News Headlines : 1st November 2021

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi participates in World Leaders Summit on COP26 in Glasgow; Interacts with Indian Community and Indologists.
  • PM Modi at Glasgow COP26 Summit said that India is putting climate change at centre of its policies and with 17% global population, India is responsible for just 5 per cent of emissions.
  • India commits to achieve complete net-zero by 2070, significantly reduce use of fossil fuel and increase renewable energy use by 2030.
  • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson opens the summit saying the world is strapped to a doomsday device.
  • PM Modi calls for making ‘Lifestyle for Environment’ a global mission.
  • Centre constitutes a 20-member Empowered Group of Secretaries to monitor  implementation of PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan.
  • Results of medical entrance exam NEET-UG announced.
  • According yo NTA 15 candidates were identified using unfair means in NEET-UG exam, their result has been cancelled.
  • NIA Court awards capital punishment to four in 2013 Patna Gandhi Maidan serial blasts case.
  • ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ nationwide vaccination campaign begins; Vaccination coverage crosses 106 crore 34 lakh mark.
  • West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urges people to abide by Supreme Court order and use only green crackers for celebrations on Kali Puja and Diwali.
  • Integrated Single Window Filming mechanism created across railway premises to ease filming in Railways.
  • Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony to be held as an in-person event in Oslo on December 10th this year.