Current Affairs 20 October 2022

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Current Affairs 20 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 

1. World Osteoporosis 20 October 2022
2. World Statistics Day 20 October 2022
3. Centre to start Rs 500 Cr accelerator programme to enhance agri startups initiatives
4. Thamban Meloth appointed as director of Goa-based National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)
5. India Gate Basmati Rice Recognized as World’s Number 1 Basmati Rice Brand
6. Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurates Asia’s largest Compressed BioGas plant in Punjab
7. Credit platform Yubi appoints Atanu Chakraborty as Chairman
8. Google collaborates with Assam Government to power digital learning and skill development for students and youth in the State
9. GAME signs MoU with NRLM to enable financial access for women entrepreneurs
10. Hyderabad-based CCMB part of world’s largest genomic study
11. PM Modi kickstarts distribution of PMJAY-MA Yojana Ayushman cards in Gujarat
12. Dr Prashant Garg, executive-chair, LVPEI, elected to Academia Ophthalmological Internationalis
13. Sri-Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka bags Booker Prize 2022 for his magnum opus ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’
14. India lifted 415 million out of poverty in 15 years, says United Nations (UN)
15. Kaustubh Kulkarni elevated as JP Morgan India head

 News Details 

1. World Osteoporosis 20 October 2022

• World Osteoporosis Day is celebrated on October 20 every year. It aims to highlight the silent bone disease and raise awareness about its prevention and treatment.
• The day is also observed to celebrate good bone health and to understand why it is important to take care of your body.
• Osteoporosis is a medical condition in which bones become very weak and brittle.
• Theme:
  • The theme for World Osteoporosis 2022 is “Step Up For Bone Health”

2. World Statistics Day 20 October 2022

• World Statistics Day 2022 is celebrated annually on October 20th to recognize the importance of statistics in our daily lives.
• The day celebrates the role of statistics and statisticians in improving the world we live in and marks the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations Statistical Commission in 1947.
• Theme
  • The theme of 2022 is ‘Data for Sustainable Development‘.

3. Centre to start Rs 500 Cr accelerator programme to enhance agri startups initiatives

• In the Agri Startup Conference organised during PM Kisan Samman Sammelan at Pusa Mela Ground, Delhi, the agriculture minister informed that A Rs. 500 crore accelerator programme for taking forward and popularising the successful initiatives of agri startups will be started.
• A cell will also be created to work as a single window agency for agri startups.
• More information:
  • Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.

4. Thamban Meloth appointed as director of Goa-based National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for the appointment of Dr. Thamban Meloth, Scientist G’, NCPOR to the post of Director, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa.
• On behalf of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), NCPOR has been designated as the nodal agency to deal with various facets of the IODP program in India.
• About NCPOR:
  • Headquarters: Vasco da Gama.
  • Founded: 25 May 1998.
  • Chairman: M. Ravichandran.

5. India Gate Basmati Rice Recognized as World’s Number 1 Basmati Rice Brand

• India Gate, the flagship brand of KRBL, has been recognized as the world’s No. 1 Basmati Rice Brand in a market study conducted by a leading global research company.
• The quantitative study by Mordor Intelligence covers research of White and Brown Basmati Rice Category across continents like Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Middle East & Africa.
• About KRBL:
  • KRBL Limited is an Indian rice processing and exporting company, and the world’s largest rice miller.
  • It was founded in 1889 in Lyallpur by two brothers–Khushi Ram and Behari Lal; the company name is an acronym of their names.
  • Anil Kumar Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director, KRBL Limited.

6. Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurates Asia’s largest Compressed BioGas plant in Punjab

• Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri today dedicated Asia’s largest Compressed Biogas Plant CBG to the people of Punjab.
• The plant set up in 20 acres has been commissioned with an Foreign Direct Investment of 220 crore rupees by Verbio AG one of Germany’s leading bioenergy companies.
• About Punjab:
  • Capital: Chandigarh.
  • Governor: Banwarilal Purohit.
  • Chief minister: Bhagwant Mann.

7. Credit platform Yubi appoints Atanu Chakraborty as Chairman

• Yubi (formerly CredAvenue), a platform which powers the discovery, execution and fulfilment of credit, has announced the appointment of Atanu Chakraborty as the independent chairman of its board.
• Chakraborty is also currently the chairman of the board of HDFC Bank.
• About Yubi:
  • Founder and CEO of Yubi: Gaurav Kumar.

8. Google collaborates with Assam Government to power digital learning and skill development for students and youth in the State

• Google signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support and accelerate the Government of Assam’s mission to promote digital growth and development in the State.
• Under this new initiative, Google will collaborate with the Assam Government’s Skill, Employment & Entrepreneurship Department to strengthen their school digitization efforts with digital learning tools.
• About Google:
  • Founders: Larry Page, Sergey Brin.
  • CEO: Sundar Pichai .
  • Headquarters: California, United States.
• About Assam:
  • Capital: Dispur.
  • Chief minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma.
  • Governor: Jagdish Mukhi.

9. GAME signs MoU with NRLM to enable financial access for women entrepreneurs

• Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME) signed a MoU with DAY-National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) to enable financial access for the growth of 10 lakh women entrepreneurs over 3 years.
• As per the MoU, GAME and NRLM will strengthen non-farm livelihoods by building the capacity of women entrepreneurs to access finance and grow their enterprises.
• More information:
  • Suresh Gundappa is the CEO of GAME.

10. Hyderabad-based CCMB part of world’s largest genomic study

• The Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has become part of the world’s largest and most diverse genomic study covering 54 lakh individuals.
• It identified 12 thousand 222 places in the human genome that are associated with human height.
• The study ‘A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height’ was published in Nature Journal.
• More about CCMB:
  • Director: Vinay K. Nandicoori.

11. PM Modi kickstarts distribution of PMJAY-MA Yojana Ayushman cards in Gujarat

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi kickstarted the distribution of PMJAY-MA Yojana Ayushman cards in Gujarat via video conferencing on 17 October.
• The Prime Minister launched the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in 2018 – the largest health insurance scheme in the world providing coverage of up to Rs. 5 lakh per family per year for primary, secondary and tertiary care.
• About Gujarat:
  • Capital: Gandhinagar.
  • Governor: Acharya Devvrat.
  • Chief minister: Bhupendrabhai Patel.

12. Dr Prashant Garg, executive-chair, LVPEI, elected to Academia Ophthalmological Internationalis

• The Executive Chair of Hyderabad-based L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Dr. Prashant Garg has been elected as a member of the prestigious Academia Ophthalmological Internationalis (AOI).
• The membership in AOI is limited to 100 active members.
• Garg becomes the fifth from India to ever receive this honour.
• About Telangana:
  • Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan.
  • Chief minister: K. Chandrashekar Rao.
  • Capital: Hyderabad.

13. Sri-Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka bags Booker Prize 2022 for his magnum opus ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’

• ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’, which came ten years after Karunatilaka’s prize-winning novel ‘Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew’, was praised by judges for the “ambition of its scope and the hilarious audacity of its narrative techniques.”
• Damon Glut, last year’s Booker Prize winner presented the author with 50,000 pounds in prize money.
• About Sri-Lanka:
  • Capitals: Colombo (executive and judicial), Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative).
  • President: Ranil Wickremesinghe.
  • Currency: Sri Lankan rupee.
  • Prime minister: Dinesh Gunawardena.

14. India lifted 415 million out of poverty in 15 years, says United Nations (UN)

• The UNDP report noted that the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty in India cannot be fully assessed because 71% of the data from the 2019-2021 ‘Demographic and Health Survey’ for the country were collected before the pandemic.
• The incidence of poverty fell from 36.6% in 2015-2016 to 21.2% in 2019-2021 in rural areas and from 9.0% to 5.5% in urban areas.
• About UNDP:
  • It is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
  • Headquarters: New York City.
  • Head: Achim Steiner.

15. Kaustubh Kulkarni elevated as JP Morgan India head

• The bank said Madhav Kalyan, who is the current country head for India, will be heading the Asia Pacific payments division effective November 1, succeeding Sridhar Kanthadai who will be moving into a new role as co-head of global payment rails and payment VAS.
• Navin Wadhwani will be head of investment banking for India now.
• About JP Morgan:
  • It is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in New York City.

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