1. Harsimrat Kaur resigns from Union Cabinet over farm Bills
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, the Akali Dal's lone minister in the Narendra Modi government, on Thursday resigned from the Union Cabinet to protest the farm bills.
2. HC declines to entertain Deepak Kochhar plea to be shifted to pvt hospital
The Delhi High Court on Thursday declined to entertain the plea of Deepak Virendra Kochhar, husband of former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar, seeking to be transferred to a private hospital here or in Gurugram for treatment as he has tested positive for COVID-19 and suffers from other ailments.
3. COVID-hit BJP MP Gasti critical, says hospital; leaders mistakenly tweet 'condolences'
The hospital authority has clarified that Bharatiya Janata Party's newly-elected Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka Ashok Gasti is in a critical condition and denied the media reports claiming that the leader has left for heavenly abode. Earlier, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla and Union Home Minister Amit Shah condoled the death of the BJP leader.
4. Home minister Amit Shah discharged from AIIMS
Union Home Minister Amit Shah was discharged from AIIMS where he was re-admitted for a check-up after recovering from COVID-19. Shah may attend monsoon session of Parliament from Monday.
4. SC rejects SBI plea for resuming insolvency proceedings against Anil Ambani
Supreme Court dismissed a plea by State Bank of India seeking resumption of insolvency proceedings against the then chairman of Reliance Communications (RCom), Anil Ambani, to recover Rs 1,200 crore loan granted to his two firms.
5. WATCH: What Agriculture Minister says about Farm Ordinances in LS
Moving the farm ordinance in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has assured the House that the bills would make the farmers lead a prosperous life and also clarified that the bill would not impact the provisions of minimum support price (MSP).
6. India tells China to 'sincerely' work for complete disengagement
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava today said that China must sincerely work with India for complete disengagement from all friction areas, including the Pangong Tso lake.
7. Not in battle, 22 army men died in 3 years on high altitude duty
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, the Ministry of Defence revealed that as many as 22 Indian troops lost their lives while serving at high altitude areas in Jammu and Kashmir in the past three years - eight each in 2019 and 2018, and six in 2017.
8. First volume of Obama's memoir coming on Nov 17
The first volume of former US president Barack Obama's memoir is coming out on November 17, two weeks after Election Day. It's called "A Promised Land" and will cover his swift and historic rise to the White House and his first term in office.
9. Army chief in Srinagar to review security situation, visits forward locations
Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane will be visiting Srinagar to review the ongoing security situation. The Army Chief would also be visiting forward locations on the Line of Control (LoC) and take a first-hand review of the operational preparedness of troops.
10. Centre gives nod to constitute five centres for skill development in Andhra Pradesh
Addressing media after a department review meeting on his recent Delhi visit, the Minister for Industries, Mekapati Goutham Reddy informed that Central government has given its nod to the proposal to constitute five centres of excellence for skill development in Andhra Pradesh.
