Current Affairs in English – October 28 2022

National Events:

Union Home Minister Amit Shah:

Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of four projects worth over Rs 6,600 cr in Faridabad in Haryana.
The projects include Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor project and Rail Coach Refurbishment Factory at Sonipat worth 590 crore rupees which spreads over 161 acre of land.
He also inaugurated Haryana Police Residence Complex , Bhondsi worth 105 crore rupees.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh:

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh dedicated to the nation 75 infrastructure projects built by the Border Roads Organisation ( BRO ) across six states and two Union Territories ( UTS ).
These strategically important projects have been constructed at a total cost of 2,180 crore by the BRO in record time. The 75 projects comprise 45 bridges , 27 roads , two helipads and one carbon neutral habitat.

Umesh Mishra:

Rajasthan government has appointed the state police’s intelligence chief Umesh Mishra as the next Rajasthan Director General of Police.
Mishra , who is currently Director General , Intelligence , is a 1989 batch Indian Police Service ( IPS ) officer.
He will get a two – year term. Umesh Mishra will take over as the state police chief from ML Lather on his retirement on November 3 , 2022.

Reliance Industries Limited:

Reliance Industries Limited ( RIL ) posted the proceedings of its second quarter earnings call on the metaverse. The announcement made Reliance the first Indian firm to use the medium to engage with its stakeholders.
The metaverse earnings call , which can be accessed through any device ( even a smartphone ) , was produced in partnership with GMetri — a no – code metaverse creation platform.

SIMBEX:

The Indian Navy is hosting the 29th edition of the Singapore – India Maritime Bilateral Exercise ( SIMBEX ) from 26-30 October 2022 at Visakhapatnam.
SIMBEX – 2022 is being conducted in 2 phases – Harbour Phase at Visakhapatnam from 26 to 27 October 2022 followed by the Sea Phase in Bay of Bengal from 28 to 30 October.
SIMBEX series of exercises began in 1994 and were initially known as Exercise Lion King.

C-295:

Indian multinational conglomerate Tata in partnership with Airbus will manufacture C – 295 transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force at Vadodara in Gujarat.
This is the first project of its kind in which a military aircraft will be manufactured in India by a private company.
As part of the contract , 16 aircraft will be delivered in flyaway condition and 40 will be manufactured in India.

OM:

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism , Mumbai have developed an indigenous Overhauser Magnetometer ( OM ). OM is one the most accurate magnetometers extensively used by magnetic observatories around the world.
It has been installed at Alibag Magnetic Observatory. It will help reduce India’s dependence on commercial magnetometers for performing geomagnetic field measurements.

A K Goel:

A K Goel , Managing Director & CEO , Punjab National Bank ( PNB ) , has been re – elected as the Chairman of the Indian Banks ‘ Association ( IBA ) for the term 2022-23. Goel was previously elected as IBA’s chairman in 2021.
Before PNB , Goel was the MD & CEO of UCO Bank. IBA HQ : Mumbai. IBA was set up in 1946 to look after the interests of the banking industry. Membership of the Association : 237.

SAIL:

Steel Authority of India Limited ( SAIL ) has crossed Rs 10,000 crore in Procurement Value on Government – e – Marketplace ( GeM ). GeM portal launched : 2016.
With this , SAIL has become the 1st Central Public Sector Enterprise to achieve the major milestone of procurement through the GeM portal since inception.
It is a completely paperless e – marketplace that enables procurement of common – use goods.

SAFAL:

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik on 27th Oct 2022 launched a common credit portal ‘ SAFAL ‘ for farmers in the state. It is India’s 1st online agricultural credit facilitation portal.
It will enable farmers & agri – entrepreneurs to access over 300 term loan products from more than 40 banks.
It will also provide the government with complete visibility of demand & disbursal of formal credit across the state.

Haryana government:

Amid an increase in the recent incidents of dog bites and attacks , the Haryana government has made the registration of pet dogs mandatory in the state.
No person will be allowed keep a dog without a licence and for this , the pet owners will have to get themselves registered on the Saral Portal.
If a person is found violating the rules , a fine of Rs 5,000 will be imposed. Haryana CM : ML Khattar.

GMR Goa International Airport Limited:

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation ( DGCA ) has granted aerodrome licence to GMR Goa International Airport at Mopa. With this , Goa will now have two airports , the other airport is at Dabolim in South Goa.
The new airport at Mopa in North Goa has been built by GMR Goa International Airport Limited ( GGIAL ) , a subsidiary of GMR Airports Ltd. Goa CM : Pramod Sawant.

International Events:

Elon Musk:

The world’s richest man , Elon Musk , has completed his $ 44bn ( £ 38.1bn ) takeover of Twitter. A number of top executives , including CEO Parag Agrawal , have been fired.
Twitter , Inc. is an American communications company based in San Francisco , California. The company operates the microblogging and social networking service Twitter . It was founded on 21 March 2006.

12th World Hindi Conference:

Fiji will be hosting the 12th World Hindi Conference next year from Feb 15-17 , 2023. With this , Fiji will become the first country in the Pacific to hold the World Hindi Conference. The 3 – day conference would be held in the Fijian city of Nadi.
External affairs Minister S Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation for the Conference. Fijian Hindi is enshrined in the constitution of Fiji as an official language.

OAG:

The Indira Gandhi International Airport , New Delhi has emerged as the world’s 10th busiest airport in October 2022 , according to a report by the UK – based aviation analytics firm OAG.
Delhi airport has improved its position from 14th place in October 2019 , as per the report. Hartsfield – Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the US has emerged as the busiest in the world in October 2022.

Shefali Juneja:

Shefali Juneja , India’s representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ) , has been elected as the chairperson of UN’s specialized aviation agency’s Air Transport Committee ( ATC ). India has secured this position in ICAO after 28 years.
Juneja is also the first woman to represent India in the ICAO. ATC is a committee of the ICAO created by the Chicago Convention in 1944.