Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: September 29, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for September 29, 2022
INDIA
– Government appoints Lt General Anil Chauhan (Retired) as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)
– Government bans Popular Front of India, affiliates for 5 years on terror links
– Chandigarh Airport renamed Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport on his 115th birth anniversary
– Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) unravels archaeological remains in MP’s Bandhavgarh Forest Reserve
– Cabinet approves MoU between India and Bangladesh on withdrawal of upto 153 cusecs of water each by India and Bangladesh from common border river Kushiyara
– Duare Ration Scheme (ration at the doorstep) of West Bengal govt ultra vires to NFSA, legally void: Calcutta HC
– PM Modi inaugurates Lata Mangeshkar Chowk in Ayodhya on her 93rd birth anniversary
– Kumar Sanu (2021), Shailendra Singh (2019), Anand-Milind (2020) get Lata Mangeshkar Award of MP govt.,
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Centre extends Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) for another three months (October 2022-December 2022);
– Indian Fertiliser companies sign MOU with Canpotex, Canada one of the largest Potash suppliers globally
– Cabinet approves redevelopment of New Delhi, Ahmedabad and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Mumbai Railway Stations
– Tata Motors launches Tiago.ev, its first electric vehicle in the hatchback segment
– Jio Telecom head Akash Ambani is the only Indian on Time’s 100 emerging leaders’ list
WORLD
– Ukraine’s Donetsk and Lugansk regions in east & Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in south vote to join Russia in referendums
– World Green Economy Summit being held in Dubai, UAE
– UNESCO-MONDIACULT 2022 World Conference being held in Mexico City
– Cuba without electricity as power grid collapses after Hurricane Ian
– Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman appointed as prime minister
– World Rabies Day observed on Sept 28; death anniversary of vaccine developer Louis Pasteur
– International Day for Universal Access to Information observed on Sept 28
Month: Current affairs - September, 2022