Complete October Current Affairs Revision for all Upcoming Exams #English

1) Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off "Modi Vans" under the BJP's "seva hi sangathan" programme to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 20 years as the head of a government, including over 13 years as Gujarat chief minister.

▪️Gujarat:-

➨ CM :-  Bhupendra Patel

➨Governor :- Acharya Devvrat

➨Nageshwar Temple 

➨Somnath Temple

2) India has made history by administering over 100 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses. The landmark achievement of 100 billion doses also saw the raising of the largest National Flag.

➠The top five states which have administered the highest number of doses are Uttar Pradesh followed by Maharashtra, West Bengal, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

3) In its efforts to support the startup ecosystem in the country, technology giant Microsoft has launched a programme for nurturing and scaling startups that are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI).

4) Bhaskarabda, an era counted from the date of the ascension of a 7th-century local ruler, will be added to the Saka and Gregorian in the official calendar of the Assam government.

➠Bhaskarabda began when Bhaskaravarman was crowned ruler of the Kamrupa kingdom. He was a contemporary and political ally of northern Indian ruler Harshavardhana.

▪️Assam 

➨Dibru Saikhowa National Park

➨Kaziranga National Park

➨Nameri National Park

➨Manas National Park

5) Fencer Bhavani Devi, who made history at the Tokyo Olympics by becoming the first Indian to compete in the sport at the Olympics, won the women’s individual sabre title at the Charlellville National Competition in France.

➠She is currently ranked 50th in the world and is the top-ranked fencer from India.

➠She is eyeing a good show at the 2022 Asian Games and has started preparing for the event.

6) Uttar Pradesh government has directed all state secondary schools to set up ‘Arogya Vatika’ (salubrity garden) in their premises.

▪️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

7) 2005-batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS officer Ritesh Chauhan has been named CEO of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and joint secretary, agriculture under the department of agriculture and farmers welfare.

8) Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) has become the ninth public sector entity to join the elite club of ₹1 trillion market capitalization (m-cap) with its shares surging over 300% so far this year.

▪️Ministry of Railways :-

➨Formed :- March 1905

➨Headquarters :- New Delhi

➨Minister :- Ashwini Vaishnaw

➨Chairman of Railway Board and Chief Executive Officer :- Suneet Sharma

9) Commodore Amit Rastogi (Retd) took over as Chairman & Managing Director of National Research Development Corporation(NRDC).

The National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) was a non-departmental government body established by the British Government to transfer technology from the public sector to the private sector.

10) Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajiv Chandrasekhar launched the country-developed ‘INDUS’ (Innovation Development Upskilling) kit.

11) The first-ever ship-to-ship (STS) transfer operation of LPG in the Indian Coast was undertaken by the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).

➠This was undertaken  at Kolkata’s Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port.

12) Former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa was conferred with 'Super Corona Warrior' award in a function at Honnali near Davanagere.

▪️Karnataka:- 

CM :- Basavaraj Bommai

Governor :- Thawarchand Gehlot

Formation :- 1 November 1956

Language :- Kannada

Port :- New Mangalore Port

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