1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the 90th Interpol General Assembly in New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 90th Interpol General Assembly in New Delhi . The conference will continue till October 21 . Union Home Minister Amit Shah , Interpol Chairman Ahmed Nasser Al Rais , Interpol General Secretary Jurgen Stock , CBI Director Subodh Kumar Jaiswal and other dignitaries were present on the occasion. The 90th General Assembly of Interpol is being held from 18 to 21 October. 195 Interpol member countries at the meetingThe delegation is being attended by countries including ministers, police chiefs, national central bureau chiefs and senior police officers. The General Assembly is the supreme governing body of Interpol and meets once a year to make important decisions related to its functioning. The Interpol General Assembly is meeting in India after a gap of almost 25 years – the last time it was in 1997 . India’s proposal to host the Interpol General Assembly in 2022 in New Delhi to coincide with the 75th year of India’s independence was accepted by the General Assembly with an overwhelming majority. The event provides an opportunity to showcase the best practices of India’s law and order system to the whole world.
2. Sri Lankan writer Sehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize
Sri Lankan writer Sehan Karunatilaka has won the Booker Prize for 2022 . He has been given this award for his novel The Seven Moons of Mali Almeida . This prestigious award of fifty thousand pounds was presented to him in a ceremony in London. 47-year-old Karunatilaka is the second Sri Lankan writer to have been awarded the Booker Prize. Earlier in the year 1992, this award was given to Michael Ondatse for his work – The English Patient .given for. Neil McGregor, chairman of the award-winning team, praised Karunatilka’s techniques for presenting The Seven Moons and the story of a photographer in Mali Almeida. The Booker Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world. This award is given every year to an English book published in the UK and Ireland.
3. President appoints Justice Dr. Justice Dhananjay Yashwant Chandrachud as Chief Justice of India
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Indian Constitution , the President has appointed Dr. Justice Dhananjay Yashwant Chandrachud, Judge of the Supreme Court, as the Chief Justice of India with effect from November 09, 2022. Justice Chandrachud will have a relatively longer tenure of two years andwill retire on November 10, 2024 .
4. Ms. Bharti Das takes over as Controller General of Accounts (CGA)
Ms. Bharti Das took over as the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA) . Ms. Das is the 27th Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. Ms. Bharti Das, a 1988 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer, has been appointed as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) in the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance by the Government of India, with effect from October 18, 2021. is effective.
5. Roger Binny becomes the new President of BCCI. Announcement of the launch of women’s IPL next year
Former cricketer Roger Binny has been elected as the chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India- BCCI. Binny was elected as the 36th Chairman of the Board at the BCCI Annual General Meeting in Mumbai . He will replace Sourav Ganguly . Sourav Ganguly has completed his three-year term as BCCI President. Jay Shah will be the secretary of BCCI and Rajiv Shukla will be the vice-president. Ashish Shelar has been appointed as the new treasurer while Devjit Saikia will be the joint secretary. Arun Dhumal has been appointed as the President of the Indian Premier League- IPL. The board also announced the launch of women’s IPL next year.
6. PM launches ‘One Nation-One Fertilizer’ scheme
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Fertilizer Project ‘ One Nation-One Fertilizer ‘ and also introduced ‘ Bharat Urea Bags ‘ under it. This will help companies to market fertilizers under a single brand name – Bharat . It aims to clear all the confusion regarding the quality and availability of fertilizers. Earlier, retailers were pushing for the sale of certain brands to get higher commissions and manufacturers are promoting their products through targeted advertising campaigns. This creates a misconception about fertilisers, forcing farmers to go for costly alternatives. Due to this the price of fertilizer increases significantly. Held at the Pusa Mela Ground of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in the capitalIn the PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022 , the Prime Minister also inaugurated 600 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samridhi Kendras . Under this scheme, more than 3.30 lakh retail outlets of fertilizers in the country will be converted into Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samridhi Kendras in a phased manner.
7. Multidimensional Poverty Index released
The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) was recently released by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) . MPI 2022 to “ Unpacking deprivation bundles to reduce multidimensional poverty“Issued under the title. 1.2 billion people (19.1%) in 111 countries live in acute multidimensional poverty. Of these, 593 million (50%) are minors below the age of 18 years. The developing region with the highest prevalence of multidimensional poverty is Sub-Saharan Africa (about 579 million), followed by South Asia (385 million). About 45.5 million poor people do not have access to cooking fuel, housing, sanitation and nutrition. Most of them live in India and the rest are in Bangladesh and Pakistan. For the first time, this report dedicated a special section focusing on the 15-year trend of poverty in India. Over the past 15 years, the number of poor people has declined by 415 million. However, India still has the poorest population in the world and Nigeria has the second poorest population. Although poverty among children has decreased rapidly, India has the largest number of poor children. 97 million children (21.8% of Indian children) in the country are poor. About 94 million (8.1 percent) people over the age of 60 are poor. The figures for 2019-2021 showed that about 16.4 percent of the population in India is poor. Of these, 4.2 percent live in extreme poverty.
8. Ukraine war pushed 4 million children into poverty: UNICEF
UNICEF recently released a report titled “ The impact of the war in Ukraine and subsequent economic downturn on child poverty in eastern Europe ”. The report assessed the economic impact of the Ukraine War by studying 22 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia . The Ukraine War and the resulting inflation pushed an additional 4 million children into poverty across the region.Is. This is an increase of 19 percent since 2021. It was found that 25 percent of the population of the region are children. However, they are about 40 percent of the additional 10.4 million people who will suffer from poverty in 2022. Russia has experienced the greatest increase in children living in poverty, with 2.8 million more children currently living in BPL families. Ukraine hosts the second largest proportion of children living in poverty. The economic crisis caused by the Ukraine war can threaten child abuse, exploitation, violence and child marriage.
9. 12th Defense Exhibition begins in Gujarat
12th Defense Exhibition- Defense Expo 2022 started in Gandhinagar , Gujarat . The theme of this year’s Defense Expo is Karma Se Gaurav Tak . This will be the biggest exhibition ever . For this maximum one thousand 340 companies have registered. Held every two years , the objective of this exhibition is to enhance the partnership of India’s aerospace and defense manufacturing sector with Indian and global customers and meet the needs of the country and friendly countries. Separate India-Africa Defense Dialogue on the sidelines of DefExpo-2022 in Gandhinagarwas held. Fifty African countries participated, including 20 Defense Ministers, seven CDS and Army Chiefs and eight Permanent Secretaries. Gandhinagar Declaration-2022 was adopted in this meeting. It is proposed to enhance training cooperation in all areas of mutual interest. Defense Minister Shri Rajnath Singh released the Gujarati edition of the book ‘ Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery ‘ in Gandhinagar. The book, a compilation of articles by experts from different disciplines, brings to the fore various aspects of Shri Narendra Modi’s thinking and performance in various fields as Chief Minister of Gujarat and Prime Minister for 20 years.
10. Hyderabad’s Center for Cell and Molecular Biology conducts world’s largest and most diverse genomic study involving 5.4 million people
The Center for Cell and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad has conducted the world’s largest and most diverse genomic study involving 5.4 million people . It has identified 12 thousand two hundred and 22 sites in the human genome that are related to length. Recently a study related to human height has been published in the journal Nature Science. This study will also open the way to investigate the effect of genes on other traits and diseases. The findings of this important study will help in understanding the evolution of the human body.
11. Government and private sector together will invest about Rs 95 thousand crore in the aviation sector in the next four years.
The government and private sector together will invest about Rs 95 thousand crore in the aviation sector in the next four years . Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia gave this information at the Civil Aviation Ministers’ Conference in New Delhi . Shri Scindia informed that Airports Authority of India is working on expansion of about 40 airports and construction of 3 to 4 new greenfield airports. He said that the private sector is also working on 60 brownfield and 3 greenfield airports. He said that in the next four-five years, the number of airports in the country will increase to two hundred.
12. NTPC, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and MPI Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to demonstrate the feasibility of hydrogen co-firing at Auraiya Gas Power Plant
To demonstrate the feasibility of co-firing mixed hydrogen with natural gas in MHI 701D gas turbines installed at NTPC Auraiya gas power plant in Uttar Pradesh , NTPC Limited has collaborated with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited of Japan and its subsidiary Mitsubishi Power India Private Limited . A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with The Auraiya Gas Power Plant has a total installed capacity of 663 MW with four gas turbines operating in combined cyclic mode.
13. Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launched the Single Integrated Pensioners Portal ‘Bhavishya’ with an aim to bring ease in the lives of Central Government Pensioners
The Union Minister of State, Dr. Jitendra Singh launched the Single Integrated Pensioners Portal ‘ Bhavishya ‘ developed in collaboration with State Bank of India and aimed at bringing ease in the lives of Central Government Pensioners . All the remaining 16 pension disbursing banks will now start their integration with ‘Bhavishya’. Dr. Jitendra Singh said, futuristic 9.0 version is being launched with integration with pension disbursing banks.
14. France’s Minister of State for Development Ms. Crissoula Zacharopoulou calls on Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh and discusses ways to expedite the installation of nuclear power reactors at the Jaitapur site in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra
Ms. Chrisoula Zacharopoulou , French Minister of State for Development , is currently on a visit to India and called on the Union Minister of State, Dr. Jitendra Singh , in New Delhi to discuss Indo-French cooperation in nuclear energy . He was accompanied by a high level French delegation. The two sides jointly built nuclear power reactors at the Jaitapur site in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra .Discussed ways to expedite the establishment of French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lennon and Nuclear Adviser Thomas Miuset and other French officials also participated in the deliberations. The Government of India has already given its ‘in-principle’ approval to set up six nuclear power reactors of 1650 MW each in technical cooperation with France and after the signing of the agreement with France in September 2008, it is now an umbrella nuclear power plant. As part of the project, it will become the largest nuclear power generation site with a total capacity of 9900 MW. French company EDF last year submitted its binding techno-commercial offer to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to build six European Pressurized Reactors (EPRS) at Jaitapur.
15. 6 new varieties of Neelakurinji flower identified in Kalipara hills
Recently 6 new varieties of Neelakurinji flower have been identified in Kalipara hills of Santhanpara region of Western Ghats . Neelakurinji flowers are in bloom in a vast area on the Kalipara hills in Idukki, Kerala . In Neelakurinji, ‘Nil’ means blue and ‘Kurinji’ means flowers. The light blue color of the flowers changes to purple-blue at maturity. It is on the basis of these flowers that the “Nilgiri range” is named. It is named after the famous Kunti river which flows through the Silent Valley National Park in Kerala, where this flower is found in abundance. It is commonly found. But grows at an altitude of 1,300-2,400 m.
16. Trainer aircraft HTT-40 to be unveiled during DefExpo
The indigenous Basic Trainer Aircraft HTT-40 will be unveiled during the 12th edition of DefExpo on October 19, 2022 . The indigenous basic trainer aircraft HTT-40 (Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40) has been developed and manufactured by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) . The trainer aircraft is expected to be unveiled at the India Pavilion during DefExpo 2022. During this event a contract for HAL and Indian Air Force 70 HTT-40 will finalize The aircraft will be powered by the TPE331-12 family of engines developed by Honeywell International. 70 percent of HTT-40 is made from indigenous Indian ingredients. The HTT-40 will be used by the IAF to train new pilots. The HTT-40 will be used for basic flight training, aerobatics, instrument flying and close formation flight. The aircraft is equipped with latest avionics, an air-conditioned cabin and ejection seats. It has a top speed of 450 kmph. It can reach a maximum distance of 1,000 km. The aircraft successfully completed its spin flight certification test last year. It will now be certified to International Military Aircraft Training Standards. It has passed all the tests required for certification.
17. Kati Bihu in Assam
Kati Bihu was celebrated on 18 October 2022 in Assam . It is also called Kongali Bihu . Harvesting begins on this day and paddy is sown again. On this occasion people light up outside their homes and pray for a good harvest. People also plant Tulsi plant outside their homes and perform Lakshmi Puja. Kati Bihu is one of the three Bihu celebrated in Assam, the other two being Bhogali or Magh Bihu (celebrated on 13 or 14 January) and Rongali or Bohag Bihu (celebrated on 14 or 15 April).
18. India’s Sameer wins silver medal at World Shooting Championship in Cairo, Egypt
Indian shooter Sameer has won a silver medal in the men’s 25m junior pistol event at the World Shooting Championships . China ‘s Wang Shiwen won the gold medal. While Liu Yanpan of China got the bronze medal. Earlier in the men’s 10m air rifle team event, the team of Rudranksh Balasaheb Patil, Kiran Ankush Jadhav and Arjun Babuta won the fifth gold medal in the competition for India. In the championship, India has so far won fourteen medals including five gold, three silver and six bronze medals. India is second only to China in the medal tally.
