CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 1st OCTOBER 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 1^st OCTOBER 2022

1. In Saudi Arabia, King Salman bin Abdulaziz named his son and heir Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom.
2. Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar arrived in Bali on a three-day visit to Indonesia to participate in G-20 Summit, on 27 September, 2022.
3. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 28 September, 2022 named the Chandigarh International Airport as Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport on the occasion of 115^th birth anniversary of the freedom fighter.  
4. Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has organized a Swachh Shehar Samvad and Technology Exhibition on 29 September, 2022.
5. Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu had the highest numbers of foreign tourist visits, with 1.26 million and 1.23 million, respectively in 2021, as per a report by Union Tourism Ministry.
6. Ajinkya Rahane-led West Zone won the 2022 Duleep Trophy title on 25 September, after defeating South Zone by a margin of 294 runs on the fifth and final day of the tournament in Coimbatore.
7. Premier industry body Data Security Council of India (DSCI) established by NASSCOM, has appointed its senior vice president Vinayak Godse as the new CEO.
8. The President of India on 28 September appointed senior advocate R Venkataramani as the new Attorney General of India for a period of three years.
9.  Union Cabinet has decided to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) scheme for a further period of 3 months from October to December, 2022.
10.  India’s largest bakery foods company, Britannia Industries has appointed Rajneet Kohli as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer effective on 26 September, 2022.
11.  On the occasion of World Tourism Day, Uttarakhand received the first prize in two categories, for the best adventure tourism destination and all-around development of tourism from the Ministry of Tourism.
12.  The Government of India has announced the appointment of Lt General Anil Chauhan (Retired) as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), who will also function as Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Military Affairs.
13.   Leading Fintech platform Stashfin has appointed BFSI (Banking, Financial Services and Insurance) expert and former MD and CEO of SBI Cards, Vijay Jasuja as Non-Executive Independent Director.
14.  The English translation of the award-winning book ‘Lata: Sur-Gatha’ will be released in January 2023. ‘Lata: A Life in Music’, originally written in Hindi by writer-poet Yatindra Mishra, is translated by noted writer and translator Ira Pande.