NATIONAL UPDATES:
1. India
Suffered Income Loss of 5.4% of GDP Due to Heatwave In 2021: Report: India suffered an income loss of 5.4% of Gross Domestic
Product (GDP), the highest among the G20 nations in 2021, according to the new
report of Climate Transparency. The report highlighted that India witnessed a
record heatwave that greatly affected workers, labour migrants, low-income
households, and the homeless, and reduced the yields of wheat crops.
Despite the fact
that India is responsible for 3% of global emissions, the report mentioned that
around 142 million people in India may be exposed (10% of the population) to
summer heatwaves at 1.5 Degrees Celsius. The higher temperature resulted in the
reduction of working hours, which further led to substantial income losses in
services, manufacturing, agriculture, and construction.
The World
Scenario: Talking about global emissions, the USA ranked
first, as America contributes 25% of it, followed by the European Union with
22%. “G20 members account for around 85% of global GDP, 75% of international
trade, and two-thirds of the world’s population, and are responsible for around
three-quarters of global emissions,” the report reads.
About The
Report & What It Said: The ‘Climate Transparency
Report 2022’ was developed with experts from 16 partner organisations from the
majority of the G20 (Group of 20) countries. According to the Climate
Transparency Report 2022, the G20 members are still not taking the necessary
level of accountability of action.
The report noted
that several countries including India have submitted stronger Nationally
Determined Contributions (NDC) targets over time, but their overall level of
ambition and action is still insufficient to meet 1.5 Degrees Celsius,
according to the Climate Action Tracker.
2. Trees
Beyond Forests initiative launched in Assam: Trees
Beyond Forests initiative: The “trees outside forests in India (TOFI)”
programme was introduced by the Assam government and the US Agency for
International Development (USAID)with the goal of bringing together farmers,
businesses, and private institutions to increase the amount of trees in the
State’s non-traditional forests. Key Points:
a) The Trees outside forests in India, new programme aims to increase
carbon sequestration, aid local populations, and boost agriculture’s climate
resilience, supporting global climate change mitigation and adaptation goals.
b) Assam has given increasing the tree cover outside of forest regions
great priority, as evidenced by the State Action Plan on Climate Change and the
recent creation of the Assam Agroforestry Development Board (AADB).
c) The goal is to add 2.8 million hectares of tree cover outside of
traditional forests, helping India reach its nationally set contribution target
of adding 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in additional
“carbon sinks” by 2030.
3. Ministry
of Education to organize ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ programme: ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ will be organized by the Ministry of Education
next month. The ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ is a month-long program that will be
held from the 16th of the next month. The ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ aims to
rediscover the centuries-old bond of knowledge and ancient civilizational
linkage between Varanasi and Tamil Nadu. Key Points:
a) The Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan addressed the media and
informed more than 2400 Tamil people in 12 groups. He addressed a huge and
diverse section of society including academics, philosophy, agriculture,
entrepreneurship, arts, etc.
b) These 12 groups will visit Kashi for eight days to get familiarised with
the ancient knowledge shared by these two ancient cities.
c) These groups of people will come from Rameshwaram, Chennai, and
Coimbatore by train.
d) During this time, seminars, lectures, and discussions will be held
during the program.
e) On this occasion, Mr. Pradhan also launched a website for the
registration process for this month-long event.
f)
The program will be organized under the ‘Ek Bharat
Shreshtha Bharat’ envisaged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
4. Akshay
Shah & Stephen Alter compiled and edited a new book “The Corbett Papers”: Akshay Shah and Stephen Alter have compiled and edited a new book “The
Corbett Papers: Biographical, Legal, & Contextual Material on the Life
& Career of Jim Corbett of Kumaon” about Jim Corbett. It is published by
Black Kite Publishing. Jim Corbett, the famous naturalisthunter, has written a
series of bestsellers about his experiences with wildlife in the jungles of
North India. The Corbett Papers” also includes the unpublished reminiscences of
Corbett by his sister Maggie and rare extracts from a forgotten work.
5.
Shaurya Diwas celebrated in Srinagar: Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh celebrated Shaurya Diwas at Old Air Field, Srinagar. The
Shaurya Diwas marks the 75th year of induction of the Indian Army to save the
state of Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan’s invasion in 1947. The Shaurya Diwas
is celebrated as a part of celebrations for Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav and the 75th
year of Air landed operations of the Indian Army at Budgam Airport. Key
Points:
a) The Shaurya Diwas celebration event was felicitated by J&K
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Amry Chief General Manoj Pande, Lieutenant
General Upendra Dwivedi, GOC-in-C, Northern Command, Air Marshal S Prabhakaran.
b) Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command, Lieutenant General
ADS Aujla, General Officer Commanding, 15-Corps along with several other civil
and military dignitaries were part of the event.
c) The replication of the historic event was organized at Old Air Field.
d) The event aims to pay obeisance to the brave soldiers and people of
Jammu and Kashmir who laid down their lives.
e) The event also honored the Next to Kin of war heroes, who participated
in the 1947-1948 Indo-Pak war.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1. UNHRC:
Ashwini K.P. becomes 1st Indian to be appointed Independent Expert on racism: The United Nations Human Rights Council appointed the first Asian and
first Indian as an independent expert on racism and related intolerance. Dr
Ashwini’s appointment has been officially made at the UNHRC’s session which
concluded in Geneva on October 7.. Dr Ashwini will take over the UNHCR special
rapporteur in Geneva on November 1 for a period of six years. She is the first
Asian as well as the first Indian to be appointed for the post.
Notably: Ashwini’s name was part of a three-member shortlist recommended by the
Consultative Group for the selection of the mandate holders to the President of
the Council. Besides Ashwini, the shortlist included Joshua Castellino, also
from India, and Botswana’s Unity Dow. Key Points:
a) The UNHRC president then nominated her to the Council, which officially
appointed her just before the conclusion of its 51st session. Ashwini’s
three-year term will begin on November 1.
b) Ashwini will be the sixth SR to hold this mandate. All her predecessors
have been from Africa.
c) The SR fulfils the mandate through communications with states and
issuing urgent appeals over alleged violations of international human rights
laws, fact-finding country visits and reporting to the UNHRC and General
Assembly.
d) Ashwini, who has worked as an assistant professor of political science
at Bengaluru’s St Joseph’s College, is co-founder of a non-governmental
organisation, Zariya: Women’s Alliance for Dignity and Equality.
Note: United
Nations Human Rights Council Founded: 15 March 2006; United Nations Human Rights
Council Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland; United Nations Human Rights Council
President: Federico Villegas.
2. World
Psoriasis Day: 29th October: World Psoriasis
Day is observed every year on October 29th to make the general public aware of
the important facts related to psoriasis and this disease and its treatment. In
the year 2022, World Psoriasis Day is being observed with the theme of
“Unloading Psoriatic Disease”.
Psoriasis: Psoriasis is a serious abnormal skin condition in which red and white
scaly patches start developing on the patient’s skin. These spots usually
appear on the elbows, knees, scalp or lower back. These spots can sometimes be
itchy or painful. At the same time, as the problem progresses, they may also
feel burning sensations or swelling.
An Overactive
Immune System is generally believed to be responsible for psoriasis. This
problem affects men and women equally but its severity can vary from person to
person. This skin disease is a long-lasting one, in which sometimes it may
happen that the patient does not show any kind of symptoms, but after some time
severe symptoms and effects can be seen in the victim.
World
Psoriasis Day History: The first World Psoriasis Day was observed in
2004. In the year 2014, The World Health Organization’s member nations declared
October 29th to be the official day to highlight Psoriasis after realising the
value of raising awareness of this particular condition.
Note: President
of International Federation of Psoriasis Associations: Hoseah Waweru; International
Federation of Psoriasis Associations Founded: 1971; International Federation of
Psoriasis Associations Headquarters: Sweden.
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS
1. IAF:
Western Air Command won Air Force Lawn Tennis Championship: Western Air Command, Indian Air Force (IAF) won the Air Force Lawn
Tennis Championship 2022-23 held at Head Quarter MC, Vayu Sena Nagar, Nagpur.
The final match of the team Championship was played between Western Air Command
and Training Command in which Western Air Command emerged as the winner. The
final of the open singles was played between Corporal Pradeep of Training
Command and Sergeant Manolin of Western Air Command and Corporal Pradeep
emerged as the winner.
About the
Air Force Lawn Tennis Championship:
a) The Championship was inaugurated by Air Marshal Vibhas Pande, Air
Officer Commanding-in-Chief, HQ MC on 17 October 2022. A total of eight teams
comprising of 48 players from the seven Commands of Indian Air Force,
participated in the Championship.
b) The Championship was held in two events namely, Team Championship and
Open Singles. The matches not only showcased the talents and great potential of
the players but generated a lot of enthusiasm amongst the air warriors to pick
up Lawn Tennis as a sport.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
1. Netherlands
Beats China, Becomes India’s 3rd-Largest Export Market: The Netherlands has emerged as India’s third-largest export
destination, ahead of China and Bangladesh. It has moved up two spots in the
list of India’s top ten export destinations since FY22, thanks to a 106% surge
in dispatches until August this fiscal from a year before to $7.5 billion.
What comes as a
greater surprise is that Brazil, which occupied the 21st spot in FY22, is now
India’s 8th biggest export market. Similarly, Indonesia has moved up seven
notches to grab the 7th position. However, amid a demand slowdown, only two
European nations—the Netherlands and the UK–are among India’s top ten markets,
against 4 in FY22. Germany and Belgium, which featured in the list last fiscal,
are out of it now.
Meanwhile, the
US and the UAE continue to be the largest and second-largest export
destinations, respectively, for India. The exports to the US climbed 18.3%
until August to $35.2 billion, while those to the UAE shot up 27.3% to $13.8
billion.
2. Coca-Cola’s
Sprite becomes billion-dollar brand in Indian market: Coca-Cola, global soft drinks company announced that its lemon and
lime-flavored soft drink ‘Sprite’ has become a billion-dollar brand in the
Indian market. The company has recorded a “strong” volume growth in its India
business in the third quarter of 2022. Trademark Coke delivered strong growth
through effective execution and occasion-based marketing. Coke has done 2.5
billion transactions in India at affordable price points through the expansion
of returnable glass bottles and single-serve PET packages. Key Points:
a) Coca-Cola continued to strengthen as it gained a share in sparkling
offerings in the first half of 2022.
b) Sprite has grown to become a billion-dollar brand in the market, driven
by the success of locally adapted, occasion-based global marketing campaigns
and screen time.
c) Coca-Cola has earlier announced that its Indian soft drink brand Thumps
up has become a billion-dollar brand in 2021.
d) India is the fifth largest market for Coca-Cola globally.
AWARDS AND HONOURS
1. NISA
bags Union HM’s trophy for best police training institution: National Industrial Security Academy (NISA), at Hakimpet, Hyderabad has
bagged the Union Home Minister’s Trophy for the “Best Police Training
Institution for Training of Gazetted Officers for the year 2020-21”. This
extraordinary feat for this Academy was achieved during the serving period of
the current Commissioner of Police (CP) Hyderabad, CV Anand, who was the
previous Director of the Academy during the year under contention.
Ministry of Home
Affairs conducts a national-level screening of various central police training
institutes and accordingly BPR&D conducts a survey for the best Police
Training Institution for the year. All central and state government police
training academies of the country are in consideration in various categories.
About the
National Industrial Security Academy: The National
Industrial Security Academy of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is
a premier national-level central training institute imparting training in
Industrial Security Management, Disaster Management, and Aviation Security to
officers of the CISF, sister organizations of CAPFs, state police
organizations, foreign police organizations, civil servants and officers of
public sector undertaking.
OBITUARIES
1. ‘World’s
dirtiest man’ Amou Haji dies in Iran at 94: Amou
Haji, an Iranian man dubbed the “dirtiest man in the world”, died at the age of
94 in the village of Dejgah, in the southern province of Fars. He was so-called
because he had not washed for almost 70 years and he believed that staying
dirty kept him alive for so long. Owing to his unique record, a short
documentary titled ‘The Strange Life of Amou Haji’ was made in 2013, describing
his life. A report published in Tehran Times also claimed that Haji would eat
roadkill, smoke a pipe filled with animal excrement, and believed that
cleanliness would make him ill. Haji used to live in an open brick hut and he
had faced some “emotional setbacks in his youth” that made him stern about not
taking a bath with water or soap.
Dirtiest man In India: In 2009 the Hindustan Times reported that Kailash “Kalau” Singh, from a village outside the holy city of Varanasi, had not washed for more than 30 years in an attempt to help end “all the problems confronting the nation”.
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