President inaugurated express train service between Kolkata - Agartala
- President Murmu flagged off the express train service between Kolkata-Agartala along with Chief Minister Manik Saha at a function held in Tripura state. Similarly, Murmu also launched the Shatabdi Express train service to Gongchang in Manipur. After that, he laid the foundation for various projects through the video show.
- Murmu is going to lay the foundation stone for various projects in the Assam state on behalf of the central ministries including National Highways, Petroleum Natural Gas and Railways. The President will also inaugurate model Anganwadi centers in tea estate areas, 100 model higher secondary schools and a modern cargo center at Guwahati Akthori terminal today.
- Last Feb. On 5th Karnataka government banned Muslim girls from wearing hijab in educational institutions. Protests broke out against this. Meanwhile, a case was filed in Karnataka High Court by the Muslim students against this ban.
- The Karnataka High Court bench, which heard it, ordered, "Wearing hijab is not an essential custom in Islamic law. Therefore, the ban imposed on wearing hijab in educational institutions will go."
- Against this, 24 people, including Muslim students, filed appeals in the Supreme Court. Supreme Court Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudanshu Dhulia delivered their judgment in the case. Justice Hemant Gupta said, "In this matter, I dismiss the appeals filed by the students.
- Another judge, Sudhanshu Dhulia, said, "I quash the Karnataka High Court's order banning the wearing of hijab. The ban on wearing hijab is invalid. It is one's choice to wear hijab. Therefore, I quash the ordinance issued by the Government of Karnataka banning hijab.
- As there is no need for the court to interfere in an essential religious practice like hijab, that "I set aside the judgement. I consider the education of girl child as important. Realizing that girls in villages face many difficulties in getting education, I give this judgement," he ruled.
- The two judges then said, "As the judgment of both of us has come out differently, we recommend to the Chief Justice that a session of additional judges of the Supreme Court should be set up to investigate this case."
- Inauguration ceremony of 4th Vande Bharat Express train service was held in Una district of Himachal Pradesh yesterday. The Prime Minister attended the function and flagged off the Vande Bharat train service.
- This is the 4th train of Vande Bara and is an improved product compared to the previous 3 trains. 100 kmph in 52 seconds. Capable of speed. Subsequently, at Una, Modi also dedicated the Indian Information Technology Institute, which was laid the foundation stone by Prime Minister Modi in 2017.
- In the West Asian country of Iraq, elections were held in October 2021. There is political confusion as no party gets majority in it.
- Due to problems in the formation of the government, Mohammed Al Khatimi is serving as the interim prime minister. In this case, a parliamentary session was held regarding the selection of the president of Iraq. Abdul Latif Rashid, who belongs to the Kurdish race, was elected as the president of Iraq.
- After Russia's war against Ukraine, Russia announced annexation of parts of Ukraine such as Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhia.
- Countries including Ukraine, European countries, America and Britain said that this connection is illegal. But Russia did not change its position. Subsequently, a draft resolution was brought against Russia in the UN General Assembly.
- It proposed a resolution 'Ukraine's Territorial Integrity: Safeguarding the Principles of the United Nations Charter' condemning Russia's illegal annexation of parts of Ukraine.
- In support of this resolution, the UN 143 countries voted in the council. However, Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Syria and Nicaragua voted against. 35 countries including India, China, Cuba, Pakistan, South Africa, Thailand and Vietnam abstained from participating in the referendum.
- Retail inflation rose to 7 percent this month from 6.71 percent last July. The central government has said that retail inflation has risen due to the rise in food prices. India's retail inflation rose to 7.41 percent in September.
- Prices of vegetables, spices, shoes and fuel and lighting have gone up by more than 10 percent. Egg prices are slightly lower. The Consumer Price Index is higher than the RBI target of 6 percent. However, retail inflation has been consistently above 6 percent for the past 8 months.
- Industrial production was 2.4 percent last July. Industrial production growth in India has slowed to a four-month low. It reported a decline due to poor performance in the manufacturing, power and mining sectors.
- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi also inaugurated the Prime Minister's Village Roads Scheme III after laying foundation stones for two hydropower projects at Samba in Himachal Pradesh.
- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Jai Ram Thakur, Governor Mr. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Mr. Anurag Singh Thakur, Members of Parliament Mr. Kishan Kapoor, Mrs. Indu Goswami and BJP State President Mr. Suresh Kashyap and others participated in the event.
- Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-IN) in collaboration with Cyber Security Action Teams (CSIRT) in the Energy Sector designed and conducted cyber security exercise “Power X”.
- In this program held in New Delhi, 193 companies involved in energy production were invited. “The purpose of this training is to recognize, analyze and act on cyber incidents in IT and operational technology systems.
- Its theme is “Protection against computer-related disruptions in IT and operational technology infrastructure”.