TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. The officer trainees of Indian Revenue Service (77th batch) called on the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu yesterday at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Addressing the officers, the President said that Revenue Service will give them an opportunity to play a vital role in mobilizing resources for the Government.
2. Hon’ble Vice-President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar addressed the vibrant gathering at Maha Shivaratri celebrations held at Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore yesterday.
3. PM Narendra Modi embarks on 3-day visit to Assam, Arunachal, West Bengal, UP.
4. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing a new spaceport at Kulasekharapatnam in Tamil Nadu to efficiently launch payloads to polar orbits. This strategic location offers a significant advantage over the launch pads in Sriharikota, as it allows small satellite launch vehicles (SSLV) to fly directly southward without the need for a fuel-consuming dogleg maneuver.
5. PM Modi will on Saturday dedicate the Sela tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh to the country, with the new route allowing faster deployment of weapons, soldiers and equipment to forward areas near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Tawang sector. The Sela project consists of Tunnel 1, which is 1,003 metres long, and Tunnel 2, a 1,595-metre twin tube tunnel.
6. Lok Sabha polls: Congress releases first list of 39 Lok Sabha candidate; party says “priority is to win maximum number of seats”.
7. Sikkim CM P.S. Tamang launches new helicopter service between Gangtok and Bagdogra: The chopper is a 26-seater (24 passengers and two crew members) MI 172.
8. Union Minister Arjun Munda inaugurates Agriculture Integrated Command and Control Centre established at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi to empower the farmers of the country by equipping them with information, services and facilities.
9. The Ministry of Women and Child Development organising Poshan Pakhwada 2024 from today to 23 March.
The activities during the Poshan Pakhwada will focus on the key themes, which include Poshan Bhi, Padhai Bhi (PBPB), a path-breaking ECCE programme to ensure that India has the world’s largest, universal, high-quality pre-school network, tradition, and local dietary practices focused on sensitization around nutrition and the health of pregnant women, and IYCF (Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices).
10. In a groundbreaking initiative, the state of Jharkhand has become the first in the country to launch the ‘Vidhwa Punarvivah Protsahan Yojana’ (Widow Remarriage Incentive Scheme). Under this scheme, women who choose to remarry after the death of their husbands will receive an incentive of Rs. 2 lakh from the government. The scheme was launched by Chief Minister Champai Soren.
* Conditions Applied : The woman should be of marriageable age. She should not be a government employee, pensioner, or income tax payer.
11. Recently Tamil Nadu government launched the ‘Neengal Nalama’ (Are you fine?) scheme, a beneficiary outreach programme aimed at reviewing the implementation of flagship schemes and addressing the grievances of the public. The initiative was kicked off by Minister of Rural Development I. Periyasamy with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and other ministers. Under the scheme people will be contacted by the Chief Minister.
12. The National Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem or the NAMASTE Scheme, a joint initiative by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, aims to eliminate manual engagement of sanitation workers in hazardous sewer and septic tank cleaning operations. Implemented by the NSKFDC for three years, the scheme prioritizes the safety and well-being of workers with a budget of 349.73 crores.
13. Odisha Bharatiya Janata Party has said it may field candidates in all the 147 assembly and 21 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state apparently after its pre-poll alliance and seat-sharing talks with the Biju Janata Dal in Delhi remained inconclusive.
14. PM Modi Thursday dedicated to the nation multiple development projects worth more than ₹6,400 crore at the ‘Viksit Bharat Viksit Jammu Kashmir’ programme here during his first visit to the Kashmir valley after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
The projects included holistic agriculture development program worth about ₹5,000 crore and multiple projects related to the tourism sector worth more than ₹1,400 crore under ‘Swadesh Darshan’ and ‘PRASHAD’ scheme including the project for ‘Integrated Development of Hazratbal Shrine’, Srinagar.
15. ISRO Gearing Up for Next Lunar Mission Chandrayaan-4_30.1
ISRO chief S Somnath informed at the National Space Science Symposium (NSSS 2024) that the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is preparing to launch the next lunar mission Chandrayaan-4. This mission will include five spacecraft modules.
The main objectives of the Chandrayaan-4 mission are:
#Safe and soft landing on the lunar surface.
#Lunar sample collection and containerization.
#Rising from the moon’s surface.
#Docking and undocking in lunar orbit.
#Transferring samples from one module to another.
#Return and re-entry to Earth with moon samples for scientific study.
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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. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Central Crime Branch (CCB) have detained a cloth merchant in connection with the Rameshwaram Cafe blast investigation. The detained individual is an active member of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI). The blast on March 1 in East Bengaluru left ten people injured.
2. Actress Kranti Redkar Wankhede, who is also the wife of former Mumbai Narcotics Control Bureau zonal director Sameer Wankhede, has allegedly received death threats and obscene messages coming from Pakistani numbers, the police said on Friday.
3. Former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba demanded that he be reinstated by the varsity and compensated for the lost years of service following his acquittal by the Bombay high court in a Maoist links case.
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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
💷 GBP ₹ 106
€ Euro : ₹ 91
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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. The Indian Banks Association (IBA) has invited bank unions to sign wage revision settlement at Chennai on March 11, 2024. CH Venkatachalam, general secretary of All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA), announced this through a post on social media.
2. High Court in London on Friday gave a summary judgment against jailed diamantaire Nirav Modi asking him to pay $ 8 million to Bank of India.
3. Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal announces the extension of Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) Scheme support to additional export sectors in New Delhi.
4. Government has sanctioned projects of over seven thousand crore rupees under the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) in last three months. Tribal Affairs Ministry said, the PM-JANMAN, with a budget of around 24,000 crore rupees, focuses on eleven critical interventions through nine Ministries.
5. Interest rates on small savings schemes remain unchanged for Q1FY25. Ministry of Finance announced that interest rates on various small savings schemes will remain unchanged for the first quarter of the financial year 2024-25.
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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. SHAITAAN movie Box Office Collection Day 1: Ajay Devgn, Jyotika, R Madhavan’s Film Rakes In Double Digits On Opening Day, to earn Rs 15 Crore.
2. Renowned filmmaker Zoya Akhtar and British Indian chef Asma Khan were honored at the annual ‘India-UK Achievers’ awards in London. The event celebrated Akhtar’s acclaimed work in cinema and Khan’s contributions to culinary arts.
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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 three forces of India – Army, Navy, and Air Force – are going to conduct the biggest exercise called ‘Bharat-Shakti’ at Asia’s largest field firing range located in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. PM Modi’s Likely Visit Prime Minister Narendra Modi may visit Pokhran on March 12, 2024, to witness this show of strength by the Indian Armed Forces.
2. The Indian Navy has taken a significant step towards enhancing its operational capabilities and maritime domain awareness in the strategically important Lakshadweep islands with the commissioning of INS Jatayu at Minicoy Island on 6 March 2024.
3. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is partnering with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) to deploy rescue teams in high-altitude regions along the India-China border. The initiative aims to prepare NDRF personnel for disaster response operations in the Himalayan ranges, such as avalanches, landslides, and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs).
4. DRDO to build five prototypes under the advance medium combat aircraft program. Cabinet committee on security approves ₹15,000 crore program.
5. A serving Junior Commissioned Officer of the Indian Army, who was abducted from his home in Manipur’s Thoubal district by anti-social elements on Friday morning, was rescued by security forces in the evening. The JCO, identified as Konsam Kheda Singh, a resident of Charangpat Mamang Leikai.
ODISHA = Bhubaneswar
Before was
Orissa Province
Formation: 01 April 1936;
Districts: 30 (3 divisions)
Governor: Raghubar Das
CM : Naveen Patnaik (BJD)
STATE SYMBOLS
BIRD : Indian roller
Fish: Mahanadi mahseer
Flower: Asoka
Mammal: Sambar
Tree: Sacred Fig
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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
09 Mar (Saturday)
Vedic Ritu/ Shishir Ritu
Drik Ritu : Vasant (Spring)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksh
Vikram Samvat – 2080
Shaka Samvat – 1945
Month : Magha 29 (Amanta)
Phalguna 14 (Purnimanta) Nakshatr: Dhanishta (up to 7:55 am)
Shatabhisha
Purva Bhadrapada
Tithi : Chaturdashi (up to 6:18 pm)Amavasya
Rahu 09:41 AM – 11:09 AM
Yamaganda 02:05 PM – 03:33 PM
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