US presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will have their first and, hence, crucial debate today at Hofstra University in Hempstead. The 90-min debate will be live streamed through Facebook Live. The US presidential elections will be held on November 8.
ISRO will launch its longest flight SCATSAT from Sathish Dhawan Space Centre today. Seven co-passenger satellites from Algeria, Canada, the US and two Indian universities will also take off along with SCATSAT. This is the first mission of PSLV in which it will be launching payloads into two different orbits.
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board today will be taking up 15 foreign investment proposals. Some of the proposals include Idea Cellular Infrastructure Services, ShareKhan, Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas and IBM India. The meeting will be chaired by Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will be addressing the 71st session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) today. Swaraj is expected to respond to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s speech at UNGA. Terrorism is the primary concern and India’s focus at the session.
Congress will kickstart its campaign in the poll-bound Punjab from today. The 37-day long campaign’s theme is ‘Congress Liyao, Punjab Bachao’. Punjab Congress will flag-off 13 customised buses bearing the party’s messages.
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