CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 9th OCTOBER 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 9^th OCTOBER 2022

1. World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9th October, the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern. The theme for World Post Day 2022 is ‘Post for Planet’.
2. October 9 was celebrated as Indian Foreign Service Day.
3. The European Union parliament has passed a new law starting that all new smart phones, tablets and cameras will have a single standard charger.
4. A Balasubramanian, MD and CEO of Aditya Birla Sun Life, has been re-elected as the chairman of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI).
5. A team of researchers from Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung, has discovered a new species from the Dikhow River in Nagaland. This new species has been named ‘Pethiadikhuensis’.
6. The government of Dubai has signed MOU with the Haryana government for economic growth.
7. Ladakh Lt Governor RK Mathur inaugurated the 2^nd LG Cup Horse Polo Tournament at International Horse Polo Stadium in Drass on 8th October, 2022.
8. The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan have signed an MoU.
9. Jharkhand has the highest percentage of underage girls getting married. According to the latest demographic sample survey by the Union Home Ministry, the percentage of girls getting married before attaining majority is as high as 5.8 in Jharkhand.
10. PM Modi will inaugurate the first phase of Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple Extension project at Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on October 11, 2022.
11.  Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on 9^th October, 2022 won the Japanese F1 Grand Prix to become world champion for the second successive season.
12.  PM Modi on 9^th October, 2022 declearedModhera in Gujarat’s Mehsana district as India’s first 24×7 solar-powered village.
13. India’s leading cueist, Pankaj Advani claimed his 25^th gold medal by winning the 2022 IBSF World Billiards Championship in Kuala Lumpur on 8^th October, 2022.
14.  Power Foundation of India in association with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) organised a campaign to create awareness on Agni Tattva under LiFE – Lifestyle for environment mission.
15. Indian weightlifter HarshadaGarud won a bronze medal in the women’s 45kg category at the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2022 in Manama, Bahrain on 8^th October, 2022.
16.  India will host diplomats of the UN Security Council along with other member states for a key meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee in Mumbai and New Delhi on 28-29 October, 2022.