Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: October 11, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for October 11, 2022
INDIA
– PM lays the foundation stone and dedicates to nation multiple projects worth over Rs 8000 crore in Amod, Bharuch, Gujarat
– PM lays the foundation stone and dedicates to the nation multiple projects worth over Rs 1450 crore in Jamnagar, Gujarat
– PM inaugurates Phase 1 of Modi Shaikshanik Sankul in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
– Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (Tele-MANAS) initiative launched by government at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru
– Sustainable Mountain Development Summit-XI being held at Leh, Ladakh UT on Oct 10-12; theme: ‘Harnessing tourism for sustainable mountain development’
– External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar holds 13th Foreign Ministers’ Framework Dialogue with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong in Canberra
– Naga writer Temsula Ao dies at 80 in Dimapur; won Sahitya Akademi award & Padma Shri
– Samajwadi Party founder, former UP CM and ex-Defence Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav dies at 82
SHIV SENA
– Election Commission allots ‘flaming torch’ (mashaal) election symbol to Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena
– EC asks Shinde faction to submit a fresh list of three symbols by October 11
– ‘ShivSena – Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray’ allotted party name for the Thackeray faction
– ‘Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena’ (Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena) allotted party name for the Eknath Shinde group
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to attend Annual Meetings of IMF-World Bank in Washington, US on Oct 11-16
– Centre starts online portal for handicraft artisans to participate in marketing events
– Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) hosts Conference on B20 Indonesia Global Dialogue
– India gets 4th set of Swiss a/c details under annual automatic information exchange framework
WORLD
– US economists Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond & Philip H Dybvig win Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for research on banks & financial crises
– Russian missiles rock multiple Ukrainian cities, including capital Kyiv
– Malaysia: PM Ismail Yaakob dissolves Parliament, calls for early elections
– World Mental Health Day observed on Oct 10, theme: ‘Making Mental Health & Well-Being for All a Global Priority’
SPORTS
– FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura visits India ahead of FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup
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