"The ministry has constructed 3,559 KMs of National Highways up to September in 2022-23 as compared to 3,824 KMs constructed up to September in 2021-22," the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in its monthly summary for the Cabinet for September 2022.
India has awarded 4,092 kms of highway projects during April-September this year.
The central bank's move in 2020 came after studies showed that the foreign bank-dominated non-deliverable forward (NDF) market, over which the RBI had little influence, fuelled volatility and often led the spot rupee lower in times of stress. Letting Indian banks trade in the segment would give RBI more control.
Financial products or service providers whose business models fall within the remit of more than 1 financial sector regulator such as RBI, SEBI, IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India), PFRDA (Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority) and IFSCA (International Financial Services Centres Authority) will be considered for the testing under IoRS.
RBI launched the final framework for Regulatory Sandbox in 2019.
Data centres that are "housed in a dedicated/centralized building for storage and processing of digital data applications with a minimum capacity of 5 MW of IT load" will be considered eligible for infrastructure status.
The capacity of data centres is measured in terms of power they consume which reflects on the scale of the server they are hosting in their facilities.
President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, inaugurated ‘PARAM KAMRUPA’ Supercomputer facility and a high-power active and passive component laboratory of SAMEER at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. The Param Kamrupa, one of its kind supercomputers in the North East region, installed under the National Supercomputing Mission.
Every year October 14, World Standards Day is observed it is also known as International Standards Day,strives to educate consumers, policymakers, and businesses about the value of standardisation. It was decided to commemorate the first gathering of representatives from 25 nations in London in 1956,which marked the launch of international body to facilitate standardisation
2022 World Standards Day is centred on the concept of “Build Back Better”
Each year, International E-Waste Day is held on 14 October, an opportunity to reflect on the impacts of e-waste and the necessary actions to enhance circularity for e-products. International E-Waste Day was developed in 2018 by the WEEE Forum to raise the public profile of waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling and encourage consumers to recycle.
2022 Theme: Recycle it all, no matter how small!
At the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship Shotgun, India finished fifth with one gold, one silver and two bronze medals in Osijek, Croatia. Shotgun powerhouses Italy, Great Britain and USA, took the top three spots. Men’s Skeet Team finished ninth among 22 teams and Women’s Skeet Team finished Tenth.
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is implementing a focused bilateral collaborative programme known as the Indo-US Vaccine Action Programme (VAP), jointly with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA, since July 1987. The current five-year VAP Joint Statement has been extended till 2027.
Lok Sabha MP from Odisha Aparajita Sarangi has been elected as a member of the executive committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union from Asia Pacific Group (APG) countries. Sarangi bagged 12 out of the total 18 available votes in the election to the post. The election was held in Kigali, Rwanda.Sarangi will represent India on the 15-member executive committee of the union.
The IPU is the global organization of national parliaments.
HQ- Geneva, Switzerland
Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Gujarat are among the 15 states and UTs categorised as achievers in the logistics index chart 2022, according to a report released by the commerce and Industry Ministry.The index is an indicator of the efficiency of logistical services necessary for promoting exports and economic growth.
The Reserve Bank of India has said the amounts received by them from the National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Ltd (NCGTC) towards claims invoked and held by them pending adjustment of the same towards the relative advances, need not be treated as outside liabilities for the purpose of computation of deposits for maintaining statutory reserve ratios.
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Bulk Drug Park and dedicated the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Una to the nation. Prime Minister also flagged off the inaugural run of the new Vande Bharat Express from Amb Andaura, Una to New Delhi, it will be the fourth Vande Bharat train to be introduced in the country.
Dr Adarsh Swaika, a joint secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed India's next Ambassador to Kuwait. Avtar Singh, a Director in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as India's next Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea. Guinea is a country in West Africa.
Capital: Conakry
There has been a 69 per cent decline in the wildlife populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish, across the globe in the last 50 years, according to the latest Living Planet Report by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The highest decline (94 per cent) was in the Latin America and the Caribbean region, the report showed.
Marco Lambertini,director-general of WWF.
Ravi Singh, secretary-general ceo of WWF India
JSW Steel is the fifth Indian company in the "Industrial Mining and Manufacturing" category to join the UN Global Compact initiative. JSW Steel, the flagship company of the diversified $22 billion JSW Group, on October 11 announced that it has joined as the newest participant of the UNGC network - the world’s largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative.
In Times Higher Education Rankings 2023, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has secured the top place among the Indian universities.Five Indian universities made it into the world's top 500 varsities. IISc has been placed under 251-300 bracket.University of Oxford has once again topped the world ranking list- for 7th time in a row.
Union Minister of Road Transport and highways Nitin Gadkari along with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath jointly inaugurated the 81st annual session of the Indian roads Congress in Lucknow. On the occasion, He made the announcement that road projects worth eight thousand crore rupees have been approved for Uttar Pradesh it includes 13 Road Over Bridges.