TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. Counting of votes for Lok Sabha Polls will be held today from 8 AM onwards.
2. Counting of votes for Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and bye-elections to Assembly Constituencies in different states will also be held today. All arrangements have been put in place for the counting.
3. In Andhra Pradesh, the Election Commission has made extensive preparations for the counting of votes for the 175 State Legislative Assembly and 25 Parliament Constituencies.
4. In Odisha, the stage is set for the counting of votes in all the 21 Lok Sabha and 147 Assembly constituencies. Odisha Governor Raghubar Das on Monday dissolved the 16th Odisha state assembly ahead of the counting on 4 June.
5. Supreme Court directs Centre to hold an emergency meeting of Upper Yamuna River Board with concerned States to address water crisis in Delhi.
The Supreme Court directed the Centre to hold an emergency meeting of Upper Yamuna River Board with the States of Delhi, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh to address water scarcity in the national capital amidst unrelenting summer heat and soaring demand.
6. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that India has created a world record with 64.2 crore voters participating in the Lok Sabha Polls.
7. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has hiked toll tax across the country by an average of 5%.
8. *Rs 285-crore ropeway project aims to boost Chennai beach tourism* : A ropeway project for a distance of 4.6km connecting Marina beach with Besant Nagar is on the anvil. The National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML) will be preparing a detailed feasibility report for the implementation of the Rs 285 crore project.
9. PM Modi paid tributes to Kalaignar Karunanidhi on his 100th birth anniversary on Monday.
Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. He is popularly referred to as Kalaignar (Artist) and Mutthamizh Arignar (Tamil Scholar) for his contributions to Tamil literature.
10. The Centre has introduced a new numbering series, 160xxxxxxx, for making service or transactional calls. This move aims to help citizens easily identify legitimate calls and curb unsolicited voice calls from telemarketers using 10-digit mobile numbers.
11. Heatwave conditions are very likely to continue in some parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and Odisha on June 4-5; Uttar Pradesh, west Rajasthan, and Jharkhand until June 7; and Bihar on June 6-7, The India meteorological department said.
12. On the eve of the Lok Sabha poll results, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. The top brass of the BJP also convened a crucial meeting to plan their next steps, confident of achieving a hat-trick victory.
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 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a directive mandating all Food Business Operators (FBOs) to remove any claim of 100 percent fruit juices from the labels and advertisements of reconstituted fruit juices with an immediate effect. It has also instructed all FBOs to exhaust all existing pre-printed packaging materials before 1st September 2024.
2. The Nagpur district court, on Monday, sentenced former BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd engineer Nishant Agarwal to life imprisonment under the Official Secrets Act for espionage for Pakistan’s intelligence agency, ISI.
Agarwal will also serve 14 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and pay a fine of Rs 3,000.
3. In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, two Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorists, have been killed by a joint team of security forces in an encounter at village Nihama in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
4. The blood samples of the mother of the juvenile allegedly involved in the 19 May Pune Porsche crash case were collected on Monday for DNA. This is to confirm if the samples of the woman, who has been arrested, were used in place of the juvenile at Sassoon General Hospital for tests at the Forensic Science Laboratory to verify alcohol consumption, the official informed.
Two IT professionals hailing from Madhya Pradesh died when their motorcycle was hit by a speeding Porsche car, allegedly driven by a drunk minor boy, in the early hours of May 19 in Kalyani Nagar area in Pune.
5. A Delhi court on Monday extended the judicial custody of BRS leader K Kavitha till 3 July in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi liquor scam. Three others accused in the same case – Prince, Arvind and Damodar – were granted bail by the Rouse Avenue Court on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh.
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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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*BSE SENSEX*
*76,468.78 +2,507.47 (3.39%)* 🌲
*NIFTY*
*23,263.90 +733.20 (3.25%)*🌲
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*Rates in Financial Capital Mumbai*
*GOLD* : ₹ 72,110/10gm (24 krt)
*SILVER* : ₹ 92,800/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. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on June 3 imposed monetary penalties on two cooperative banks citing rule violations. These are the Bavla Nagarik Sahakari Bank in Gujarat and the Ron Taluka Primary Teachers Co-operative Bank Ltd, Ron, in Karnataka.
2. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed to allow overseas rupee accounts to lend money to persons resident outside India. Also, the central bank proposed permitting opening of rupee account outside India by persons resident outside India.
3. Mother Dairy on June 3 announced ₹2 per litre hike in milk prices in the Delhi-NCR market due to a rise in input cost over the last 15 months. In Delhi-NCR, Mother Dairy full cream milk will be available now at Rs 68 per litre, while toned and double-toned milk at ₹56 and ₹50 per litre, respectively.
4. Gautam Adani, the chairman of the Adani Group, has regained the title of Asia’s richest person, surpassing Mukesh Ambani, the head of Reliance Industries.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Mr. Adani’s net worth stands at an impressive $111 billion, ranking him as the 11th richest person in the world. On the other hand, Mr. Ambani’s wealth of $109 billion places him at the 12th position globally.
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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. The Central Crime Branch probing the Bengaluru rave party case arrested Telugu film actress Hema following interrogation on Monday.
The rave party was organised on May 19 at a farmhouse near Electronic City.
2. Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan and wife Natasha Dalal welcomed their first child. The couple has been blessed with a baby girl.
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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) and the Indian Navy are both taking part in military drills with other countries that are being held by the US. In Alaska, the Indian Air Force is taking part in the aerial combat training exercise Red Flag. In Hawaii, the Indian Navy will be taking part in the naval drill RIMPAC.
(a) The Red Flag drill was held in Alaska starting on 30 May and included IAF members. Included are advanced air combat scenarios meant to improve how allied countries work together and their strategies.
(b) *Exercise RIMPAC*: INS Shivalik, an Indian Navy stealth ship, was sent to take part in Exercise RIMPAC, which started on 25 June, INS Shivalik was part of the Japan-India maritime drill (JIMEX) and talked with other partner navies. People from 29 different countries are taking part in RIMPAC 2024.
2. A team from the United States is currently in India engaging in discussions regarding the acquisition of MQ-9B drones by the Indian armed forces.If finalized, the deal is estimated to be worth $3.9 billion, with 31 drones being acquired, 15 of which will have a maritime role.
3. The implementation of the ‘Agnipath’ scheme has been one of the major reforms towards maintaining a youthful profile of the three services, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Anil Chauhan has said.
4. One constable of the Border Security Force (BSF) was assaulted by Bangladeshi miscreants while he was performing duty at India-Bangladesh International Border in the area of Border Outpost Kalamchera in West Tripura.The incident happened on Sunday afternoon when a large group of Bangladeshi miscreants crossed over the border illegally and gathered near the fencing.
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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
04 Jun (Tuesday)*
*Vedic Ritu/* Vasant Ritu
*Drik Ritu* : Grishma (Summer)
पक्ष :: *Krishnapaksh*
*Vikram Samvat – 2081*
*Shaka Samvat – 1946*
*Month* : Vaisakha 27 (Amanta) Jyeshta 12 (Purnimanta) *Nakshatr*:Bharani (up to 10:35 pm)Krithika
*Tithi :* Trayodashi (up to 10:01 pm)Chaturdashi
*Rahu* : 03:45 PM – 05:26 PM
*Yamaganda* 09:04 AM – 10:45 AM
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