Modi-Sanchez in Gujarat, Macron in Morocco, Ballon d’Or 2024 in Paris… Today’s top news – Firstpost

October 28th will be a busy day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez will inaugurate the Tata Advanced Systems Ltd plant. (TASL)-Airbus in Vadodara.

French President Emmanuel Macron will begin his three-day state visit to Morocco on Monday.

The world’s best footballers will gather in Paris on Monday for the 2024 Ballon d’Or ceremony.

Here’s how the day will unfold.

Prime Ministers of India and Spain in Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez will visit
open Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL)-Airbus plant in Vadodara on October 28. This is in line with the ‘Make in India’ initiative to promote domestic aircraft manufacturing.

Both leaders will also hold a bilateral meeting in Vadodara, the Gujarat government said in a statement.

According to a state government statement, the foundation stone for the C-295 transport aircraft manufacturing plant was laid by Modi in October 2022 and both leaders will inaugurate the plant next Monday.

Macron will visit Morocco

French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Morocco on Monday for a three-day state visit after three years of tense relations between the two countries.

Macron was invited to the North African country by Moroccan King Mohammed VI at the end of September.

The monarch called the visit – his second since 2018 – an opportunity for a “renewed and ambitious vision spanning multiple strategic sectors.”

Tensions between Paris and Rabat have risen in recent years due to France’s controversial position on the disputed Western Sahara and Macron’s push for rapprochement with Algeria.

2024 Ballon d’Or Gala

The 2024 Ballon d’Or ceremony will bring together the world’s best footballers in Paris on Monday.

This will be the 68th award, which the French magazine France Football has presented annually since 1956.

There are 30 nominees in the women’s and men’s categories.

While there are other categories at the event, all eyes will be on the men’s category winner Lionel Messi, who won in 2023, and whether Aitana Bonmati can once again win the top women’s prize.

Just Stop Oil activists to appear in court

Three Just Stop Oil activists who poured soup on two of Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers paintings in London’s National Gallery on September 27 are likely to appear in court on Monday.

The incident occurred just hours after two other members of the protest group were jailed for the same thing in 2022.

Activists poured tomato soup on a London gallery painting, Sunflowers, which was attacked two years ago, as well as another painting in the series, on loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art for a temporary exhibition.

DUSU is conducting a survey of candidates to appear in the Delhi HC

Several student candidates will appear in the Delhi High Court on Monday on charges of damaging government property during the Delhi University Students’ Union elections in September 2024.

During the previous hearing, the court questioned the university as well as the Delhi Police for not taking adequate action against those responsible for vandalism and hooliganism.

Hearing before Karnataka HC on Darshan’s bail petition

The Karnataka High Court will hear the bail plea of ​​Kannada actor Darshan Thugudeepa in the Renukaswamy murder case on Monday.

At the previous hearing, lawyer Nagesh said that the actor was suffering from severe back pain and needed surgery.

Darshan, Pavitra Gowda and 15 others were arrested on June 11 for allegedly kidnapping and brutally murdering Renukaswamy of Chitradurga. Renukaswamy allegedly sent derogatory and obscene messages to Pavithra Gowda.

Third Svalamban Navy Seminar in Delhi

The Indian Navy’s third flagship workshop on Swalamban, which aims to promote naval innovation and indigenous development, will be held on October 28-29.

Swavlamban 2024 will be held at the Bharat Mandapam complex.

Tokyo International Film Festival

The annual Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) will take place from October 28 to November 6 at venues in and around Tokyo Midtown Hibiya.

It is Japan’s largest film festival, featuring a diverse array of exhibitors from Japan, Asia and around the world, as well as conversations with Hirokazu Kore-eda, Johnnie To and other leading directors.

Memorial Day

• Birth anniversary of American business tycoon and philanthropist Bill Gates

• Birth anniversary of Indian-American Pepsico CEO Indra Nooyi

• Birth Anniversary of Urjit Patel, 24th Governor of RBI

• Irish-Indian nurse Sister Nivedita’s birthday

• Birthday of actress Julia Roberts

• Birthday of football player Garrincha

• Actor Aditi Rao Hydari’s birth anniversary

• International Animation Day, dedicated to the art of animation

• Beijing was officially recognized as the capital of the Ming Dynasty in 1420.