Complete October Current Affairs Revision for all Upcoming Exams #English

📖 Complete October Current Affairs Revision for all Upcoming Exams #English 

Part - 6

1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kushinagar International Airport in Uttar Pradesh, which will help connect key Buddhist pilgrimage sites.

➠ It is also at the centre of a Buddhist tourist circuit, which includes Lumbini (Nepal), Sarnath and Bodhgaya.

▪️Uttar Pradesh :- 

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister -  Yogi Adityanath

Governor - Smt. Anandiben Patel

➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Dudhwa National Park

➨National Chambal Sanctuary

➨Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar Lake

➨Kashi Vishwanath Temple

2) NITI Aayog launched a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based Energy Map of India.

➠It is a unique effort aimed at integrating energy data scattered across multiple organizations and presenting it in a consolidated, visually appealing graphical manner.

▪️NITI Aayog :- National Institution for Transforming India

➨Formed - 1 January 2015

➨Preceding - Planning Commission

➨Headquarters -New Delhi

➨Chairperson:- Narendra Modi, 

➨Vice Chairperson - Rajiv Kumar, 

➨CEO - Amitabh Kant

3) The Indian Navy has received the 11th anti-submarine warfare aircraft P-8I from the U.S.-based aerospace company Boeing.

➠The Defence Ministry had first signed a contract for eight P-8I aircraft in 2009. Later, in 2016, it signed a contract for four additional P-8I aircraft.

▪️Ministry of Defence :-  

➨Headquarters - New Delhi

➨Founded - 15 August 1947

➨Navy day - 4 December 

 ➨Chief of Defence Staff (CDS):- General Bipin Rawat

4) Amid increasing concerns over air pollution stemming from the stubble burning practice in northwest India, a biomass power plant in Punjab's Ferozepur has managed to generate electricity using paddy stubble. 

➠The biomass power facility uses 600 tons of paddy stubble per day, which equates to around 2 -2.5 lakh tons of stubble per year.

5) Once a princess in the game of 64 squares, Divya Deshmukh has now become a queen by wearing the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) crown which sparkled all the more with the addition of her second International Master (IM) norm.

6) Mumbai postal department launched android-based mobile application 'Know Your Postman' on the occasion of National Mails Day.

7) Gita Gopinath, chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will leave her post in January, 2022.

➠The 49-year-old prominent Indian-American economist will return to the Harvard University as planned when her public service leave of absence from the university ends.

➽International Monetary Fund :-

Formation - 27 December 1945

Headquarters - Washington, D.C.

Managing Director - Kristalina Georgieva

Chief Economist - Gita Gopinath

8) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar unveiled the "Bhoodan Grove" plaque at the Jerusalem Forest, bringing out lesser-known aspects of Indo-Israel relations before the establishment of full-fledged diplomatic ties between the two countries.

9) Delhi government is all set to launch the revamped “Rojgaar Bazaar 2.0" portal for youths who are looking for jobs and small businesses looking for skilled workers in Delhi.

➠ The Delhi government had earlier launched the Rojgaar Bazaar portal last year which was a digital job matching platform for entry-level jobs in India.

10) Telangana Chief Secretary presented the Dak Sewa awards for 2021 at a function here.

➠The awards were given in eight categories to outstanding performers at the State-level to employees for their service, performance, leadership qualities, productivity and their contributions in improving the image of the department.

▪️Telangana :-

➨CM - Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao

➨Amrabad Tiger Reserve 

➨Kawal Tiger Reserve

11) As a tribute to the freedom fighters of Manipur, the Union government has decided to rename Mount Harriet, an island peak in Andaman and Nicobar islands. It will now be known as Mount Manipur.

➠Mount Harriet, the third-highest island peak in Andaman and Nicobar islands, where Manipur’s Maharaja Kulchandra Singh and 22 other freedom fighters were imprisoned during the Anglo-Manipuri war (1891).

12) Navrang Saini has been given the additional charge as the Chairperson of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).

➠The post fell vacant after M.S. Sahoo retired after a five-year tenure on September 30.

➠IBBI is a key institution in implementing the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), which came into force in 2016.

13) The Indian Army team was among only three out of 96 participating teams in the Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2021 at Brecon in Wales to win the Gold medal at the conclusion of phase six of the exercises.

➠ The winning team were felicitated by Indian High Commissioner to the UK Gaitri Issar Kumar at India House in London.

14) Jeo Baby-directed 'The Great Indian Kitchen', which revolves around the story of a newly-wed couple in a traditional middle class family, bagged the titles for the best film and screenplay in the 51st Kerala State Film Awards.

15) India joined a 10-nation statement recognising the “new reality” of the Taliban in power in Afghanistan at the Moscow format meeting, as Indian officials reportedly met Taliban Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi and offered humanitarian aid to the regime in Kabul.

16) Centre released a Covid-19 vaccination anthem produced by singer and musician Kailash Kher to bust myths and “slay vaccine hesitancy".

➠ Titled ‘Bharat Ka Tikakaran’, the 3:30 minute song and video was launched at Shastri Bhawan in Delhi in the presence of Union Ministers Mansukh Mandaviya, Hardeep Singh Puri, and Rameswar Teli.

17) The Chhattisgarh government has decided to constitute a board to promote the cultivation of tea and coffee in the state.

▪️Chhattisgarh :- 

Bhorumdeo Temple

Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve 

Achanakmar Tiger Reserve 

Indravati Tiger Reserve

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