- MoU was signed between the Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of Railways
- At first 100 railway stations across the nation will be developedd
- Presently, railway stations in 10 cities could be taken up for the redevelopment with the involvement of the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC)
- 10 cities are: Varanasi, Sarai Rohilla (Delhi), Bhubaneswar, Lucknow, Jaipur, Kota, Thane, Margao(Goa), Tirupati and Puducherry
- redevelopment of railway stations will be undertaken in AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) and HRIDAY (Heritage Infrastructure Development and Augmentation Yojana) cities extending the scope of the MoU to over 500 cities
# Union Ministers, Ms. Smriti Irani and Mr. D. V. Sadananda Gowda have been dropped from the Inter - State Council (ISC)
- Union Ministers, Mr. Prakash Javadekar has been included in the new Council
- ISC was established in 1990 with a mandate to act as a coordinating body between the States and the Centre
# Union Government has formally granted a licence to BP Plc to set up 3500 petrol pumps in India
- It was granted licence to market Motor Spirit (petrol) and High Speed Diesel (diesel).
- With this, BP became the 10th company to enter the fuel retailing sector.
# Chief Election Commissioner, Dr. Nazim Zaidi inaugurated two-day International Conference on ‘Voter Education for Inclusive, Informed and Ethical Participation’ at New Delhi
- Titled as "New Delhi Declaration on Voter Education"
# Idea of compulsory voting was not found to be practical in India: CEC, Dr. Nasim Zaidi
# Indian Navy commissioned the highly manoeuvrable fast attack craft INS Tihayu at the Eastern Naval Command (on Oct 19, 2016)
# Union Power Minister Mr. Piyush Goyal, laid the foundation stone for Atal Akshay Urja Bhawan (HQ building for the Ministry of New & Renewable) Energyin New Delhi
- The building has been named after former Prime Minister of India,Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, as he laid the foundation stone for the Wind Turbine Testing Station of the National Institute of Wind Energy at Kayathar, Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu on 5th September, 2000.
# Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) launches ‘e-integrity pledges’ for common people and private sector employees
# Government had nor role in the move to boycott Pakistani artistes or interfered with Indian film makers who hire them, but there is an atmosphere of anger at Pakistan in India and people from all waks of life have to be mindful about it: Ulnion Information and Broadcasting Minister, Mr. Venkaiah Naidu
# The Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal II, headed by Just Brijesh Kumar has decided to confine the reallocation of Krishna Water to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
# Supreme Court reserves its order on Cauvery river dispute appeals
# Enforcement Directorate submitted before a Special Court in New Delhi said that charges on the ground of suspicion could be framed in the money laundering case against former Union Minister for Communications, Mr. Dayanidhi Maran
# India, Myanmar signed 3 MoUs including Cooperation in the field of Power Sector
# Indian and Chinese armies held Second Joint Exercise “Sino India Cooperation 2016” in Ladakh
# India and Russia reached an agreement on the lease of a second nuclear submarine; India had earlier leased an Akula - II class attack submarine for 10 years
# Delhi: Zoo has been closed temporarily after some birds died from suspected avian influenza (H5N1)
# Maharashtra: Government launched ‘Kaushalya Setu’ skill development programme for students
# Acting Governor, Mr. Vidyasagar Rao has promulgated two ordinances to amend laws relating to rural and urban local bodies in the state for the appointment of special officers to discharge functions of elected representatives until newly elected representatives take over after the civic polls are held
# Tamil Nadu had witnessed 1752 dengue cases this year (3.4% of total number of cases reported in the country): State Health Secretary, Mr. J. Radhakrishnan IAS
# Madurai Bench of Madras High Court said that, SBI can't seize farmers' tractors
# Farmers in Tirunelveli urged the Dt. Collector, Mr. M. Karunakaran to stop planting of eucalyptus trees (one of the raw materials for manufacturing newsprint) on over 1000 acres of land belonging to Swami Nellaiyappar Gandhimathi Ambal Temple in Nanguneri Taluk; farmers said that, this move would wipe out grasslands
# AIADMK retained its candidates for Aravakurichi and Thanjavur Constituencies; while it announced the candidate for Tiruparankundram by-poll too; PMK to contest polls in all the three constituencies
# Saudi Arabian Prince Turki bin Saud al-Kabir was executed in October 2016 for shooting a man, Adel al-Mohaimeed, dead. He Prince shot the man during a brawl three years ago in the capital Riyadh.
- As per a report, he became the 134th person to be put to death in 2016
# Pakistan: to enforce complete ban on Indian TV contents
# Philippines: Typhoon Sarika; also in China and Vietnam
# No decision yet on GST rates as States oppose cess
# RBI asks banks to replace 17.5 lakh debit cards
# Bengaluru FC becomes the 1st Indian club to reach the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup final
# Ex-billiards world champion Michael Ferreira taken into custody in connection with Ponzi scam
# International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is all set to declare the Kashmiri Red Stag, also known as Hangul, a Critically Endangered species
# Book "Driven: The Virat Kohli Story" authored by Vijay Lokapally
# Kigeli V Ndahindurwa, the last king of Rwanda, passed away
# South African struggle icon and Gandhian activist Mewa Ramgobin passed away
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