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Jul 31, 2017

National Highways for Emergency Landing Airstrips

The Indian Air force (IAF) has cleared 12 National Highways (NHs) as emergency landing airstrips that will enable rescue operation teams to reach affected areas easily.
Although there was initially a proposal to develop a total of 21 NHs into airstrips, for now 12 highways have been cleared.

Jul 30, 2017

Expansion of Bihar Cabinet

A day after winning trust vote in Bihar Assembly, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to expand his cabinet.
As per the reports, 16 MLAs from NDA and 19 JD(U) ministers are expected to be sworn-in at Raj Bhawan.
As per the rules, the council of ministers can have a maximum of 35 members. However, more ministers would be added to the team when the cabinet will be expanded later.

Jul 29, 2017

Gujarat Rajya Sabha Elections

Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah, Union Minister Smriti Irani and Balwantsinh Rajput filed their nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat.
Amit Shah, who was elected as an MLA from Sarkhej in four consecutive elections in 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2007 was instrumental in scripting BJP's victory in 2014 Assembly elections.

Jul 28, 2017

Bypolls in August

The Election Commission announced that by-elections to fill four vancancies in Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Delhi legislative assemblies will be held on August 23.
The counting will take place on August 28.
The four assembly seats are Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh, Valpoi and Panaji in Goa and Bawana in Delhi.

Three Congress MLAs Join BJP

In yet another jolt to the Congress in Gujarat, three MLAs considered close to Shankarsinh Vaghela quit the grand old party and joined the BJP.
The development came on the day when BJP chief Amit Shah was in Gandhinagar to attend a meeting of party MLAs called to chalk out the strategy for the Rajya Sabha polls.
The resignation of Balwantsinh Rajput, the party's chief whip in the Assembly, Tejashreeben Patel and Prahlad Patel reduced the Congress's tally to 54 in the 182-seat assembly.

Top Choice of JEE 2017 Toppers

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has emerged as the first choice of among JEE 2017 toppers. IIT Delhi was the second most favoured engineering college.
About 65 of the top 100 JEE rankers have opted for IIT Mumbai, while 31 chose IIT Delhi.
This signals a major shift in student's perception. About 20 years ago, IIT Kharagpur was the most preferred institute, followed by IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur.

Jul 27, 2017

Letter of Support

The BJP handed over to Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi the letter extending support to Nitish Kumar for forming the next government in the state.
JD(U) and NDA allies together have 129 MLAs in the 243-member Bihar Assembly, seven more than the magic figure of 122.

Nitish Kumar Resigned as Bihar Chief Minister

In a major political development, Nitish Kumar resigned as Bihar Chief Minister, saying that he had quit in the interest of the state after failing to resolve a crisis plaguing the ruling Grand Alliance.
As per Nitish Kumar, the circumstances prevailing in Bihar have made it difficult to run the Grand Alliance government.

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