Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: October 30, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for October 30, 2022
INDIA
– United Nations Security Council’s Counter Terrorism Committee adopts Delhi Declaration on ‘Countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes’
– India to contribute $500,000 for UN Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism
– Election Commission to host two-day international conference from Oct 31 in New Delhi; theme: ‘Role, Framework & Capacity of Election Management Bodies’
– PM Modi speaks to Qatar’s Amir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, two countries to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations in 2023
– External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets British counterpart James Cleverly in New Delhi, discusses Ukraine war
– Information technology (IT) rules amended, allow the government to appoint multiple grievance appellate committees (GACs) to redress complaints over social media content moderation
– Non-compliance of ambulance rule on highways will entail fines up to Rs 1 lakh
– Film director Esmayeel Shroff, known for ‘Thodisi Bewafaii’ and ‘Ahista-Ahista’, dies in Mumbai at 62
– Assamese actor Nipon Goswami dies in Guwahati at 80
– West Bengal govt’s Lakshmir Bhandar scheme bags SKOCH Award in women and child development category
– 9th annual India Sweden Innovation Day 2022 celebrated on Oct 27
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– India’s Ministry of Defence is world’s biggest employer with 2.92 million people: Statista Infographic
WORLD
– India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral maritime exercise held in Tanzania
– Russia pulls out of Ukraine grain export deal over Crimea drone attack
– 103 million people forcibly displaced worldwide in the first half of 2022: UNHCR
– Rock ‘n’ roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis dies in US at 87
– ECB doubles key interest rate to 1.5%, most in over a decade
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022