October 2022
WEeb.in Team Current Affairs Total Views: 571 Posted: Nov 9, 2022 Updated: Jan 16, 2025
October 2022 Current Affairs
| Important Days in October 2022 | ||
| Date | Day | Events |
| 1 October | Friday | International Day of the Older person |
| 2 October | Saturday | International day of non-violence |
| 3 October | Sunday | World nature day |
| 4 October | Monday | World Habitat Day |
| 4 October | Monday | World Animal Welfare Day |
| 5 October | Tuesday | World Teacher’s day |
| 8 October | Friday | Air Force Day |
| 9 October | Saturday | World Post day |
| 10 October | Sunday | National Post Day |
| 11 October | Monday | International girl child day |
| 12 October | Tuesday | World Arthritis day |
| 13 October | Wednesday | UN International Day for National disaster reduction |
| 14 October | Thursday | World Standards Day |
| 15 October | Friday | World White Cane Day |
| 16 October | Saturday | World Food Day |
| 17 October | Sunday | International Day for the eradication of poverty |
| 24 October | Sunday | United Nations Day |
| 30 October | Sunday | World Thrift Day |
| 31 October | Sunday | Rastriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity Day |
Launch of LVM3 (Launch Vehicle Mark 3)
Formerly known as: GSLV-III
Launch date: 22.10.2022
Launched from: Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota
- Number of satellites launched: 36
- Commercial operation carried out by New Space India Limited.
- Satellites belong to : London based communication company OneWeb
- Total weight of satellites: 5,796 kg (heaviest launch).
Ballon d'Or 2022
Awarded by : France Football (French weekly magazine)
Winner of Ballon d'Or 2022: Karim Benzema (France) (Club: Real Madrid)
Winner of Ballon d'Or 2022 Feminin: Alexia Putelis (Spain) (Club: Barcelona)
Winner of Kopa Trophy (Best player under 21): Gavi (Spain) (Club: Barcelona)
Winner of Yashin Trophy (Best Goalkeeper): Thibaut Courtois (Belgium) (Club: Real Madrid)
Club of the Year: Manchester City
Nobel Prizes 2022
| # | Field | Winners | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Medicine | Svante Pääbo | for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution |
| 2. | Chemistry | Carolyn R. Bertozzi | for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry. |
| Morten Meldal | |||
| K. Barry Sharpless | |||
| 3. | Physics | Alain Aspect | for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science. |
| John F. Clauser | |||
| Anton Zeilinger | |||
| 4. | Peace | Ales Bialiatski (Belarus) | For promoting the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. |
| Russian human rights organisation Memorial | |||
| Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties | |||
| 5. | Economic Sciences | Ben S. Bernanke | for research on banks and financial crises. |
| Douglas W. Diamond | |||
| Philip H. Dybvig | |||
| 6. | Literature | Annie Ernaux | for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory. |
2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup
Held from 01 to 15 October 2022
Hosts: Bangladesh
Winner: India
Runner-up: Sri Lanka
Player of the series: Deepti Sharma
Most runs: Jemimah Rodrigues (217)
Most wickets: Deepti Sharma (13) & Inoka Ranaweera (13)
Teams: Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UAE
Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022
Cleanest City in more than 1 lakh population
1. Indore; 2. Surat; 3. Navi Mumbai
Cleanest City in less than 1 lakh population
1. Panchgani; 2. Patan; 3. Karad
Best City in Safai Mitra Suraksha: Tirupati
Best Ganga Town: Haridwar
Cleanest State in "More than 100 ULBs" category
1. Madhya Pradesh; 2. Chhattisgarh; 3. Maharashtra
Cleanest State in "Less than 100 ULBs" category
1. Tripura; 2. Jharkhand; 3. Uttarakhand
Mission LiFE
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 20.10.2022 launched Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment), in the presence of the UN Secretary General António Guterres, at the Statue of Unity, Ekta Nagar, Gujarat.
The concept of LiFE was introduced by the Prime Minister at COP26 at Glasgow on 1 November 2021. On 5 June 2022, on World Environment Day, India furthered the vision of LiFE by launching the LiFE Global Movement, inviting academicians, researchers and start-ups across the world to think about specific and scientific ways in which the full potential of collective action can be harnessed to address the environment crisis. The movement received record support from global leaders.
Mission LiFE will action the ideas and ideals of LiFE through a mission-mode, scientific and measurable programme and demonstrate India’s commitment to walk the talk on climate change.
Mission LiFE is designed with the objective to mobilise at least one billion Indians and other global citizens to take individual and collective action for protecting and preserving the environment in the period 2022 to 2027. Within India, at least 80% of all villages and urban local bodies are aimed to become environment-friendly by 2028.
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