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Kerala best-governed, Uttar Pradesh worst among large states, says Public Affairs Centre report

Goa was adjudged the best-governed state in the small states’ category, and Chandigarh among the Union Territories, according to findings of the Public Affairs Index-2020 report released by Bengaluru-based not-for-profit organisation Public Affairs Centre.

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TN & Andhra Pradesh are at 2nd & 3rd spots among large states.

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India & Mexico holds 8th Joint Commission Meeting

India and Mexico recently held the eighth Joint Commission Meeting. The Meeting was co-chaired by Dr. S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of Republic of India (EAM) and H. E. Marcelo Ebrard, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States.

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Mexico Capital- Mexico City, Currency- Mexican Peso.

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Panna (India), Fuvahmulah and Addu Atoll (Maldives) join UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves

UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme included Panna in India and Fuvahmulah and Addu Atoll in the Maldives, to UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves. For India it is the twelfth entry, whereas for Maldives second and third after Baa Atoll.

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With this, 714 biosphere reserves are present in 129 countries.

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Remittances to India to drop by 9% in 2020: World Bank report

India followed by China, Mexico, Philippines, & Egypt continue to be the top 5 in 2020 to receive foreign remittances, WB said .Remittances to India would fall this year to $76 billion due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic & global economic recession.

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Remittance flows to LMICs are projected to fall by 7%.

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Punjab inks MOU with GAME to support MSMES, in partnership with Omidyar Network India

In another significant step towards ensuring ease of doing business by simplification, digitization and decriminalization of compliances, Punjab has signed a MoU with The Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME), supported by Omidyar Network India.

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ONI is an investment firm focused on social impact.

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Harpreet A De Singh appointed CEO of Alliance Air; becomes first woman to head an Indian air carrier

The ministry also appointed Deepak Khullar as the CEO of the Air India subsidiary Hotel Corporation of India (HCI) which runs Centaur hotels in Delhi and Srinagar. Aloke Singh has been appointed as CEO of divestment-bound Air India Express.

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Nivedita Bhasin will be the new ED (safety) replacing Harpreet.

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Rajiv Jalota appointed Chairman of Mumbai Port Trust

Jalota is the 1st GST commissioner of Maharashtra. The post of MbPT Chairman was vacant after former chairman Sanjay Bhatia retired on 2020 July 31 and was appointed as up-Lokayukta of the state. Mumbai Port Trust is under the Union ministry of shipping.

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Union Minister of Shipping- Mansukh L. Mandaviya.

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President signs Ordinance to constitute a Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and adjoining areas

President Ram Nath Kovind approved ‘The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 2020’ which provides for the constitution of a Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and adjoining areas.

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Commission will be constituted by the Central Government.

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206th Session of Governing Council of the IPU to be held from 1st to 4th November

The agenda of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Virtual Session includes the election of the new President since the outgoing President Gabriela Cuevas Barron had completed her term on 19th of October. The term of the new President will be from 2020 to 2023.

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IPU Headquarters- Geneva, Switzerland; Founded- 30 June 1889.

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IISc, Bengaluru & IOCL sign MoU for hydrogen-generation technology

IISc & IOCL signed the MOU to develop & demonstrate biomass gasification-based hydrogen generation technology for producing fuel cell-grade hydrogen at an affordable price. The technology is crucial for the fuel cell operated buses being conceived by IOCL.

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IOCL had launched trials of 50 hydrogen-CNG fuel buses in Delhi.

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India test-fires air launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

BrahMos supersonic cruise missile was test fired from a Sukhoi fighter aircraft in the Bay of Bengal. In 2019 May, the Indian Air Force for the first time had successfully test fired the aerial version of the BrahMos missile from a Su-30 MKI fighter aircra

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Also, INS Kora test fired Anti-Ship Missile in Bay of Bengal.

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Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister R. Duraikannu passes away at 72

Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister R. Duraikannu passed away at the age of 72. He was elected from Papanasam in 2006, 2011, and 2016 Assembly elections. He was later appointed as the Agriculture Minister and Animal Husbandry in May 2016.

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TN CM-Edappadi Palaniswami, Governor- Banwarilal Purohit.

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Electronics Sector Skill Council of India appoints PVG Menon as CEO

Menon will be responsible for overseeing the operations of ESSCI and work closely with its governing Council on strategic issues related to the growth of the electronic systems design and manufacturing industry in India. Ajai Chowdhry- Chairman of ESSCI.

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ESSCI is registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1956.

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Former James Bond actor Sean Connery dies aged 90

Scottish movie legend Sean Connery, who shot to international stardom as the suave and sophisticated British agent James Bond and went on to grace the silver screen for four decades, has died aged 90. Connery will be remembered first as British agent 007.

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Ian Fleming created the fictional character of James Bond.