Devendra Fadnavis has been re-elected unopposed as the leader of BJP state legislative party leader In Maharashtra. The meeting saw participation of all 105 newly-elected BJP MLAs.
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Maharashtra National park :-
Pench National Park
Sanjay Gandhi (Borivilli) National Park
Important rivers
Godavari River
Krishna River
Tapti River
India and Saudi Arabia signed 12 MoUs in several areas including for the establishment of a Strategic Partnership Council and to enhance cooperation in security, defence and energy, as well as for the launch of the RuPAY cards.
RuPay is a card scheme, conceived and launched by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on 26 March 2012. It was created to fulfil the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) vision to have a domestic, open and multilateral system of payments.
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Capital of Saudi Arabia-Riyadh
Currency of Saudi Arabia-Saudi riyal
Lebanon’s PM Saad Hariri had to resign after mass protest against imposing tax on WhatsApp and Facebook in the country. On October 17, the government announced to impose tax on WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger for sending messages and calls.
ABOUT LEBANON:
Capital-Beriut
Currency –Lebanese Pound
31st October 2019 The Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or The National unity day is celebrated in India.The day marks the birth anniversary of sardar Vallabhbhai patel.
Sardar Vallabhbhai patel is famously known as the IRON MAN OF INDIA.He was a senior leader of the Indian national congress(INC) and an Indian politician.He became India first deputy prime minister and first home minister.
The World Cities Day is celebrated every year on October 31, 2019. The celebrations are focussed on the general theme ‘Better City, Better Life’. The theme of 2019 World Cities Day will be “Changing the world: innovations and better life for future generations”.The United Nations has designated every 31st of October as World Cities Day.
Objectives of World Cities Day:
* Promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization,
* Push forward cooperation among countries in meeting opportunities
* Addressing challenges of urbanization, and contributing to sustainable urban development around the world.
The 2nd Assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) will be hosted by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in New Delhi on October 30-31, 2019. The Assembly will be attended by various delegated from the member states and other invitees. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an alliance of 121 countries initiated by India, most of them being sunshine countries, which lie either completely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
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Headquater of ISA-Gurugram
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on October 30, 2019 permitted the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) to enroll in the National Pension Scheme (NPS) at par with the NRIs.The Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) is an immigration status permitting a foreign citizen of Indian origin to live and work in the Republic of India indefinitely.
National Pension Scheme (NPS):
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), a statutory body, is the pension regulator of India which was established by Government of India on 23 August 2003 and was authorized by Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services.
The agreement for the establishment of a high-level strategic partnership council was signed between Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. A meeting of this council will be held every two years.
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Capital of Jordan: Amman
Currency of Jordan: Jordanian dinar
Capital and largest city of Kuwait: Kuwait City
Currency of Kuwait: Kuwaiti dinar
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu introduced a 15 point charter to improve the functioning of Parliament. According to this, political parties should ensure at least 50% attendance of the members to overcome the issues of lack of quorum.
A quorum is the minimum number of members of a deliberative assembly (a body that uses parliamentary procedure, such as a legislature) necessary to conduct the business of that group.
Article 63 of Indian Constitution states that “There shall be a Vice President of India.” The Vice President acts as President in the absence of the president due to death, resignation, impeachment, or other situations. The Vice President of India is also ex officio Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha.
On October 2019,Budget Carrier IndiGo became a member of International Air Transport Association(IATA).In 2019 expanded its international flight operations wherin it connected India with countries such as Turkey,Vietnam,Myanmar,China.
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HQ of IATA: Montreal,Canada
Membership of IATA:291
HQ of IndiGo: Gurgaon, Haryana
CEO of IndiGo: Ronojoy dutta
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