International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - 17 October 2022. Nuclear-powered INS Arihant carries out successful launch of SLBM. Partha Satpathy appointed as next Indian Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina. ICC to promote gender equality in tie-up with UNICEF. Tamil Nadu is the only State to achieve Jal Jeevan Mission target for 2022 Q1 and Q2.

World Food Day 16 October 2022. India has slipped six places and ranked 107, out of 121 countries, in 2022 Global Hunger Index (GHI). Education minister inaugurates IInvenTiv, all-IITs R&D showcase at IIT Delhi. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches Maa Bharati Ke Sapoot website for citizens to contribute to martyrs' families. DENV-2, the deadly dengue virus variant that is highly virulent.

Global Hand washing Day 15 OCtober. Living Planet Report 2022: 69% drop in wildlife population globally in 50 years. The pace of India's national highway construction slows to 19.44 kms per day in April-September. RBI asks banks to stop building positions in offshore market. RBI and SEBI Issue Standard Operating Procedure for Inter-operable Regulatory Sandbox (IoRS).

World Standards Day 14 October 2022. Govt forms expert committee to probe WHO report on deaths of children in Gambia. Eastern Naval Command conducts offshore security exercise ‘Prasthan’. Paytm partners with Jana Small Finance Bank for deployment of card devices. Country’s first slender loris habitat in Karur, Dindigul districts of TN notified.

UN International Day for National Disaster Reduction, 13 October. Infosys President Ravi Kumar S Resigns after 20-year stint. Justice Ali is now Chief Justice of J&K, Ladakh High Courtt. Adani Data Networks gets licence for full fledged telecom services. IMF cuts India's growth forecast to 6.8% in FY 23. Second UN World Geospatial Congress inaugurated in Hyderabad.

Chief Justice UU Lalit names Justice Chandrachud, most senior judge, as successor. Mohammed Rizwan and Harmanpreet Kaur seal ICC Player of the Month crowns for September. BSE SME hits a milestone of 400 Listed Companies. Haryana finalises MoU with Dubai for investment promotion, land development. The World Economic Forum (WEF) releases “Education 4.0 Report” 2022.

International Day of the Girl Child. MS DHONI Launches 'DRONI’, - a Made in India consumer camera Drone, Manufactured by Garuda Aerospace. Samajwadi Party founder and former Uttar Pradesh CM Mulayam Singh Yadav passes away. Novak Djokovic takes 90th career title with Astana Open victory. Pooja Patel becomes first athlete to win Gold in Yogasana at 36 National Games.

World mental health day 10 October 2022. DPIIT holds National Workshop on ‘Ease of Doing Business’. BSE gets SEBI nod for social stock exchange as separate segment. World Billiards Championship: Pankaj Advani wins world title number 25 in Kuala Lumpur. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) signs MoU with Testing, Inspection, Certification (TIC) Council.

World Post Day 9 October 2022. Union Minister Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey inaugurated ‘Conference on Industry 4.0: Challenges Ahead and Way Forward’. ICICI Bank launches Smart Wire, an online solution for inward remittances. Hero MotoCorp’s first-ever electric scooter, Vida V1, launched in India, will run up to 165 km in a single charge.

Indian Air Force Day 2022. RBI launches DAKSH - Reserve Bank’s Advanced Supervisory Monitoring System. SEBI cancels certificate of registration granted to Brickwork Ratings. French author Annie Ernaux wins 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature. 56 mn Indians may have turned poor in 2020 due to pandemic: World Bank.

World Cotton Day 7 October 2022. Sh. Amit Shah laid foundation stone of 240 projects worth Rs 2,000 crore in Srinagar. Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri to co-chair US-India strategic clean energy partnership dialogue. SBI General Insurance announces Shri Kishore Kumar Poludasu as the new Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer.

Agriculture ministry, NAFED sign MoU to boost international year of millets 2023. PayU calls off $4.7 bn acquisition of BillDesk; Prosus terminates deal after 13 months. Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 awarded to 3 Scientists for Work Exploring Quantum Weirdness. India's Rupay debit card to be launched in Oman, a historic MoU signed between two countries.

World Teacher’s Day | 5 October 2022. World Space Week, from 4 october to10 October. Svante Pääbo wins Nobel Prize 2022 in Medicine for his discoveries on human evolution. EXIM Bank extends $100- mn LoC to Maldives for development projects. The Wildlife Week is being celebrated across the country from October 2 to October 8.

4th October 2022: World Animal Welfare Day. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inducts first indigenously developed light combat helicopters (LCH). Indian-origin, Dr. Vivek Lall receives Lifetime Achievement award in US President. Telangana scoops Swachh Survekshan Gramin, 2022 award. Suzlon Energy founder Tulsi Tanti passes away due to cardiac arrest, at age 64.

Indore bags cleanest city award for 6th year, Surat Retains 2nd Rank; M.P ranks first among States. 25% extra seats to be created for foreign students in Universities, HEIs: UGC guidelines. Ministry of Jal Shakti To Celebrate Swachh Bharat Diwas, 2022 on 2nd October. Sujoy Lal Thaosen, Anish Dayal Singh appointed new generals of CRPF, ITBP.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils the humanoid robot ‘Optimus’. Centre extends AFSPA in Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh for 6 more months. India abstains on UNSC resolution condemning Russian annexation of Ukrainian regions. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announces 15-point Winter Action Plan to combat air pollution. Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) – August 2022.