05th-06th October, 2022

1. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has launched the Swachh Bharat Campaign from October 1-31.
2. Ministry of Education has launched the YUVA 2.0 (Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors) scheme for mentoring young authors and to train young and budding authors below the age of 30 to promote reading, writing, and book culture in the country, and project India and Indian writings globally.
3. University Grants Commission has established the post of Professor of Practice to hire experts from various sectors, who have experience of 15 years of service.
4. According to a study by the Jal Shakti Ministry, 8% of the rural households in the country receive water only once a week, while about 74% of them receive it all seven days.
5. Fit India Freedom Run 3.0 took place at the Major Dhyanchand National Stadium in New Delhi from October 2-31.
6. Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel has launched the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Industrial Parks (MGRIP) scheme to develop ‘gauthans’ (cow shelters) as rural industrial parks for livelihood generation.
7. Punjab Legislative Assembly has passed the Punjab State Vigilance Commission (Repeal) Bill, 2022 to dissolve the state vigilance commission.
8. Indian Navy has signed an agreement on White Shipping Information Exchange with the Royal New Zealand Navy to promote greater transparency in the Maritime Domain.
9. The first batch of indigenously-developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) named “Prachand” has been inducted into the Indian Air Force.
10. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has released the “Trade and Development Report 2022”.
11. Senior bureaucrat Ajay Bhadoo has been appointed as the Deputy Election Commissioner.
12. IPS officer Anish Dayal Singh has been appointed as the new director general of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
13. October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti / International Day of Non-Violence
14. October 3 – World Habitat Day (1st Monday of October); Theme – “Mind the Gap. Leave No One and Place Behind”
15. Dr Vivek Lall of Indian-origin has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by US President Joe Biden with the citation of ‘With Grateful Recognition’.
16. Svante Paabo (Swedish geneticist) was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his extraordinary discovery which proved modern humans share DNA with extinct relatives Neanderthals and Denisovans.
17. Dr Madhav Hada has won the 32nd Bihari Puraskar for his 2015 literary criticism book ‘Pachrang Chola Pahar Sakhi Ri’ by the KK Birla Foundation.
18. Vedanta founder Anil Agarwal has won the Global Indian Award worth $50,000 by the Canada-India Foundation at its 15th annual Global Indian Award.
19. JK Tyre & Industries Chairman Raghupati Singhania has won the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (PHDCCI’s) prestigious lifetime achievement award for 2022.
20. Sergio Pérez (Mexican motorsports racing driver) has won the Singapore Grand Prix Formula 1 2022.
21. Kenya’s Amos Kipruto and Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw have won the 2022 London Marathon in men’s and women’s categories.
22. Korean Open 2022 (tennis tournament) – Men’s Singles: Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan); Women’s Singles: Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russai)
23. “India’s Pakistan Conundrum: Managing a Complex Relationship” book has been authored by Sharat Sabharwal.
24. “The Last Heroes: Footsoldiers of Indian Freedom” book has been authored by Palagummi Sainath.

National News

1. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has launched the Swachh Bharat Campaign from October 1-31.
   • Union Minister Jitendra Singh has also launched Special Swachhta Campaign 2.0 to reduce pendency in the government departments.
2. Ministry of Education has launched the YUVA 2.0 (Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors) scheme for mentoring young authors and to train young and budding authors below the age of 30 to promote reading, writing, and book culture in the country, and project India and Indian writings globally.
   • The theme of the YUVA 2.0 is ‘Democracy (institutions, events, people, constitutional values past, present, future)’.
   • YUVA 2.0 is a part of India@75 Project.
   • The National Book Trust is the implementing agency of this scheme. It will publish the books prepared under the scheme.
   • The books will be translated into other Indian languages ensuring the exchange of culture and literature, thereby promoting ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’.
3. University Grants Commission has established the post of Professor of Practice to hire experts from various sectors, who have experience of 15 years of service.
   • A professor of practice can be anyone with a background in a diverse range of areas from technology, science, social sciences, media, literature, armed forces, law, fine arts, etc.
4. According to a study by the Jal Shakti Ministry, 8% of the rural households in the country receive water only once a week, while about 74% of them receive it all seven days.
   • About 4% of households receive water for 5-6 days in a week and 14% receive at least 3-4 days in a week in India.
5. Fit India Freedom Run 3.0 took place at the Major Dhyanchand National Stadium in New Delhi from October 2-31.
   • The third edition was jointly launched with a Fit India Plog Run by Union Minister of Law and Justice, Shri Kiren Rijiju and Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur.

State News

1. Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel has launched the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Industrial Parks (MGRIP) scheme to develop ‘gauthans’ (cow shelters) as rural industrial parks for livelihood generation.
   • The state government has already set up gauthans in over 8,000 villages under its flagship scheme Suraji Gaon Yojana (village good governance scheme).
   • Cow dung procurement is being carried out in these gauthans at ₹2 per kilogram under Godhan Nyaya Yojana and the dung is being used to prepare vermi-compost.
2. Punjab Legislative Assembly has passed the Punjab State Vigilance Commission (Repeal) Bill, 2022 to dissolve the state vigilance commission.
   • The main function of the commission was to inquire into complaints against public servants under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, and Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018.

Defence News

1. Indian Navy has signed an agreement on White Shipping Information Exchange with the Royal New Zealand Navy to promote greater transparency in the Maritime Domain.
   • The white shipping information refers to the exchange of prior information on the movement and identity of commercial non-military merchant vessels.
2. The first batch of indigenously-developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) named “Prachand” has been inducted into the Indian Air Force.
   • It has been manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).

Reports and Indices

1. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has released the “Trade and Development Report 2022”.
   • GDP forecasts –

Appointments

1. Senior bureaucrat Ajay Bhadoo has been appointed as the Deputy Election Commissioner.
   • Akash Tripathi has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MyGov, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
2. IPS officer Anish Dayal Singh has been appointed as the new director general of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

Important Days

1. October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti / International Day of Non-Violence
2. October 3 – World Habitat Day (1st Monday of October); Theme – “Mind the Gap. Leave No One and Place Behind”

Awards

1. Dr Vivek Lall of Indian-origin has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by US President Joe Biden with the citation of ‘With Grateful Recognition’.
   • Vivek Lall is an American scientist who is the CEO of General Atomics.
2. Svante Paabo (Swedish geneticist) was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his extraordinary discovery which proved modern humans share DNA with extinct relatives Neanderthals and Denisovans.
   • Svante Paabo is currently the director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig.
3. Dr Madhav Hada has won the 32nd Bihari Puraskar for his 2015 literary criticism book ‘Pachrang Chola Pahar Sakhi Ri’ by the KK Birla Foundation.
   • The Bihari Puraskar – named after famous Hindi poet Bihari – is one of the three literary awards instituted by the foundation in 1991.
4. Vedanta founder Anil Agarwal has won the Global Indian Award worth $50,000 by the Canada-India Foundation at its 15th annual Global Indian Award.
5. JK Tyre & Industries Chairman Raghupati Singhania has won the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (PHDCCI’s) prestigious lifetime achievement award for 2022.
   • The award was given by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at the chamber’s 117th annual session.

Sports

1. Sergio Pérez (Mexican motorsports racing driver) has won the Singapore Grand Prix Formula 1 2022.
2. Kenya’s Amos Kipruto and Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw have won the 2022 London Marathon in men’s and women’s categories.
3. Korean Open 2022 (tennis tournament) – Men’s Singles: Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan); Women’s Singles: Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russai)

Miscellaneous

1. “India’s Pakistan Conundrum: Managing a Complex Relationship” book has been authored by Sharat Sabharwal.
2. “The Last Heroes: Footsoldiers of Indian Freedom” book has been authored by Palagummi Sainath.

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