First ever India-Uzbekistan joint military exercise-Dustlik 2019 begun at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh & his Uzbekistan counterpart General Bakhodir Nizamovich Kurbanov presided over the Curtain Raiser of the military drill.
Both the nations signed 3 MOUs in the military field.
Modi will inaugurate the 5th India International Science Festival which will be held from Nov 5-Nov 8, by addressing the audience at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata. The objective of the festival is to instil scientific temper among the masses.
Theme- Research, Innovation & Science Empowering the Nation.
Saudi Arabia approved Initial Public Offering of Aramco. It will be the world’s biggest IPO. Approval will be valid for 6 months. Aramco pumps about 10% of the world’s oil, generated the most profit of any corporation last year with net income of $111 bn.
Amin H. Nasser is the CEO of Dhahran based Saudi Aramco.
National Payments Corporation of India said that the number of transactions of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has crossed 1 bn in October. Total transaction value of UPI stood at Rs 1.91 lakh Cr during October up from Rs 1.61 lakh Cr in September.
NPCI headquarters- Mumbai.
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat announced that the army will support Uttarakhand in its efforts to boost connectivity in border areas. He was addressing 2nd edition of Rahbar-a state govt-sponsored programme for development with focus on remote hilly areas.
Uttarakhand CM- Trivendra Singh Rawat.
IFFCO-world’s largest fertiliser cooperative-introduced nanotechnology-based products on-field trials. Nanostructured formulations effectively deliver nutrients to the plants & the move will help in Modi’s vision for doubling the farmer’s income by 2022.
IFFCO-Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited.
Manipur has been the most violent state in 2018, accounting for 50% of the total incidents reported across the NE region as per the Union Home Ministry report. In a total of 252 violent incidents in the North-Eastern region, 127 were reported in Manipur.
Manipur CM- Nongthombam Biren Singh. Capital-Imphal.
3rd edition of odd-even starts on November 4th as the pollution levels peaked to a 3-year high in New Delhi. It is a car rationing system implemented by Arvind Kejriwal led govt in 2016. Scheme will be applied to all non-transport 4-wheeled vehicles.
Rule will be applicable from 8 am to 8 pm except on Sundays.
Cyclone Maha over east-central Arabian Sea, moved west-north-westwards according to the India Meteorological Department reports. Cyclone Maha is all set to gain more strength & intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm over east-central Arabian Sea.
IMD is headquartered in New Delhi.
Masatsugu Asakawa is the sole nominee for the Manila headquartered-ADB’s presidency. Governors have been invited to vote on his candidacy by 30 November 2019. ADB Presidents are nominated from among its regional members & elected by its Board of Governors.
He is the Special Advisor to Japan's PM & Minister of Finance.