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- Vice President addresses plenary and retreat sessions of 12th ASEM Summit
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that terrorism is a major threat to peace and stability, and called for an early conclusion of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism.
- He was addressing the plenary and retreat sessions of the 12th ASEM Summit, with the theme “Global Partners for Global Challenges”, in Brussels, Belgium.
- During his interventions, the Vice President stated that India valued ASEM as a platform that brings together leadership of Asia and Europe to exchange views and address global challenges.
- Commemoration of ’75th Year of Establishment of Azad Hind Government’
The Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, would be hoisting the National flag and unveiling the plaque to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the formation of Azad Hind Government on 21st October, 2018, at the Red Fort, Delhi.
- The Azad Hind Government, founded on 21st October, 1943 was inspired by Neta ji Subhash Chandra Bose who was the leader of Azad Hind Government and also the Head of State of this Provisional Indian Government-in-exile.
- It was a part of the freedom movement, originating in 1940s outside India with a purpose of allying with Axis powers to free India from British rule.
- Assam celebrates Kati Bihu festival
Assam’s Bihu festival, known as Kati Bihu or Kongali Bihu, is being celebrated across the state.
- On the occasion of Kati Bihu, women, both in urban and rural areas, try to ward off evil and pray for a rich harvest by lighting earthen lamps.
- The festival derives its name from the Assamese month of Kati.
- Maeen Abdulmalik sworn in as Yemen’s new PM
Yemen’s newly appointed Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik was sworn in to lead the internationally-backed government in the war-torn Arab country.
- The newly appointed Prime Minister Abdulmalik (L) takes the oath before Yemeni President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 18, 2018.
- Piyush Goyal receives Carnot prize
Union Minister for Railways, Coal and Corporate Affairs Piyush Goyal received the prestigious Carnot prize for his contribution towards sustainable energy solutions.
- The former power minister will be awarded by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.
- The Carnot Prize is the Kleinman Center’s annual recognition of distinguished contributions to energy policy through scholarship or practice.
- The award in the energy sector is named after French physicist Nicolas Sadi Carnot who recognised that the power of the steam engine would “produce a great revolution“ in human development.
- Indian-American awarded at White House for combating human trafficking
An Indian-American woman has been honoured with a Presidential award by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for her extraordinary contribution towards combating human trafficking in Houston.
- Minal Patel Davis, Special Advisor on Human Trafficking to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, received the ‘Presidential Medal for Combating Human Trafficking’.
- Appointed in July 2015, Ms. Davis has made a local impact on human trafficking in America’s fourth largest city from a policy-level perspective.
- Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2018 Bagged By Marsel van Oosten
Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten won the grand title with his photo of critically endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys in China.
- With this photo titled “The Golden Couple,” Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten has won Wildlife Photographer of the Year, awarded by London’s Natural History Museum.
- BJP MP Bhola Singh passes away
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP) Bhola Singh died in Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital at the of 79.
- Singh was Lok Sabha MP from Bihar’s Begusarai.
Singh has also served as the deputy speaker of the Bihar Assembly
