Page-18 of Current Affairs - October, 2022

October 7: World Cotton Day

October 7, 2022

World Cotton Day is observed on October 7 each year to promote the production, transformations, sale and consumption of cotton. Key facts 2022 marks the third anniversary of World Cotton Day. The theme for this year’s World Cotton Day is ..

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Burkina Faso Military Coup

October 7, 2022

The recent coup d’état resulted in the overthrowing of the Interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba and army Captain Ibrahim Traore taking over the government. Key facts On September 30, 2022, the second coup took place in Burkina Faso this year, ..

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Avalanche on Draupadi Ka Danda II peak

October 7, 2022

On October 4, dozens of individuals participating in a mountaineering course were hit by an avalanche on Draupadi Ka Danda-II peak in Uttarakhand. Key facts A total of 16 individuals, including 2 instructors and 14 trainees have lost their life ..

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BharatSkills Forum

October 7, 2022

BharatSkills Forum is a new feature of the Bharatskills learning platform. Key facts The BharatSkills Forum, which was added to the Bharatskills learning platform, enables sharing of books, videos, question banks, handwritten trainers’ and trainees’ notes, PDFs, scanned copies etc., ..

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SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022

October 7, 2022

The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize was recently bestowed to Yunqing Tang – an Assistant Professor at the University of California. Key facts The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022 was conferred to Yunqing Tang for her works in arithmetic and geometry of ..

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022

October 7, 2022

Nobel Prize in Chemistry was recently conferred to Barry Sharpless, Morten Meldal and Carolyn Bertozzi. Key facts Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless from the United States and Morten Meldal from Denmark received the Nobel Prize for pioneering the new field ..

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Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: October 7, 2022

October 7, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for October 7, 2022 INDIA – EAM S Jaishankar meets his counterpart Nanaia Mahuta in Auckland; calls on PM Jacinda Ardern – Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla attends 8th Summit of Speakers ..

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Ministerial dialogue of USISCEP

October 6, 2022

Ministerial dialogue of US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (USISCEP) will be held in the United States from October 7 to 11 this year. Key facts The Ministerial Dialogue will be co-chaired by Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and ..

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Optimus – Tesla’s humanoid robot

October 6, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently unveiled the latest prototype of Optimus – a humanoid robot developed by the American company based in Texas. Key facts The prototype of Optimus was showcased during the annual Tesla AI [artificial intelligence] Day presentation. ..

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Mysuru Dasara Festival

October 6, 2022

Mysuru Dasara Festival was celebrated from September 26 to October 5 this year. Key facts Mysuru Dasara is a 10-day festival that commences with Navratri and concludes during the Vijayadashami. It is usually observed on the 10th day of the ..

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