Red Bull driver Max Verstappen was declared Formula One world champion after winning a dramatic rain-shortened Japanese Grand Prix. Red Bull's Verstappen crossed the line first and he was then awarded the title when second-place finisher Charles Leclerc was given a five-second penalty, dropping him to third.
Red Bull, team principal: Christian Horner.
Indian cricket star Mahendra Singh Dhoni has launched the made-in-India camera drone named ‘Droni’ with advanced features manufactured by Garuda Aerospace.
According to the company’s founder and CEO, Agnishwar Jayaprakash, the product will be available in the market by the end of 2022.
Novak Djokovic claimed the 90th title of his career and the fourth of 2022 with a dominant straight-sets victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the ATP final in Astana.
The Serb won in Tel Aviv a week ago, his first singles tournament since wrapping up a seventh Wimbledon crown and 21st Grand Slam title in July.
Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan.
A committee of experts headed by CK Mishra on sustainable finance,constituted by the International Financial Services Centres Authority at the GIFT City,has recommended developing a voluntary carbon market, framework for transition bonds,enabling de-risking mechanisms, promoting regulatory sandbox for green fintech & facilitating the creation of a global climate alliance.
Mr. Tapan Ray, MD & Group CEO of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT).
The overall objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health.
The Day provides an opportunity for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to talk about their work, and what more needs to be done to make mental health care a reality for people worldwide.
2022 theme: "Making Mental Health & Well-Being for All a Global Priority".
Mulayam Singh Yadav, the founder of the Samajwadi Party and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, passed away of illness at the age of 82. Yadav was admitted at the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, Haryana, due to ill health where he breathed his last.
National Post Day is celebrated on October 10 every year and it is an extension of World Post Day, which is celebrated on October 9. National Post Day is celebrated to mark the role played by the Indian postal department in over 150 years.Postal service was introduced in India by the British. It was founded in 1854 by Lord Dalhousie.
Post offices in Indian follow a 6-digit PIN Code, which was introduced in India in 1972.
The central government's gross tax collections have risen 24 per cent year-on-year in the current financial year, the Finance Ministry said. Net collections have grown 16 per cent year-on-year to Rs 7.45 lakh crore, achieving over 52 per cent of FY23 Budget Estimate. The growth rate for corporate income tax is 16.73 per cent while that for personal income tax.
Austria's current President Alexander Van der Bellen has secured a second six-year term in office.
He obtained more than 50% of the vote in an election, avoiding a second-round run-off, according to a forecast.
The projection by pollster SORA put Van der Bellen, a 78-year-old former leader of the Greens, on 54.6% with a margin of error of 2.1 percentage points.
Austria, Capital: Vienna; Currency: Euro.
The 73rd Raising Day of Territorial Army was celebrated across the country on 09 Oct 2022 to commemorate its raising by the first Governor General Shri C Rajagopalachari on this day in 1949. Lieutenant General Preet Mohindera Singh, Director General of Territorial Army paid tribute to the fallen heroes of the Territorial Army by laying a wreath at the National War Memorial
PM Narendra Modi declared Modhera village in Gujarat as the country's first 24x7 solar-powered village. Modhera, which is famous for a centuries-old Sun temple built during the Chalukya, will also be known as a “solar-powered village", Modi said. The Modhera village is located 25 km from the Mehsana district of Gurajat, and about 100 km from Gandhinagar.
According to the latest demographic sample survey by the Union Home Ministry, the percentage of girls getting married before attaining majority is as high as 5.8 in Jharkhand. Around 54.9% of girls are married in West Bengal before attaining the age of 21 years, the figure for Jharkhand is 54.6% as against the national average of 29.5%, said the survey.
At the 36th National Games, Pooja Patel of Gujarat has become the first athlete to win gold in Yogasana. Yogasana is one of the five sports to be played at the National Games this year for the first time. This Indian indigenous sport made its debut at the Khelo India University Games earlier this year. Mallakhamba, Skateboarding, Golf and Soft Tennis are the other sporta.
The All India Institute of Ayurveda under AYUSH ministry, and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology,Japan have signed an MoU for academic establishment. AIST is a reputed and one of the largest public research organizations in Japan, focusing on technologies and on “bridging” the gap between innovative technological seeds and commercialisation
The US and India have launched a new task force under the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership, which focus on the accelerated deployment of energy storage technologies. The US Department of Energy and India’s Ministry of Power launched the Energy Storage Task Force to help scale up and accelerate deployment of energy storage technologies to facilitate clean energy transition
USA and India second and third largest energy consumers respectively. China is First.
Responding to rising food insecurity, World Bank's private sector investment arm, the International Finance Corp.has launched a new, $6 billion financing facility to strengthen private sector's ability to respond to the crisis and help support food production.The platform will supplement the World Bank’s commitment of US$30 billion in response to the food crisis.
A Balasubramanian has been re-elected as the chairman of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), and Radhika Gupta as the vice-chairperson of the industry body. As the chairman of AMFI, A Balasubramanian will also continue as the ex-officio chairman of the AMFI Financial Literacy Committee.