12th October, 2022

1. EAM S Jaishankar has launched “Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery” book in Auckland, New Zealand.
2. Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has launched the Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (Tele-MANAS) initiative at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru.
3. Sustainable Mountain Development Summit-XI (SMDS-XI) is being held at Leh, Ladakh UT from 10-12 October 2022.
4. The office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) under the Ministry of Textiles has launched an Indian handicraft portal through which all eligible artisans can apply online for marketing events to support the artisans in selling their produce.
5. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) hosted Conference on B20 Indonesia Global Dialogue in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi.
6. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards Body of India has signed an MoU with Testing, Inspection, Certification Council, India.
7. Russia has launched its Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the GLONASS-K navigation system from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia.
8. The annual meetings of the IMF-World Bank and G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governor (FMCBG) will be held from October 11 to October 16 in New York.
9. South Indian Bank has organized an event ‘Onnichirikkam Oonjaladam’ and was accoladed with the World Book of Records award for ‘staging and swinging 101 Oonjals’.
10. Bombay Stock Exchange has got approval from SEBI for the social stock exchange as a separate segment.
11. October 10 – World Day Against Death Penalty
12. Ostrava Open 2022 (Women’s Tennis Association’s tournament) has been won by Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic) in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
13. Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch motorsports racing driver) has won the Japanese Grand Prix Formula One race.
14. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) has won the Astana Open Tennis tournament.

National News

1. EAM S Jaishankar has launched “Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery” book in Auckland, New Zealand.
   • External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar participated in the Kiwi Indian Hall of Fame Awards 2022 in Auckland.
   • EAM S Jaishankar hosted the 13th Foreign Ministers’ Framework Dialogue with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong in Canberra.
2. Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has launched the Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (Tele-MANAS) initiative at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru.
   • Government of India announced National Tele Mental Health Programme (NTMHP) in the Union Budget 2022-23.
   • Purpose of Tele-MANAS – to provide free tele-mental health services all over the country round the clock, particularly catering to people in remote or under-served areas
   • The programme includes a network of 23 tele-mental health centres of excellence, with NIMHANS being the nodal centre and the International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (IIITB) for providing technology support.
   • IIT-Bengaluru and National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHRSC) will provide the technical support.
   • The Union Government aims to open at least one Tele-MANAS Cell in each State/UT.
   • A toll-free, 24/7 helpline number (14416) has been set up across the country allowing callers to select the language of choice for availing services. Service is also accessible at 1-800-91-4416.
   • Hon’ble Governor of Karnataka – Sh. Thawar Chand Gehlot
   • Minister for Health & Family Welfare and Medical Education of Karnataka & Vice-President of NIMHANS – Dr K. Sudhakar
3. Sustainable Mountain Development Summit-XI (SMDS-XI) is being held at Leh, Ladakh UT from 10-12 October 2022.
   • Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav attended the inaugural session of the summit.
   • Theme – ‘Harnessing tourism for sustainable mountain development’
   • Purpose – to reduce the negative impacts of tourism while harnessing its positive contributions to building climate and socio-ecological resilience and sustainability
4. The office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) under the Ministry of Textiles has launched an Indian handicraft portal through which all eligible artisans can apply online for marketing events to support the artisans in selling their produce.
   • The online process will provide an equal, fair, and transparent opportunity to all artisans.
5. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) hosted Conference on B20 Indonesia Global Dialogue in partnership with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi.
   • Business 20 (B20), formed in 2010, is the official G20 dialogue forum with the global business community to spur economic growth and development.
   • Dialogues were held on (i)Trade & Investment (ii) Energy, Sustainability & Climate (iii) Digitisation and (iv) Finance and Infrastructure.
   • G-20 is a group of 19 Countries + EU, together representing around 85% of global GDP, 75% of global trade, and 60% of the world’s population.
   • The dialogue will pave the way to the B20 final summit that will take place on 13-14 November 2022 at Indonesia.

Memorandum of Understanding

1. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards Body of India has signed an MoU with Testing, Inspection, Certification Council, India.
   • Purpose – to promote and harmonise the implementation of standards and quality, safety and sustainability practices in laboratories

International News

1. Russia has launched its Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the GLONASS-K navigation system from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia.
   • GLONASS-K is a navigation satellite intended as a part of the Russian GLONASS radio-based satellite navigation system.
2. The annual meetings of the IMF-World Bank and G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governor (FMCBG) will be held from October 11 to October 16 in New York.

Banking and Economy

1. South Indian Bank has organized an event ‘Onnichirikkam Oonjaladam’ and was accoladed with the World Book of Records award for ‘staging and swinging 101 Oonjals’.
   • South Indian Bank had yesterday for the first time organized a first-of-its-kind category event ‘Staging and Swinging 101 Oonjals’ simultaneously at a single venue in Kochi.
   • An Oonjal is a sturdy rectangular plank suspended by iron link chains hooked to the ceiling of a hall or balcony.

2. Bombay Stock Exchange has got approval from SEBI for the social stock exchange as a separate segment.
   • Social enterprises (SEs) eligible to participate in the SSE will be entities, non-profit organisations (NPOs) and for-profit social enterprises. Under the new rules, SSE will be a separate segment of the existing stock exchanges.

Important Days

1. October 10 – World Day Against Death Penalty

Sports

1. Ostrava Open 2022 (Women’s Tennis Association’s tournament) has been won by Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic) in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
2. Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch motorsports racing driver) has won the Japanese Grand Prix Formula One race.
3. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) has won the Astana Open Tennis tournament.

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