NATIONAL NEWS

• Parliament has passed the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2023 with Rajya Sabha giving assent to it today. Lok Sabha had passed the Bill last week.

 

• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla holds all-Party meeting to further strengthen security arrangements after security breach in the Lower House today
• More than 63 lakh people have availed benefits of health camps under the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra (VBSY) campaign.

 

• Parliament has passed the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2023 as the Rajya Sabha gave its nod to the legislation today. It was passed by Lok Sabha during the Monsoon session this year.

 

• India has rejected the statement issued by the General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on the judgment of the Supreme Court upholding the 2019 revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution.
• Lok Sabha today witnessed a security breach as two unidentified persons jumped inside the chamber of the House from the visitors’ gallery.
• Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today expressed concern on the deaths due to suicides by students in Kota, Rajasthan and said that such incidents should be brought to nil.
• Centre will issue a revised Sustainable Sand Mining Guidelines to check sand mining without the consent of the Gram Sabha of the villages.
• Un Tech Envoy Amandeep Singh Gill stated that India has a unique vantage position on how AI could play out in the Global South. He emphasized the nation’s accomplishments in building a strong digital foundation, including digital identity, payment systems, and the development of data flow and ma
• Pentagon Press Secretary, General Pat Ryder stated that the US has made great progress in bolstering its defense relationship with India this year. He was addressing a press conference in Washington today.
• The Central Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023 was today introduced in the Lok Sabha.
• India’s industrial production growth rose to a 16-month high of 11.7 percent in October against a contraction of 4.1 percent in the same period last year.

 

International News

 

• In Dubai, nations reached a landmark agreement, the ‘UAE Consensus’ that calls for a transition away from fossil fuels to achieve net zero by 2050.
• Seminar on Digital Public Infrastructure organised in Kathmandu emphasized on India-Nepal digital bridges
• In Poland, Donald Tusk (former European Council president) was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of the country on Wednesday.
• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the release of 689 million in the second tranche of the 4.7 billion loan package allocated for Bangladesh. The Washington-based lender has advised Bangladesh to continue to focus on containing inflation and rebuilding external resilience.

 

STATE NEWS

• In Khelo India Para Games, Haryana has maintained the lead in medals tally with 69 medals including 25 gold and 31 silver. Uttar Pradesh has secured second place with 20 gold while Tamil Nadu is at third with 14 gold.
• In Telangana, two-time Congress MLA from Vikarabad and former Minister, Gaddam Prasad Kumar has been elected unopposed as Speaker of the Assembly.
• In Chhattisgarh, senior tribal leader Vishnu Deo Sai took the oath as the Chief Minister of the State today. Governor Biswabhushan Harichandan administered the oath of office and secrecy in a ceremony held at the Science College ground in Raipur.
• In West Bengal, the income-tax raid at different places of Asansol Burnpur of Paschim Bardhaman district of the State is continuing.
• In Haryana, the State Development and Panchayats Minister Devender Singh Babli said that 3,145 crore rupees will be released to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in 2023-24.
• The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a loan agreement of 200 million dollars to improve the quality, efficiency, and reliability of power supply in the State of Uttarakhand.
• Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said that the key to India’s development lies in its healthcare sector.
• Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, CRPF DG Anish Dayal Singh and others visited Parliament House following the security breach incident in Lok Sabha today.       SPORTS NEWS

 

• In the first-ever Women’s Bilateral T20 Series for the Blind, India defeated Nepal by four runs at the Police Gymkhana Cricket Ground in Mumbai yesterday. With this win, India has taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match Series.
• In Men’s Cricket, South Africa defeated India by 5 wickets in the second T20 International at St. George’s Park in Gqeberha last night. Chasing the revised target of 152 runs, the hosts comfortably scored 154 for 5 wickets in 13.5 overs.
• India entered the semi-finals of the FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2023 with a 4-3 win over the Netherlands in a thrilling quarter-final match in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday.

 

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