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Oct 15, 2022

MEA's Adarsh Swaika Appointed India's Next Ambassador to Kuwait

Adarsh Swaika, a joint secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, was appointed India's next Ambassador to Kuwait.
Avtar Singh, a Director in the Ministry of External Affairs, was appointed as India's next Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea.
Swaika, also served as director in the UN division of India's Ministry of External Affairs. Swaika holds a PhD in chemistry and speaks Hindi, Bengali and Russian.
He has also served in Indian missions in Beijing, Sofia and Moscow in his career.

Jyotiraditya Scindia Inaugurates 4th Heli-India Summit 2022

Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated the 4th Heli-India Summit 2022, themed 'Helicopters for last Mile Connectivity' at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre in Srinagar.
Scindia said that a civil enclave will be built in Jammu at a cost of Rs. 861 crore and Srinagar's existing terminal will be expanded three times from 20,000 square meters to 60,000 square meters at a cost of Rs. 1500 crore.
Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha was present at the summit.

Oct 14, 2022

PM Modi Inaugurates Projects Worth Rs. 420 Crore to Improve Rural Roads in Himachal Pradesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-III in Himachal Pradesh for upgrading 3,125 km of rural roads.
More than Rs. 420 crore was sanctioned by the Central Government under this phase of the PMGSY-III for upgrading 440 km of rural roads in 15 border and far-flung blocks of the state.
The Prime Minister also laid foundation stones of two hydropower projects – the 48 MW Chanju-III hydro-electric project and the 30 MW Deothal Chanju hydro-electric project.
The two hydropower projects would generate over 270 million units of electricity annually and Himachal Pradesh is expected to earn an annual revenue of around Rs. 110 crore from these.
He also laid the foundation stone of a Bulk Drug Pharma Park and inaugurated the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Una.

Rajnath Singh Launches 'Maa Bharati Ke Sapoot' Website

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched the 'Maa Bharati Ke Sapoot' (MBKS) website for the Armed Forces Battle Casualties Welfare Fund (AFBCWF) during a function at the National War Memorial Complex in New Delhi.
The AFBCWF is a Tri-service fund utilised to grant immediate financial assistance of ex-gratia to the next of kin and dependents of Battle Casualties.
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan is the 'Goodwill Ambassador'.
The Chief of Defence Staff, all three Service Chiefs, Param Vir Chakra (PVC) awardees and other prominent officials of the MoD, corporate heads, chairman & managing directors of banks, personnel from the sports field and celebrities also attended the function.

Oct 13, 2022

Nitin Gadkari Launches Toyota Pilot Project on Flex-Fuel Strong Hybrid EV

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road, Transport & Highways, unveiled Toyota Corolla Altis Flex-fuel car, which has been touted as first of its kind pilot project on Flexi-Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicles (FFV-SHEV) in India. This project intends to examine whether ethanol-powered flex fuel vehicles can be viable in Indian conditions.
Further, as a part of this project, collected data will be shared with the prestigious Indian Institute of Science, for conducting a deeper study about the well-to-wheel carbon emissions of FFV / FFV-SHEV in the Indian context. In this regard, a Memorandum of Understanding was also signed between Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
The launch event was also graced by Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister of Heavy Industries, Hon'ble Shri. Bhupinder Yadav, Union Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change and Hon'ble Shri. Rameswar Teli, Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas.

Oct 12, 2022

EC Allots 'Two Swords and a Shield' Poll Symbol to Shinde Faction of Sena

The Election Commission allotted 'two swords and a shield' as the poll symbol to the Shiv Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
The Shinde faction, which is now named as 'Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena', would be able to use the symbol for the Andheri East assembly bypoll, should it decide to contest the election scheduled for November 3.
Shinde welcomed the allocation of the poll symbol and asserted that his group was the true torchbearer for the staunch Hindutva ideology laid down by Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray.

Oct 11, 2022

India Gets 4th Set of Swiss a/c Details under Auto Info Exchange Framework

India received the fourth set of Swiss bank account details of its nationals and organisations as part of an annual automatic information exchange under which Switzerland has shared particulars of nearly 34 lakh financial accounts with 101 countries.
The new details shared with India pertain to "hundreds of financial accounts", including many cases of multiple accounts associated with some individuals, corporates and trusts.
They did not divulge specifics, citing the confidentiality clause of the information exchange and the adverse impact it may have on further investigations, but asserted that the data would be used extensively in probes of suspected tax evasion and other wrong doings including of money laundering and terror funding.
the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) on Monday said that the exchange of information this year saw five new additions to the list -- Albania, Brunei Darussalam, Nigeria, Peru and Turkey. The count of financial accounts increased by nearly one lakh.

EC Allots New Names for Uddhav Thackeray, Shinde Factions

The Election Commission allotted new party names to the rival Shiv Sena factions led by Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, but rejected all proposed alternatives of the party symbol submitted by the Shinde camp while giving the mashaal (torch) symbol to the Thackeray group.
EC, which had frozen the party name as well as the Shiv Sena's bow and arrow symbol as an interim measure, has now decreed that the Uddhav Thackeray faction would be called the 'Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)' while the Shinde faction is to be known as 'Balasaheb's Shiv Sena.'

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