- Burkina Faso Military Coup: a recent coup in Burkina Faso resulted in the overthrowing of Interim President Henri Sandaogo Damiba and army captain taking over the government.
- Nobel Prize: French author Annie Ernaux wins the 2022 Nobel Prize for literature.
- The Bureau of Indian Standards signs Memorandum of Understanding with Testing, Inspection and Certification Council (TIC) to collaborate in implementing standards and quality practices in laboratories.
- Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) establishes Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups to offer collateral free loans to Startups.
- The United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has adopted a target of making carbon emission from air travel net zero by the year 2050. The European Union proposed higher taxes on fossil fuels including jet fuels. Static part- International Civil Aviation Organization was founded in 1944 with its headquarter at Montreal, Canada and Juan Carlos Salazar Gomez as its Secretary General.
- Banking and Finance: RBI introduces an Internal Ombudsman Mechanism for Credit Information Companies(CICs)
- To enhance the effectiveness of its grievance redressal systems, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has urged Credit Information Companies to designate an internal ombudsman (IO) by April 1, 2023. The Central Bank made the decision in August to include CICs in the scope of the RBI-Integrated Ombudsman Scheme 2021 in order to broaden its appeal.
- Appointments: Senior Indian Police Services officer Sujoy Lal Thaosen took charge as the 37th Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the largest Central armed police force mandated to provide internal security in the country.
- Chandrayaan-2 maps the abundance of sodium on the moon. It is done for the first time using the Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS) Static part- Chandrayaan-2 was launched on 22nd July 2019
- Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) observed “Cyber Jagrukta Diwas” to create awareness among employees. Static part- CMD of IREDA is Pradip Kumar Das
- The Narcotics Control Bureau along with the Indian Navy coordinated an operation at sea near Kochi where 200 kg of narcotics was seized.
- World Cotton Day is observed on October 7
- U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership
- Railways adopt a new approach for Green Environment
- ICICI launches ‘Smart Wire’ Facility
- MD & CEO Birla Balasubramanian re-elected AMFI Chairman
Question:
Q.1 Who is appointed as the 37th Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)?
a. Sujoy Lal Thaosen
b. Birla Balasubramanian
c. Sanjeev Kishore
d. Pankaj Tripathi
