INDIA
– West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wins Bhabanipur seat with a margin of 58, 832 votes
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Power Ministry promulgates Electricity Rules 2021 to regulate Transmission System Planning, Development & Recovery of Inter-State Transmission Charges
WORLD
– 7th G-20 Parliamentary Speakers Summit to be held in Rome, Italy on October 7-8; Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh to participate
– Sri Lanka: Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla visits oil storage facility in port district of Trincomalee
– Qatar: Results of first legislative council election announced, no female candidates elected
INDIA
– India and Sri Lanka holding ‘Mitra Shakti’ military exercise in Ampara (SL) from Oct 4 to 15
– Uttarakhand: India-Nepal joint military exercise Surya Kiran-15 ends in Pithoragarh
– Ladakh: World’s largest khadi national flag, weighing 1,000 kg, unveiled in Leh
– Marta Lucia Ramirez de Rincn, Colombia’s Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, visits India
– Centre for Policy Research, Delhi releases paper titled “India’s Path to Power: Strategy in a World Adrift”
– Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav commences tiger rallies across 51 reserves; theme: “India for Tigers- A Rally on Wheels”
– Under Jal Jeevan Mission, 50 mn houses got water connection since launch in 2019: PM Modi
– Pan-India Legal Awareness and Outreach Campaign of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) inaugurated by President
– Amid tiff between Chirag Paswan, Pashupati Paras factions, EC freezes election symbol of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP)
– India Today group announces winners of its Healthgiri Awards 21
– Kangana Ranaut becomes brand ambassador of UP govt’s ‘one district-one product’ (ODOP) scheme
– Process of renunciation of Indian citizenship simplified
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Power and new & renewable energy minister R. K. Singh asks Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd (THDCIL) and North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd (NEEPCO) to bid for solar and wind projects
– UIDAI plans to open 166 standalone Aadhar enrolment and update centres
– Merchandise trade deficit jumps 675% to $22.94 billion in April-September 2021
– 9th Meeting of the India-UAE High Level Joint Task Force on Investments held in Dubai
WORLD
– Renovated Gandhi Museum was inaugurated at Gandhi Ashram Trust at Noakhali, Bangladesh
– Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to retire from politics after his term ends in 2022
– International Day of Non-Violence observed on Oct 2; birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
