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Current Affairs 22 October 2022 includes all newspapers such as The Hindu, The Economic Times, Business Standard, Times of India, PTI, Indian Express, and all Government official websites.
News Headlines
- HCL’s Shiv Nadar named country’s most generous philanthropist, donated Rs 3 crore per day
- Ten Heads of States, including French President Emmanuel Macron, extend their support to PM Modi’s unique initiative, Mission LiFE
- U.P. bags top honours at PMAY-U Awards 2021
- CCI clears Verventa Holdings, Carlyle Group’s stake purchase in YES Bank
- Centre allows MSMEs to avail non-tax benefits for three years post reclassification
- LIC launches ‘Dhan Varsha’ — single premium savings and protection plan
- India ranks 41st among 44 in Mercer CFS Global Pension Index
- Former Infosys President Ravi Kumar joins Cognizant
- PM Modi unveils HTT-40 – indigenous trainer aircraft for (Indian Air Force) IAF
- Guinness World Records declares Monday the worst day of the week
- India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) & Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) Collaborate for innovations in Financial Product & Services
- Wildlife board approves Durgavati Tiger Reserve as new tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh
- CCI imposes Rs 392.36 cr fine on MakeMyTrip, Goibibo, OYO for anti-competitive conduct
- Magnus Carlsen wins Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022 with event to spare
News Details
1. HCL’s Shiv Nadar named country’s most generous philanthropist, donated Rs 3 crore per day
- With an annual donation of Rs 1,161 crore, Software giant HCL’s founder, Shiv Nadar, has bagged the title of ‘India’s Most Generous’, as per the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2022.
- Wipro’s Azim Premji slipped to the 2nd spot with an annual donation of Rs 484 crore.
- Rohini Nilekani emerged as the most generous woman philanthropist with a donation of Rs 120 crore.
- More about HCL:
- Full form = Hindustan Computers Limited.
- It is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company.
- Headquarters: Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
- More about Wipro:
- CEO: Thierry Delaporte.
- Headquarters: Bengaluru.
2. Ten Heads of States, including French President Emmanuel Macron, extend their support to PM Modi’s unique initiative, Mission LiFE
- As many as 10 Heads of States, including France President Emmanuel Macron have extended their support to Prime Minister Modi’s unique initiative, Mission LiFE, a global mass movement to protect and preserve the environment.
- PM Modi launched Mission Lifestyle for Environment, in the presence of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat.
- Supporters are:
- Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
- Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth.
- Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili.
- President of Guyana Irfaan Ali.
- Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas.
- President of Argentina Alberto Fernandez.
- President of Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
- UK PM Liz Truss.
3. U.P. bags top honours at PMAY-U Awards 2021
- Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu bagged top three positions in PMAY-U awards.
- Gujarat gets 5 ‘Special Category’ awards.
- J&K adjudged ‘Best performing UT’.
- Gujarat won special category awards for performance related to Affordable Rental Housing Complexes and ‘Convergence with other Missions’.
- Union Housing and Urban Affairs minister Hardeep Puri presented the award.
- More information:
- UP Governor: Anandiben Patel.
4. CCI clears Verventa Holdings, Carlyle Group’s stake purchase in YES Bank
- The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the proposed Rs 8,900 crore deal wherein two entities will buy stakes in Yes Bank.
- CA Basque Investments, part of the Carlyle Group, and Verventa Holdings, an affiliate of funds managed by Advent International are to acquire 10 per cent stake each in the private sector lender.
- More information:
- CCI is a statutory body within the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
- P K Singh is the Secretary CCI.
- About Yes Bank:
- CEO: Prashant Kumar.
- Headquarters: Mumbai.
5. Centre allows MSMEs to avail non-tax benefits for three years post reclassification
- The central government will allow all registered micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to continue to avail non-tax benefits in their respective categories for 3 years post re-classification, the MSME ministry said.
- Non-tax benefits include benefits of various schemes of the government, including public procurement policy, delayed payments, etc.
6. LIC launches ‘Dhan Varsha’ — single premium savings and protection plan
- Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) launched ‘Dhan Varsha’, a close-ended single premium plan offering savings and protection.
- The individual the non-participating plan will be available for sale until the end of the current financial year, and will have a tenure of 10 or 15 years, LIC said in a statement.
- About LIC:
- Founded: 1 September 1956.
- Chairperson: M R Kumar.
- Headquarters: Mumbai.
7. India ranks 41st among 44 in Mercer CFS Global Pension Index
- India stood at 41 position out of 44 countries in 2022 with marginal improvement in its index value compared to 40th position out of 43 countries assessed on the Global Pension Index in 2021, shows the Mercer CFS Global Pension Index survey.
- Iceland topped the list, followed by the Netherlands, while Thailand ranked last, according to the survey.
- More information:
- The index measures the pension system in the country under three sub-heads, adequacy, sustainability and integrity.
- India’s score in these three measurements was 33.5, 41.8 and 61 respectively.
8. Former Infosys President Ravi Kumar joins Cognizant
- Former Infosys president Ravi Kumar is joining Cognizant as President Americas, said the company in a regulatory filing.
- He will take on the position from January 16, 2023.
- Kumar will be reporting directly to Brian Humphries, CEO Cognizant.
- Cognizant also announced the appointment of Prasad Sankaran who will be heading the software and platform engineering (SPE) services.
- About Infosis:
- Headquarters: Bangalore, Karnataka.
- Chairman: Nandan Nilekani.
- MD & CEO: Salil Parekh.
9. PM Modi unveils HTT-40 – indigenous trainer aircraft for (Indian Air Force) IAF
- Prime minister Narendra Modi unveiled an indigenously built aircraft – the Hindustan Turbo Trainer (HTT-40) – at the 12th DefExpo in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar.
- The HTT-40 is a basic trainer plane designed and developed for the Indian Air Force.
- It is another example of the government’s ‘aatmanirbhar Bharat’ scheme by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
- More information:
- Chief of Defence Staff (CDS): General Anil Chauhan.
- Chief of the Air Staff (CAS): Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari.
- Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS): Air Marshal Sandeep Singh.
10. Guinness World Records declares Monday the worst day of the week
- Guinness World Records has designated Monday as the ‘worst day of the week’ on the premise that it, as the first day of the week, is found by many to be slow and extremely boring because one has to work after the weekend.
- What is Guinness:
- It is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
11. India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) & Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) Collaborate for innovations in Financial Product & Services
- The collaboration between IPPB and RBIH will explore projects which shall have impact on the masses by leveraging the deep rural reach of IPPB-Department of Posts (DoP) to take Rural Finance to a billion Indians.
- It also enables access to sustainable and secure finance services to every segment of the society, through research and innovation.
- More information:
- CEO of RBIH: Rajesh Bansal.
- MD & CEO of IPPB: J Venkatramu.
12. Wildlife board approves Durgavati Tiger Reserve as new tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh
- Madhya Pradesh Wildlife Board approved a new reserve for tigers of Panna Tiger Reserve, one-fourth of which will get submerged due to the linking of the Ken-Betwa rivers.
- The 2,339 square kilometres new tiger reserve, to be called Durgavati Tiger Reserve, will spread across Narisinghpur, Damoh and Sagar districts.In 2020, UNESCO included PTR in a global network of biospheres.
- UNESCO = United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
- About Madhya Pradesh:
- Governor: Mangubhai C. Patel.
- Chief Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
- Capital: Bhopal.
13. CCI imposes Rs 392.36 cr fine on MakeMyTrip, Goibibo, OYO for anti-competitive conduct
- The Competition Commission of India imposed monetary penalties of ₹223.48 crore on MakeMyTrip-Goibibo(MMT- Go) and ₹168.88 crore on OYO for indulging in anti-competitive conduct in the hotel segment of their business and thereby contravened the Competition law.
- CCI had also directed MMT-Go to amend its market behaviour, for indulging in anti-competitive conduct.
- About MakeMyTrip:
- Founded: 2000.
- Founder: Deep Kalra.
- About Goibibo:
- Headquarters: Gurugram.
- Founder: Ashish Kashyap.
- About OYO:
- Founder and CEO: Ritesh Agarwal.
- Founded: 2013.
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14. Magnus Carlsen wins Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022 with event to spare
- World champion from Norway Magnus Carlsen sealed the overall Meltwater Champions Chess Tour title for the second year running, this time with an event to spare, after storming into the semifinals of the Aimchess Rapid.
- Norway’s world No. 1, going for a hat-trick of tournament wins in the Tour’s penultimate event, took a USD50,000 prize.
- About Norway:
- Capital: Oslo.
- Currency: Norwegian krone.
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