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Oct 25, 2021

Kerala Wins Award for City with most Sustainable Transport System

Kerala won the award for the 'city with the most sustainable transport system'.
The award was given in recognition of the projects implemented — like Kochi Metro, Water Metro and e-mobility — to enhance the transport facilities in the city of Kochi
The formation of the Kochi Open Mobility Network, which digitized and integrated various transport facilities, also helped to win the award.

Harish Chaudhary Replaces Harish Rawat as Punjab Congress in-charge

Rajasthan Revenue Minister Harish Chaudhary is the Congress in-charge of poll-bound Punjab replacing veteran Congress leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat. The development is not sudden as Harish Chaudhary's name was being speculated as a replacement for Harish Rawat for some time amid the Congress's trouble in Punjab.
Harish Rawat is being relieved from his current responsibility as AICC General Secretary in-charge of Punjab and Chandigarh.

Oct 24, 2021

Harish Chaudhary is New AICC in-charge for Punjab

The Congress appointed Harish Chaudhary as in-charge for party affairs in Punjab, relieving Harish Rawat, former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.
Chaudhary, who was the AICC secretary for Punjab, has also been made the in-charge for Chandigarh.
Rawat had urged the party high-command to relieve him as general secretary in-charge for Punjab affairs in view of the upcoming assembly elections in Uttarakhand.

Centenary Celebrations of Bihar Legislative Assembly

President Ram Nath Kovind was Patna on his three-day visit during which he graced the centenary celebrations of the Bihar Legislative Assembly building.
The President attended the centenary celebrations of the Bihar Legislative Assembly building, which hosted the inaugural session of the joint Bihar and Orissa Provincial Council on February 7, 1921, and addressed the members of the Bihar Legislature. All the legislators, including former MLAs and members of Parliament were invited for the function.
Kovind was the Governor of Bihar before getting elevated to the country's top position in 2017.
The Bihar assembly building, which is an iconic structure designed by AN Millwood and was called the Council Chamber in the beginning, has been exquisitely decorated for the event.

Oct 22, 2021

Modi Inaugurates Kushinagar Airport

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kushinagar Airport in Uttar Pradesh. The Kushinagar Airport is the third International Airport in the state and a direction in the making U.P. the only state in the country to have five international airports.
The Kushinagar International Airport is the third international airport apart from operational airports in Lucknow and Varanasi. While the Lucknow airport handles flights to international destinations like Middle Eastern countries including Oman, Kuwait, UAE among others; Varanasi Airport handles flights to Thailand, Nepal among others.
The inaugural flight at the Kushinagar International Airport operated from Colombo, Sri Lanka carrying 125 dignitaries and Buddhist Monks.

Oct 21, 2021

Samajwadi Party Forms Alliance with Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party

Samajwadi Party entered into an alliance with OP Rajbhar's Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022.
Earlier, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had said that unlike last time his party would not align with any major political force in the state, but would go with smaller parties.

Amarinder Singh to Launch His Own Party

Congress leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said that he would soon announce his own political party and is hopeful of a seat arrangement with the BJP if the farmers' issue is resolved in their interest.
Singh resigned as chief minister of Punjab last month after a bitter feud with Navjot Singh Sidhu and infighting in the state Congress. The party replaced him with Charanjit Singh Channi.

Oct 20, 2021

YS Sharmila to Begin Record-breaking 4000-km Foot March

YS Sharmila, the younger sister of Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, is set to undertake a padayatra (foot march) to "understand people's problems and find solutions" in context with her allegation that 7,000 farmers had committed suicide in the past seven years in Telangana during the rule of chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR).
Sharmila, the founder of the YSR Telangana Party, had made her allegations in an official press statement released last month and laid out details about the foot march that she said will begin from October 20. In the padayatra to be launched today, Sharmila, aims to cover 4,000 km in 400 days.

Amarinder Singh Says Will Launch his own Party

Ahead of the 2022 Assembly election, former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress leader Amarinder Singh announced the launch of his political party, saying that an alliance with the BJP was possible, if the ongoing farmers' protest against agriculture laws was resolved.
Capt.(retd.) Amarinder, who resigned last month, citing humiliation in the Congress, said his party will work towards forming alliances with like-minded parties including breakaway Akali Dal groups.

India Ranks 40th out of 43 Global Pension Systems

India has ranked 40th out of 43 pension systems across the world in the 2021 Mercer CFS Global Pension Index survey, suggesting the need for strategic reforms in India to revamp the pension system to ensure adequate retirement income. India had stood at 34th position out of 39 pension systems rated in 2020.
According to the survey, India had an overall index value of 43.3 among the countries analysed, lower than the index value of 45.7 for 2020. Globally, Iceland was ranked highest with an overall index value of 84.2 while Thailand had the lowest overall index value at 40.6.

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