Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, 8 November will unveil the logo, theme and website of India’s G20 Presidency.

He will unveil the same at 4:30 pm via video conferencing.

India will assume G20 Presidency from 1 December, 2022.

“The G20 Presidency offers a unique opportunity to India to contribute to the global agenda on pressing issues of international importance,” according to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).

The logo, theme and website of our G20 Presidency would reflect India’s message and overarching priorities to the world, stated PMO.

G20 is the premier forum for international economic cooperation representing around 85% of the global GDP, over 75% of the global trade, and about two-thirds of the world population.

During the course of its G20 Presidency, India will be holding about 200 meetings in 32 different sectors in multiple locations across India.

The G20 Summit to be held next year would be one of the highest profile international gatherings to be hosted by India.

NEW DELHI, Nov 7: Nearly two lakh people were recruited in six Central Armed Police Forces like the BSF and the CRPF in the last five years as part of the Narendra Modi government’s efforts to provide jobs to unemployed youths, officials said.
However, as of July-end this year, there are still over 84,000 vacancies in these forces – the Border Security Force (BSF), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Assam Rifles (AR). Steps have been taken to fill them too.
According to Union Home Ministry data, the highest number of 1,13,208 youths were recruited in the CRPF in the last five years (2017-2021), 29,243 were recruited in the SSB and 17,482 were hired by the BSF.

The CISF recruited 12,482 youths, the ITBP 5,965 and the Assam Rifles recruited 5,938 youths in the last five years.

In 2022 also, till July, the six central forces recruited 10,377 youths — 6,509 in the CRPF, 1,945 in the SSB, 1,625 in the BSF, 229 in the Assam Rifles and 69 in the CISF.
On October 22, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a recruitment drive for 10 lakh personnel, a major chunk of the Central Armed Police Forces, to be appointed in the next 18 months.
Appointment letters have already been handed over to 75,000 newly inducted appointees.

According to home ministry data, as on July 31, 2022, there were 84,659 vacancies in the six Central Armed Police Forces.
While the CRPF had 27,510 vacancies, the BSF had 23,435 vacancies, the CISF had 11,765 vacancies, the SSB had 11,143 vacancies, the Assam Rifles had 6,044 and the ITBP had 4,762 vacancies.
A home ministry official said the government has decided to fill up existing vacancies in the Central Armed Police Forces by December 2023.
The total strength of the Central Armed Police Forces is about 10 lakhs.
The BSF guards the country’s 3,323-km-long border with Pakistan (except the 740 km-long Line of Control) and the 4,096-km-long border with Bangladesh.
The CRPF is deployed for internal security duties, maintenance of law and order and anti-militants operations in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast.
The CISF guards vital installations like nuclear plants, key industries, metro networks and other important government buildings.
The ITBP guards the 3,488-km-long Sino-Indian border. The SSB guards India’s borders with Nepal (1,751 km) and Bhutan (699 km).

The Assam Rifles guards the 1,643-km-long Indo-Myanmar border and carry out anti-militancy operations in the Northeast. (Agencies)

New Delhi, Nov 7: India’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 937 in a day to reach 4,46,61,516, while active cases declined to 14,515, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
The death toll has climbed to 5,30,509 with nine more fatalities, including seven deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
Of the other two deaths, one each has been recorded in Delhi and Odisha.
The active caseload declined by 324 in 24 hours and now comprise 0.03 per cent of the total infections. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.78 per cent, according to the ministry website.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,16,492 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent. According to the ministry’s website, 219.73 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive. India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 last year, three crore on June 23 and four crore on January 25 this year. (AGENCIES)

After completion of the 60-day foot march covering all the southern states, Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra led by party leader Rahul Gandhi will enter Maharashtra on Monday.

The yatra, which has already covered parts of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana will now enter Maharashtra on Monday evening at Madnur Naka in Degloor of Nanded district.

As per reports, Maharashtra Congress Committee has made elaborate arrangements regarding the entry and yatra. They are trying to get massive success in Maharashtra too.

Rahul Gandhi and other congress delegations are expected to start the march around 10 pm with a torch and Ekta Mashal.

During his 14-day journey in the State, the former Congress president will walk about 381 km covering 15 Assembly and six parliamentary constituencies. Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar will also join the yatra on November 8, making space for a massive outreach.

However, due to ongoing treatment at Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, Pawar will only walk less than a mile.

Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray and former minister Aaditya Thackeray are yet to confirm their schedule; both are expected to join Rahul Gandhi in his yatra. Arvind Sawant and Manisha Kayande will also join the yatra from Udhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena.

Many big congress names will be joining the Bharat Jodo Yatra including Nana Patole, Balasaheb Thorat, Bhaijagtap, Ashok Chavan and others.

Bharat Jodo Yatra, which commenced on September 7 from Kanyakumari, will cover a further distance of 2,355 km in its 3,570-km march. It will end in Kashmir next year. It is the longest march on foot by any Indian politician in the history of India, the Congress claimed earlier in a statement.

The Congress got through a debacle in the assembly polls held earlier this year and the Yatra is seen as an attempt to rally the party rank and file for the forthcoming electoral battles.