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Nov 21, 2020

Punjab Congress Chief Jakhar Moots Early Elections

Amid the standoff between the Punjab farmers and the Centre over the resumption of goods trains, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Sunil Jakhar advocated early polls in Punjab which as per him would be a referendum on the three central farm laws. He described these laws as nothing but slow poisoning.
Jakhar said that the election outcome will come as a shock to the BJP which will be outrightly rejected by the people of Punjab. The way the Centre has been treating Punjab is regrettable. The state is being held to ransom by holding back GST and Rural Development Fund and suspending goods trains.

Congress Forms Panels on Economic, Foreign Affairs and National Security

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has set up three separate committees for discussing policy issues related to economic affairs, foreign affairs and national security, with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh part of all the three panels.
While former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, and party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Digvijaya Singh will be part of the economic affairs committee, Jairam Ramesh will be its convener.
The committee on foreign affairs will have Anand Sharma, Shashi Tharoor, Salman Khurshid and Saptagiri Ulaka. Khurshid will be the convener of the panel. The committee on national security will have leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, party leaders Veerappa Moily, Vincent H Pala and V Vaithilingam, with Pala as its convener.

Nov 20, 2020

Vijayanagar to be Karnataka's 31st District

The Karnataka cabinet gave in principle approval for the creation of Vijayanagara as the state's 31st district, carving it out from the mine-rich Ballari. The decision for the creation of Vijayanagara district was taken after informal discussions.
Minister for Forest and Ballari district in-charge Anand Singh, who anchored the efforts for the new district, said that the demand for it was long-standing.
The Vijayanagara district will be carved out of Ballari district.

Nov 19, 2020

Ajit Pawar's Call to Include Karnataka Districts in Maharashtra

Pawar sparked a controversy, when he called the incorporation of Belgaum (Belagavi), Karwar and Nipani areas of Karnataka into Maharashtra a "dream" of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray, as he paid tributes to the leader on his eighth death anniversary.
The controversy comes weeks after the Maharashtra government asked all its ministers to wear black bands on November 1, celebrated in Karnataka as Rajyotsava or state Formation Day, to express support for Marathi-speaking people in the region.

Nov 18, 2020

India and Kazakhstan Sign MoU

India and Kazakhstan held the seventh round of foreign office consultations via video conference. The countries signed the "Indian Grant Assistance for Implementation of High Impact Community Projects in Kazakhstan".
During the consultations, the countries reviewed their bilateral cooperation within the framework of their strategic partnership. The consultations covered economic, political, defence, energy, space, cultural matters. Also, the countries shared their experiences in combating COVID-19 pandemic.
The countries also agreed to enhance their cooperation in multilateral forums including the forthcoming term of India as a member of United Nations Security Council for the period 2021-22.
Kazakhstan sources 80% of India's Uranium needs. Under India-Kazakhstan nuclear deal, so far Kazakhstan has supplied 9,000 tonnes of Uranium to India. In 2019, India and Kazakhstan renewed their nuclear deal for a period of 2020-24.

Not Part of J&K Alliance: Congress

Hours after Home Minister Amit Shah questioned the Congress over its truck with the PAGD, the party said it was not part of the alliance and did not subscribe to any foreign intervention on the Kashmir issue.
"The Congress believes in democratic elections in J&K and is participating in the district development council poll to expose nefarious designs of the BJP," said party media head Randeep Singh Surjewala.

Bihar Portfolio Allocation

A day after taking oath as Bihar CM, Nitish Kumar announced the portfolio allocation. He retained Home Department, General Administration and Vigilance. One of the two Deputy CMs, Tarkishore Prasad, got Finance, Urban Development. The other Deputy CM Renu Devi got Panchayati Raj, Backward Caste Upliftment and Industry.
Mukesh Sahni got Animal Husbandry and Fishery, Mangal Pandey got Health and Art and Culture and Bijendra Yadav got Energy, Planning and Food and Consumer Affairs.
JDU leader Mewa Lal Choudhary has been given the education ministry in the NDA government, Sheila Kumari has been handed the transport ministry.
BJP's Ram Surat has been handed the revenue ministry and law ministry while Jivesh Kumar has been given the tourism department and labour department.

Nov 17, 2020

Draft Electoral rolls for Tamil Nadu Released

The Election Commission of India released the draft electoral rolls for Tamil Nadu, which is headed for Assembly polls in 2021.
According to the statistics mentioned in the draft electoral rolls for Tamil Nadu, there are about 6.10 crore voters in total and this comprises 3.09 crore women, 3.01 crore men and 6,385 transgenders.
In terms of new electors or first-time voters, there are a total of 2.08 lakh voters, which comprises of 1.06 lakh females, 1.01 lakh males and 132 transgenders.
The number of voters above the age of 80 is 13.75 lakh.

PM Unveils Statue of Peace in Rajasthan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the 'Statue of Peace' in Rajasthan to mark the 151st Birth Anniversary celebrations of Jainacharya Shree Vijay Vallabh Surishwer Ji Maharaj.
PM Modi paid tribute to Jainacharya and the spiritual leaders present on the occasion.
Prime Minister also said that India has always shown the path of peace, non-violence and friendship to the world.
The 151-inch tall statue has been made from Ashtadhatu, i.e. 8 metals, with copper being the major constituent, and was unveiled by PM Modi via video conferencing. It has been installed at the Vijay Vallabh Sadhana Kendra, Jetpura, in Pali.

Nitish Kumar Takes Oath as Bihar Chief Minister

Nitish Kumar took oath as the 37th Chief Minister of Bihar at a simple ceremony in Patna's Raj Bhavan that was attended by Union Minister Amit Shah, Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda and other leaders.
Two BJP leaders, Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi, were sworn in as Deputy Chief Ministers and 14 other ministers took oath, five from the Janata Dal (United), seven from the BJP, and one each from Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP).
This is Kumar's fourth consecutive term as Chief Minister.

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