News Headlines : 10th November 2021

  • Government declares 15th November as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas to mark birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda.
  • Union Cabinet gives nod to Restoration and continuation of Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.
  • President Ram Nath Kovind to preside over 51st Conference of Governors and Lieutenant Governors tomorrow.
  • Price support of over 17,408 crore rupees to the Cotton Corporation of India also approved for cotton seasons from 2014-15 to 2020-21.
  • Union Cabinet also clears mechanism for procurement of ethanol by Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies under Ethanol Blended Petrol programme.
  • An idol of Maa Annapurna, stolen from Varanasi about 100 years ago and retrieved from Canada recently, will be installed at Kashi Vishwanath Temple on 15th November.
  • Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan emphasizes that Afghan territory should not be used for sheltering, training, planning or financing any terrorist act.
  • Two persons including a policeman were injured when terrorists lobbed a grenade on 161 BN of CRPF near Ali Mosque, Eidgah in Srinagar.
  • Heads of National Security Councils of seven nations, call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after completion of Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan; express appreciation of India’s initiative in organising the Dialogue and of the quality of the exchanges. 
  • Had Jinnah been made the first Prime Minister of India, the country’s partition wouldn’t have happened,” says OP Rajbhar, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party.
  • More than 109 crore 63 lakh COVID vaccine doses administered in the country so far; Recovery rate stands at 98.25 per cent.
  • U. P. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flags-off Kanpur Metro trial.
  • MLA from Bathinda Rural, Rupinder Kaur Ruby who quit Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) yesterday joins Congress in the presence of Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi and party’s state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu in Chandigarh.
  • Coastal areas of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on high alert after extreme rainfall warning; Fishermen advised not to venture into the sea till tomorrow. 
  • Chhath Puja being celebrated in different parts of the country; Devotees offer Sandhya Arghya to Sun God.