President Murmu lays the foundation stone for various projects in Assam

She inaugurated/laid the foundation stone of a range of projects belonging to the State Government, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Petroleum & Natural Gas, and Railways.

List of Projects inaugurated

A new train to Nagaland & Meghalaya from Guwahati
Railhead Depot of Indian Oil Corporation at Moinarbond, Silchar
2 Highway projects
A modern Cargo-cum-Coaching Terminal at Aghtori, Guwahati
A 100 model Secondary Schools in the tea garden areas of Assam;
3000 Model Anganwadi centers

Assam contributes 13 percent of India's total crude oil production. Moreover, 15 percent of India's total natural gas production comes from the North Eastern Region.

National Affairs

First National Coal Conclave & Exhibition to be held in Delhi on 16-17 October, 2022

“Indian coal sector-sustainable mining towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat” will be the theme of this conference. The conclave will focus on 3 major subjects which are fuel self sufficiency in power sector, Aatmnirbharata in steel making for coal, and technolgy & sustainability. The conclave is supposed to provide a platform for Policy Makers, Industry, and Subject Experts to deliberate upon what should be the road map for Indian coal sector to achieve National Mission of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

Himachal Pradesh will vote for a new government in a single phase election on November 12, 2022

The votes will be counted on December 8. Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat are going to polls at the end of this year. Surprisingly, the Election Commission did not announce the poll dates for Gujarat.

International Affairs

Ghana angry on western powers for donating a meagre 55 million dollar out of pledged 25 billion dollar to Africa for fighting climate change

Ghana President Akufo-Addo said that the Africa emits just 2 to 3 percent of the world’s carbon emissions despite being home to nearly 17 percent of the world’s population. Whereas G20 countries are responsible for 80 percent of global carbon emissions. There are 54 countries in Africa and each will hardly get a million dollar to fight climate change which is a joke, He added. He was speaking about the Rotterdam summit which was set up to discuss climate change financing for Africa ahead of the 27th annual summit of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27). The COP27 will be held this November in Egypt. Developed nations had pledged in the Rotterdam summit to donate about bn by 2025 to boost Africa’s efforts to adapt to climate change. Africa will need between .3 and .6 trillion this decade to implement its commitments to the Paris climate agreement, he concluded.

3rd edition of WADA Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) Symposium is being held in India

National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) along with NDTL are hosting this global event in New Delhi from October 12 to 14, 2022. Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) is a better and more powerful anti-doping tool that monitors selected biological variables over time to reveal the effects of doping rather than attempting to detect the doping substance or method itself. It works against doping through enhanced target testing and analysis, investigations, deterrence, and as indirect evidence for use of prohibited methods or substances. Doping test is taken to prevent sportsperson from taking undue advantage of performance enhancing drugs in order to win games. The first WADA ABP Symposium was hosted by Qatar in 2015 while Italy had hosted the second edition in 2018. Over 200 participants from 56 Countries including WADA Officials, athletes, anti doping experts and laboratories are attending this anti-doping symposium.