The Punjab-Africa Summit in International Engineering Technology & Sourcing Show (IETSS) kicks off in Ludhiana on Friday. The four-day event follows close on the heels of the India-Africa Summit in the last week of October in New Delhi. The ambassadors of several African countries are expected to attend the event.

BJP national president Amit Shah will address party workers in Assam’s Dibrugarh district on Friday as the party prepares for the state's 2016 assembly election after its debacle in the Bihar polls.

The All-India Defence Employees’ Federation and other Central Government employee organisations will observe Black Day on Friday to protest against the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission. The wage revision of PSU employees occurs every five years, while Central Government employees have to wait for 10 years.

Chinese smartphone company QIKU will enter the Indian smartphone market with its new QIKU Q Terra handset on Friday. The QIKU Q Terra smartphone comes in two variants - the Terra 808 and the Terra 810.

The twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad are to receive water from the Godavari Drinking Water Project from Friday. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board will supply the water from its reservoir at Ghanpur near Shamirpet. They added that twin cities would receive about 28 million gallons per day

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