1. India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 107 Crore landmark milestone. Till now, more than 107 crore 74 lakh 22 thousand vaccine doses have been administered. While more than 73 crore 94 lakh doses have been given as first dose, 33 crore 79 lakh doses have been given as second dose.
2. The govt has cut the basic duty on crude palm oil, crude soyabean oil, and crude sunflower oil from 2.5 % to nil in a bid to reign in a continuous rise in the cooking oil prices for the past year. The Agri-cess on these Oils has been brought down from 20% to 7.5 % for crude palm oil and 5 percent for crude soyabean oil and crude sunflower oil.
3. The Centre has said that a total of 22 States and Union Territories have so far undertaken a commensurate reduction of VAT on Petrol and diesel to give relief to consumers following its decision to significantly reduce Central Excise Duty on fuel. The Central government has reduced the Excise Duty on petrol by 5 rupees and 10 rupees on diesel per litre.
4. Delhi on Friday recorded a maximum temperature of 26.3 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The minimum temperature in the city settled at 15 degrees Celsius.
The relative humidity was recorded at 69 per cent at 5.30 pm.
5. PM Modi unveils statue of Adi Shankaracharya at Kedarnath. The Samadhi of Adi Shankaracharya has been reconstructed after its destruction in the 2013 Uttarakhand floods.
6. The govt has issued a Draft Mediation Bill for Public Consultation. The draft Bill proposes for pre-litigation mediation and at the same time safeguards the interest of the litigants to approach the competent adjudicatory forums and courts in case an urgent relief is sought. As per the draft Bill, the successful outcome of mediation in the form of the Mediation Settlement Agreement has been made enforceable by law.
7. Now Indian space agency can suggest the ideal location to put up a solar power farm with the data gathered from its geostationary earth observation satellites within and outside India.
8. ANDHRA PRADESH : Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials on Thursday seized around 4 kg of gold worth Rs 1.91 crore from a passenger, who was smuggling the yellow metal on a train at Visakhapatnam.
9. DELHI: recorded its poorest air quality in five years the day after Diwali with a deadly cocktail of noxious fumes from firecrackers and stubble burning pushing the 24-average AQI to 462, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Friday.
10. DELHI: govt approves Rs 1,544 cr for health facilities to combat COVID19; also approves induction of 190 Low Floor CNG buses under Cluster Scheme. These buses will be equipped with facilities like CCTVs and panic buttons and would be fully compliant with BS-VI emission standards
11. The Gujarat govt. on Friday announced that Class X students who have passed with grace marks can seek admission for diploma courses at polytechnic institutes
12. Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur said the state has decided to further reduce VAT on petrol and diesel.
He said petrol would be cheaper by Rs 12 per litre and diesel would be cheaper by Rs 17 per litre in the state.
13. KERALA: The bus services of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation were disrupted across the state on Friday as various trade unions called for a 24-hour-long strike from midnight demanding pay revision.
14. PUNJAB : Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday informed that he has taken back his resignation as the president of the party’s Punjab unit.
15. Punjab Police claim to have foiled a possible attempt of a terror attack after it recovered an explosive-filled tiffin box hidden in an agricultural field near the Indo-Pakistan border in Ferozepur district on the eve of Diwali.
16. {IFFI} International Film Festival of India has announced the selection of films for the Indian Panorama section to be screened during its 52nd edition in Goa. The festival is being organized by the Directorate of Film Festivals of India, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with the Goa government from 20th to 28th November. The selected films will be showcased to all the registered delegates and representatives from the selected films during the nine-day-long film festival in Goa.
17. Sameer Wankhede removed from Aryan Khan drugs case probe: The investigation into the Aryan Khan drugs case has been transferred from the NCB’s Mumbai zone to a central team. Sameer Wankhede will no longer supervise the probe. Meanwhile, a vigilance probe against Sameer Wankhede is currently underway. The probe was initiated by the NCB after allegations of extortion were levelled against Sameer Wankhede in the course of the investigation into the Mumbai cruise drugs case.
18. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SAMEER WANKHEDE
An independent witness in the Mumbai cruise drugs case, Prabhakar Sail, alleged that Rs 25 crore was demanded on behalf of Sameer Wankhede to let off Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan. Aryan was arrested in the case on October 3 and released on bail on October 30.
In a notarised affidavit, Prabhakar Sail, who was the bodyguard of another witness KP Gosavi, claimed the latter had made the demand for Rs 25 crore on behalf of Sameer Wankhede. He also alleged that he was made to sign blank papers by NCB officials. On October 27, Sameer Wankhede was questioned by the NCB’s vigilance team for more than four hours.
19. India Scraps $1 Billion Defence Purchase Plan to Acquire MK-45 Naval Guns From US: Russian Media. The Trump administration approved the sale of 13 MK-45 naval guns and related equipment at an estimated cost of around $1 billion in November 2019. These anti-surface and anti-air guns were being purchased to enhance the lethal capabilities of the Indian Navy.
20. Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, who is on a visit to the Czech Republic, met Chief of General Staff of the Czech Army on 04 Nov and exchanged views on enhancing bilateral defence cooperation between the two nations.
21. The 3rd edition of Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC) 2021 is being held from November 7-9 under the aegis of Naval War College, Goa. The GMC is the Indian Navy’s Outreach Initiative providing a multinational platform to harness the collective wisdom of practitioners of maritime security and the academia towards garnering outcome-oriented maritime thought.
The theme for this year’s edition of GMC is Maritime Security and Emerging Non-Traditional Threats- A Case for Proactive Role for Indian Ocean Region Navies.
22. Sanjay Kumar is a 1996-batch Odisha IPS (Indian Police Service) cadre officer will now investigate Aryan Khan drugs case.
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