Indian cueist Pankaj Advani defended his World Billiards Championships (150-up) title for the 5th time, beating compatriot Sourav Kothari in the best-of-7 frames final at the High End Snooker Club in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia for a record 25th title at the global level.
Pankaj's last world title came over 12 months ago in Qatar where he won the IBSF Six-Red Snooker World Cup.
Chandrayaan-2 mapped the abundance of sodium on the Moon for the very first time using the Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS) on board the orbiter.
Built at the UR Rao Satellite Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Bengaluru, CLASS provides clean signatures of the sodium line thanks to its high sensitivity and performance.
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) conducted a National Workshop on ‘Ease of Doing Business’ in New Delhi.
In the workshop, the panelists emphasized on having at least one change agent to initiate the transformation in every State.
Also highlighted steps towards developing India as a preferred investment destination.
7 states are 'top achievers' in 'State Ease of Doing Business' report by MoCI in June.
Dr Akhilesh Gupta, Senior Adviser at the Department of Science and Technology (DST) assumed additional charge of Secretary of the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) on October 8, 2022 after Dr Sandeep Verma relinquished charges as Secretary SERB on completing his tenure on October 7.
Science and Engineering Research Board is a statutory body established in 2009.
The first conference of the Agni campaign was organised in Leh, on the theme of ‘Sustainability and Culture’. Power Foundation of India in association with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) is currently running a campaign to create awareness on Agni Tattva under LiFE - Lifestyle for environment.
CBDC is a digital form of currency notes issued by a central bank. CBDC in India will be referred to as e₹ (digital Rupee).
It is not much different from banknotes, but being digital it is likely to be easier, faster and cheaper.
A central bank digital currency is the digital form of a country's fiat currency.
Fiat money- government-issued currency not backed by physical commodity- gold/silver.
Bombay Stock exchange (BSE) has received in-principle approval from the capital market regulator SEBI for setting up the Social Stock Exchange as a separate segment.
SEBI had notified rules for the Social Stock Exchange (SSE) in July this year to provide an impetus to social enterprises with an additional avenue to raise funds.
According to reports, India has more than 31 lakh Non-Profit Organisations.
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said that primary agricultural credit societies (PACS) will be set up in all panchayats of the country over the next five years to boost activities such as marketing of dairy products.
There are only 65,000 active PACS at present, and all panchayats will have one such body by 2027 to promote farming and dairy activities.
PACS constitute the lowest tier of the three-tier Short-term cooperative credit in India.
In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a first of its kind Bird Festival 2022 was inaugurated at Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district.
The Bird Festival is being organised by the J & K Tourism Department in collaboration with Sanctuary Nature Foundation.
Kaleej Pheasant is J&K's UT bird.
India star defender Harmanpreet Singh was named the FIH Player of the Year in the men's category. He won the title for the second successive time.
The other three players in the elite list are as follows:
Teun De Nooijer (Netherlands)
Jamie Dwyer (Australia)
Arthur van Doren (Belgium).
The Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH) HQs in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Pharma exporters body Pharmexcil has suspended the membership of Maiden Pharmaceuticals, the Delhi-based drugmaker facing a probe after the World Health Organization (WHO) red-flagged four products following the death of 66 children in the West African country The Gambia.
IFS Day is celebrated on 9 October every year.
On 9 October 1946, the Indian government established the Indian Foreign Service for India's diplomatic, consular and commercial representation overseas. With independence, there was a near-complete transition of the Foreign and Political Department into what then became the new Ministry of External Affairs.