Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren summoned by the ED in a money laundering case
He has been called to record his statement in an illegal mining case worth over 100 crores. A few people close to Mr Soren have already been arrested in this corruption scandal.
Railways earns Rs 92345 Crores from Freight loading this financial year
The data is from the month of April to October 2022. The freight earnings are 17% more than in the same period last year.
Amrit Lal Meena becomes the new Coal Secretary
He replaces Dr Anil Kumar Jain who has retired from the post of Secretary in the Ministry of Coal.
Giridhar Aramane becomes the new Secretary of Defence
He is a 1988-batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Karnataka inaugural Global Investors Meet ‘Invest Karnataka 2022’ begins
The 3-day programme – to take place from 2nd to 4th November – in Bengaluru aims to attract foreign investment in the state.
Some interesting facts on Bengaluru:
Bengaluru is home to 400 of the Fortune 500 companies and out of 100 plus unicorns of India, over 40 are based in this city.
The Tech-city is home to several industries in the field of IT, fintech, biotech, sustainable energy and more.
Ministerial and industrial delegations from several rich countries like France, Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, Japan, and Australia are participating in the event.
India received a record foreign investment of 84 billion dollars in 2021.