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Govt proposes tweaks in BH series Rules

National
• The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has
proposed to allow conversion of regular vehicle registrations
into Bharat Series (BH) numbers.

• At present, only new vehicles can opt for BH series mark. In a

draft notification, the MoRTH informed about the proposed
amendments in the rules governing Bharat (BH) series
registration mark which was launched for people who are in
transferable jobs.

• So far, 24 states and UTs have rolled out the new Bharat
Series (BH-series) for vehicle registration and so far over
20,000 vehicles have been registered across the states

• The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has rolled out a new
series for vehicles registration ‘BH’ to avoid re-registration of
vehicles while moving to another state.
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• A vehicle bearing BH registration mark shall not require assignment
of a new registration mark when the owner of the vehicle shifts from National
one State to another.

• Format of Bharat series (BH-series) Registration Mark –

• YY BH #### XX
• YY – Year of first registration
• BH- Code for Bharat Series
• ####- 0000 to 9999 (randomized)
• XX- Alphabets (AA to ZZ)

• Under section 47 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, a person is allowed

to keep the vehicle for not more than 12 months in any state other
than the state where the vehicle is registered.

• BH-series will be available on voluntary basis to Defense personnel,

employees of Central Government/ State Government/ Central/ State
PSUs and private sector companies/organizations.
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• The motor vehicle tax will be levied for two years or in multiple of two.

• This scheme will facilitate free movement of personal vehicles across

States/UTs of India upon relocation to a new State/UT.

• After completion of the fourteenth year, the motor vehicle tax shall be
levied annually which shall be half of the amount which was charged
earlier for that vehicle.

• For vehicles that have a purchase price of less than Rs.10 lakhs, the
applicant has to pay eight percent of the vehicle’s purchase price to get a
BH number plate.

• For a vehicle purchased between Rs.10 lakh and Rs.20 lakh, the Ministry of Road Transport &
applicant has to pay 10% of the vehicle’s purchase price. Highways (MoRTH) :
Union Minister – Nitin Jairam Gadkari
• For vehicles above Rs.20 lakh, the applicant has to pay 12% of the
(Constituency – Nagpur, Maharashtra
vehicle’s purchase price.
Minister of State – Vijay Kumar Singh
(Constituency – Ghaziabad, Uttar
Pradesh)
65% of power generation from non-fossil fuel by 2030 Kapil Kathpal

• India is well on its way to achieving the aim of 65% of power National
generation from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030 and will achieve
more than that

• India will achieve 90 GW of solar equipment manufacturing

capacity by 2030. Currently, the country has 20 GW of such
capacity and 15-20 GW of the solar manufacturing capacity is
under construction.

• Currently, India has 170 GW of renewable energy and another

80 GW is under construction. The country aims to achieve 500
GW by the year 2030.

• Government has allocated ₹19,500 crore for domestic

manufacture of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules
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SECI celebrates 11th Foundation Day – 20th September

• The 11th Foundation Day Celebration of on 20 September 2022, the Solar Energy
Corporation of India Limited (SECI) celebrated its 11th Foundation Day.

Amazon tie-up with Amp Energy to establish its first solar project in India

• Along with Amp Energy, Amazon has also contracted to 210 MW and 110 MW projects
with ReNew Power and Brookfield Renewables, respectively.

Renewable Energy India Expo to bring Rs 800 crore investment opportunity for
biogas
Ministry of New and Renewable
• The Indian Biogas Association is set to organise the Renewable Energy India Expo
Energy
2022, the 15th edition of REI Expo at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida
Formed: 1992
Joint Indian Ministerial official delegation to attend Global Clean Energy Action HQ: New Delhi
Forum Minister: Raj Kumar Singh

• Minister of state ministry of earth science, Jitendra Singh will lead the Joint Indian Minister of state: Bhagwant Khuba

Ministerial official delegation of the Ministry of Power, New and Renewable Energy and
Ministry of Science and Technology on a five-day visit to USA to participate in the
Global Clean Energy Action Forum.
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Flipkart has launched Flipverse
National
• Walmart-owned Flipkart has launched a metaverse-based
shopping platform. Dubbed as Flipverse, the platform will
allow users to discover and shop products in an interactive
way.

• At present, the service will be available for 15 brands

• Flipverse is already live on the Flipkart app for Android

smartphone users
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Assam Govt. Sign Four MoUs with HCL, Walmart & Flipkart

The Assam government signed four Memorandum of Understandings with HCL, Walmart
and Flipkart for various purposes, including skilling the youths, exporting local products
and creating talent for the e- commerce supply chain

Flipkart signs MoU with UP under the Samarth program

• Flipkart has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the District Administration

of Varanasi to empower National market access for artisans, weavers, and people Flipkart Private Limited
with disabilities. Founded: 2007
Founder: Sachin Bansal, binny
Bansal
HQ: Bengaluru
CEO: Kalyan Krishnamurthy
Owner: Walmart (72%)
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• India’s first sports helmet testing centre will be established in National

Meerut in the next four month and will cost around Rs 3 crore.

• Regardless of manufacturing sports goods in hubs like Vadodara, Delhi

and Meerut the helmets, mainly worn by cricketers and hockey
players were sent to abroad for testing. With this approval India will get
its first sports helmet testing facility

• The main testing centre will be set up in Meerut with an extension facility
at Okhla in Delhi.
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MYAS, FSSAI & NFSU signs MoU
MOU
• Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS), the Food Safety and
Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the National Forensic
Sciences University (NFSU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to
set up the testing facility for dietary supplements.

• The MoU is to benefit the athletes and athlete-support personnel by

educating and spreading awareness about inadvertent doping due to
prohibited substances present in nutritional supplements.

• This is considered an important step forward in implementing the

recently enacted National Anti-Doping Act, 2022, by the Government
of India

• To ensure the quality of Dietary Supplements for sportspersons, a major

step has been taken to create a testing facility at the National Forensic
Science University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in collaboration with the
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
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Food Safety and Standards
NITI Aayog Releases 4th Progress Report On POSHAN Abhiyaan Authority of India
• NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) has released the 4th progress HQ: New Delhi
report on the POSHAN (Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nutrition) Chairperson: Raj Bhusan
Abhiyaan, titled “Preserving Progress on Nutrition in India: Poshan Abhiyaan in CEO: Arun Singhal
Pandemic Times.” Owner: Min of health and family
welfare
Nutrihub & Akshaya Patra Foundation signed MoU under PM POSHAN Scheme

• This MoU has been signed to improve the nutritional status of children.

Kerala launched eggs and milk scheme for Anganwadi children National Anti-Doping Agency
• This project help to provide milk and eggs to children at all Anganwadis in the state in a (NADA)
bid to improve their nutrition levels. Formation: 24th November 2005
Type: Non-profit
Karnataka Announces New Schemes on Sanitation, Nutrition, Farm labour & Soldiers
HQ : New Delhi
Welfare
Chairman: Minister of Sport (Mr
• Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has launched new schemes on sanitation,
Anurag thakur)
nutrition and schemes for well-being of farmers, labourers and soldiers
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Shehan Karunatilaka won Britain’s Booker Prize 2022
Prize-award
• Sri Lankan author, Shehan Karunatilaka has
won Britain’s Booker Prize 2022 for fiction for his
work “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida”

• Karunatilaka’s second novel, The Seven Moons of

Maali Almeida comes more than a decade after his
debut, Chinaman, which was published in 2011.
Camilla, Queen Consort of Britain, presents author

• Neil MacGregor, chair of the judges for this year’s

Shehan Karunatilaka with the 2022 Booker Prize for
"The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida" at the
Roundhouse in London.
prize

• Karunatilaka is the second Sri Lankan to win the

award, following Michael Ondaatje’s victory in 1992
for “The English Patient”.
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64th Ramon Magsaysay Award 2022

• The 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees are Sotheara Chhim (Cambodia), Bernadette
Madrid (Philippines), Tadashi Hattori (Japan) and Gary Bencheghib (Indonesia).

Crimson Spring longlisted for the 2022 JCB Prize for Literature

• Navtej Sarna’s latest book, Crimson Spring, longlisted for the JCB Prize for Democratic Socialist Republic of
Literature, starts with the Jalianwalla Bagh massacre that took place on April 13, 1919, Sri Lanka
and goes back and forth in time to bring that era and the aftermath of the event alive. Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura kotte
Breakthrough Prizes 2023- Winners (legislative) Colombo (executive and
judicial)
• 2023 Breakthrough Prizes conferred to individuals who made key contributions in the
President: Ranil Wickremesinghe
scientific growth.
Prime Minister: Dinesh
Indian author & poet Meena Kandasamy won German PEN award
Gunawardena
• Indian author and poet Meena Kandasamy has been announced as this year’s recipient Currency: LKR (Sri Lankan rupee)
of the Hermann Kesten Prize by the PEN Centre in Germany’s Darmstadt.
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Barbara Metcalf conferred Sir Syed Excellence Award
Prize-award
• Noted American historian Prof. Barbara Metcalf was
awarded the Sir Syed Excellence Award 2022 by
the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on the 205 th
birth anniversary of its founder Sir Syed Ahmad
Khan.

• Prof. Metcalf has written extensively on the history of

the Muslim population of India and Pakistan.

• Sir Syed Ahmad Khan a South Asian Muslim

reformer, philosopher, and educationist in
nineteenth-century British India. Initially espousing
Hindu-Muslim unity, he became the pioneer of
Muslim nationalism in India.
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Bangladeshi Fahmida Azim won the Pulitzer Prize 2022

• Bangladesh-born Fahmida Azim working for the Insider online magazine of the US
has been selected for the Pulitzer Prize 2022. She has illustrated a number of
books including her own notable project ‘Muslim Women Are Everything.

Muslim Women Rights Day 2022 – August 1

• The Muslim Women Rights Day is annually celebrated across India on 1st August Aligarh Muslim University
to commemorate the enactment of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Founder: Sir syd Ahmed Khan
Marriage) Act, 2019 which prohibits the practice of Triple talaq in India. Established: 1875
Location: Aligarh
Vice-chancellor: Tariq mansoor
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Sprut-SDM1 light amphibious tank
Defense
• Russia is set to demonstrate its Sprut-SDM1 light
amphibious tank during the Indian Army’s upcoming
tender for light tanks.

• Sprut-SDM1, equipped with a 125 mm tank gun, is

the only light amphibious tank of its class to have
firepower equivalent to that of the main battle tank.

• The amphibious tank is capable of crossing water

obstacles and firing a gun while afloat. It can
disembark from ships, be transferred by military
cargo planes, or can be parachuted with the crew.
Its maximum range is 500 km without refueling.
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Ambassador Ambassador

• Happilo International Private Limited, a company that

owns and operates direct-to-consumer health food
brand Happilo signed on actors Sidharth Malhotra and
Kiara Advani as its brand ambassador

• The company has rolled out its maiden celebrity

advertisement campaign featuring both of the
ambassadors.
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Alia Bhatt receives “Priyadarshni Academy’s Smita Patil Memorial Award”

• Ms Kiara Advani received Priyadarshni Academy’s Smita Patil Memorial Award

2021 for Best Actress.

Indian FMCG company Pintola named Sunil Chhetri as Brand Ambassador

• Indian superfood brand Pintola, Fastmoving consumer goods company

announced a renowned Indian Football Captain, Sunil Chhetri as Brand
Ambassador.

Burjeel Holdings appoints SRK as brand ambassador

• Burjeel Holdings, a private healthcare services provider in the MENA region has Happilo pvt ltd

signed Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan as its new brand ambassador. HQ: Bengaluru
Founded: 2016
Founder & CEO : Vikas D Nahar
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• The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Index-report

and the World Meteorological Organization have

launched a report titled “Global Status of Multi-
Hazard Early Warning Systems – Target G”

• The report warns that around half of the countries in

the world do not have Multi-Hazard Early Warning
Systems

• Less than half (50%) of the Least Developed Countries

(LDCs) and only one-third(33%) of Small Island
Developing States (SIDS) are equipped with MHEWS.
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• The report is based on the data which shows that countries with
limited early warning coverage have high mortality rates, 8
times higher than countries with substantial to
comprehensive coverage, during disasters.

• The analysis was made with data from the Sendai Framework
Monitor (SFM), an online tool on which the member countries
report their progress on the targets outlined in The Sendai
Framework (2015-2030).
World Meteorological Organization
Formation: 23 march 1950
HQ: Geneva
President: Gerhard Adrian

United Nations Office for

Disaster Risk Reduction
Formation: 22 Dec 1999
HQ: Geneva
Asst Secy- Gen: Mami Muzotori
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• The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
(Sendai Framework) was the first major agreement of the post-2015
development agenda and provides Member States with concrete
actions to protect development gains from the risk of disaster.

• The Sendai Framework works hand in hand with the other 2030
Agenda agreements, including The Paris Agreement on Climate
Change, The Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for
Development, the New Urban Agenda, and ultimately the Sustainable
Development Goals.
It was endorsed by the UN General Assembly following the 2015
Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR),
and advocates for:The substantial reduction of disaster risk and
losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical,
social, cultural and environmental assets of persons, businesses,
communities and countries.

• It recognizes that the State has the primary role to reduce disaster
risk but that responsibility should be shared with other stakeholders
including local government, the private sector and other
stakeholders.
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UNICEF: 4 million children into poverty by Ukraine War
Index-report
• A report titled “The impact of the war in Ukraine and subsequent
economic downturn on child poverty in eastern Europe” was
recently released by UNICEF.

• The report assessed the economic impact of the Ukraine war by

studying 22 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

• The Ukraine War and consequent inflation have driven an additional 4

million children across the region into poverty. This is a 19 per cent
increase since 2021.

• It found that 25 per cent of the population in the region is children.

However, they account for nearly 40 per cent of the additional 10.4
million people who are suffering from poverty in 2022.

• Russia has experienced the highest increase in children living in

poverty, with 2.8 million more children currently living in BPL
households.

• Ukraine hosts the second-largest share of children living in poverty.

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Climate activist Vanessa Nakate appointed as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

United Nations Children's
• United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) appointed Vanessa
Fund
Nakate, a 25-year-old climate activist from Uganda as the Goodwill Ambassador of the HQ: New York
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Head: Catherine M Russel
Parent: UNGA
USAID and UNICEF launch ‘Door Se Namaste’

• The US Agency for International Development and UNICEF launched the Doordarshan
and YouTube series titled “Door Se Namaste” at a function held in New Delhi.

Vitamin Angels India partners with UNICEF India for ‘Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022’
United Nations General Assembly
• Vitamin Angels India announced a partnership with the United Nations International • Formation: 1945
Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) India for ‘Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2022’ (Poshan • Head :Csaba Korosi
Maah 2022) to address under-nutrition in the country. • HQ: New York city
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Fiji will host the prestigious World Hindi Conference
International
• Fiji will host the prestigious World Hindi Conference
for the first time next year to make the country a new
launching pad to popularize Hindi as a global
language.

• The decision to host the World Hindi Conference in Fiji

was jointly taken by the Indian and the Fijian
government.

Indian High Commissioner to the South Pacific

nation P S Kartigeyan.
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Uttarakhand govt to develop one Sanskrit-speaking village in each district

Sanskrit is the second official language of Uttarakhand. The first language is Hindi.

Dr. Asghar Wajahat conferred with 31st Vyas Samman

• The 31st Vyas Samman Award was conferred to renowned Hindi writer Dr. Asghar
Wajahat in New Delhi.

GRSE awarded Prestigious ‘Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar’ for 2021-22

• Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineering Limited (GRSE), Kolkata, has been
awarded with the ‘Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar’ by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Republic of Fiji
Government of India. President: Wiliame katonivere

Hindi Diwas 2022 PM: Frank Bainimarama

Capital: Suva ,
• Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day is observed every year on 14 September to mark the
Currency: Fijian dollar.
popularity of Hindi as an official language of India. The language was adopted
under Article 343 of the Indian Constitution.

• The first Hindi day was celebrated on 14th September 1953.

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Ranbheer Singh Dhariwal as CEO Max Life Pension Fund
Appointment
• Max Life Insurance Company announced the
appointment of Ranbheer Singh Dhariwal as the
Chief Executive Officer of Max Life Pension Fund
Management Ltd

Max Life Insurance Company

Founded: 2001
HQ: 2001
Chairman: Analjit Singh
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JP Morgan names Navin Wadhwani India head for i-banking
Appointment

• JPMorgan Chase & Co named former Reliance

Industries executive Navin Wadhwani as the head
of its Indian investment banking business, under a
slew of management changes for the Asia-Pacific
region.

• JPM also appointed Kaustubh Kulkarni as senior

country officer for India. He will continue in his role
as vice chair of Asia Pacific. Kulkarni succeeds
Madhav Kalyan
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Appointment
• BharatPe named Nalin Negi as new CFO

• Paytm Reappoints Vijay Shekhar Sharma as MD & CEO for Five Years

• SBI Securities appointed Deepak Kumar Lalla as the new MD & CEO

• IDFC named Mahendra Shah as MD & CEO

• Reserve Bank of India named Pralay Mondal as CEO of CSB Bank

• The Reserve Bank of India has approved the appointment of Pralay Mondal as
Morgan Stanley
the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of CSB Bank for three years.
Founded: 1935
• NPCI re-appoints Dilip Asbe as MD & CEO HQ: New York city, USA

• Professor Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan appointed as SEBI whole-time Chairman: James P Gorman

Member
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PPBL: Deependra Singh Rathore as Interim CEO
Appointment
• Paytm Payments Bank Limited has appointed Deependra Singh Rathore
as the interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO), in addition to his role as
Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO).

• The bank additionally appointed Sunil Chander Sharma as the new chief
operating officer (COO) to oversee the customer support, retail
operations, legal and Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) and Human
Resources and Administration for the company.

Paytm
Founder: Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Founded : august 2010
HQ: Noida UP
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• Paytm & Samsung partnered to deploy smart PoS devices across India

• Paytm Reappoints Vijay Shekhar Sharma as MD & CEO for Five Years

• Paytm Partners with Piramal Finance to Offer Loans

• Reliance General Insurance Partners with Paytm to Offer Customisable

Health Cover

Paytm Payments Bank

CEO: Satish Kumar Gupta
Founded : 2015
HQ: Noida UP
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Anish Dayal Singh : New director general (DG) of the ITBP
Appointment
• Senior IPS officer Anish Dayal Singh took charge as the new director
general (DG) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police that guards the 3,488-
km Line of Actual Control with China.

• He is the 32nd DG of the ITBP and has been serving as a special

director in the Intelligence Bureau where he handled several sensitive
assignments. New Director General (DGs) of ITBP Anish Dayal Singh (L)
takes charge from his predecessor SL Thaosen, in New
Delhi
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Sanjay Arora - New Delhi Police commissioner

• Sanjay Arora will assume control of the Delhi Police as Delhi Police
commissioner. replacing the previous Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh
Asthana

Sujoy Lal Thaosen - Additional charge of DG of ITBP

• Sashastra Seema Bal’s director general Dr. Sujoy Lal Thaosen assumed the
additional responsibility of Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
• Founded: 1962
• Motto:
• Shaurya – Dridhata – Karm
Nishtha
• valour – Steadfastness and
Commitment
• Headquarters: New Delhi, India.
• Under: Min of Home Affairs
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Adani Airports appoints Arun Bansal as CEO
Appointment
• Adani Airport Holdings naming Ericsson
veteran Arun Bansal its chief executive officer.

• Adani’s airports account for 25% of airport footfalls

and 40% of air cargo in India.
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American Navy delivered two MH-60 R multipurpose helicopters to the Indian Navy

Russia’s RTS signed Deal with AAI

• Scientific and Production Corporation “Radio technical Systems” of Russia has signed a
large-scale contract with the Airports Authority of India for the supply of radio equipment.

Arunachal Pradesh approved naming Hollongi Greenfield Airport as Donyi Polo

Airport, Itanagar

Chandigarh Airport to be named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh

Cochin International Airport Limited won Airport Service Quality Award 2022
Adani Group
• The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has won the Airport Service Quality
Motto: Growth with Goodness
Award-2022 in the 5 to 15 million passenger category of airports operating in the
Founded: 2 March 1993;
Asia-Pacific region.
Founder and MD: Gautam Adani
JMC Projects signed contract with Maldivest
Headquarters:Ahmedabad,
• JMC Projects (India) Limited signed an agreement with the Government of Maldives
for the Maldives Hanimaadhoo International Airport Project.
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Appointment

• Sweden’s parliament elected Moderates

leader Ulf Kristersson as the country’s
new prime minister. A total of 176
members of the Riksdag voted in favor of
Kristersson, while 173 members voted
against him.
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Airports Authority of India Signs MoU with Sweden

• Memorandum of Understanding for collaboration in aviation technology at the Corporate

Headquarters of AAI in New Delhi

HDFC Bank, Precision selected by RBI for retail payments test phase

• The Reserve Bank of India has announced that HDFC Bank (in partnership with
Sweden-based Crunchfish Aktiebolag) and Precision Biometric India Pvt. Ltd has been
selected for the test phase for their ‘offline retail payments’ and ‘InnaIT Key Solution for
Banking’ products under the ‘On Tap’ application facilities for the theme ‘Retail
Payments’ under the Regulatory Sandbox.

Mastercard Partners with UNDP

Sweden
• The program mainly focuses on the Nordic and Baltic regions, from where 27 impact
tech companies in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia were benefitted. Prime Minister – Ulf Kristersson

Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson resigns Capital – Stockholm

• Prime Minister of Sweden, Magdalena Andersson, leader of Social Democratic Party, Currency – Swedish Krona
resigned from the post after her centre-left bloc lost the 2022 Parliamentary Elections to
a bloc of right- wing parties
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Jyothi Yarraji : First Indian woman to run sub-13s hurdles
• Jyothi Yarraji broke the Indian national record for Sport

women's 100m hurdles once again as she clocked an

impressive 12.82s at Kanteerava stadium during the
National Open Athletics in Bengaluru.

• Jyothi, in the process, became the first Indian woman

to clock a sub-13 seconds time in 100m hurdles.

• Yarraji had broken the 13 seconds barrier during the

National Games earlier this month, but the wind
reading back then was above the permissible limit of
+2m/s. She had clocked 12.79s then in Gandhinagar
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D Gukesh youngest to beat Champion Magnus Carlsen
Sport
• India teenager Donnarumma Gukesh scripted history in the
ongoing Aimchess Rapid online tournament as he
defeated Magnus Carlsen, thereby becoming the youngest
player ever to beat him as world champion.

• A day earlier 19-year-old compatriot Arjun Erigaisi posted a

maiden win over the world champion.

• Another Indian teen, R Praggnanandhaa has already beaten

Carlsen twice this year.

• Gukesh at 16 years 4 months 20 days became the youngest

Indian player to defeat Carlsen.
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new VDHM champions Sport
• Ethiopia's Chala Regasa beat a spirited challenge
from Kenyan Felix Kipkoech to win the elite men's
race in the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon.

• Regasa ran the 21.097km in 1 hour and 30

seconds, three seconds faster than Kipkoech.

• Avinash Sable won the men's race among Indian

runners.

• The Delhi Half Marathon, a World Athletics Label

Road Race, is an annual event which was last held
in 2020.
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India & Saudi Arabia Shortlisted for 2027 AFC Asian Cup
Sport
• India and Saudi Arabia have presented the bid to
host the 2027 Asian Cup and Qatar has withdrawn its
bid for 2027, after the announcement of 2023 Asian
Cup.

• The AFC Asian Cup is held every 4 years and 2023

AFC Asian Cup is the 18th edition of the series that
starts from 20th November 2023.
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Former Olympic football captain Samar ‘Badru’ Banerjee passes away

• Former India football team captain, Samar ‘Badru’ Banerjee, who led the country to a
historic fourth-place finish in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, has passed away recently.

SAFF U20 Championship 2022

• India beat Bangladesh to clinch the 2022 SAFF U20 Championship title at Kalinga
Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

2021-22 AIFF Footballers of the Year

• Indian Men’s Football Team (The Blue Tigers) captain Sunil Chhetri was named the
Asian Football Confederation
2021-2022 All India Football Federation Men’s Footballer of the Year for the seventh
Formation: 7th May 1954
time.
HQ: Kuala lampur Malaysia
Manisha Kalyan becomes 1st Indian to play in the UEFA League Region Served: Asia and Oceania
• Manisha Kalyan became the first Indian footballer to play at the UEFA Women’s President: Salman bin Ibrahim al
Champions League when she made her debut for Apollon Ladies FC in the European Khalifa
Club competition in Engomi, Cyprus. Gen secy: Datuk Seri Windsor
Parent org: FIFA
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India Wins Women’s Asia Cup 2022 defeating Sri Lanka
• Indian Women’s cricket team captained by Harmanpreet Kaur has won the Sport
Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Women’s Twenty20 (T20) Asia Cup 2022
defeating the Sri Lanka in the final match held in Sylhet International Cricket
Stadium in Sylhet, Bangladesh.

• Bangladesh hosted 8th edition of the Women’s Asia Cup tournament 2022

• This marks India’s 7th Asian Cup title. India has won 7 of 8 Asian Cups so
far. In 2018 India lost the Asia Cup to Bangladesh.

• ACC Women’s Asia Cup is a women’s One Day International(ODI) and

T20 International cricket tournament. Initially, held as a 50-over tournament
between 2004 and 2008, the Asia Cup moved to the T20 format in 2012.

• The participants of the ACC Women’s Asia Cup 2022 were India,
Bangladesh, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,Thailand and United Arab
Emirates(UAE). This is the debut tournament of UAE.

• India’s Deepti Sharma was adjudged the “Player of the Tournament”,

as she picked up 13 wickets and Renuka Singh of India was adjudged as
the Player of the Match(Final) for her bowling performance in the
Women’s Asia Cup final.
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“Pandemic Disruptions and Odisha’s Lessons in
Governance” by Dr Amar Patnaik Books
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• Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik released the book

titled ‘Pandemic Disruptions and Odisha’s Lessons in
Governance’ by Dr Amar Patnaik, Member of Parliament, Rajya
Sabha

• This book is a culmination of the various essays on pertinent

contemporary issues that emerged in India during the pandemic
years of 2020-21 and 2021-2022.

• The book highlights the achievements of States like Odisha which

stood out by adopting the famed 5T framework of governance
which forms the overarching policy approach in what has now
gained prominence as the Odisha Model of growth and
development.

• Underpinnings of five Ts- Team work, Technology,

Transparency and Time leading to Transformation.
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Recent /related

Book-‘Lockdown Lyrics’ written by Sanjukta Dash

• Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has released a book titled Lockdown
Lyrics’, a collection of poems written by Sanjukta Dash.

Odisha government signed MoU with National Institute of Ocean Technology

• The Odisha government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with

National Institute of Ocean Technology for protecting its coastline.

SAFF U20 Championship 2022

Odisha
• India beat Bangladesh to clinch the 2022 SAFF U20 Championship title at
Capital and Largest City:
Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Bhubaneshwar
Odisha signs MoU with FICCI for upcoming Make in Odisha Conclave 2022 Governor: Ganeshi Lal
• Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Odisha Limited signed a CM: Navin Patnaik
Memorandum of Understanding with the Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industry for the Make in Odisha Conclave 2022
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World Trauma Day 2022- 17th October
• World Trauma Day is annually observed across the globe on October 17 IMP days
to raise awareness about trauma and educate people on ways to address
traumatic incidents and deaths.

• World Trauma Day is observed on Bone and Joint Action Week which is
annually observed from October 12 to October 20.

• During Bone and Joint Action Week 5 special days are observed,
they are

• October 12 – World Arthritis Day

• October 16 – World Spine Day
• October 17 – World Trauma Day
• October 19 – World Pediatric Bone and Joint (PB&J) Day
• October 20 – World Osteoporosis Day

• According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), in India, about

1,37,000 people died in road accidents in 2013.

• According to a report released by the NCRB, the number of traffic-

related accidents in 2021 has risen by 14.6% to 4,22,659.
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64th Ramon Magsaysay Award 2022

The 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees are Sotheara Chhim (Cambodia), Bernadette
Madrid (Philippines), Tadashi Hattori (Japan) and Gary Bencheghib (Indonesia).

• Sotheara Chhim-He is a mental health advocate from Cambodia. He is a leading voice

in Cambodian trauma syndrome.

• He is being recognized for “his calm courage in surmounting deep trauma to become
his people’s healer”.

World Alzheimer’s Day 2022 -21st September

• World Alzheimer’s Day is observed annually on September 21 to raise awareness

about neurological disorders.
In which year did The Official Languages Act come into effect, sparking the anti-Hindi
agitation shortly after?

राजभाषा अधिनियम किस वषष लागू हुआ, िुछ ही समय बाद हहिंदी ववरोिी आिंदोलि नछड़ गया?

a) 1967
b) 1970
c) 1960
d) 1965
In which year did The Official Languages Act come into effect, sparking the anti-Hindi
agitation shortly after?

राजभाषा अधिनियम किस वषष लागू हुआ, िुछ ही समय बाद हहिंदी ववरोिी आिंदोलि नछड़ गया?

a) 1967
b) 1970
c) 1960
d) 1965

ANS : d
The Official Languages Act came into effect on the expiry of this 15-year period in
1965. This was the background in which the anti-Hindi agitation took place.
PM Jan Dhan balance Crosses ₹1.75-Lakh Crore Mark Kapil Kathpal

• The total balance in the basic bank accounts under the Pradhan Mantri Banking
Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) has crossed the ₹1.75 lakh crore mark.

• As per the latest Government data, the total balance stood at ₹1,75,225
crore as on October 5, 2022, as the total number of beneficiaries touched
47 crore.

• More than 46.25 crore beneficiaries banked under PMJDY since its inception,
amounting to Rs. 1,73,954 crore.

• 56% Jan-Dhan account holders are women and 67% Jan Dhan accounts
in rural and semi-urban areas. 31.94 crore RuPay cards issued to PMJDY
accountholders About 5.4 crore PMJDY account holders received direct
benefit transfer (DBT) from the Government under various schemes in June,
2022.

• Women beneficiaries own a larger chunk in the scheme at 26.16 crore

account of which the bulk (31.42 cror accounts) are in rural and semi-urban
areas.

• Public sector banks (PSBs) have made significant contribution. Of the

total ₹1.75 lakh crore balance, PSB’s account for ₹1.35 lakh crore,
followed by Regional Rural Banks with ₹34,573 crore
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PM Jan Dhan Yojana completes 8 years

• Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana has completed 8 years and has achieved its major
goals during this period. PM Jan Dhan Yojana is a flagship financial inclusion program
that was started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was launched on 28th August
2014.

‘’Indian Banking in Retrospect – 75 years of Independence’’ by Dr Ashutosh Raravikar Ministry of Finance

• Dr Ashutosh Raravikar, Director in the Department of Economic & Policy Research Formation: 29 oct 1946
Reserve Bank of India authored a new book titled “Indian Banking in Retrospect – 75 HQ: New Delhi
years of Independence”. Cabinet Min: Nirmala Sitharaman
Min of state: Pankaj Chaudhary,
• It also mentioned about financial inclusion, Prime Minister’s Jan DhanYojana (PM JDY)
Bhagwat karad
impact on the banking system in India.
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PM Modi dedicates 75 Digital Banking Units to nation
Banking
• Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi dedicated 75 Digital
Banking Units (DBUs) across 75 districts to the nation via
video conferencing to ensure the benefits of digital banking
reach every corner of India.

• These DBUs were announced during the FY23 budget by Finance

Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to commemorate 75 years of India’s
Independence.

• Setting up of DBUs is a joint initiative of the Central

Government, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Indian
Banks Association (IBA) and the participating Commercial
banks (other than regional rural banks, payment banks and local
area banks) with past digital banking experience are permitted to
open DBUs in tier 1 to tier 6 centres.
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• It is a specialized fixed point business unit or hub with certain
minimum digital infrastructure for delivering digital banking
products and services as well as servicing existing financial
products and services digitally in self-service mode at any time.

• 11 Public Sector Banks (PSBs), 12 private banks, and one

small finance bank are participating in the DBU initiative.

• Every bank branch should try to bring at least 100

businessmen in their region under 100% digital banking.
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PM Modi Formally Inaugurates Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital in Punjab

PM Inaugurates Kachchh Branch Canal of Sardar Sarovar Project

Amrita Hospital in Faridabad, Haryana unveiled by PM Modi

• A 2,600-bed Amrita hospital, Asia’s biggest hospital including a centrally located, fully
automated laboratory, was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

PM Modi receives copy of the Assamese Dictionary Hemkosh in braille

• In New Delhi, Jayanta Baruah (a politician from Assam) gave Prime Minister Narendra
Modi a copy of the Assamese Dictionary Hemkosh in Braille. Indian Banks Association (IBA):
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)–
PM Modi Inaugurates World Dairy Summit 2022
Sunil Mehta
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the International Dairy Federation’s World
Headquarters– Mumbai,
Dairy Summit (IDF WDS) 2022 at the India Expo Center and Mart in Greater Noida.
Maharashtra
PM Modi inaugurates Centre-State Science Conclave

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the ‘Centre-State Science Conclave’ in

Ahmedabad.
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IRDAI praposes conditions for private equity funds in
insurance companies Banking

• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has

issued a draft resolution proposing to allow private equity funds
to come in as promoters of insurance and reinsurance
companies, with certain conditions

• There are conditions which have been stated by the IRDAI for
promoters, investors and private equity companies.

• The rules for private equity firms are as follows:

• Investible funds should not be under $100 million
• They have to complete 10 years of operation and funds raised
by them, including their group entities, must amount to $500
million or more.
• They should have invested in financial sector in India and
other jurisdictions
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• The regulatory body has also mentioned that there will be a
lock-in of 5 years for promoters starting insurance
companies.

• The regulatory body has also stated conditions for investments

that can be made by promoters can’t be a promoter in more
than 1 life- for general, health and life insurance companies

• Minimum shareholding to be kept over 50%, which can go

below 50%, but above 26% under the following sub- Insurance Regulatory and
conditions Development Authority of India
Formation: 1999
• Insurer has solvency above control level in 5 years and HQ: Hyderabad
Shares of the company are listed.
Owner: Ministry of Finance
Chairperson: Debasish Panda