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APPOINTMENTS
Sushil Chandra to take charge as CBDT chairman
Senior Indian Revenue Service officer Sushil Chandra will take over as chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the policy-making body for the Income Tax department. Incumbent Chairperson Rani Singh Nair retired from service after being at the top post for three months, after she took over on August 1. Chandra, a 1980-batch officer of Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre), is at present working in the board as Member (Investigation).
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AWARDS AND HONOURS
Rekha to get Lifetime Achievement Award at Dubai film fest
Indian actor Rekha will be honoured by the upcoming Dubai International Film Festival with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The festival runs from December 7 to 14, and is now arguably the leading cinematic event in the region with both Doha and Abu Dhabi having shut shop some time ago.
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INDIAN AFFAIRS
Finance Ministry releases Rs 1,093 crore for restoration of infrastructure in J&K
The finance ministry released first installment of special assistance of Rs 1,093.34 crore for repair and permanent restoration of damaged public buildings in Jammu and Kashmir in pursuance of the announcement made by the Prime Minister last November. A total sum of Rs 2,000 crore has been provided for permanent restoration of damaged Infrastructure such as schools, colleges, hospitals, bus stations and other critical public infrastructure under Prime Minister Reconstruction Plan for J&K, the finance ministry said in a statement.
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Odisha: Free Wi-Fi service launched at Cuttack Railway Station
Free WiFi for all at Cuttack Railway Station has been inaugurated by local MP Bhartruhari Mahatab in presence of Devraj Panda, Divisional Railway Manager of Khurda Road.As a part of an ambitious project towards Digital India initiative by Indian Railways, provision of Wi-Fi services at Cuttack Railway Station will now gain the distinguished status of having high-speed internet facility in the country for its thousands of passengers who travel every day by trains.
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Andra pradesh, Telangana top Ease of Doing Business List
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have jointly topped the ease of doing business ranking, while Gujarat has slipped to the third position in the list prepared by the World Bank and the Indian government’s department of industrial policy and promotion this year. Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana occupied the fourth, fifth and sixth slots in the index based on the degree of implementation of the government’s 340-point Business Reform Action Plan.
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Twitter India head Rishi Jaitly quits
Rishi Jaitly, Twitter’s India head who helped popularise the adoption of the micro-blogging website among government departments to respond to citizen queries, has quit the company. Jaitly was the vice-president for Asia Pacific, which includes India, West Asia and North Africa for Twitter. He made the announcement on a twitter storm.
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Kerala becomes open defecation free state
Kerala has become the third Open Defecation Free (ODF) state in the country. The announcement was made on the state’s foundation day on Tuesday. Earlier, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim had declared themselves Open Defecation Free. Kerala becomes first high density populated state in the country to achieve Open Defecation Free status.
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TDP to launch ‘Jana Chaitanya Yatra’ in Andhra Pradesh
The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will launch ‘Jana Chaitanya Yatra‘ in Andhra Pradesh to highlight the welfare and developmental initiatives of the government.Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will also launch the membership drive of the party in Koppolu village in Prakasam district, with a target to achieve the one-crore mark.
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NITI Aayog ranks Maharashtra most farmer-friendly state
Maharashtra has been ranked first state in the country on reforms in agricultural marketing, followed by Gujarat and Rajasthan, by the NITI Aayog. Its first-ever index on reforms in the farm sector was issued on 31 october 2016 Termed the Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index, it ranks states on three major parameters — reforms in agricultural marketing, land lease and forestry on private land.
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FOREIGN RELATIONS
India and Palestine inks MoU to setup Palestine-Indo techno-park in Ramallah
India and Palestine signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up a Palestine-India Techno Park in Ramallah, the External Affairs Ministry said. In a statement here, the ministry said that during the visit of President Pranab Mukherjee to Palestine in October last year, the announcement for setting up of park was made.
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10th Indo-nepa Joint military Exercise Surya Kiran Commences
India and Nepal commenced their 10th joint military exercise here which will be held over two weeks with emphasis on counterterrorism in mountainous terrain.The Indo-Nepal Joint Military Exercise Surya Kiran-Xcommenced at Army Battle School, Saljhandi in Nepal. The Surya Kiran series of exercises are being conducted annually, alternatively in Nepal and India.
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
EU, Canada sign CETA free trade deal
The EU and Canada signed a free trade deal that was almost derailed last week by objections from French-speaking Belgians , exposing the difficulties of securing agreement from 28 member states as Britain prepares for Brexit talks. The European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, said there was no parallel between the deal struck with Canada and looming Brexit talks.
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IMPORTANT DAYS
November 1 to be observed as No Tobacco Day in Punjab
Punjab government will observe November 1 as ‘No Tobacco Day’ in an effort to discourage tobacco use in the state. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has issued directions to all the deputy commissioners in this regard. The aim of this campaign is to reduce prevalence of tobacco or nicotine use in Punjab in order to reduce prevalence of non-communicable diseases.
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