Modi-Sanchez in Gujarat, Macron in Morocco, Ballon d’Or 2024 in Paris… Top news today – Firstpost

October 28 will be a busy day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez will launch Tata Advanced Systems Ltd. (TASL)- Inaugurating Airbus Plant in Vadodara.

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

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

Here’s how the day will unfold.

India and Spain are prime ministers in Gujarat

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

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

According to the state government statement, the foundation stone of the manufacturing facility of transport aircraft C-295 was laid by Modi in October 2022 and the factory will be inaugurated by both the leaders on the following Monday.

Macron visits Morocco

French President Emmanuel Macron will pay a three-day state visit to Morocco on Monday, 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 had called the visit – the second since 2018 – an opportunity for “a renewed and ambitious vision covering several strategic sectors.”

Tensions between Paris and Rabat have increased in recent years over France’s ambiguous stance on the disputed Western Sahara and Macron’s quest for rapprochement with Algeria.

Ballon d’Or Prize 2024 Gala

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

It will be the 68th edition of the prize, which has been awarded annually by the French magazine France Football since 1956.

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

Although the event also has other categories, everyone’s attention will be on the winner of the men’s category, Lionel Messi, who won in 2023, and whether Aitana Bonmati can win the women’s top prize again.

Just Stop Oil activists must appear in court

Three Just Stop Oil activists, who threw soup at 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 came just hours after two other members of the protest group were jailed for doing the same thing in 2022.

The activists threw tomato soup at the London Gallery’s “Sunflowers” ​​– the painting targeted two years ago – and another from the series on loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art for a temporary exhibition.

DUSU is polling candidates to appear in Delhi HC

Several student candidates will appear before the Delhi High Court on Monday for allegedly damaging public property during the September 2024 Delhi University Students’ Union polls.

During the previous hearing, the court had questioned both the university and the Delhi Police for not taking appropriate action against those responsible for the defamation and hooliganism.

Karnataka HC hearing on Darshan’s bail application

The Karnataka High Court will hear the bail application of Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa in his fan, Renukaswamy murder case on Monday.

During the previous hearing, counsel Nagesh had submitted that the actor was suffering from severe back pain and had to undergo a surgical procedure.

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

The third edition of the Navy’s Swavlamban Seminar in Delhi

The third edition of the Indian Navy’s flagship Swavlamban seminar, which aims to promote naval innovation and indigenization, will take place on October 28 and 29.

Swavlamban 2024 will take place at the Bharat Mandapam complex.

Tokyo International Film Festival

The annual Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) will be held from October 28 to November 6 at locations in and around the Tokyo Midtown Hibiya shopping and entertainment complex.

It is Japan’s largest film festival, presenting a wide lineup from Japan, Asia and around the world, as well as discussion sessions with Hirokazu Kore-eda, Johnnie To and other leading directors.

A day you will never forget

• Birthday of American business magnate and philanthropist Bill Gates

• Birth anniversary of Indian-American CEO of Pepsico Indra Nooyi

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

• Birth anniversary of Irish-Indian nurse Sister Nivedita

• Actor Julia Roberts’ birthday

• Birthday of footballer Garrincha

• Actor Aditi Rao Hydari’s Birth Anniversary

• International Animation Day to celebrate the art of animation

• Beijing was officially declared the capital of the Ming Dynasty in 1420