Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: October 13, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for October 13, 2022
INDIA
– No citizens to be prosecuted under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act 2000, which was struck down as unconstitutional in 2015: SC
– Rajnath Singh to launch website enabling citizens to contribute for Armed Forces Battle Casualties Welfare Fund
– MiG 29K fighter jet of Indian Navy crashes in Goa after developing technical snag, pilot ejects safely
– President Droupadi Murmu inaugurates Tripura State Judicial Academy in Agartala
– Indian students to get visas to resume education in China
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Cabinet extends Rs 22,000 crore as one time grant to oil PSUs to cover losses in domestic LPG
– Cabinet approves Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for the North East Region for remaining four years of 15th Finance Commission from 2022-23 to 2025-26
– Govt amends Multi State Cooperative Societies Act to bring in transparency
– NSDL (National Securities Depository Limited) acquires 5.6% stake in govt’s e-commerce project ONDC (Open Network for Digital Commerce) for Rs 10 crore
– Retail (consumer price index-based) inflation rises to a five-month high of 7.4% in September
– Index of Industrial Production (IIP) declines 0.8% in August
– Govt forms panel to study WHO reports on deaths linked to 4 Indian syrups
WORLD
– IMF cuts global GDP growth projection to 3.2% in 2022 and 2.7% in 2023
– NASA announces DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission test of September successful
– UN General Assembly elects 14 countries to fill seats in 47-member Human Rights Council
– Venezuela: 43 dead in landslides in Las Tejerias city
– Japan’s Nissan sells Russia business for 1 euro, takes $687 million loss
SPORTS
– National Games end at Surat in Gujarat; Services tops medals tally with 61 golds; Harshika Ramchandran (Karnataka): best female player, Sajan Prakash (Kerala): best male player
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