National Current Affairs – October 2022

  • PM Modi inaugurated AIIMS in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh
  • Gujarat launched Aatmanirbhar Gujarat Schemes 2022 for Industries
  • 36th National Games 2022 inaugurated by PM Modi at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
  • NABARD sanctioned Rs 222 crore for infra in rural schools in Punjab
  • The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully tested the new-generation nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni Prime
  • NTPC signed an MoU with GE Gas Power for hydrogen co-firing in gas turbines
  • PM Modi Launches ‘Bharat’ – Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Urvarak Pariyojana – One Nation One Fertiliser
  • The government raised the credit guarantee limit for the airlines sector
  • Environment Ministry sets up Cheetah Task Force
  • Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel inaugurates Chhattisgarh Olympic
  • Indian government has recently launched the new BIS-Care app, which allows people to check the ISI and trademarks of any product
  • Finland partnered with the Kerala government to replicate the Little KITEs model
  • Jammu and Kashmir’s nomadic community, known as Gujjars and Bakarwals, have been offered smart cards and free transport
  • Hero MotoCorp launched EV Scooter named Vida V1 in India
  • Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) notifies the establishment of a Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups
  • The first seminar of the Agni Tattva campaign under the LiFE mission was held in Leh
  • Hardeep Puri distances himself from U.S. sanctioning Indian company for Iran oil transactions
  • Nitin Gadkari inaugurated Indian Roads Congress in Lucknow
  • India signed an MoU with Japan to advance scientific cooperation for Indian Ayurveda
  • Jharkhand and West Bengal topped in worst state list in terms of child marriage
  • The Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act, 1996 was intended to guarantee self-governance through Gram Sabhas (village assemblies) for those residing in Scheduled Areas.
  • The Haryana government signed an MoU with Dubai for economic cooperation
  • PM Modi declared Modhera in Gujarat as India’s first 24×7 solar-powered village
  • Centre approves the creation of a weapon system branch for IAF officers
  • PM Modi lays the foundation stone of projects worth over Rs 8000 crore in Bharuch, Gujarat
  • Anurag Thakur inaugurated Water Sports Center in Himachal Pradesh
  • Mumbai airport completely switches to renewable energy
  • Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the SP conference at Dergaon in Assam
  • Himachal Pradesh starts new scheme HIMCAD to help farmers
  • Odisha CM launched the ‘Football for All’ programme
  • Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated 4th Heli-India Summit 2022
  • Nitin Gadkari launched a Toyota pilot project on Flex-Fuel Strong Hybrid EV
  • Google Cloud gets MeitY’s nod to partner with public sector firms
  • Tata Power partnered with 75F Smart Innovations for energy-efficiency solutions
  • India hosted 6th meeting of the India-Norway Joint Working Group
  • Anurag Thakur launched the WADA Athlete Biological Passport Symposium
  • PM Modi inaugurated 4th Vande Bharat Express in Himachal Pradesh
  • PM Modi inaugurated Shri Mahakal Lok complex in Ujjain
  • Meghalaya announced first-ever ‘Mental Health and Social Care Policy’
  • National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) signed an MoU with RailTel for ICT and digital solutions
  • Rajnath Singh launched the ‘Maa Bharati Ke Sapoot’ website
  • PM Modi lays the foundation stone of two hydropower projects in Chamba, HP
  • Coal India to set up 1190 MW solar power project in Rajasthan state
  • President Droupadi Murmu flags off two train services in Northeast
  • Tamil Nadu announced India’s first Slender Loris Sanctuary in Karur and Dindigul districts
  • Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) signed an MoU with Coal India Limited (CIL) & NLC India Limited (NLCIL) for Coal Gasification
  • Cabinet approved PM-DevINE scheme for development of Northeast states
  • 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas to be held at Indore in January 2023
  • Google launched Play Points in India
  • Government approved India’s 1st suspension bridge across Krishna river
  • JSW Steel joined UN Global Compact initiative for sustainability
  • Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio launched universal health insurance scheme
  • Union Minister Hardeep Puri inaugurated South Asian Geoscience Conference in Jaipur
  • Haryana topped the Public Affairs Index 2022
  • Goa to host 9th World Ayurveda Congress & Arogya Expo in December 2022
  • Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated lInvenTiv at IIT Delhi
  • French author Annie Ernaux won Nobel Prize 2022 in Literature
  • Ales Bialiatski, Russia’s Memorial and Ukraine’s CCL won Nobel Prize 2022 in Peace
  • Savita Punia & PR Sreejesh won FIH Goalkeeper of the Year awards
  • Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, and Philip Dybvig won Nobel Prize 2022 in Economics
  • Telangana’s Hyderabad won ‘World Green City award 2022’
  • India’s space economy to reach $13 billion by 2025
  • UP Government Gives Nod To Bundelkhand’s First Tiger Reserve
  • IRCTC signed an agreement with the Chhattisgarh toursim board to promote tourist spots of state
  • All India Football Federation (AIFF) launched Grassroots Football Development (GFD) scheme in Arunachal Pradesh
  • Centre bans Popular Front of India (PFI) and its associates for 5 years
  • Centre gives 4% hike in DA its employees and pensioners
  • Haryana to Build the ‘World’s Largest Jungle Safari’
  • The government approved Railway’s proposal for the redevelopment of 3 major stations. New Delhi Railway Station, Ahmedabad Railway Station and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
  • Maharashtra and TamilNadu topped destinations for foreign tourists in 2021
  • Ministry of Women and Child Development organized Poshan Utsav
  • CBI launched Operation ‘GARUDA’ to dismantle drug networks
  • Adani Green commissioned the world’s largest wind-solar power plant in Rajasthan
  • National Mission for Clean Ganga approved 14 projects worth Rs 1145 crore
  • PM launched YUVA 2.0 scheme for mentoring young authors
  • India signed an agreement with Armenia to export missiles, rockets & ammunition
  • Telangana government launched ‘Aasara’ pension for poor
  • Andhra Pradesh government launched portal for marriage schemes
  • Airtel joined hand with Nokia to bring 5G to Kashi Vishwanath temple and Statue of Unity
  • President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated projects in Gujarat worth 1,330 crore
  • Chhattisgarh government launched Mahatma Gandhi Rural Industrial Parks’ (MGRIP) scheme
  • Himachal Pradesh government launched ‘Satya Nishtha’ app
  • Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis launched ‘Vande Mataram’ initiative
  • Election Commission launched Matadata Junction awareness program
  • Jitendra Singh launched portal for PM’s Excellence Awards
  • President launched startup platform ‘herSTART’ for women entrepreneurs
  • Faizabad Cantt to be renamed as Ayodhya Cantt
  • Kiren Rijiju & Anurag Singh Thakur launched Fit India Freedom Run 3.0
  • India’s second Srijagannath Rashtriya Adarsh Veda Vidyalaya inaugurated by Dharmendra Pradhan in Puri, Odisha
  • India emerged as the largest producer of sugar in world
  • Uttarakhand awarded for adventure tourism
  • Srishti Bakshi won ‘Changemaker’ award at UN SDG Action Awards
  • President Droupadi Murmu conferred awards for Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2022
  • Vivek Lall honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award by US President
  • Svante Paabo won Nobel Prize 2022 in Medicine
  • Yunqing Tang won SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2022
  • Writer Madhav Hada to be awarded 32nd Bihari Puraskar
  • Alain Aspect, John Clauser, Anton Zeilinger won Nobel Prize 2022 in Physics
  • IITM scientist Roxy Koll received Devendra Lal Memorial Medal 2022
  • Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal & K Barry Sharpless won Nobel Prize 2022 in Chemistry
  • India Navy signed an agreement with New Zealand Navy to White Shipping Information Exchange
  • Light Combat Helicopter “Prachanda” inducted into IAF
  • Windergy 2023 conference to be held in Chennai
  • Telangana Hyderabadi Haleem bagged Most Popular GI award
  • Honesty Shops opened in Kerala’s Ernakulam for school students
  • Delhi LG launched property tax amnesty scheme SAMRIDDHI
  • Kerala launched a mobile app to prevent cyber crimes against children
  • Gujarati New Year ‘Bestu Varsh’ celebrated on 26 October 2022
  • Government-approved Terai Elephant Reserve in Uttar Pradesh
  • Gujarat achieved 100 percent household tap connections under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)
  • Two new Indian beaches receive ‘Blue Flag’ certification
  • Kerala launched a ‘women-friendly tourism’ project
  • Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted aerodrome licence to GMR Goa International Airport Mopa
  • Haryana government makes registration of pet dogs mandatory
  • Odisha CM launched first common agricultural credit portal for farmers
  • Kerala government approved for a coastal highway through West Kochi
  • Amit Shah inaugurated developmental projects worth over Rs 6,600 cr in Haryana
  • Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated ‘Ayush Utsav’ in Kashmir
  • Reliance becomes the first Indian firm to post an earnings call on the metaverse
  • Delhi airport emerged as world’s 10th busiest airport
  • Tata, Airbus to manufacture C295 transport aircraft for IAF in Gujarat
  • Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) signed an agreement with Airports Authority of India to facilitate commercial operations
  • Maharashtra government to set up Cyber Intelligence Unit
  • Union Minister Faggan Singh inaugurated Saras Food Festival 2022
  • Chenab White Water Rafting Festival starts at Shibnote, J&K
  • Malabar becomes first Indian jeweller to import gold to UAE under Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)
  • PM Modi inaugurated maze garden, houseboat service, and Miyawaki forest in Gujarat
  • World’s tallest Shiva statue inaugurated in Rajasthan
  • Karnataka Bank won digital transformation awards
  • RRR won Best International Film at Saturn Awards 2022
  • Indian & US militaries conducted ‘Tiger Triumph’ exercise
  • India Navy conducted SIMBEX exercise with Singapore at Visakhapatnam
  • French and India Air Forces hold joint exercise Garuda in Jodhpur
  • Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated India’s First Aluminum Freight Rake at Bhubaneswar Railway Station
  • PM Modi inaugurated PM Kisan Samman Sammelan 2022 in New Delhi
  • PM Modi dedicated 75 Digital Banking Units to the nation
  • Amit Shah lays foundation stone of new terminal building of Gwalior airport
  • Amit Shah launched first Hindi version of MBBS course books in Bhopal
  • Amit Shah inaugurated ‘Gatha Swaraj Ki’ gallery in Scindia Museum, Gwalior
  • Logistics Performance Index 2022 released; 15 states and UTs categorized as achievers in the logistics index chart 2022
  • ICC partnered with UNICEF to promote gender equality
  • Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME) signed MoU with National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) to enable financial access for women entrepreneurs
  • Rajeev Chandrasekhar flags off 1st SemiconIndia Future Design roadshow
  • The 12th edition of the Defence Expo begins in Gandhinagar
  • PM Modi lays the foundation stone of projects worth around Rs 15670 crore in Gujarat
  • The government approved an increase in the Minimum Support Price for all Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24
  • Jitendra Singh launched Integrated Pensioners’ Portal
  • PM Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Urvarak Pariyojana
  • CASHe partnered with IRCTC to launch the travel now pay later’ facility
  • Hardeep Puri inaugurated Asia’s largest Compressed Bio Gas plant in Lehragaga, Sangrur, Punjab.
  • UIDAI topped Grievance Redressal Index for second consecutive month
  • Kati Bihu observed across Assam
  • Delhi LG VK Saxena approved four Zila Sainik Boards
  • Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addressed National Conference on Tourist Police Scheme
  • Tripura CM inaugurated the state’s first Government English Medium College
  • Wildlife board approved new tiger reserve for tigers of Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh
  • PM Modi launched ‘Mission Schools of Excellence in Gujarat
  • PM Modi unveiled indigenous HTT-40 aircraft at DefExpo
  • Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) and Power Finance Corporation (PFC) signed an MoU with SJVN Thermal Private Ltd (STPL) to finance Buxar Thermal Power Plant
  • Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed Rs 392 crore penalties on MakeMyTrip, Goibibo, OYO
  • PMAY (Urban) awards: MP second in ‘best-performing state’ category
  • PM Modi launched the Mission LIFE movement at Kevadiya
  • Goa Government launched a common app for the entire taxi industry
  • Tech Mahindra signed MoU with the Gujarat government to hire 3000 professionals
  • Tamil Nadu government constituted a panel for the conservation of vultures
  • Karnataka cabinet increased reservations for SC, ST community
  • PM Modi launched a new strategic air base in Gujarat’s Deesa
  • Japan seeks GI tag for Nihonshu, an alcoholic beverage
  • PM Modi laid the foundation stone of over Rs 3,400 crore in Uttarakhand
  • CCI imposed a Rs 1,338 crore penalty on Google for unfair practices
  • Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) signed an MoU with Triton EV to manufacture hydrogen fuel cells
  • Ministry of Education to organize ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ programme
  • Union MoS SP Singh Baghel lays the foundation stone of the Water Supply Scheme in J&K’s Kupwara
  • Shiv Nadar most generous person in India: Hurun report
  • First conference on Akash Tatva to be held in November
  • India’s first ‘Migration Monitoring System’ was inaugurated in Mumbai
  • Odisha’s Jeypore Airport gets a license from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
  • Trees beyond forests programme launched in Assam
  • Assam Government partnered with Google to power digital-led learning
  • Ola launched the most affordable electric scooter Ola S1 Air in India
  • Delhi government launched ‘Diya Jalao, Patake Nahi’ campaign
  • Ladakh MP launched the “Main Bhi Subhash” campaign
  • NATO begins annual nuclear exercises in northwestern Europe
  • IAF-HAL concluded Rs 6,800 crore contract for 70 HTT-40 trainer aircraft
  • ISRO to launch Chandrayaan-3 in June 2023
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