CURRENT AFFAIRS 25 OCTOBER 2024

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By EXAM JOB EXPERT Published: October 25, 2024

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International Artist Day was founded by Chris MacClure, a Canadian artist who specializes in the style known as ‘Romantic Realism’. His paintings were a way to bring out his own “Romantic Realist” views on life, and have served to make him one of Canada’s most important artists. He created this day to bring recognition to the world of art, and to celebrate all the ways that artists bring their own special view to life.

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Cong. opts out of bypolls in U.P., offers full support to SP

The Congress on Thursday announced that it will not field any candidate of its own in the upcoming byelection to nine Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. Instead, it will extend unconditional support to the Samajwadi Party and other members of the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).
Joining forces to defeat the BJP and protect the Constitution takes precedence over party interests, said U.P. Congress chief Ajay Rai, and the All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) in-charge for the State, Avinash Pande, who addressed a press conference at the party headquarters.
Soon afterwards, in Lucknow, the Samajwadi Party announced its nominees for the two seats — Ghaziabad and Khair — that it is said to have initially offered to the Congress.

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Punjab, Haryana see dip in farm fires since 2021; U.P. witnesses uptick this year

Even as Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP are embroiled in a political wrangling over farm fires in Punjab and Haryana, official data show that incidents of stubble burning have come down over the years in the two States.
The issue of farm fires have triggered a political slugfest, with the BJP accusing the Delhi government of “protecting” AAP-ruled Punjab’s interests over that of the city amid a spike in air pollution levels.
AAP too has claimed a substantial dip in farm fires in Punjab and sought to corner BJP-ruled Haryana over the issue.

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In Jharkhand, a jostle for the women vote

Sukhiya Tirkey has never felt so important. After selling vegetables by the roadside in Ranchi for more than two decades, this is for the first time that the 48-year-old feels recognised as a constituency that can influence election outcomes.
As campaigning picks up with Jharkhand heading towards a two-phase Assembly poll next month, Sukhiya and several others like her have emerged as an influential voting bloc, prompting political parties to actively solicit their support this year.
On October 14, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led coalition government in the State approved an increase in the assistance given to women from families living below the poverty line under the Mukhyamantri Maiya Samman Yojana (MMSY) from ₹1,000 per month to ₹2,500.

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Omar meets PM and Union Ministers, makes a strong pitch for Statehood for J&K

Buoyed by a strong mandate in the recent Assembly election, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday reached out to the top BJP leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while making a strong push for the restoration of Statehood to the Union Territory.
Camping in New Delhi for two days, Mr. Abdullah, whose Cabinet passed a resolution for restoration of Statehood in its first meeting recently, met Mr. Modi in New Delhi.
“Visited honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji to present a Cabinet resolution advocating for the reinstatement of J&K’s empowered Statehood.

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Aaditya Thackeray, Jayant Patil, Bhujbal among key leaders to file nominations

Coinciding with the auspicious occasion of ‘Guru Pushya Amrit Yog’, several prominent leaders, including sitting MLAs and Ministers, filed their nominations on Thursday for the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly elections.
From the ruling Mahayuti alliance, Nationalist Congress Party Ministers Dilip Walse Patil and Chhagan Bhujbal filed their papers for Ambegaon and Yeola seats, respectively, while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha filed his nomination from Malabar Hill in Mumbai.
Debutant Rohit Patil, son of the late NCP leader R.R. Patil, entered the fray from Tasgaon-Kavthemahankal on the NCP(SP) ticket.