Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: October 4, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for October 4, 2022
INDIA
– IPS officer Anish Dayal Singh takes charge as new director general (DG) of ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police)
– 1st batch of indigenously-developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) named “Prachand” inducted into IAF (Indian Air Force) at Jodhpur, Rajasthan
– Punjab: CM Bhagwant Mann’s govt wins confidence motion; Congress, BJP abstain
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– I&B Ministry again issues an advisory to media to refrain from publishing advertisements on online betting platforms
– India’s economy to grow 5.7% in 2022, 4.7% in 2023: UNCTAD says in its annual Trade and Development Report
– Vedanta founder Anil Agarwal honoured with Global Indian Award in Canada
– JK Tyre & Industries Chairman Raghupati Singhania receives PHDCCI lifetime achievement award for 2022 in New Delhi
WORLD
– 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Svante Pääbo of Sweden for research on evolution
– World Habitat Day celebrated on Oct 3; theme: “Mind the Gap. Leave No One and Place Behind”
– Brazil Presidential election: 2nd round to be held after no candidate gets more than 50% in 1st round; race between former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaro
SPORTS
– Kenya’s Amos Kipruto (2:04:39), Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw (2:17:25) win races at London Marathon
– Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka wins men’s singles title at Korean Open tennis in Seoul
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