Daily Current Affairs With Video Lecture 1 to 18 October 2022 [DOWNLOAD PDF]

In today’s Current Affairs for 1 to 18 October 2022, we are going to see the latest national and international current affairs news. These Important current affairs will be very...

Prateek Mattoo
October 19, 2022
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In today’s Current Affairs for 1 to 18 October 2022, we are going to see the latest national and international current affairs news. These Important current affairs will be very helpful for your upcoming NDA, CDS, CDS OTA, AFCAT, TA, Agniveer Army, Agniveer Navy, Agniveer Air force, Women Military Police, INET, MNS, ACC exams, SCO, PCSL, CAPF, and SSB interviews, and direct entries for Army, Navy, and Air force like SSC Tech, TGC, JAG, NCC, TES, 10+2 Cadet. Download a PDF file about current events at the end of this article.

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 01 to 18 October 2022

Swedish Geneticist Svante Paabo Wins 2022 Nobel Prize

Swedish Geneticist Svante Paabo Won The 2022 Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine On Monday For Discoveries That Provide Our Understanding Of How Modern-Day Humans Evolved From Extinct Ancestors.
Last Year’s Medicine Recipients Were David Julius And Ardem Patapoutian For Their Discoveries Into How The Human Body Perceives Temperature And Touch.

Annie Ernaux Wins Nobel Prize 2022

French Writer Annie Ernaux Has Been Awarded The Nobel Prize In Literature.
She Has Been Awarded For Her Courage And Clinical Acuity.
Last Year The Nobel Prize In Literature Was Awarded To Abdulrazak Gurnah.

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Nobel Prize In Peace 2022

Human Rights Advocate Ales Bialiatski From Belarus, The Russian Human Rights Organisation Memorial And The Ukrainian Human Rights Organisation Center For Civil Liberties Won Nobel Prize In Peace.
Ales Bialiatski Was One Of The Initiators Of The Democracy Movement That Emerged In Belarus In The Mid-1980s.
Memorial Was Established In 1987, By Human Rights Activists In The Former Soviet Union Who Wanted To Ensure That The Victims Of The Communist Regime’s Oppression Would Never Be Forgotten.
The Center For Civil Liberties Was Founded In Kyiv In 2007 “For The Purpose Of Advancing Human Rights And Democracy In Ukraine.

Nobel Prize In Chemistry 2022

Nobel Prize In Chemistry Awarded To Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal And K. Barry Sharpless “For The Development Of Click Chemistry And Bioorthogonal Chemistry.

Nobel Prize For Economics 2022

3 American Economists Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond And Philip Dybvig, Awarded Nobel Prize In Economics 2022 For Their Work On “Improving Our Understanding Of The Role Of Banks In The Economy, Particularly During Financial Crises And Why Avoiding Bank Collapses Is Vital.

India Emerges As World’s Largest Producer Of Sugar

India Has Emerged As The World’s Largest Producer And Second-largest Exporter Of Sugar.
In Sugar Season 2021-22, A Record Of More Than Five Thousand Lakh Metric Tons Of Sugarcane Was Produced.

YUVA 2.0 Scheme

Prime Minister’s Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors – YUVA 2.0 Was Launched On October 2, To Promote Reading, Writing, And Book Culture In The Country. (Young, Upcoming And Versatile Authors) Is To Encourage The Youth To Understand And Appreciate India’s Democracy.

2022 Swachh Survekshan

Indore Is Awarded As The Cleanest City For The 6^th Consecutive Year, Hosted As Part Of The Swachh Bharat Mission- Urban 2.0.
Indore Emerged As India’s First 7-star Garbage Free City, While Surat, Bhopal, Mysuru, Navi Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam, And Tirupati Got 5-star Garbage Free Certifications.

PM Modi Launches 5G Services

PM Narendra Modi Launched The 5G Services In New Delhi On 1^st October.
5G Technology Will Provide Seamless Coverage, High Data Rate, Low Latency, And Highly Reliable Communication.
It Will Also Increase Energy Efficiency, Spectrum Efficiency And Network Efficiency.

Gandhi Ji And Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji Janamdiwas

Nation Pays Homage To Father Of The Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, And Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri On Their Birth Anniversary.

Pankaj Tripathi As National Icon

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar Honoured Actor Pankaj Tripathi As The ‘National Icon’ Of ECI.
He Is Chosen In Order To Raise Awareness Amongst Voters.

Angela Merkel Wins Nansen Refugee Award

The United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR) Awarded Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel Prestigious Nansen Award For Her “Leadership, Courage And Compassion” Regarding Protection Of Desperate People At The Height Of The Syria Crisis.

International Solar Alliance To Be Held In New Delhi

International Solar Alliance’s 5^th Assembly To Be Held In New Delhi.
R.K Singh Will Preside Over The Assembly.
109 Countries To Attend ISA’s 5^th Assembly.
Key Initiatives On Energy Access, Energy Security, And Energy Transition.

Harmanpreet Singh Won FIH Award

India Men’s Hockey Team Defender And Vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh Has Being Voted The FIH Player Of The Year.
The FIH Is The International Governing Body Of Field Hockey And Indoor Field Hockey.
Its Headquarters Is In Lausanne, Switzerland.

P Sreejesh & Savita Punia Are Goalkeeper Of The Year

PR Sreejesh And Savita Punia Have Been Declared FIH Men’s And Women’s Goalkeeper Of The Year.
Savita Punia, The Captain Of The Indian Women’s Hockey Team, And Goalkeeper Pr Sreejesh In Men’s And Women’s Categories.

Modhera Becomes First Solar-Powered Village

PM Narendra Modi Declared Modhera (Gujarat) As India’s First 24×7 Solar-Powered Village.
Modhera Village Known For The Sun Temple.

Brig. B.D. Mishra Becomes Governor Of Meghalaya

B.D. Mishra (Retd), The Governor Of Arunachal Pradesh, Assumed The Role Of Governor Of Meghalaya.
Previous Governor: Satya Pal Malik
The Oath Was Delivered By Justice Harman Singh Thangkhiew.

Harshada Garud Won Bronze Medal

Indian Weightlifter Harshada Garud, A Junior World Champion, Won A Bronze Medal In The Women’s 45kg Category At The Asian Weightlifting Championships 2022 In Manama, Bahrain.

Pankaj Advani Wins Gold Medal

Pankaj Advani Has Claimed His 25th Gold Medal On The World Stage, Winning The 2022 IBSF World Billiards Championship In Kuala Lumpur.
He Becomes The Only Indian Player To Win Most World Title (5^th Time In A Row).

First Athlete To Win Gold In Yogasana

At The 36th National Games, Pooja Patel Of Gujarat Has Become The 1^ST Athlete To Win Gold In Yogasana.
Yogasana Is One Of The 5 Sports To Be Played At The National Games This Year For The First Time.

Vyommitra, Undergoing Pre-Flight Ground Tests

Vyommitra, The Humanoid (Female Robot Astronaut) Designed And Developed By The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) To Fly Aboard Unmanned Test Missions Ahead Of The Gaganyaan, Is Undergoing Pre-flight Ground Tests At The ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU).

Railways Plans To Become Net Zero Carbon Emitter

Indian Railways Has Adopted An Integrated Approach For A Green Environment.
Indian Railways Plans To Become Net Zero Carbon Emitter By 2030.

Chandrayaan 2 Founds Sodium On Moon

Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter’s X-ray Spectrometer ‘Class’ Has Mapped An Abundance Of Sodium On The Moon For The First Time, As Per The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Jyotiraditya Scindia Inaugurates Heli-India Summit

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia And Jammu And Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Inaugurated The 4th Heli-india Summit 2022 In Srinagar.
Theme: Helicopters For Last Mile Connectivity.

Goa to Host 2023 National Games

The Indian Olympics Association Has Announced That The 37th National Games 2023 Will Be Hosted By Goa.
The 36th National Games Was Initially Scheduled To Be Held In Goa In 2016 But Was Postponed A Few Times And Later Shifted To Gujarat.

Mahakal Lok Corridor Project

PM Modi Inaugurates Shri Mahakal Lok At Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple In Ujjain (M.P).
Mahakaleshwar Temple Of Ujjain, One Of The 12 Jyotirlingas Of India.
This Plan Is Done Under Mahakal Mandir Parisar Vistar Yojna.

Birth Anniversary Of Lok Nayak

Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan Born On October 11, 1902, In The Sitabdiara Village, Bihar.
He Was Leader Of The Bihar Movement And He Became The Symbol Of Opposition To Emergency And Formation Of Janata Party.

FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup 2022

FIFA Under-17 Women’s 7^th Edition World Cup 2022 Will Be Hosted By India Between October 11 To 30, 2022.
This Tournament Will Be In Goa, Navi Mumbai And Bhubaneshwar.
2 Times Champion North Korea Team Is The Most Successful Team.

DY Chandrachud – Next Chief Justice Of India

Justice DY Chandrachud Is Set To Be The First Chief Justice Of India Whose Father – YV Chandrachud – Was Also One.
He Will Take Over From Justice UU Lalit, Who Retires On November 8.

India’s First Slender Loris Sanctuary

Tamil Nadu Has Notified The Country’s First Kadavur Slender Loris Sanctuary Covering 11,806 Hectares In Karur And Dindigul Districts.
Slender Lorises Are Small Nocturnal Mammals And Are Arboreal In Nature, As They Spend Most Of Their Life On Trees.
The Species, Listed As Endangered As Per The International Union For The Conservation Of Nature (IUCN), Acts As A Biological Predator To Pests Of Agricultural Crops And Benefits Farmers.

Fourth Vande Bharat Express Inaugurated

PM Narendra Modi Flagged Off The Latest Vande Bharat Express Train At Amb Andaura Railway Station In Himachal Pradesh’s Una District.
The Train Will Cut Travel Time Between Una, Chandigarh And New Delhi And Also Comes Equipped With Advanced Safety Features.

36th National Games: Services Maintain Top Position

In 36th National Games In Gujarat, Services Continue To Top The Medal Tally With A Total Of 121 Medals (56 Gold, 34 Silver, And 31 Bronze Medals).
Maharashtra, With 138 Medals Including 38 Gold, And Haryana With 106 Medals And 34 Gold Are Vying For Second Place.
Harshika Ramchandran From Karnataka Won The Best Female Player And Sajan Prakash From Kerala Won The Best Male Player Of The Games.

OECD Releases CARF

The Organization For Economic Co-Operation And Development (OECD) Has Released Its New Tax Reporting Framework, The Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF).
G-20 Requested The Organization In 2021 To Develop A Framework For Automated Information Exchange Between Countries On Digital Assets.

India Up Six Places For Reducing Inequality

In Commitment To Reducing Inequality Index (CRII), India Has Moved Up Six Places To Rank 123 Out Of 161 Countries For Reducing Inequality.
Norway Leads The CRII Followed By Germany And Australia.
India’s Rank In CRII 2020 : 129

World Sight Day 2022 – 13^TH October

World Sight Day Is Observed Every Year On The Second Thursday In October.
Theme – “Love Your Eyes.”
World Sight Day Is Coordinated By The International Agency For The Prevention Of Blindness (IAPB).

1,190 MW Solar Power Plant In Rajasthan

Coal India Ltd Will Set Up A 1,190-MW Solar Power Plant In Bikaner District Of Rajasthan.
CIL Signed A Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) With The Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (RUVNL).

India In ISSF World Championship

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.
Shotgun Powerhouses Italy, Great Britain And USA, Took The Top Three Spots With China Prevailing Over India On The Medal Tally By Virtue Of Winning A Silver More.

PARAM KAMRUPA Supercomputer

President Of India, Inaugurated ‘PARAM KAMRUPA’ Supercomputer Facility And A High-Power Active And Passive Component Laboratory Of SAMEER At Indian Institute Of Technology, Guwahati.