02nd November, 2022

1. Ministry of Education has signed MOUs with 13 states and 3 UT to upgrade their schools under the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM-SHRI) scheme.
2. University Grants Commission has announced that higher education institutions will celebrate National Language Day (Bharatiya Bhasha Divas) on December 11.
3. Ministry of Electronics and IT has approved the greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) worth Rs 492.85 crores to be set up in Ranjangaon Phase III, near Pune in Maharashtra.
4. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has dedicated 75 BRO projects to the nation, from Shyok in Leh.
5. Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has addressed the first-ever two-day Global Digital Health Summit, Expo and Innovation Awards in New Delhi.
6. 12th edition of the India Chem 2022 will be jointly organized by the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals and the FICCI at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on the theme of “Vision 2030: Chemicals and Petrochemicals Build India”.
7. Arunachal Pradesh has set up Northeast’s first fish museum, which will be a part of the Integrated Aqua Park (IAP).
8. PM Modi had dedicated two more tourist attractions – a Maze (labyrinth) Garden and Miyawaki Forest – at Ekta Nagar, Gujarat.
9. The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has approved the commercial release of genetically modified (GM)
10. The first edition of India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise (IMT TRILAT) was conducted by the navies of these countries at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
11. Bharat Electronics Ltd has signed an MoU with Munitions India Ltd to jointly address the requirements of Indian Defence and export markets in the areas of ammunition, explosives and related systems.
12. China has launched a lab module called Mengtian to be part of its space station named Tiangong space station (currently under construction).
13. Black Sea Grain Initiative was launched by Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Nations on 22 July 2022.
14. India and European Commission has organized 6th High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Mobility (HLDMM) between India and the European Union in Brussels.
15. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has released the ‘2022 Mid-Year Trends’
16. QS Sustainability Rankings 2023 (1st edition) has been released focusing on social and environmental sustainability performance in higher education institutions across the world.
17. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will become one of the first major central banks in the world to launch its own Central Bank Digital Currency — initially for the settlement of transactions in government securities.
18. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1.76 lakh on Vakrangee Ltd for non-compliance with certain provisions of the White Label ATM
19. Jay Y. Lee has been appointed as the Chairman of Samsung Electronics.
20. Dr G. Hemaprabha has been appointed as the Director of ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute (based in Coimbatore).
21. Oct 31-Nov 6 – Vigilance Awareness Week; Theme – Corruption-Free India for a Developed Nation
22. October 30 – World Thrift Day; Theme – Saving Prepares You for The Future
23. October 31 – World Cities Day; Theme – Better City, Better Life: Act Local to Go Global
24. West Bengal government’s Lakshmir Bhandar scheme has bagged the SKOCH award in the women and child development category.
25. A floating trash barrier (FTB), developed by Bengaluru-based AlphaMERS Ltd. has won the Cleaning and Restoring India’s Water Bodies Challenge conducted by the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA).
26. Spain won the final of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
27. Flamengo football team has won its third Copa Libertadores (South American football competition).
28. Indian U-21 men’s hockey team defeated Australia to win the Sultan of Johor Cup 2022 in Malaysia.
29. Union Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, on behalf of the Ministry of Education, signed an MoU with FIFA and All India Football Federation for the ‘Football4Schools’ initiative in India.
30. Max Verstappen has won the United States Grand Prix 2022.
31. Indian senior’s team of Hemant Jalan, Kamal Mukherjee, Badal Das, Pranab Bardhan, Subrata Saha, Sukamal Das, won the gold in the 4th Asia Cup bridge championship in Jakarta, Indonesia.
32. French author Rene Naba has authored the “Nuclearization of Asia”
33. Philippines has been struck by Cyclonic Storm Nalgae.

National News

1. Ministry of Education has signed MOUs with 13 states and 3 UT to upgrade their schools under the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM-SHRI) scheme.
   • The scheme of PM SHRI schools is to be implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.
   • Total Budget – Rs 27,360 crore (central share of Rs 18,128 crore)
   • Tenure – 2022-23 to 2026-27
2. University Grants Commission has announced that higher education institutions will celebrate National Language Day (Bharatiya Bhasha Divas) on December 11.
3. Ministry of Electronics and IT has approved the greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) worth Rs 492.85 crores to be set up in Ranjangaon Phase III, near Pune in
   • It is Maharashtra’s 1st Electronics Cluster.
4. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has dedicated 75 BRO projects to the nation, from Shyok in Leh.
   • Defence Minister also released the Coffee Table Book on world’s highest motorable road Umling La followed by acceptance of the registration of Oxygen Cafe at the pass as the world’s highest and biggest Oxygen Café, to help the tourists and visitors.
5. Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has addressed the first-ever two-day Global Digital Health Summit, Expo and Innovation Awards in New Delhi.
6. 12th edition of the India Chem 2022 will be jointly organized by the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals and the FICCI at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on the theme of “Vision 2030: Chemicals and Petrochemicals Build India”.

State News

1. Arunachal Pradesh has set up Northeast’s first fish museum, which will be a part of the Integrated Aqua Park (IAP).
   • The existing Tarin Fish Farm (TFF), located at high-altitude Bulla village, would be upgraded as the IAP where the museum would come up.
2. PM Modi had dedicated two more tourist attractions – a Maze (labyrinth) Garden and Miyawaki Forest – at Ekta Nagar, Gujarat.
   • PM also inaugurated Gujarat’s first houseboat service e., OYO Ekta Houseboat.
   • PM has laid the foundation stone of development projects worth over Rs 8000 crores in Tharad, Banaskantha in Gujarat.

Agriculture and Rural Development

1. The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has approved the commercial release of genetically modified (GM)
   • Dhara Mustard Hybrid (DMH-11) is an indigenously developed transgenic mustard. It is a genetically modified variant of Herbicide Tolerant (HT) mustard.
   • It has been developed by the Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants (CGMCP) at Delhi University.
   • GM crops are derived from plants whose genes are artificially modified, usually by inserting genetic material from another organism, in order to give it new properties, such as increased yield, tolerance to herbicides, resistance to disease or drought, or improved nutritional value.

Defence News

1. The first edition of India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise (IMT TRILAT) was conducted by the navies of these countries at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
   • Indian Navy is represented by guided missile frigates, INS Tarkash, and MARCOS.
2. Bharat Electronics Ltd has signed an MoU with Munitions India Ltd to jointly address the requirements of Indian Defence and export markets in the areas of ammunition, explosives and related systems.
   • The MOU was signed during the DefExpo 2022.
   • During the expo, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hosted the 2nd “IOR+ Defence Ministers’ Conclave on the theme of “Challenges, Opportunities, and Collaborations in the Indian Ocean”.
   • GRSE has developed an AI-Enabled Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) mechanism in partnership with the IIT-Kharagpur (West Bengal) to update manual inspection with automated inspection through the usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning.
   • IIT-Roorkee has got DRDO Industry Academia-Centre of Excellence (DIA-CoE) – a new research centre.

International News

1. China has launched a lab module called Mengtian to be part of its space station named Tiangong space station (currently under construction).
   • Tiangong will have three modules – Tianhe (launched in April 2021), Wentian (launched in July 2022), and Mengtian (launched in October 2022).
2. Black Sea Grain Initiative was launched by Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Nations on 22 July 2022.
   • Purpose – to enable the resumption of exports from Ukraine of grain, other foodstuffs, and fertilizer through a safe maritime humanitarian corridor from Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea to the rest of the world
   • United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine on Monday agreed to implement a Black Sea grain deal after the recent withdrawal of Russia from the pact.
3. India and European Commission has organized 6th High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Mobility (HLDMM) between India and the European Union in Brussels.

Reports and Indices

1. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has released the ‘2022 Mid-Year Trends’
   • According to the report, the number of forcibly displaced people globally surged to 103 million in the first half of 2022, the biggest six-month increase recorded in data.
   • The world’s forcibly displaced population was estimated at over 100 million from 1 January to 30 June, 2022.
2. QS Sustainability Rankings 2023 (1st edition) has been released focusing on social and environmental sustainability performance in higher education institutions across the world.
   • Top sustainable institutes – University of California, Berkeley
   • Top Indian sustainable institutes –
     • Rank 281-300: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
     • Rank 321-340: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
     • Rank 361-380: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU

Banking and Economy

1. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will become one of the first major central banks in the world to launch its own Central Bank Digital Currency — initially for the settlement of transactions in government securities.
   • State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Yes Bank, IDFC First Bank and HSBC are the nine banks identified for participation in the wholesale e-rupee (e-W) pilot project.
2. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1.76 lakh on Vakrangee Ltd for non-compliance with certain provisions of the White Label ATM
   • Other penalties imposed by RBI –
     • Rs 30 lakh on The Jammu and Kashmir State Co-operative Bank Ltd;
     • Rs 6 lakh on Mumbai-based The Pratap Co-operative Ltd;
     • Rs 5 lakh each on LIC Housing Finance and The Mysore Merchants Co-operative Bank Ltd
     • Rs 4 lakh on The Nagar Sahakari Bank Ltd, Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh
     • Rs 2 lakh each on Karnataka-based The City Co-operative Bank Ltd and Uttar Pradesh-based Banda Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd

   Types of ATMs – ·  Onsite ATM – ATMs which are established inside the bank branch ·  Offsite ATM – Located everywhere outside the bank’s branch ·  White Label ATM – Established and operated by NBFCs ·  Yellow Label ATM – These ATMs specifically cater to for E-Commerce facility. ·  Brown Label ATM – These ATMs are not owned by the bank instead they are taken on lease to provide the service to the customer. ·  Orange Label ATM – These ATMs are used in the share transaction. ·  Pink Label ATM – ATMs only for women ·  Green Label ATM – ATMs only for agriculture

Appointments

1. Jay Y. Lee has been appointed as the Chairman of Samsung Electronics.
2. Dr G. Hemaprabha has been appointed as the Director of ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute (based in Coimbatore).

Important Days

1. Oct 31-Nov 6 – Vigilance Awareness Week; Theme – Corruption-Free India for a Developed Nation
2. October 30 – World Thrift Day; Theme – Saving Prepares You for The Future
3. October 31 – World Cities Day; Theme – Better City, Better Life: Act Local to Go Global

Awards

1. West Bengal government’s Lakshmir Bhandar scheme has bagged the SKOCH award in the women and child development category.
   • The award is a recognition for the government as well as the nearly 2 crore women of the state who have been empowered by the scheme.
   • The West Bengal government had launched the scheme in August 2021 to provide financial support to a woman head of a family in the age group of 25-60 years.
   • Under the scheme, Rs 500 is given every month to women in the general caste category and around Rs 1,000 per month to women in the SC and ST categories.

Knowledge Nuggets – ·  Instituted in 2003, the SKOCH Award is given for good governance, inclusive growth, excellence in technology and applications, change management, corporate leadership, corporate governance, citizen services delivery, capacity building and empowerment among others.

2. A floating trash barrier (FTB), developed by Bengaluru-based AlphaMERS Ltd. has won the Cleaning and Restoring India’s Water Bodies Challenge conducted by the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA).
   • The challenge was conducted by the Waste to Wealth Mission — Swachh Bharat Unnat Bharat Mission under the Office of the PSA during November 27, 2020 and February 17, 2021.
   • The machine has been deployed in eight cities across India to trap trash in waterbodies.

Sports

1. Spain won the final of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
2. Flamengo football team has won its third Copa Libertadores (South American football competition).
3. Indian U-21 men’s hockey team defeated Australia to win the Sultan of Johor Cup 2022 in Malaysia.
4. Union Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, on behalf of the Ministry of Education, signed an MoU with FIFA and All India Football Federation for the ‘Football4Schools’ initiative in India.
5. Max Verstappen has won the United States Grand Prix 2022.
6. Indian senior’s team of Hemant Jalan, Kamal Mukherjee, Badal Das, Pranab Bardhan, Subrata Saha, Sukamal Das, won the gold in the 4th Asia Cup bridge championship in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Miscellaneous

1. French author Rene Naba has authored the “Nuclearization of Asia”
2. Philippines has been struck by Cyclonic Storm Nalgae.

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