The followings are the most important events of today, October 17, 2021
1. External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar scheduled to be on a five day official visit to Israel from today
2. Mission 2022: UP CM Yogi Adityanath will launch the BJP social contact campaign, which will run till October 31
3. Karnatka CM Basavaraj Bommai to begin campaign for by-elections to two Assembly seats in state
4. Jobless teachers to gherao Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s house in Morinda, Sangrur
5. Telangana: Traffic free & pedestrian friendly 'Sunday Funday' programme will be held at Charminar in Hyderabad starting today
6. Nellore Municipal Corporation (NMC) to strictly enforce ban on usage of plastic bags less than 75 microns
7. Saudi Arabia to lift social distancing measures & to allow full-capacity attendance at Mosques in Mecca & Medina
8. Delhi AIIMS Cardiothoracic Sciences Centre will run a special clinic to meet the needs of post-operative valve patients
9. Rajput bodies have planned several events on Oct 17 and 18 to celebrate the birth anniversary of King Mihir Bhoj
10. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi will address a ‘vanchit-shoshit samaj’ (deprived and victimised communities) conference in Ghaziabad
11. The CPI (M) has called bandh in Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and UP to protest the killing of farmers at Lakhimpur-Kheri
12. On October 17, AIADMK that ruled Tamil Nadu for three decades will enter its golden jubilee year
13. Telangana State Mudiraj Mahasabha to will celebrate its 100th anniversary of Mudiraj Mahasabha from Oct 17 to Dec 20
14. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on October 17 worldwide and highlights worldwide poverty
