BJP announces 1st list of candidates for Bihar elections | Daily Wrap

The BJP on Tuesday announced its first list of candidates for next month’s Bihar assembly elections.

The first list has the names of 71 candidates, including that of Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha. Moreover, a total of nine women have been named, including Bihar Minister for Animal and Fisheries Resources Renu Devi.

Rahul Gandhi slams Haryana CM Saini

In other news, Rahul Gandhi slammed Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini for failing to deliver “justice” to the family of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar.

Kumar was found dead with a gunshot wound at his Chandigarh home on October 7.

The Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition, who met the family on Tuesday, argued that the delay in the Haryana government’s action sent a wrong message to crores of Dalits.

Google’s biggest ever investment in India

Shifting focus, tech behemoth Google is set to invest $15 billion in India over the next five years.

The move will mark Google’s biggest ever investment in India and will result in its largest AI hub outside the US. This after Google boss Sundar Pichai spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for its artificial intelligence hub in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam.

The Indian-origin CEO called it a “landmark development” with PM Modi saying it will be “a powerful force in democratising technology”.

Cape Verde becomes 2nd-smallest country at FIFA World Cup

And in sports, Cape Verde became the second-smallest country ever to qualify for the FIFA World Cup. The West African nation with a population of a little over 500,000 will play at next year’s World Cup after beating Eswatini 3-0 in their last group match.

The win meant they would top the standings ahead of Cameroon and complete a fairytale campaign.

Fun fact - Iceland with its 350,000 inhabitants holds the record for the smallest nation to partake in a FIFA World Cup - something it achieved in Russia in 2018.

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