TODAY ON February 01, 2023
GK News Highlights and Headlines 

Highlights:

1. Whole world is paying attention to India’s budget: PM Modi
2. Amendments in Benami law | Supreme Court to consider hearing in open court a review petition filed by Centre against 2022 judgment
3. Hindenburg report | Swadeshi Jagran Manch backs Adani, says ‘those who participated in India’s growth story shouldn’t be targeted’
4. Union Budget Session | Two colleges established in the country every day, says President Murmu
5. EAM S. Jaishankar with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov exchange notes after a press conference in Moscow. File photo
6. Russia's Lavrov to participate in G-20 Foreign Ministers meeting in New Delhi on March 1-2
7. Pay PF, gratuity to ex-workmen, employees of Jet Airways, SC tells consortium
8. Marching contingent of Punjab Regiment during the 74th Republic Day Parade at the Kartavya Path, in New Delhi, on January 26.
9. Punjab regimental centre, CRPF named best marching contingents at RD parade
10. NIA court awards death sentence to Murtaza Abbasi in Gorakhnath temple attack case
11. Csaba Korosi, president of the 77th United Nations General Assembly to India, addresses the press stakeout, at the UN House, in New Delhi on January 30, 2023.
12. Workers’ convention asks Centre to stop privatisation, warns of strike at the end of 2023
13. G-20’s Employment Working Group to discuss issues in labour, employment
14. Process to set up Sixteenth Finance Commission set to kick off soon
15. Air Marshal A.P. Singh to be new Vice Chief of Indian Air Force
16. I&B Ministry issues advisory on private TV channels’ ‘public service broadcasting’ obligation
17. Developed world hasn't acted on $100bn/year climate finance pledge; multilateral financial bodies need to be transformed: Amitabh Kant
18. In 2022, 165 death penalties handed out by trial courts, highest since 2000
19. Delhi HC sends to SC pleas to recognise same-sex marriages
20. Byungsik Jung, the representative of South Korea, praised India’s presidency of G20.
21. India undeniably a global powerhouse, says South Korea
22. Supreme Court will hear a plea on February 3 to restrain government from ‘censoring’ BBC documentary
23. NSA Ajit Doval to hold crucial talks with top American leadership
24. Inorbit Durgam Cheruvu Run 2023 wraps up with unprecedented 6,000 registrations!
25. Adoor Gopalakrishnan resigns as Chairman of the K.R. Narayanan film institute
26. Electronic vehicle market likely to cross 1 crore sales mark per annum by 2030: Economic Survey
27. Armed forces can take action against their officers for adulterous acts: SC
28. Housing prices beginning to firm up after 2-year COVID lull: Economic Survey
29. Global economic factors, recessionary fears in advanced economies led to FPI sell-off: Economic Survey
30. Indian farm sector performed well but needs re-orientation: Economic Survey
31. Economic Survey 2022-23 | PM GatiShakti, National Logistics Policy to support India's economic growth
32. 'Great potential' in civil aviation sector; air travel has rebounded: Economic Survey
33. Sri Lanka's ex-President Sirisena apologises for 2019 Easter Sunday bombings
34. Infra, capex boost helped India steer through setback due to COVID, geopolitical situation: Economic Survey
35. Money laundering case: SC reserves orders on Rana Ayyub petition challenging summons by U.P. court
36. Adani Enterprises FPO fully subscribed
37. FDI inflows expected to rebound in India: Economic Survey 2022-23
38. Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme supported MSMEs during COVID, led to remarkable credit growth: Economic Survey
39. Rupee may remain under depreciation pressure, says Economic Survey
40. Buoyancy in construction activities created jobs, facilitated return of migrant workers to cities: Economic Survey 2022-23
41. Visakhapatnam to be capital of Andhra Pradesh, says CM Jagan
42. GNPA ratio of SCBs falls to seven-year low of 5.0%: Economic Survey
43.  Economic Survey 2022-23 | Inflation of 6.8% not too high to deter private consumption, or weaken inducement to invest
44. IMF team arrives in Pakistan to discuss ninth review
45. Gautam Adani no longer among world’s top 10 richest people
46. NSA Ajit Doval meets Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley in U.S.
47. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media at Parliament House on the first day of budget session in New Delhi on January 31, 2023
48. Whole world is paying attention to India’s budget: PM Modi
49. NATO chief wants firmer ties with Japan to defend democracy
50. Hindenburg report | Swadeshi Jagran Manch backs Adani, says ‘those who participated in India’s growth story shouldn’t be targeted’
51. Mumbai court allows police’s plea to withdraw case against 36 people involved in protest at Gateway of India
52. Toyota re-introduces Crysta; bookings open
53. Elon Musk says Twitter timeline refresh speed is faster now
54. Inflation in India expected to come down to 5% in 2023, 4% in 2024: IMF
    
    
    Headlines:

Economy on stronger wicket than pre-COVID times, to grow 6.5% in 2023-24

Painting an exuberant picture of the Indian economy’s prospects thanks to “New Age” reforms undertaken since 2014, the Economic Survey tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Tuesday asserted that not only are the pandemic-induced blues over, but the outlook for the years ahead is also rosier than in the pre-COVID years.

GST new year bonanza: January kitty second highest till date

India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenues in January 2023 touched nearly ₹1.56 lakh crore by Tuesday evening, marking the second highest monthly collections recorded since the launch of the indirect tax regime in July 2017.

14 dead, 12 injured in massive fire at Jharkhand apartment

As many as 14 people and 12 were injured were killed in a fire that broke out in an apartment in the Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, the Deputy Commissioner of Dhanbad said on January 31

Collegium recommends two more new judges for Supreme Court

The five-member Supreme Court collegium led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Tuesday recommended to the government Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court Rajesh Bindal and Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Aravind Kumar for appointment as apex court judges.

EPFO circular soon on allowing online, offline options to submit pleas for higher pension

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is likely to publish a circular soon on the procedures for exercising option for higher pension as part of implementing the November 4 judgment of the Supreme Court on the matter.

Share of education in budgetary allocations has fallen over last 7 years

The budgetary allocation for education as a percentage of total expenditure has dropped over the past seven years, from 10.4% to 9.5%, according to the Economic Survey 2022-23.

Army conducts joint exercise in North Bengal near Siliguri corridor

The Army conducted a joint training exercise ‘Trishakti Prahar’ in North Bengal close to the strategic ‘Siliguri’ corridor, also called Chicken’s neck.

CBI searches 50 locations in Himachal paper-leak cases

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday searched close to 50 locations across seven States in connection with two cases, alleging that question papers for the written examinations for the post of constables in the Himachal Pradesh Police, were leaked.