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Manohar Parrikar (Indian Defence Minister) said on 25th October that india will continue to investigate ostensible wrong doing by Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer over the 2008 sale of three EMB-145 aircraft for India's aboriginal aircraft early warning and control (AEW&C) Programme. The investigation into the USD208-million deal will follow Indian laws on corruption and recoil subject to evidence, said Manohar. The statement was made despite the fact that the company had reached an agreement a day earlier with Brazilian and US authorities to pay USD205.5 million to settle a six-year corruption investigation into corruption allegations.
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India will attempt for innovative technologies from the US for advancing the country's infrastructure facilities during Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's meetings with top American officials and corporate leaders to attract billions of dollars in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the critical sector. Gadkari will seeks the United States cooperation in novel technologies in tunnel projects, material, equipment, highway projects, road safety initiatives, intelligent transport systems (ITS) and training institutes including equipment like training simulators, officials here said today. 

Gadkari will assess the prospective United States investors of the fiscal incentives, the government has offered the infrastructure sector, with 100% FDI through automatic route, project land i.e shield availability of Right of Way, capital grant up to 40% of project cost to amplify viability on a case to case basis provided by National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and the Government Of India. India has foresee around $150 billion investments for the highways sector in the next five years with range of projects to suit each investor's risk and return expectations.
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A gala event is being organised in New Delhi on Saturday at India Gate to mark the completion of two years of NDA government at the Centre. The Mega show at titled 'Ek Nayi Subah' or 'A New Dawn'. The Prime Minister Narendra Moadi and several minister attended the event. The government has highlighted its achievements. The event includes talk shows on the government's achievements, interspersed with cultural programmes. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Health Minister JP Nadda, Minorities Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi, Rural Development Minister Birender Singh, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh, Food Minister Ramvilas Paswan and Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti were among those who participated. Amitabh Bachchan, Raveen Tandon, Vidya Balanhave already appeared on the show. More Bollywood celebrities are expected to be a part of it soon.
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P Venkateswara Rao, Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Bank chairman and former minister was injured while his wife and driver were killed, their car overturned on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Tuesday, police said. The accident took place on the Outer Ring Road near Tukkuguda. Rao and his wife were returning to Hyderabad from Vijayawada when the driver lost control of the vehicle and it turned turtle. Police suspect that one of the rear wheels came off when the car was apparently running at a high speed. The vehicle hit the roadside railing and dragged on for over 60 yards. Rao’s wife Satyavani and driver Dasu were killed on the spot. The minister was taken to a nearby hospital and later shifted to a corporate hospital in the city. Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu expressed shock over the death of Rao’s wife. He enquired about the condition of Rao. 
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In Odisha Congress workers led by Suresh Routray (Senior Party Leader) showed black flags at Master Canteen when Suresh Prabhu Visited Bhubaneswar Railway Station on sunday to launch Google's free Wi-Fi service.  Sources said around 100 Congress workers entered the railway station shouting slogans. Odisha Police has arrested more than 15 congress workers and youth congress members while protesting Railway minister Suresh Prabhu's Visit to Odisha for shifting wagon factory from Kalahandi District. The decision of Shifting of wagon factory from Kalahandi to Vizag, Andhra Pradesh has been catchted a political strom in the state. This month congress and other organisations called bundh in Kalahandi, which forced Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to write letter to Suresh Prabhu. Yesterday, Suresh Prabhu announced that a Joint Verification Group (JVG) will be formed jointly by Railway Ministry and Odisha government to verify the feasibility of establishment of Wagon Factory in Kalahandi and Ganjam District.