India’s first green
tech based Technology Business
Incubation or Inclusive TBI (i-TBI) will be set up in which city of Jammu and Kashmir?
First green tech based
incubation centre of India to come up at NIT Srinagar Technology Business
Incubation or Inclusive TBI (i-TBI) is a three-year initiative supported by the
Department of Science and Technology (DST) for educational institutions,
idea-generators, innovators and entrepreneurs to support the innovative ideas,
startup initiatives and promote self-employment and job creation through
incubation.
Which country has
emerged as the world’s largest producer of Sugar?
India has emerged as the
world’s largest producer and second largest exporter of sugar. In Sugar Season
2021-22, a record of more than five thousand lakh metric tons of sugarcane was
produced in the country.
Which of the following
state has become the first Indian state to begin organized cultivation of
Cinnamon?
Himachal Pradesh has
become the first Indian state to begin organised cultivation of Cinnamon. The
cinnamon cultivation has been introduced by CSIR’s Institute of Himalayan
Bioresource Technology (IHBT) on a pilot basis.
The world's largest
khadi national flag was inaugurated in which state/ union territory?
The world's largest
national flag made of Khadi was inaugurated in Leh in the union territory of
Ladakh on October 2, 2021. Ladakh's Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur inaugurated
the national flag on the 152nd birth anniversary of the "father of the
nation" Mahatma Gandhi, who gifted Khadi, the most eco-friendly fabric to
the world.
Who has become the
first player from India to feature in 400 T20 matches?
Rohit Sharma has become
the first player from the country to feature in 400 T20 matches.
Which Indian Origin
doctors has been nominated as the US representative on WHO executive board?
President Joe Biden has
nominated US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy to serve as the country’s
representative on the executive board of the World Health Organization.
1. SBI General Insurance has announced the appointment of Kishore Kumar
Poludasu as its new managing director & chief executive officer.
2. The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022 will be awarded to Yunqing Tang
Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.
3. The Uttar Pradesh government on October 1, 2021, named Bollywood actress
Kangana Ranaut as the brand ambassador of its ambitious ‘One district-one
product’ scheme. The actor also met the Chief Minister of UP Yogi Adityanath at
his official residence.
4. Hanuma Vihari led Rest of India has defeated Saurashtra to win Irani Cup
2022 at the Saurashtra Cricket Stadium, Rajkot.
5. The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2022 is awarded to the French author
Annie Ernaux “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the
roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory” at the
Swedish Academy in Stockholm.
6. Sandeep Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director
of Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL). It is the nation’s largest gas
company.
7. The Chief Election Commissioner Shri Rajiv Kumar launched a yearlong
Voter Awareness Program ‘Matdata Junction’ during an event organized at
Akashvani Rang Bhavan. The launch event was also facilitated by Election
Commissioner Shri Anup Chandra Pandey. The Matdata Junction is a 52-episode
radio series produced by the election commission of India, in collaboration
with All India Radio.
8. Captain Ibrahim Traore appointed Burkina Faso president Captain Ibrahim
Traore has been appointed as Head of State, Supreme Head of the Armed Forces.
In the west African country’s second coup in nine months, President Paul-Henri
Damiba was deposed by Traore and a group of soldiers on September 30.
9. Roxy Mathew Koll, a scientist at the Pune-based Indian Institute of
Tropical Meteorology (IITM) has received the American Geophysical Union’s
Devendra Lal Memorial Medal 2022.
10.
Former German chancellor Angela
Merkel won the United Nations refugee agency’s prestigious Nansen award for her
“leadership, courage and compassion” in ensuring the protection of hundreds of
thousands of desperate people at the height of the Syria crisis.
11.
According to Chief Minister Office
officials, the Uttar Pradesh government announced the creation of the first
three all-female Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) battalions in the state.
12.
According to the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Report 2022, India’s economic
growth is expected to decline to 5.7% in 2022 from 8.2% in 2021.
13.
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti,
the State Bank of India announced that it will adopt 30 remote villages across
India under the 4th phase of the ‘SBI Gram Seva’ program.
14.
Sanjeev Kishore has been appointed as
Director General of the Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS).
15.
The Indian Navy and State Bank of
India (SBI) together on October 4, 2021 launched SBI's NAV-eCash card aboard
the country's largest naval aircraft carrier-INS Vikramaditya.
16.
World Teachers’ Day or International
Teachers’ Day is observed every year globally on October 5. The day raises the
issues and concerns related to the teachers and teaching.
17.
The theme of World Teachers’ Day 2022
is “The Transformation of Education Begins with Teachers”.
18.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 2021 has
been jointly awarded to David Julius, Ardem Patapoutian on October 4, 2021, for
the discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch. Both the scientists are
from the United States.
19.
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2022 is
being shared by three scientists, Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal & Barry
Sharpless, for their work on Click chemistry in which molecules snap together
fast and firmly, without the need for a long, complicated process and too many
unwanted byproducts.
20.
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has
been jointly awarded to Benjamin List
and David W.C. MacMillan. Benjamin List from Germany and Scottish-born David
MacMillan have been honoured for developing new tools for building molecules
that have helped in making new drugs and are more environmentally friendly.
21.
Swedish scientist Svante Pääbo has
been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize for Physiology “for his discoveries
concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.”
22.
Actor Pankaj Tripathi has been declared
as the ‘National Icon’ of ECI For his association with the Election Commission
of India (ECI) in creating awareness amongst voters.
23.
In a significant move to boost
defence export, India has signed an export order for missiles, rockets, and
ammunition to Armenia.
24.
Prime Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring
Young Authors – YUVA 2.0 (Young, Upcoming & Versatile Authors) was launched
to promote reading, writing, and book culture in the country.
25.
The Ministry of Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises organized a National SC-ST Hub Conclave at Ahmedabad,
Gujarat on 28th September 2022 to spread awareness about the National SC-ST Hub
(NSSH)Scheme and other Schemes of the Ministry.
26.
Senior bureaucrat Ajay Bhadoo has
been appointed as the Deputy Election Commissioner of the Election Commission
of India.
27.
Rudrangshu Mukherjee’s Tagore &
Gandhi: Walking Alone, Walking Together (English non-fiction) among the eight
that were adjudged the best books of the year at the ‘Valley of Words Book
Awards’.
28.
World Space Week (WSW) is observed
every year from October 4 to 10, to celebrate science and technology, and their
contribution towards the betterment of the human condition.
29.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on
October 5, 2021 announced plans to launch a probe to explore an asteroid
between Mars and Jupiter to collect data on the origins of the universe.
30.
The Indian Air Force formally
inducted the first indigenously developed multirole light combat helicopters
(LCH), named Prachand, into its fleet at its Jodhpur base in Rajasthan in the
presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
31.
Founder Chairman and Managing
Director of Suzlon Energy and renowned expert on renewable energy Tulsi Tanti
passed away at the age of 64.
32.
Akash Tripathi has been appointed as
the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), MyGov, Ministry of Electronics &
Information Technology.
33.
October 1 is observed as the
International Day of Older Persons across the globe. The day was introduced by
the United Nations General Assembly with an aim of honoring the contribution of
older persons and looking into the problems that they face.
34.
NS Rajan, Director of August One
Partners LLP was unanimously elected as Advertising Standards Council of India
(ASCI)'s Chairman of the Board of Governors.
35.
Noted playback singers Kumar Sanu and
Shailendra Singh and music-composer duo Anand-Milind were conferred with the
National Lata Mangeshkar Award on the birth anniversary of the late singing
legend at her birthplace in Indore.
36.
Key short-term lending rate (repo)
raised by 50 basis points (bps) to 5.90 per cent; fourth consecutive hike.
37.
Kazakhstan's president, Kassym-Jomart
Tokayev is to restore the former name of the country's capital, Astana, just
three years after he renamed it in honor of his predecessor.
38.
Smt. Jayshree Bhoj took charge of the
post of Director General, Directorate General of Information and Public
Relations from Deepak Kapoor.
39.
A women's rights activist from India,
Srishti Bakshi who traveled 3,800km through the length of the country in less
than a year to raise awareness on gender-based violence and inequality, has won
a prestigious honor at the UN SDG Action Awards.
40.
World's largest two-wheeler
manufacturer Hero MotoCorp has roped in actor Ram Charan of RRR fame as its new
brand ambassador.
41.
Swedish defence company Saab has
announced its decision to set up a production facility in India for its
Carl-Gustaf M4 shoulder-fired weapon system. The M4 is one of the world’s most
popular pieces of military equipment utilised primarily by the Special Forces
(SF).
42.
Reliance Jio Chairman Akash Ambani,
son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has been named in the Time100 Next — the
magazine’s list of the world’s rising stars.
43.
Senior advocate R Venkataramani has
been appointed as the Attorney General of India for a term of three years. He
will succeed K K Venugopal, whose term will end on September 30.
44.
The overall umbrella theme for the
United Nations International Day of Older Persons in 2022 is “Resilience of
Older Persons in a Changing World.”
45.
Nikhil Kamath, the cofounder of
Zerodha, topped the ‘IIFL Wealth Hurun India 40 & Under Self-Made Rich List
2022’ with a net worth of Rs 17,500 crore. Bhavish Aggarwal, the founder of
Ola, came in second place (Rs 11,700 crore), and Divyank Turakhia of Media.net
in third place (Rs 11,200 crore).
46.
World Vegetarian Day is celebrated on
the first day of October. It also kickstarts Vegetarian Awareness Month.
47.
Airtel Payments Bank has started
rolling out 1.5 lakh micro ATMs in a phased manner across tier 2 cities and
semi-urban regions to facilitate cash withdrawal for its customers.
48.
International Translation Day is
being celebrated every year on 30 September to raise awareness about
translation and languages which play an important role for society’s
development.
49.
Topping this year’s list is the
unified payment interface CRED (#1). Valued at $6.4 billion, this young startup
maintained its podium position on the LinkedIn Top Startups list, moving from
#3 in 2021 to #1 in 2022.
50.
The International Maritime
Organization observed World Maritime Day on the last Thursday of September.
This year, it will be observed on September 29.
51.
India has climbed to the 40th rank in
the Global Innovation Index of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
This is a huge leap of 41 places in 7 years.
52.
Switzerland remains the world’s
leader in innovation for the 12th consecutive year. It leads globally in
innovation outputs, and specifically in patents by origin, software spending,
high-tech manufacturing, production, and export complexity.
53.
Gujarat’s Pooja Patel has become the
first athlete to win gold in Yogasana at the 36th National Games.
54.
PM Narendra Modi declared Modhera
village in Gujarat as the country’s first 24×7 solar-powered village. Modhera,
which is famous for a centuries-old Sun temple built during the Chalukya, will
also be known as a “solar-powered village”, Modi said.
55.
First-ever EV scooter named Vida V1
was launched in India. India’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer company Hero
Motocorp has entered the electric vehicle market with the launch of a new
two-wheeler christened Hero Vida V1.
56.
Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
Bhupesh Baghel has inaugurated Chhattisgarh Olympics. The event will be
organized in the state from 6 October 2022, to 6 January 2023.
57.
United Nations organization has
committed to sharply cut carbon emissions from air travel by 2050 in response
to growing pressure for airlines to reduce their pollution.
58.
International Day of the Girl Child
is observed on October 11 to raise awareness about the importance and potential
girls hold as the future of our society. In 2022, we commemorate the 10th
anniversary of the International Day of the Girl (IDG).
59.
The Indian Olympic Association has
confirmed that Goa will host the 37th edition of the National Games in October
2023.
60.
According to a new law passed by the
EU parliament, all new smartphones, tablets and cameras will have a single
standard charger from late 2024.
61.
The 81st annual convention of the
Indian Roads Congress (IRC) was held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh after 11 years.
62.
Anurag Thakur has inaugurated a Water
Sports Center in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh. The center will be dedicated to
training athletes in water sports like Rowing, Canoeing, and Kayaking.
63.
World Arthritis day is observed on 12
October every year and it is a global health awareness event that helps create
awareness about rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.
64.
A demographic survey conducted by the
Union Home Ministry revealed that Jharkhand has the highest percentage of
underage girls getting married.
65.
World Post Day is celebrated every
year on 9 October, the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal
Union in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern.
66.
Novak Djokovic claimed the 90th title
of his career and the fourth of 2022 with a dominant straight-sets victory over
Stefanos Tsitsipas in the ATP final in Astana.
67.
Chandrayaan-2 mapped the abundance of
sodium on the Moon for the very first time using the Chandrayaan-2 Large Area
Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS) on board the orbiter.
68.
Shri Shaktikanta Das, Governor,
launched a new SupTech initiative named DAKSH – Reserve Bank's Advanced
Supervisory Monitoring System”, which is expected to make the Supervisory
processes more robust. DAKSH means 'efficient' & 'competent', reflecting
the underlying capabilities of the application.
69.
The first conference of the Agni
campaign was organized in Leh, on the theme of 'Sustainability and Culture'.
Power Foundation of India in association with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) is
currently running a campaign to create awareness on Agni Tattva under LiFE –
Lifestyle for environment.
70.
Indian Foreign Service Day is
celebraed on October 9. On 9 October 1946, the Indian government established
the Indian Foreign Service for India's diplomatic, consular and commercial
representation overseas.
71.
Government of India has appointed
Delhi High Court judge Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma as the Presiding Officer of
the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal which will review the ban imposed
on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliated organizations.
72.
Ashok Leyland, the flagship company
of Hinduja group and a leading commercial vehicle manufacturer,and researchers
at the National Centre for Combustion Research and Development have joined
hands for development and commercialisation of ‘swirl mesh lean direct
injection system’ for developing hybrid electrical vehicles using turbine
technology.
73.
Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh
Lalit has written to the Union Government recommending the name of Justice
Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, the second senior judge of the Supreme Court, as the
next Chief Justice of India.
74.
ICICI Bank has launched a unique solution
“Smart Wire” for its customers to help them with SWIFT-based inward remittances
in a faster and hassle-free manner
75.
Alexander Van der Bellen has been
elected as the President of Austria in October 2022. Vienna, Austria’s capital,
lies in the country’s east on the Danube River.
76.
Indian star defender Harmanpreet
Singh was named the FIH Player of the Year in the men's category. He won the
title for the second consecutive time.
77.
Piyush Goyal attends the Listing
Celebration of 400th company in BSE. BSE SME announced the listing of eight
companies on its platform. This brings the total number of companies listed to
402, crossing a market capitalization of Rs 60,000 crore.
78.
Indian cueist, Pankaj Advani defended
his World Billiards Championships (150-up) title for the 5th time, beating
compatriot Sourav Kothari in the best-of-7 frames final at the High End Snooker
Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
79.
The World Bank slashed its growth
estimate for India by one percentage point to 6.5 per cent for FY23, citing the
blowback of the Russia-Ukraine war and ongoing global monetary policy
tightening.
80.
World Mental Health Day is observed
on October 10 every year. On this day, various programs are designed to draw
attention to mental health issues and their effects on those affected and the
lives of their caregivers.
81.
Former India captain and Chennai
Super Kings skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni inaugurated the Super Kings Academy
at the MS Dhoni Global School in Hosur, Tamil Nadu.
82.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee
declared Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski, Russian human rights organization
Memorial, and the Ukrainian NGO Center for Civil Liberties (CLL) as the winners
of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. The three of them have been awarded for
“outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses, and abuse of
power”.
83.
A Balasubramanian has been re-elected
as the chairman of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) while
Radhika Gupta as the vice-chairperson of the industry body.
84.
Indian Air Force (IAF) was raised on
October 8, 1932, and it is completing 90 years today. The day and its
observance is a matter of pride for Indians and inspires a patriotic zeal among
the citizenry for the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces.
85.
World Migratory Bird Day has been
commemorated twice a year. It is supposed to be celebrated on the second
Saturday of May and the second Saturday of October. This year, it was
previously celebrated on 14 May and for the second time, the world marks this
day again today, 8 October. It was created in 2006.
86.
The Theme for World Cerebral Palsy
Day 2022 is “Millions of Reasons”. This year's they highlight that there are 17
million people all over the world who are suffering from the cerebral palsy
disorder.
87.
Cricketer Smriti Mandhana has signed
on as a brand ambassador of lubricant manufacturer Gulf Oil India
88.
The theme for 2022's celebration of
World Cotton Day appears to be “Weaving a better future for cotton,” as
apparent from the posters released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO).
89.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen was
declared Formula One world champion after winning a dramatic rain-shortened
Japanese Grand Prix.
90.
The Sebi board has nine members,
including the Chairperson. There are two government nominees and one RBI
nominee (usually a Deputy Governor). Besides the four wholetime members Sebi
there is also a public interest member forming a part of the Board.
91.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik
has launched ‘Football for All’ in the state to take the culture of football to
the grassroots.
