Two diagnostic kits developed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) under the ‘Make in India’ initiative, namely the Bluetongue sandwich ELISA (sELISA) and the Japanese Encephalitis lgM ELISA kit for the control of Swine and Detection of Antigen, were released by Shri Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying and Dr. T. Mahopatra, Secretary DARE and DG, ICAR at Krishi Bhawan today.

The 18thmeeting of the group constituted for monitoring cartelisation, hoarding, speculative trading etc. with respect to essential food items such as Pulses, Onions, Tomatoes and oil seeds was held under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Consumer Affairs,ShriAvinash K Srivastava at Krishi Bhawan today.

The Ministry of Shipping is working on a plan to develop a National Grid for Ports based on synergy between the Major and Minor ports in the country. Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, MoS (I/C) for Shipping and MoS Chemical and Fertilizers announced this while addressing the media after the 17th Meeting of Maritime States Development Council (MSDC)  in New Delhi today.

Cities includeChandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Mumbai, Pune, Shillong and Trivandrum
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The 88th birth anniversary of former President, Bharat Ratna Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was celebrated in DRDO Bhawan premises here today. On this occasion, Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh garlanded the statue of Dr Kalam and complimented DRDO on the successful conduct of 41st Directors’ Conference as a true tribute to him. He commended DRDO for organising the ‘Dare to Dream’ contest and distributed awards to winners in individual and start-up category.

1.         To honour the services of one of the oldest surviving veteran of 9th GR, No 5832088 Havaldar Devi Lal Khattri (1/9 GR and 3/9 GR) was felicitated by Lt Gen AK Bhatt, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, Military Secretary & Colonel 9th Gorkha Rifles and Maj Gen DA Chaturvedi, PVSM, AVSM, SM, ADG TA & Colonel 3rd Gorkha Rifles during the occasion of annual Barakhana for the veterans of 3rd GR and 9th GR at Birpur, Dehradun on 07 Oct 2019.

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has called upon defence scientists to strive for developing cutting-edge technologies indigenously to make India not only self-reliant in defence manufacturing but also global leader in the field.

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient so to do, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 36/2001-Customs (N.T.

Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala will host the the prestigious Dilli Series Sea Power Seminar on 17th and 18th  of October 2019. The theme for this year’s seminar is “Role of Sea Power in Shaping of Nations”.

Union Minister of Communications Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that the Department of Posts should strive for 25 crore postal savings accounts from the current 17 crore in coming years and should make efforts to link the same with the accounts of India Post Payments Bank for achieving the goal of financial inclusion.

National Green Tribunal has asked Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab to depute a person each to report daily on air pollution due to stubble burning.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India will not allow its share of river water to flow to Pakistan.

US President Donald Trump has said, America is ready to swiftly destroy Turkey's economy in response to the NATO allay's military offensive in northern Syria.

The Enforcement Directorate, ED has summoned senior NCP leader Praful Patel in connection with its money laundering probe on alleged illegal assets of late Iqbal Mirchi, an aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today said, Dr. A P J Abul Kalam's contribution to research and missile development programme brought India to list of countries known for their indigenous capabilities.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said that the abrogation of provisions under Article 370 is a decisive battle waged by the Narendra Modi Government to end years of proxy war and terrorism from Pakistan.

Fifth seed Sindhu beat Gregoria 22-20 21-18. The Olympic silver medallist will now face Korea's An Se Young next. World Championships bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth also made it to the second round beating the legendary Lin Dan 21-14, 21-17. The Hyderabad shuttler is likely to meet World No 1 and two-time world champion Kento Momota of Japan next. 

Thailand Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also made a good start to their men's doubles campaign, beating Korean pair of Kim Gi Jung and Lee Yong Dae 24-22, 21-11.

Former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap failed to cross the opening round after losing 13-21, 12-21 to Thailand's Sitthikom Thammasin in the men's singles. National champion Sourabh Verma also made an early exit after going down 21-19, 11-21, 17-21 to Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands.
 

A city court has allowed the ED to interrogate Chidambaram in Tihar Central jail on Wednesday in relation to a money laundering probe connected to the INX Media case.

What's more, the judge has said the ED could even arrest Chidambaram in required.

The judge also rejected the Congress leader's plea seeking to recall the production warrant issued against him.

But he denied the prosecution's request to quiz Chidambaram within the court premises on grounds of dignity of the accused.

The Special Judge's order has come just two days ahead of 74-year-old leader's judicial custody was set to expire.
 

Congress leaders are opposing it.He welcomed improved gender ratio in Haryana, saying it reflects a social transformation while urging all to dedicate this year's Diwali to the daughters of India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pulling out the punches for Dangal daughter Babita Phogat in Charkhi Dadri and Former Indian hockey captain Sandeep Singh in Kurukshetra.

Haryana has emerged as the land of medal winners in several sports. PM Modi said that the Khelo India initiative was tailor-made to tap and hone rural talent.

Hailing the villages of Haryana that have powered social change in recent times, PM Modi listed the initiatives taken by his government to empower women.  

Recounting the success of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao mission in Haryana, Prime Minister called on the nation to follow the example set by the state by dedicating Diwali to daughters.

PM also saluted the families who send their sons and daughters to the forces to ensure the safety of the nation. 

He listed his govt's initiatives for the welfare of armed forces and their families. Scholarships for the children of martyrs has been increased. 

The children of police as well as central police forces are now covered by these grants. Allowances of those serving in Siachen has been doubled while those for counter insurgency ops has been tripled.  

Prime Minister credited his government for securing the rights of farmers, including stopping the flow of irrigation waters into Pakistan.

In Kurukshetra, Prime Minister hit out at the Congress for its negativity on every issue ranging from the success of the Swacch Bharat mission to the Rafale purchase. He questioned the party for its double speak on Article 370.

90 Assembly seats in Haryana goes to polls on the 21st of October. BJP has launched Mission 75 plus. With Congress battling infighting in the state, all eyes are on 25th of October to see which way the voters verdict goes.
 

The Indian Army conducted a recruitment drive for the youth of the Kashmir valley. Youths from Kupwara, Baramulla, Bandipora and Ganderbal participated in the recruitment rally. 

The recruitment, which was held from the 12th to 15th October was for the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry. Around 2,000 youth took part in the recruitment drive. 

The Indian army said that they are overwhelmed by the response.   

Jammu and kashmir police also organised a recruitment rally in which a good number of female candidates participated. 

The recruitment drive for Special Police Officers was organised in the Ramban district. As many as 4,072 candidates including female candidates competed for their final selection. 

These girls belong to remote and hilly parts of Ramban district. Though eligibility is matriculation,the aspirants include many a intermediates and graduates.

Recruitment drive for Special Police Officers is being seen as yet another step towards women empowerment. 

The recruitment drive has received an overwhelming response from youth across the state and will go a long way in providing gainful employment to these youths. 
 

Speaking at the India Energy Forum of CERAWeek conference in New Delhi, the Union Minister said India aspire to generate 450 GW of renewable energy.
 

The brutal murder had led to widespread protests in Bangladesh after it came to light that Abrar was beaten to death by some student leaders associated with the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) which is affiliated to the ruling Awami League. Police has arrested 19 accused in the case including many office bearers of BCL.

Subsequently, BUET banned all student politics on the campus.

The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and some other groups claimed that Abrar was killed for his Facebook post in which he opposed the recently concluded deal between Bangladesh and India to provide 1.8 cusec water of Feni river to Sabroom town in Tripura.

Police however said yesterday that based on confessional statements of the accused, it appears that Abrar was beaten to death on the suspicion of being a member of  Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami. The Shibir is alleged to have links with terrorist group JMB.

Earlier on Monday parents of Abarar met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka who assured speedy justice in the case. She had announced that the guilty will be punished irrespective of their affiliation to any political party including Awami League.

Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr. A K Abdul Moment on Tuesday criticized the statement made by some foreign diplomats on the issue as going 'beyond norms'.  After the incident, the UN Dhaka office had issued a statement  saying that it deplores the killing of a young BUET student, allegedly for freely expressing his view.  Missions of the USA, the UK, Germany and Switzerland in Dhaka also made comments condemning the murder and urged transparent investigation.

Addressing a press conference in Colombo Tuesday, Gotabaya said they will always work with the United Nations, but can't recognize what they have signed with past Sri Lankan governments. 

He said his party has already rejected that and on this issue, their policies and the present government policies are far apart. 

The current government has co-sponsored a resolution in 2015 to investigate the war crimes and set up several commissions. 

An Office of missing persons has already been set up as part of that.   The former defence secretary added that the issue of missing persons is related to those deaths whose bodies could not be retrieved in war conditions. 

Gotabaya asserted that he will be the President of future Sri Lanka and will like to leave the past behind. He said that he will try to ensure dignity for all sections of society and their development. 

Rajapaksa said an SLPP Government will take forward a neutral stand on its foreign policy. He said that the Government will need to be realistic and ensure it maintains a good relationship with all countries. 

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is the elder brother of Gotabaya and other coalition party leaders were present on the occasion.

Dr Kalam is also known as the Missile Man of India.  Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have paid tribute to Dr Kalam.
 
In his message, Vice President said, Dr Kalam was a great scholar, teacher and earned love and respect from everywhere. He said, Dr Kalam made innumerable contributions to Indian defence. Vice President added that Dr Kalam's commitment, patriotism and vision to make India a strong nation will continue to inspire people.
 
Prime Minister said, India salutes Dr Kalam on his birth anniversary. He said, Dr Kalam dreamed of a strong and capable India of the 21st century and made his special contribution towards it. Mr Modi said, he continues to inspire the countrymen.

58-year-old Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee was educated at the University of Calcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Harvard University, where he received his PhD in 1988. He is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2003 he founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), along with Esther Duflo and Sendhil Mullainathan, and he remains one of the lab’s directors. 

Banerjee is a past president of the Bureau for the Research in the Economic Analysis of Development, a Research Associate of the NBER, a CEPR research fellow, International Research Fellow of the Kiel Institute, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Econometric Society, and has been a Guggenheim Fellow and an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and a winner of the Infosys Prize. 

He is the author of a large number of articles and four books, including Poor Economics which won the Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year. He is the editor of three more books and has directed two documentary films. He also served on the U.N. Secretary-General’s High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

The Nobel committee in a statement said the research conducted by this year's laureates has considerably improved the ability to fight global poverty. In just two decades, their new experiment-based approach has transformed development economics, which is now a flourishing field of research.

The President, the Vice President and the Prime Minister have extended their congratulations to Abhijeet Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer on winning the Nobel Prize in Economics for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. 

In his message, President Ram Nath Kovind said their research has helped economists better understand how to fight poverty in India and the world. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu said he is sure that Banerjee's experimental approach to alleviating global poverty will help the world community to understand and address the formidable challenge of poverty.

According to official data, the wholesale price index-based inflation was 1.08 percent in August this year and 5.22 percent in September last year. 

The previous low was recorded in June 2016 when wholesale inflation was in negative at 0.1 percent. 

Inflation for food articles, as a basket, remained nearly flat at 7.47 percent during the month.
 

The President also hosted a banquet in their honour. 

Welcoming them to India, the President said that bilateral ties between India and Netherlands are strong and growing. 

He expressed confidence that this State Visit will impart further boost to the engagement and deepen relations between the two countries. 

The President said that economic partnership is a key pillar of India-Netherlands bilateral ties.

Earlier in the day, the visiting dignitary met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. The Royal couple is on a five day state visit to India.

Earlier, His majesty and the queen were accorded a Ceremonial Reception at the forecourt of Rastrapati Bhavan.
 

This is the third time the regulator has increased the withdrawal limit since its clamped down on the bank on September 23, when the RBI had capped it at Rs 1,000 per customer. 

The Reserve Bank of India, after reviewing the bank's liquidity position and its ability to pay its depositors, has decided to further enhance the limit for withdrawal to Rs 40,000, inclusive of Rs 25,000 allowed earlier, the central bank said in a statement. 

With the above relaxation, about 77 percent of the depositors of the bank will be able to withdraw their entire account balance. 

The RBI said it is closely monitoring the developments and shall continue to take necessary steps in the interest of the depositors of the bank.

The letter by the British India organisations further stated that the emergency motion passed at the recent Labour Party Conference is not acceptable as it seeks to interfere in the internal matters of, and  between, third countries and is drafted in a one-sided & divisive manner.

The letter said, at a time when brexit has already created deep divisions within our country, the last thing we need is to further divide different communities within the UK whilst destroying diplomatic relations with the world's largest democracy and long standing, valued strategic partner.
 

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has said that the research conducted by this year's Laureates has considerably improved the  ability to fight global poverty. It added that they have introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about the best ways to fight global poverty.

 Abhijeet Banerjee, 58, was educated at the University of Calcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D in 1988. He is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

With Banerjee, Duflo wrote Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty, which won the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award in 2011 and has been translated into more than 17 languages. Duflo, the 46-year-old former advisor to ex-US president Barack Obama, is the second woman and the youngest ever to win the economics prize.

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined a euphoric nation in wishing Banerjee on a rare feat.

In a tweet, the President said: Congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer on winning “the Nobel prize” in economic Science “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”. Their research has helped economists better understand how to fight poverty in India & the world,

PM Narendra Modi congratulated Abhijit Banerjee on winning the Nobel Prize for Economics, saying he has made notable contributions in the field of poverty alleviation.

PM Tweeted: "Congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee on being conferred the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He has made notable contributions in the field of poverty alleviation."

He also congratulated Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for winning the Nobel.

The NSA said that terrorism is not a new thing. He credited the NIA for being able to contain terror activities in the  country.

Doval said that terrorism is finding support from outside the country. He said Pakistan has been using terrorism as part of state policy.

In his address, NIA Director-General Yogesh Chander Modi said there is a ninety per cent conviction rate in cases probed by NIA so far.

He further said NIA has issued an alert to states and Union Territories over terror attacks.

The NIA has shared a list of 125 suspects, with the concerned states.
 

He also recalled that Ahmedabad airport was renamed as Sardar Vallabhai Patel International airport and Sardar Vallabhai Patel memorial was built in his home town in Nadiad, Gujarat in the past.

These have been brought to a logical end by the construction of world’s tallest statue for the Iron Man of India. 

He also added that it had been made more attractive and indigenous and that is why people across the globe are visiting these places and enjoying the beauty of both the ‘Statue of Unity’ as well as ‘Sardar Sarovar Dam’. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed happiness after former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda visited the Statue of Unity.

"Inspired by the mesmerising animated discs, the animated Doodle art was made to reflect Plateau's style, with different imagery and themes in them on different device platforms," Google said in its description of the Doodle.

Born in Brussels on October 14 in 1801, Plateau was the son of an artist who specialised in painting flowers. After studying law, Plateau became one of the best-known Belgian scientists of the nineteenth century, remembered for his study of physiological optics, particularly the effect of light and colour on the human retina.

Plateau's doctoral dissertation detailed how images form on the retina, noting their exact duration, colour, and intensity. Based on these conclusions, he was able to create a stroboscopic device in 1832, fitted with two discs that rotated in opposite directions.

One disc was filled with small windows, evenly spaced in a circle, while the other had a series of pictures of a dancer. When both discs turned at exactly the right speed, the images seemed to merge, creating the illusion of a dancer in motion.

According to Google, though Plateau lost his vision later in life, he continued to have a productive career in science even after becoming blind, working as a professor of experimental physics at Ghent University with the help of colleagues that included his son and his son-in-law.

A major decision has been taken that all Sports Authority of India Stadiums and facilities will be made free for federations to hold competitions and leagues. Also, non-SAI coaches can train their athletes in SAI facilities free of cost by booking training slots online. This decision was made to promote Fit India Movement and to make play fields and sporting infrastructure accessible to all sports persons across the country.

All SAI facilities will now be free for federations to hold competitions and leagues. Also, non-SAI coaches can train their athletes in SAI facilities free of cost by booking training slots online. With an effort to further the Fit India Movement and to make play fields and sporting infrastructure accessible, without fee, to all sports persons across the country from 1st November 2019, the Ministry of Sports has decided to allow national and state sports federations, leagues and clubs to organize sports events in all sporting facilities owned by the government, free of cost.

The sporting facilities will also be accessible free of cost to coaches training athletes who are not part of camps organized in Sports Authority of India centers. The decision was taken with the view that people must have access to play fields and sporting infrastructure so that the culture of playing sport and therefore of fitness, becomes a way of life for Indians.

In the first phase, stadiums in Delhi including Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Indira Gandhi Stadium, Major Dhyanchand Stadium and Karni Singh Shooting Range will be opened up for state and national federations to host competitions, tournaments and leagues of all sporting disciplines.

The new policy will also allow non-SAI coaches to train their athletes at the stadium without any charge, provided that the coach has a minimum of at least 10 wards under his or her training. Training sessions can be booked by a coach online from November 1st.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday assured investors that India will honor contractual commitments under various energy agreements.

While addressing the 3rd India Energy Forum in New Delhi, she said that government’s commitment towards renewable energy can been seen by the fact that under the leadership of Narendra Modi LPG cylinders were provided to 8 Crore families as promised.

Sitharaman said that the biggest challenge India facing today is the huge difference between the consumption and availability of the energy sources.

She also said that India Energy Forum would allow India to understand the challenges better and work towards the same.

Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and GST Council to make a beginning by bringing Aviation Turbine Fuel and Natural Gas under Ambit of GST.

Addressing the India Energy Forum, the Cera Week, and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that Government is focusing of making India a low Carbon Economy.

It listed at Rs 644, reflecting a huge jump of 101.25 per cent as compared to the issue price on the BSE. On the NSE, it skyrocketed 95.62 per cent to Rs 626 in opening trade. The company's market valuation stood at Rs 10,972 crore in morning trade.

The initial public offering of IRCTC was a huge hit among investors, subscribed 111.91 times earlier this month. The Rs 645-crore IPO was in a price range of Rs 315-320 per share.

IRCTC is the only entity authorised by Indian Railways to provide catering services to railways, online railway tickets and packaged drinking water at railway stations and trains in India.

In the impact of the explosion, a two storied building collapsed. Sleuths of NDRF and other security personnel have been rushed to the spot as several people were still trapped under the collapsed building.

UP DGP OP Singh while confirming 10 deaths, said that the incident occurred in Walidpur village at around 0730 hrs when a two storied building collapsed in the impact of the LPG blast.
  
He said the priority of the authorities are to rescue the trapped people and NDRF have been rushed to the spot. The 15 injured have been rushed to the hospital.
  
Police sources said that the number of casualties can increase as several of the injured are in critical condition. The deceased were yet to be identified.
  
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has taken cognizance of the incident of blast in a house in Walidpur Mau.

He has expressed his deepest condolences to the family of the deceased and directed that DM SP and all officers should immediately provide all possible relief and medical help to the injured.

US gymnastics star Simone Biles won her fifth gold medal in the women's floor final to conclude her best ever world championships and extend her all-time record to 25 medals at the competition in Stuttgart on Sunday.

Biles, who won the beam title earlier in the day, claimed an unrivalled 19th world gold following her previous successes in the team, all-around and vault events.

Biles was crowned world floor champion for the fifth time in her career after winning the final by a full point from team-mate Sunisa Lee, who earned silver with Russia's Angelina Melnikova taking bronze.

This is the first time Biles has finished a world championships with five golds, but she has said she is "99 percent" sure Stuttgart will be her last.