The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has said that the 16th edition of Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) will be conducted in Online mode between December this year to January next year.

The exact date of examination will be mentioned on the admit cards of the candidates.

In a press release, CBSE stated that online application process will start from 31st of this month onwards and the last date for submitting online applications is 24th of next month.

Union Education Ministry will organise 'Kashi Tamil Sangamam' - a month-long programme from 16th of next month - to rediscover the centuries-old bond of knowledge and ancient civilisational linakage between Varanasi and Tamilnadu.

Addressing media about this programme in New Delhi, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed that over 2400 tamil people in 12 groups from diverse sections of society, including acedemics, spiritualism, philosophy, trade and commerce, agriculture, entrepreneurship, arts and artisanship will visit Kashi for eight days to get familiarised with the ancient knowledge shared by these two ancient cities.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Rozgar Mela - the recruitment drive for ten lakh personnel tomorrow. The drive will be launched through video conferencing. During the ceremony, appointment letters will be handed over to 75 thousand newly inducted appointees in the first tranche.

This will be a significant step forward towards fulfilling the continuous commitment of the Prime Minister to providing job opportunities for the youth and ensuring the welfare of citizens.

As per the directions of Mr Modi, all Ministries and Departments are working towards filling up existing vacancies against sanctioned posts in a mission mode.

Union Government is working to enhance the Ease of Living of pensioners across the country. In this direction, the several ministries together are developing a Face Authentication technology-based system.

This system will help in submission of digital life certificates by the Pensioners and Family Pensioners from any Android-based smart phone.

The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has said that under the facility, the identity of a person will be established through Face Authentication technique.

The 67-year-old was elected unopposed during BCCI’s annual general meeting (AGM), which was held on Tuesday, 18 October, at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai.

BCCI secretary Jay Shah, departing president Sourav Ganguly, treasurer Arun Dhumal and vice-president Rajeev Shukla were all present at the 91st annual general meeting of the board. With his appointment, Binny becomes the first-ever former World Cup-winning to become BCCI’s president.

Jay Shah has been re-inducted as the secretary of the board.

Indian Ocean Region plus (IOR) Defence Ministers’ Conclave was hosted by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the sidelines of DefExpo 2022 in Gandhinagar today. The conclave was attended by representatives of 40 countries. The conclave aims to promote strategic and commercial partnerships within the IOR countries, in line with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR).

The theme of the conclave was ‘Challenges Opportunities and Collaborations in the Indian Ocean.

On the second day of his visit to Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the 10th Heads of Missions Conference at Kevadia today. PM will launch Mission LiFE in Kevadiya in the presence of UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. Later, PM will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for Projects worth over 1 thousand 970 crore rupees at Vyara in Tapi district of South Gujarat.

Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan has launched the draft of National Credit Framework (NCF) for public consultation.

The Government has developed it to enable the integration of academic and vocational domains to ensure flexibility and mobility between them. The Framework would be a game changer by opening numerous options for further progression of students and inter-mingling of school and higher education with vocational education and experiential learning. It will also enable students who have dropped out of mainstream education to re-enter the education ecosystem.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins his 2-day visit to Gujarat. On the first day of the visit, PM launched Mission DefSpace at DEFEXPO 2022 today at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. While addressing the DEFEXPO he said this Defence expo is a symbol of new beginnings. It is the first Defence expo where only Indian companies are participating with Made in India Defence products. Space technology in India is helping many developing countries. SAARC satellite is an example of this. Space technology is supporting maritime trade and activities.

AIR correspondent reports that special incentives are being offered to MSMEs involved in defence production. Technologies development fund and iDEX have spurred the R&D in defence sector. National security is the primary priority for the government.

Indian Railways is running 211 special trains for the convenience of rail travelers to meet the festival season rush. Special trains have been planned to connect major destinations like Darbhanga, Azamgarh, Saharsa, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Firozpur, Patna, Katihar and Amritsar. Railways has notified additional 32 special services to ensure smooth and comfortable travel for the passengers during this festive season, while 179 special services were notified earlier.