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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 14th OCTOBER 2022

Editor1 Oct 15 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 14th OCTOBER 2022

  1. ‘World Standards Day’ is observed on 14th October annually and aims to spread awareness about the importance of standardisation to the global economy. 2022 theme: ‘Shared Vision for a Better World’.
  2. International E-Waste Day is held on 14 October. 2022 will be focusing on small items of e-waste, under the slogan “Recycle it all, no matter how small!” .
  3. The 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) Convention will be held in Indore, Madhya Pradesh in January 2023.
  4. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has announced that Goa will host the 37th edition of the National Games in October 2023.
  5. Delhi government has launched an app called ‘Delhi E-Monitoring’ to keep a track of all the ongoing and upcoming projects.
  6. The Supreme Court has delivered a split verdict on the ban on the wearing of hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka.
  7. President Droupadi Murmu flags off two train services in Northeast India in Tripura and Manipur.
  8. At the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship Shotgun, India finished fifth with one gold, one silver and two bronze medals in Osijek, Croatia.
  9. External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar, will pay an official visit to Egypt from 15-16 October, 2022.
  10. Power Ministry held two-day conference of Ministers of Power and New and Renewable Energy of States and Union Territories in Udaipur, Rajasthan on 14 October 2022.
  11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of two hydropower projects in Chamba Himachal Pradesh, in October 2022.
  12.  Iraq’s parliament on 13th October, 2022 elected former minister Abdul Latif Rashid as the country’s next president.
  13. President Droupadi Murmu on 13th October, 2022 inaugurated a supercomputer facility ‘Param Kamrupa’ at IIT Guwahati.
  14.  Defence Ministry will organise the 12th edition of the prestigious Biennial Defence Exhibition – DefExpo 2022 – in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from 18th to 22nd October, 2022.
  15.  Coal India Ltd (CIL) will set up a 1,190-MW solar power plant in the Bikaner district Rajasthan.
  16. Dr Adarsh Swaika, a joint secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed India’s next Ambassador to Kuwait.

 

 

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