NEWS 27-10-2019. NEWS FOR 28-OCT (MONDAY) NEWS The US has decided to strengthen its military presence in Syria with “mechanized forces” to prevent ISIS fighters from seizing oil field and revenue. PM Modi is going to attend 3rd Future Investment Initiative Forum in Saudi Arabia. India and Saudi will sign key pacts to significantly ramp up ties in several sectors including oil and gas and renewable energy sector. Girish Chandra M, the Union Expenditure Secretary, will take over as the first Lieutenant-Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Former Defense Secretary Radha Krishna Mathur will be Lieutenant-Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Indian and French armies will conduct joint counter terrorism drills under ‘Exercise Shakti-2019’ in the Mahajan field firing range in Rajasthan from Oct 31 to Nov 13. DRDO is contemplating crucial tests of India’s longest range and most potent Submarine launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) K-4. The missile is expected to be launched from indigenously built submarine, INS Arihant. China has been granted the right to host the inaugural edition of the expanded FIFA Club World Cup in 2021.the tournament will be played between June and July. India has moved 14 places up to be 63RD among 190 nations in the World Bank,s ease of doing business ranking on because of multiple economic reforms by the Narendra Modi government. However, it failed to achieve government’s target of being at 50th place. PM Modi has approved the proposal for agreement on science and technology Cooperation between India and the US. The agreement will open a new chapter in bilateral relationship. India and Pakistan signed an agreement to operationalise the Kartarpur corridor that will facilitate pilgrims from India to visit the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan. Hong Kong’s legislature formally withdrew planned legislature that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, but the move was unlikely to end months of unrest as it met just one of five demands of pro-democracy demonstration. < < Back