread pro-China propaganda.
5. I.N.D.I.A bloc Maharally, which is being held by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on March 31, the Delhi Police has taken thorough preparations, including screening at every gate and deploying paramilitary forces in and around Ramlila Maidan.
6. The mortal remains of Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari were laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard at Kalibagh in Yusufpur on Saturday amid tight security arrangements.
Mukhtar’s eldest son Abbas could not be present as he is lodged in Kasganj jail. The late don’s wife Afsa was also not present as she is absconding and state police had announced a reward of Rs one lakh on her head.
Mukhtar died due to a massive heart attack in Banda medical college hospital on Thursday night. He was lodged in the Banda jail since past over two-and-a-half years.
7. Delhi minister and AAP leader Kailash Gahlot was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged money laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy. Mr Gahlot is currently the minister for home, transport, and law in the Delhi government.
8. The Centre has warned citizens against using USB phone charging ports in public places like airports, cafes, hotels, bus stands etc.
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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
💷 *GBP* ₹ 106
€ *Euro* : ₹ 91
*🇨🇳 Yen ¥* : ₹ 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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*BSE SENSEX*
73,635.48 +639.16 (0.88%)🌲
*NIFTY*
22,326.90 +203.25 (0.92%)🌲
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*Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai*
*GOLD* : ₹ 68,730/10gm (24 krt)
*SILVER* : ₹ 77,800/KG
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⛽ *FUEL in DELHI*
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*PETROL* : ₹ 95/Ltr
*DIESEL* : ₹ 88/Ltr
*CNG* : ₹ 74/Ltr
*LPG* : ₹ 803/14.2 Kg
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⛽ *FUEL in MUMBAI*
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*PETROL* : ₹ 104/Ltr
*DIESEL* : ₹ 93/Ltr
*Auto Gas* : ₹ 60/Ltr
*CNG* : ₹ 74/Kg
*LPG* : ₹ 803/14.2 Kg
1. India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by 140 million dollars to touch its all-time high of 642.631 billion dollars during the week ended on the 22nd of March.
The data released by the Reserve Bank of India said, this is the fifth consecutive week of a jump in the overall reserves. The kitty had increased by 6.396 billion dollars to 642.492 billion dollars in the previous reporting week.
2. Gold reserves increased by 347 million dollars to 51.487 billion dollars during the week.
3. The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB), the head-hunting agency for public sector banks and insurance firms, has selected the next Chairpersons and Managing Directors (CMDs) for New India Assurance and United India Insurance.
Girija Subramanian, the current Chairperson and MD of Agriculture Insurance Company (AIC), has been selected as the next CMD of New India Assurance. Bhupesh Sushil Rahul, a General Manager at AIC, has been chosen as the new CMD of United India Insurance.
4. Microsoft has named Pavan Davuluri as the new head of its combined Windows and Surface teams.
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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. Tamil actor Daniel Balaji passed away on Friday, March 29 night. He suffered a heart attack following which he was rushed to a private hospital in Chennai, where he breathed his last. He was 48.
2. The sequel of the superhit 2005 comedy film No Entry 2 is one the most-anticipated movies that the audience is eagerly waiting for. After a wait of 20 years, producer Boney Kapoor has confirmed that the sequel is finally in the works.
The second instalment of the movie will have the entire new lead cast. Varun Dhawan, singer Diljit Dosanjh and Boney’s son Arjun Kapoor will be headlining the forthcoming comedy drama. The second part will not have any stars from the 2005 movie, the producer has confirmed.
3. BJP has replaced actor Sunny Deol and has given Gurdaspur ticket to Dinesh Singh Babbu. Government doctor, Pranat Tudu resigned from his position and will now contest from BJP ticket from West Bengal’s Jhargram.
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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. Assam government extended AFSPA in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar till Sep 30, 2024, due to improved law and order, except for one active militant group, following Centre’s directive and security forces empowerment.
2. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has disclosed the reasons behind the accidental firing of a BrahMos combat missile into Pakistan in March 2022. The IAF revealed that the combat connectors of the missile remained connected to the junction box, causing the accidental firing. A Court of Inquiry held that a convoy commander failed to ensure the disconnection of combat connectors before movement.
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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
*31 Mar (Sunday)*
*Vedic Ritu/* Shishir Ritu
*Drik Ritu* : Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: *Krishnapaksh*
*Vikram Samvat – 2080*
*Shaka Samvat – 1945*
*Month* : Phalguna 21 (Amanta)
Chaitra 6 (Purnimanta) *Nakshatr*: Jyeshta (up to 10:56 pm)Moola
*Tithi :* Shashthi (up to 9:31 pm)Saptami
*Rahu* : 05:06 PM – 06:38 PM
*Yamaganda* 12:31 PM – 02:02 PM
