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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