# Rajya sabha

• The centre has no proposal at present to reintroduce the now scrapped National judicial Appointments commission bill, law minister Kiren Rijiju said in the Rajya sabha.
• The question was raised by congress president Mallikarjun Khadge in Rajya sabha.
• A day earlier, vice president Jagdeep Dhankar had criticized the Supreme Court for undermining the sovereignty of parliament by striking down the NJAC act.
• The NJAC bill was passed by both the houses of the parliament by two thirds majority and more than 16 states.

# China

• Saudi Arabia and China showcased deepening ties with a series of strategic deals on Thursday during a visit by President Xi Jinping to Riyadh.
• The Chinese leaders held talks with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.
• The display stood in stark contrast to the low key welcome extended in July to US President Joe Biden.
• A memorandum with China’s Huawei technologies, on cloud computing and building high tech complexes in Saudi cities was agreed despite US concerns will Gulf allies over a possible security risk.

# NTPC

• State run NTPC, the country’s largest coal fired power producer, is going nuclear as the government shifts focus on the Nascent (SMR) Small modular reactor technology in search of clean energy for achieving net zero by 2070.
• Sources said the company is looking at adding 20-30 GW nuclear capacity by 2040.
• The crunch in natural gas supplies after the Ukraine conflict has forced a rethink on nuclear energy.

# Bengal

• The enforcement Directorate has attached ₹8 crore in bank balances in atleast 61 accounts and mutual funds of TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya.
• A number of attached bank accounts were in the name of friends and relatives of Manik bhattacharya.