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Quick Bytes Oct-23
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- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches Project Udbhav, during the inauguration of the Indian Military Heritage Festival.
- GOCL Corporation has bagged a ₹766-crore order from state-owned Coal India Ltd. (CIL) to supply explosives.
- Bobby Charlton, an English football icon who won the World Cup, three league titles, European Cup and an FA Cup passed away.
- India To Host World’s Largest Textiles Event, Bharat Tex 2024
- Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has launched “Project Nilgiri Tahr,” an initiative aimed at conserving and protecting the endangered Nilgiri Tahr species.
- Sanjay Kumar Jain Selected As CMD, IRCTC
- Joint bilateral training exercise “Exercise Harimau Shakti 2023”, between Indian & Malaysian Army commenced in Umroi Cantonment, India.
- Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will attend the Future Investment Initiative, FII in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh.
- Rohit Sharma became the first Indian batter to smash 50 sixes in a calendar year in One-Day Internationals.
- Union Health Minister inaugurated Nagaland’s First Medical College, Nagaland Institute of Medical Sciences and Research.
- Skill India partners with Coca-Cola India to launch Retailer Skill Development Program.
- Centre unveils tradeable Green Credit special programme.
- Armenia President signs country’s ratification of ICC membership.
- Raunak Sadhwani wins FIDE World Junior Rapid Chess Championship.
- Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal conferred the National Intellectual Property Awards.
- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will hand over P20 Presidency to Parliament of Brazil.
- Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOC) board approved contribution of up to ₹1,660 crore, towards a 50% stake in joint venture (JV) company Indian Oil NTPC Green Energy.
- USA approves $7 billion program for development and production of hydrogen fuel.
- CM Hemant Soren Unveils ‘Juhi’ Mascot For Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2023
- First Ever Mobile Tower Installed At Siachen Glacier By The Indian Army
- Proposals For Acquisition Of Aircraft Carrier,LCA Mk1A Jets Lined Up For Approval By DAC
- ICICI Bank Introduces ‘IFinance,’ A One-Stop Solution For Multi-Bank Account Access
- Zomato Introduces Parcel Delivery Service, ‘Xtreme’ With Primary Focus On Merchants
- Microsoft Completes $69 Billion Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard
- Mumbai Secures 19th Spot, Bengaluru 22nd And New Delhi 25th In The Knight Frank Index.
- Michael Douglas To Be Conferred Satyajit Ray Excellence In Film Lifetime Award
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a week-long programme for Aspirational Blocks in the country called ‘Sankalp Saptaah’.
- Param Vir Chakra Awardee Captain Bana Singh has been nominated as Ambassador for ‘War Against Waste’ in Jammu & Kashmir.
- Ministry of Tourism announced that India will host the 46th edition of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Travel Mart 2023.
- Front runner and Opposition candidate Mohamed Muizzu was elected President of the Maldives.
- India and Argentina signed an agreement to ensure legal rights of professionals in each other’s domain.
- Karnataka government is planning to set up a ‘Grama Nyayalaya’ (village court) in each panchayat for resolving disputes within its jurisdiction.
- Indian Air Force (IAF) placed two contracts with Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (BDL) for the indigenous Astra Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air Missile.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the setting up of a National Turmeric Board.
- Pakistan’s inflation rises to 31.4% year-on-year amid high energy prices.
- World Health Organization (WHO) approves use of R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India, using Novavax’s adjuvant technology.
- India and Bangladesh commenced the 11th edition of annual joint military exercise, SAMPRITI in Umroi, Meghalaya.
- Prime Minister dedicates First 800 MW Unit of Telangana Super Thermal Power Project of NTPC to the Nation
- Indian Railways releases its new All India Railway Time Table known as “Trains At A Glance (TAG)”.
- The World Bank retained India’s growth forecast at 6.3% for the year 2023-24.
- Sachin Tendulkar was announced as the Global Ambassador for the Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 by the International Cricket Council.
- Cabinet approved Amendment to Central Universities Act, 2009 for setting up of Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University in Telangana.
- The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited hands over twin seater variant of LCA Tejas fighter aircraft to Indian Air Force.
- Arjun Munda Inaugurates 4th EMRS National Cultural & Literary Fest And Kala Utsav-2023
- RBI Appoints Muneesh Kapur As Executive Director
- Ministry of Civil Aviation has notified the new Drone (Amendment) Rules 2023 for drone pilots.
- The tenure of Dinesh Khara, the chairman of State Bank of India (SBI), has been extended till August 2024.
- World Trade Organisation (WTO) cuts global merchandise trade growth forecast to 0.8%.
- Dilip Nongmaithem Receives Bal Sahitya Puraskar In Manipuri Language
- The Union Cabinet approved the establishment of a tribal university in Telangana, named The Sarakka Central Tribal University. This university, with a budget of Rs 889 crore, will be located in Mulugu district.
- Madhya Pradesh To Provide 35% Reservation For Women In Govt. Jobs
- SBI Introduces ‘Mobile Handheld Device’ To Drive Financial Inclusion
- Ramaswamy N Appointed As Chairman And Managing Director Of GIC Re
- 49th All India Police Science Congress is being held in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
- Union Tribal Affairs Minister Shri Arjun Munda inaugurates National Tribal Festival – ‘Aadi Mahotsav’ – in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.
- Saint-Gobain plans to invest ₹3,400 crores more in Tamil Nadu.
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed to allow banks to tokenise debit or credit cards.
- Sri Lanka to take over as Chair of Indian Ocean Rim Association.
- International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Reliance Foundation announced an agreement to promote Olympic values through sport.
- ‘India, Tanzania To Sign 15 Agreements With Eye On USD 10 Billion Trade’
- Bihar Govt Announces 10% Reservation For EWS In Judicial Services
- NLC India Ltd Secures 810 MW Solar PV Project In Rajasthan
- The United Service Institution of India (USI), the nation’s oldest think tank, is set to host the first-ever Indian Military Heritage Festival (IMHF)
- India’s Fiscal Deficit Rose To Rs 6.42 Trillion, Which Is 36% Of The FY24 Target
- Piyush Goyal Unveils ‘Status Holder’ Certificates Under Foreign Trade Policy 2023
- IDFC FIRST Bank Tie Up With Outlook Group To Present “Outlook Money 40After40”
- Irdai To Deploy Bima Vahak In Every Gram Panchayat Before End Of 2024
- World Mental Health Day on October 10th. Theme: “Mental health is a universal human right.”
- Celebrity Chef And Former Food Network Star, Michael Chiarello Passed Away
- The second spaceport of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is to be set up in Tamil Nadu.
- 8th BRICS International Competition Conference to begin in New Delhi.
- Union Minister Parshotham Rupala inaugurates 16th Agricultural Science Congress in Kochi.
- Govt to organise World Food India 2023 from November 3 in Delhi.
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed Bank of Baroda (BoB) to suspend onboarding of customers on ‘bob World’ mobile application.
- Eight-foot statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in South Africa.
- Petroleum Minister Inaugurates 26th Energy Technology Meet At Bharat Mandapam
- Dept Of Animal Husbandry And Dairying Launched ‘A-HELP’ Programme In Jharkhand
- The International Day of the Girl, observed every year on October 11. The theme for the International Day of the Girl in 2023 is “Invest in Girls’ Rights: Our Leadership, Our Wellbeing.”
- Cabinet approves MoU between India and France on cooperation in the field of Digital Technologies.
- Cabinet approves MoU between India and two countries – Papua New Guinea and Trinidad & Tobago- on cooperation in sharing successful Digital Solutions.
- India and China held their 20th corps commander-level meeting at the Chushul-Moldo border in Ladakh.
- Union Minister of Ayush and Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, announced a month-long celebration drive regarding the 8th National Ayurveda Day.
- Anurag Thakur Unveils Trailer For Animated Series “Krish, Trish, And Baltiboy – Bharat Hain Hum”
- Union Cabinet Approves Setting Up Of ‘Mera Yuva Bharat’ Autonomous Body For Youth Development
- Dr. Jitendra Singh Launches The Intelligent Grievance Monitoring System (IGMS) 2.0 Public Grievance Portal And Automated Analysis In Tree Dashboard
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has made a significant announcement regarding the Gangetic Dolphin, designating it as the state’s aquatic animal.
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has decided to keep Pakistan’s economic growth forecast at 2.5%.
- Bharti Group To Acquire French Insurer AXA’s 49% Stake In Bharti AXA Life Insurance Co.
- India ranks 111 out of 125 countries in Global Hunger Index 2023.
- Tamil writer Sivasankari was presented with the ‘Saraswati Samman’ 2022 for her book of memoirs Surya Vamsam.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his French counterpart held the fifth annual defence dialogue between the two countries in Paris.
- The 8th BRICS International Competition Conference began in New Delhi.India’s retail inflation eased from 6.83% in August to 5.02% in September.
- RBI slaps Rs 5.39 crore penalty on Paytm Payments Bank for violating series of norms
- Nitin Gadkari Approves 7 Bridge Projects Worth Rs 118.50 Crore In Arunachal Pradesh
- UP Wins Award For Using Telecommunication Technology In Mental Health And Counselling
- 54th International Film Festival Of India To Take Place From November 20 To 28
- South Indian Bank Appoints VJ Kurian As Its New Chairman
- Tamil Writer Sivasankari Presented With Saraswati Samman 2022
- Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra Appointed Laureus Ambassador
- U.K. and Tamil Nadu collaborate on a smart technology project for sustainable water, waste, and resource management.
- Share of women in wage work declined to 15.9% in 2022-23, Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS).
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das received the Award for being ranked ‘A+’ in the Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2023.
- Qatar Airways has signed an agreement with SpaceX to make Starlink WiFi available to every
passenger. - International Olympic Committee (IOC) amended the Olympic Charter to strengthen its
human rights commitments. - Government Launches Tradable Green Credit Program To Promote Eco-Friendly Actions
- Kerala has marked a significant milestone in the world of construction with the inauguration of
Amaze-28, the state’s first building constructed using 3D printing technology. - World Food Day is an annual observance that takes place on October 16. The theme for World
Food Day 2023 is “Water is life, water is food. Leave no one behind.” - B K Mohanty Assumes Charge As Director Of Finance At IREDA
- The 5th edition of India STEM Summit 2023 is being organised in New Delhi.
- Defence Ministry signs contract with Cochin Shipyard Limited for Mid Life Upgrade and RePowering of INS Beas
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the third edition of the Global Maritime India Summit 2023.
- Guidance, the nodal agency for investment promotion of Tamil Nadu, has received the United Nations Promotion Award 2023.
- Daniel Noboa, 35, became Ecuador’s youngestever President-elect.
- PM Inaugurates Rs 4200 Crore Worth Of Development Projects In Uttarakhand
- Uttar Pradesh Government’s ‘Swachch Tyohar, Swasth Tyohar’ Campaign
- Asian Development Bank Invests $181 Million To Improve Ahmedabad’s Peri-Urban Areas
- NSDC And Coca-Cola India Launch ‘Super Power Retailer Program’ To Empower Retailers
- Justice Siddharth Mridul Appointed As The Chief Justice Of Manipur High Court
- Noted Malayalam Film Producer PV Gangadharan Passes Away At 80
- President of India Droupadi Murmu launched the fourth Krishi Road Map (2023-2028) of
Bihar. - Cabinet approves Green Energy Corridor (GEC) Phase-II of Inter-State Transmission System
(ISTS) for 13 GW Renewable Energy Project in Ladakh. - Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the ‘Amrit Kaal Vision 2047’, a long-term blueprint
for the Indian maritime blue economy. - Ashutosh Sharma scored a record-breaking halfcentury for Railways in 11 balls in the Syed
Mushtaq Ali Trophy; breaks Yuvraj Singh’s record. - India To Invest ₹143 Lakh Crore In Infrastructure By 2030
- Israel recently tested its new laser-based ‘Iron Beam’ missile defence system.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a series of significant maritime projects, including the unveiling of a long-term vision document for the blue economy.
- The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has given its approval for the merger of the Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) and IDFC First Bank.
- World Trauma Day, observed every year on 17 October.
- Bhopal Mahila Thana Achieves ISO Certification Prime Minister launches 511 Pramod Mahajan Grameen Kaushalya Vikas Kendras in Maharashtra.
- Ayodhya Ram temple trust receives FCRA licence to accept foreign donations.
- Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das and BJP leader Indra Sena Reddy Nallu have
been appointed as the Governors of Odisha and Tripura. - IBM signed three MoUs with three entities engaged with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Quantum, AI & Semiconductor.
- REC Limited, a Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power, has been honoured with Golden Peacock Award in Risk Management.
- Karthikeyan Murali wins against World No. 1, Magnus Carlsen at the Qatar Masters 2023.
- Volleyball has been removed from National Games in India.
- England booked its place at Euro 2024 as Harry Kane’s double inspired a fightback to beat holders Italy 3-1.
- S Jaishankar Unveils Mahatma Gandhi’s Bust In Vietnam
- Arunachal Cabinet Approves Formation Of Special Tiger Protection Force For 3 Tiger Reserves
- Krishna Srinivasan, Director of IMF Asia & Pacific Department, has stated that India’s contribution to global economic growth will increase from its current 16% to 18% within the next five years.
- Tata Motors To Invest ₹150 Crore To Acquire 27% Stake In ‘Freight Tiger’
- World Statistics Day 2023 Celebrates On 20 October
- World Osteoporosis Day 2023 Observed On 20th October. “Step Up for Bone Health – Build Better Bones” serves as the central theme for World Osteoporosis Day in 2023.
- International Chef’s Day 2023 Celebrates On 20th October. Theme: ‘Growing A Healthy Future.’
- Puma, the renowned sports brand, has announced the inclusion of Mohammed Shami, a prominent Indian fast bowler, as its brand ambassador.
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) received a prestigious UN award for its NOVEMBER 2023 top-ranked sustainability initiatives, including the Sustainability Reporting Standards Board.
- Ina Mahsa Amini Wins EU’s Sakharov Prize 2023
- India Is Set To Become 4th largest Spender In Global Travel By 2030.
- Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a subsidiary of the Ministry of Power, which manages the‘star rating’ scheme, has expanded its scheme to solar panels.
- ‘IMPHAL’ – Third Stealth Destroyer of Project 15B delivered to the Indian Navy.
- MeitY Secretary S Krishnan launches “Made-InIndia” 2KW DC Portable Charger to help Boost Electric Vehicle Adoption
- Pakistan and China signed 20 MoUs during the maiden visit of Pakistan’s interim Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar to China.
- India’s First Semi-High-Speed Regional Rail Service ‘Namo Bharat’
Japan Becomes First Nation To Launch An Electromagnetic Railgun From An Offshore Vessel
- RBI Initiates Pilot Run To Test E-Rupee For Inter-Bank Borrowing
- IRCTC Partners With Zomato For Delivery Of Pre-Booked Meals
- Hindustani classical vocalist and composer Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty has been conferred with the prestigious ‘Durga Bharat Samman’ by the Governor of West Bengal, C V Ananda Bose.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches Project Udbhav, during the inauguration of the Indian Military Heritage Festival.
- US emerges as India’s biggest trading partner during April-September this fiscal.
- Bhutan and China held their 25th round of boundary talks recently.
- Bobby Charlton, an English football icon who won the World Cup, three league titles, European Cup and an FA Cup passed away.
