Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of Oct 08th to 14th Oct 2022. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2022 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• Indian Air Force Day is celebrated on 8 October every year.
• World Post Day is celebrated on 9th October of every year.
• Every year on October 10th, the world celebrates World Mental Health Day.
• National Postal Day is observed on 10 October each year as an extension of World Post Day, which is observed on 9 October.
• International Day of the Girl Child is commemorated on 11 October every year for empowering girls and amplifying their voices around the globe
• World Arthritis day 2022 is observed on the 12th of October.
• World Sight Day is an International Day of Awareness, held annually on the second Thursday of October.
• The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 is observed on the 13th of October.
• World Standards Day is observed annually on the 14th of October 2022.
• World Egg Day is observed annually on the second Friday in October.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• The Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises has organized a national SC-ST hub conclave in Gujarat.
• Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) launched the Telecom Technology Development Fund scheme
• An expert committee headed by former environment and forest secretary C K Mishra has submitted a report on sustainable finance suggesting the development of a carbon market among other things -the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA).
• The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has notified a credit guarantee scheme for startups for providing collateral-free loans.
• During an event held at Akashvani Rang Bhavan, Chief Election Commissioner Shri Rajiv Kumar started a year-long Voter Awareness Program called 'Matdata Junction.'
• Union Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy RK Singh released the curtain raiser for the 5th Assembly of the International Solar Alliance and associated side activities, which will take place in New Delhi.
• International Solar Alliance’s Fifth Assembly is to be held in New Delhi from 17th to 20th October 2022.
• Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates Competition Commission of India’s Regional Office (West) in Mumbai.
• The Union government has now formed a Commission of Inquiry to examine the issue of whether Scheduled Caste (SC) status can be accorded to Dalits who have over the years converted to religions other than Sikhism or Buddhism.
• WHO issued an alert against India-made cough syrups after 66 children died in the Gambia.
• Quality Council of India (QCI) celebrated its Silver Jubilee.
• The National Health Authority(NHA) under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission scheme has introduced QR Code-based rapid OPD registration in the hospital.
• The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry has notified the establishment of the Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS).
• PM Modi to inaugurate the first phase of the Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple Extension project.
• The Center has decided to bring in amendments to policy guidelines in the private FM radio space, in terms of ownership of channels at the national level.
• The Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah has inaugurated the Eastern and North-Eastern Cooperative Dairy Conclave 2022 in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim.
• The Centre has extended the timeline for disbursement of loans up to March 31 under the ethanol blending program interest subsidy scheme, notified first in 2018, to facilitate entrepreneurs to complete their projects while availing of government support.
• The Government of India, as part of its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), has set a target of 33% emissions intensity reduction, with the transport sector being one of the key sectors with substantial mitigation potential.
• The 4th NICDC Investors' Roundtable Conference was organized by Maharashtra Industrial Township Limited (MITL).
• Central Government to organize PM-National Apprenticeship Melas.
• The Indian space economy is set to reach $13 billion by 2025, according to a joint report prepared by EY and the Indian Space Association (ISpA).
• Shri Amit Shah unveiled the statue of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan at Sitabdiara in the Saran district of Bihar.
• Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia recently inaugurated the 4th Heli-India Summit 2022.
• Environment Ministry constituted a nine-member task force to monitor Cheetahs in Kuno National Park.
• PM Modi will inaugurate the Mahakal Lok and he will also address a public meeting in Ujjain.
• The government launched Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (Tele-MANAS) initiative.
• Union Environment Minister attended the inaugural session of the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit-XI (SMDS-XI) at Leh.
• The office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) has launched the Indian handicraft portal (http://indian.handicrafts.gov.in).
• Food regulator FSSAI has made it mandatory for foreign food manufacturing facilities to register with it for exporting products such as meat, milk, and infant foods to India.
• PM Modi recently lays the foundation stone of various healthcare facilities in Civil Hospital Asarwa, Ahmedabad
• The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari launched India’s first flex-fuel car, “Toyota Corolla Altis”.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• India's Group 20 (G20) Sherpa Shri Amitabh Kant led an Indian official delegation to the third G20 Sherpa meeting of Indonesia's G20  Presidency, held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia from 26-29 September 2022.
• The Indian delegation headed by the Minister of State for Culture Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal represented the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) MONDIACULT 2022 World Conference to be held in Mexico City from 28th-30th September 2022.
• During a Ministerial meeting of the States.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP), U.S. Energy Secretary Mr. Jennifer Granholm (United States) and Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Mr. Hardeep S. Puri (India) launched a new energy task force to support large-scale integration of renewable energy (RE) needed to support the clean energy transition.
• The United Nations (UN) International Civil Aviation Organization, or ICAO adopted a long-term aspirational goal of making carbon emissions from air travel net zero by 2050 in response to growing pressure for airlines to reduce their pollution in Montreal, Canada.
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched Handmade for the 21st Century: Safeguarding Traditional Indian Textile, a list documenting exclusive and 50 iconic heritage textile crafts of India.
• Russian President Mr. Vladimir Putin has recognized the independence of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions located in southern Ukraine 
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the 2nd United Nations World Geospatial International Congress. 
• The US$ 170 million Drone Fund (DF), one of the largest venture capital funds located in Japan that specializes in supporting the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ecosystem, intends to invest up to US$ 40 million in Indian companies operating in the sector.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• Mawmluh Cave in Sohra, located in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, has been listed among the first 100 International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) geological heritage sites.
• Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah has announced Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the Pahari community in Jammu and Kashmir at a rally in Rajouri, J&K.
• Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel announced the Aatmanirbhar Gujrat Schemes 2022 for Assistance To Industries at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
• The government of Rajasthan has installed a technology-based Wildlife Monitoring and Anti Poaching System at Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) and other protected forests of Rajasthan.
• India's first green hydrogen fuelling station, being set up at Leh in the Union Territory of Ladakh, is all set to be commissioned before May 2023.  
• Finland has announced its partnership with Kerala to implement the Little KITEs program by Kerala Education Department in their country’s schools.
• Government of Rajasthan, social justice and empowerment minister Shri Tikaram Jully has launched a new post-matric scholarship mobile application in a move to push e-governance initiatives in Rajasthan.
• The government of Maharashtra has started the e-registration of properties to be sold by realty developers in a bid to digitize the process which will also involve the usage of blockchain technology.
• In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), a first-of-its-kind Bird Festival 2022 was inaugurated at Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district.
• The Haryana government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Dubai, the governing authority of the Emirate of Dubai, for cooperation in various economic activities.
• The Karnataka Cabinet has given its approval to increase the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SC/STs) quota in Karnataka & the decision has been taken by the government based on the report of Justice H N Nagamohan Das Commission, which has recommended hiking the quota for SCs from 15% to 17% and for STs from 3% to 7
• Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) have become the first Union Territory in the country to establish 75 Amrit Sarovars in each district as per the aspirations of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
• The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) confirmed that the Goa government has been selected as the host for the 37th edition of the National Games in October 2023.
• According to the latest demographic sample survey by the union home ministry, Jharkhand has the highest percentage of underage girls getting married.
• Chief minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated the Chhattisgarh Olympics at Balbir Singh Juneja Indoor Stadium in Raipur to promote sports in Chhattisgarh.
• Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Shri M.K. Stalin inaugurated AG&P Pratham’s liquefied compressed natural gas (LCNG) station near Manthangal village at Walajah Taluk in Ranipet district, Tamil Nadu.
• Indore, Madhya Pradesh (MP) will become India’s first ‘Smart City’ with ‘Smart Addresses’ after implementing a fully digital addressing system.
• The Delhi government has launched an app called ‘Delhi e-monitoring’ to keep track of all ongoing and upcoming projects across departments.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• The World Trade Organization lowered its forecast for growth in global trade volume to 1 % from 3.4 % earlier, citing rising downside risks.
• Adani Group will make fresh investments to the tune of ₹65,000 crores in Rajasthan over the next 5-7 years, including ₹7,000 crores for doubling the cement manufacturing capacity in the state.
• The Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue in September this year saw a 26% year-on-year jump at ₹48 lakh crore, the third highest ever collections crossing the ₹1.40 lakh crore mark for the seventh consecutive month on robust business activities despite the global economic slowdown.
• The Finance Ministry informed that India's direct tax collection surged 24 percent to Rs 8.98 lakh crore between April 1 - October 8, 2022.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND ECONOMY

• Leading private sector lender Karnataka Bank Limited (KBL) has launched a special campaign 'KBL Utsav 2022-23' for home loans, car loans, and gold loans from Oct 01 to Dec 31, 2022, to cater to the demands of customers during the festival season.
• On the occasion of the 59th Foundation Day, IDBI Bank has launched a slew of initiatives catered towards customer centricity and meeting the needs of the ever-evolving financial ecosystem.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shri Shaktikanta Das launched a new 'SupTech' initiative called
• The World Bank (WB) trimmed India’s growth forecast for 2022-23 (April-March) by 100 basis points, projecting that the Indian economy will grow at 6.5% compared to its earlier estimate of 7.5% released in June.
• India’s largest private sector bank HDFC Bank in partnership with a merchant Saas platform, Mintoak Innovations India has developed the SmartHub Vyapar app.
• Unity Small Finance Bank Limited (Unity Bank), a modern, digital-first bank, has introduced Shagun 501, a special fixed deposit scheme with attractive interest rates.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced the Internal Ombudsman mechanism for Credit Information Companies (CICs). 
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon commence the pilot launch of the Digital Rupee (e₹) for specific use cases as it tests digital currency in
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the license of Pune-based The Seva Vikas Co-operative Bank Ltd because of the company’s earnings prospects and lack of capital.
• IDBI Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vayana Network as its first fintech partner for end-to-end digitization services.
• Japanese brokerage Nomura has projected a sharp moderation in India's growth rate for FY24 to 5.2% as compared to the FY23 GDP growth estimate at 7%.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 48 lakh on the Kerala State Co-operative Bank Ltd for non-compliance with the provisions of section 19 read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (the Act) and directions issued by RBI on ‘Gold Loan – Bullet Repayment’.
• National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched NPCI Partner Program (NPP) to collaborate with various technological service providers, application service providers, and other similar entities in the industry.
• RBL Bank has partnered with BookMyShow to launch a new credit card  ‘Play’ that will take the entertainment quotient for Indian audiences several notches higher.
• The South Indian Bank for the first time organized a first-of-its-kind category event 'Onnichirikkam Oonjaladam' (Sit together and Swing) and was accoladed with the World Book of Records award for 'staging and swinging 101 Oonjals' simultaneously at a single venue in Kochi.
• The State Bank of India (SBI) unveiled its next-gen contact center service to deliver a superior customer experience.
• Dvara E-Dairy Solutions Private Limited in partnership with Jana Small Finance Bank has launched Dvara Surabhi Loan, a cattle loan offered digitally by leveraging new-age technologies to create scalable access to finance for unbanked and underbanked small dairy farmers in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• Former German chancellor Angela Merkel received the prestigious Nansen Refugee Award from the United Nations refugee agency.
• The French author Annie Ernaux has been awarded the Noble Prize 2022 in Literature.
• The Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to give the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022 to one individual and two organizations.
• Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond, and Philip H. Dybvig.
• Professor Wazahat Husain, a leading academic from the Aligarh Muslim University has won an international award for Traditional, Alternative, and Complementary Medicine.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• Sandeep Kumar Gupta has taken charge as the chairman and managing director of GAIL (India) Limited. 
• SBI General Insurance Company Limited has appointed Shri Kishore Kumar Poludasu as its new Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
• Gulf Oil Lubricants, a Hinduja Group company, has appointed Indian women cricketing star and current Vice Captain Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana as its new brand ambassador
• Senior diplomat Shri Sibi George was appointed as the next Indian ambassador to Japan.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the reappointment of Shri Prashant Kumar as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of YES Bank under Section 35B of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 for another 3 years.
• Bank of India Investment Managers Private Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of India (BoI) has appointed Shri Mohit Bhatia as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
• US President Mr. Joe Biden has nominated Indian-origin Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy to serve as America’s representative on the executive board of the World Health Organisation.
• Balasubramanian, the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund, has been re-elected as the chairman of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). 
• Footwear brand Walkaroo International Ltd has appointed Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn as its brand ambassador.
• Italian European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti became the first female European Commander of the International Space Station (ISS) 
• Healthy snacks brand, Omara Dates, has appointed actor Amitabh Bachchan as a brand ambassador.
• Suzlon Energy announced that Vinod R. Tanti has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) for the company for three years. 
• Senior Adviser at the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Dr. Akhilesh Gupta, has been appointed Secretary of the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB).
• Associate Professor, SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Ananth Narayan Gopalkrishnan took charge as the 4th whole-time member (WTM) in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• The Central Government announced the names of new Chief Justices for the High Courts in Rajasthan, Karnataka, Jammu, and Kashmir, and Ladakh, Following the Constitutional provisions: Justice Pankaj Mithal has been appointed Chief Justice in the Rajasthan High Court, Justice Prasanna B Varale has been appointed the Karnataka HC's Chief Justice, Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey as the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
• Chad's Prime Minister Mr. Albert Pahimi Padacke has resigned to pave the way for a new government after the Central African country decided to push back elections by 2 years.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• State-run NTPC Ltd and GE Gas Power signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the feasibility to demonstrate hydrogen co-firing blended with natural gas in GE’s 9E gas turbines installed at NTPC’s Kawas combined-cycle gas power plant in Gujarat.
• World Economic Forum (WEF) has partnered with Madhya Pradesh for bringing together a network called ‘Food Innovation Hubs, to strengthen local innovation ecosystems and achieve self-sufficiency in food production through private-public partnerships (PPP).
• Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards Body of India has signed an MoU with the Testing, Inspection, Certification Council, the food and consumer affairs ministry.
• The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) for the promotion of football activities including the provision of technical support, the organization, and hosting of youth competitions for both men and women regularly.
• NMDC and RailTel Corporation of India have signed MoU for ICT and Digital Solutions.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) tested three remotely unmanned, weaponized boats at Bhama Askhed Dam in Pune, Maharashtra.
• Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has approved the proposal to change the name of Faizabad Cantt to Ayodhya Cantt.
• Indian Army’s northern command inducted Kalyani M4, an indigenous all-terrain high mobility combat troop carrier with armor and mine protection, in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
• Swedish defense company Saab has announced its decision to set up a production facility in India for its Carl-Gustaf M4 shoulder-fired weapon system.
• On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Indian Air Force (IAF), the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved the creation of a new branch, called the Weapon Systems (WS) branch.
• The South Korean and United States navies began a two-day combined maritime maneuvering exercise with a US aircraft carrier.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• INS Tarkash has visited a port in Gabon as part of an ongoing deployment in the Gulf of Guinea for anti-piracy patrols.
• An international team of researchers has found new evidence for the possible existence of liquid water beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars using data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
• A new type of mobile banking malware campaign called SOVA Android Trojan (SOVA - owl in Russian) has now reached India.
• In a recent work published in ‘The Astrophysical Journal Letters’, Chandrayaan-2 mapped the abundance of sodium on the Moon for the first time using CLASS (Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer).
• Russia Successfully launched the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS-K) navigation spacecraft from a northern cosmodrome.
• NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under the Department of Space and the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has signed two launch service contracts with Network Access Associated Limited (M/s OneWeb), United Kingdom, for launching OneWeb LEO Broadband Communication Satellites on-board ISRO’s heaviest launcher LVM3.
• Japan will host the 2022 edition of the Malabar naval exercise consisting of India, Australia, Japan, and the S. in the second week of November 2022.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITION AND MERGERS

• The Government of India (GoI) and the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) will together divest a 60.72% stake in IDBI Bank Limited.
• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of 100% of the equity and compulsorily convertible debentures of 5 special purpose vehicles (SPVs) by IndInfravit & allotment of units of IndInfravit to CPHI-4 for part-funding the acquisition of SPVs.
• Anti-trust regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) cleared Platinum Owl's acquisition of a minority stake in Intas Pharmaceuticals.
• The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has approved the demerger of NMDC Steel Limited, a 3-million-tone steel plant at Nagarnar in Chhattisgarh, from NMDC Ltd with an investment outlay of over Rs 20,000 crore.
• Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has reduced its stake in United Nilgiri Tea Estates Company Ltd from 4.81 lakh shares to 3.80 lakh shares.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING & INDEX

• India ranks fourth among 12 Indo-Pacific nations in self-reliant arms production capabilities, according to a study released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
• World Economic Forum released the “Education 4.0 India” Report.
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 has been released.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS AND AUTHORS

• External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar attended the book launch in New Zealand of "Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery."

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• Saudi Arabia has won a bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a planned mountain resort in the Gulf Arab state's $500 billion flagship NEOM project.
• The Rest of India (ROI) defeated Saurashtra by eight wickets to win the Irani Cup 2022 at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.
• The Indian men’s and women’s hockey team coaches, Graham Reid and Janneke Schopman received the FIH Coach of the Year award in their respective categories.
• India defender Harmanpreet Singh was named the FIH Player of the Year in the men’s category for the second successive time.
• The Goa government has conveyed to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) its in-principle approval to host the 37th National Games in October 2023.
• Gujarat's Pooja Patel became the first athlete to win a gold medal in Yogasan at the 36th National Games.
• The much-awaited Hyderabad E-Prix, the first-ever Formula E race in India, will take place for two days at Necklace Road here on February 10 and 11 next year.
• India's ace cueist Pankaj Advani won his career's 25th world title after clinching the World Billiards (150-Up) Championship here at the High-End Snooker Club.
• India Captain Harmanpreet Kaur & Pakistan player Mohammad Rizwan have been selected for ICC Player of the Month awards for September.
• Novak Djokovic won his 90th ATP title by defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the Astana Open in Kazakhstan.
• FIFA in partnership with the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and with the support of the Union government launched the Football for Schools project in the country, which is aimed at broad-basing the game across India.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

• The veteran actor who predominantly worked in the Hindi film and television industry for over three decades, Arun Bali passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra at the age of 79.
• Popular 'Villupattu' exponent Subbu Arumugam, who enthralled audiences for about four decades, passed away at the age of 94 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister (CM) and Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav passed away at the age of 82 in Gurugram, Haryana.
• Former chairperson of Nagaland State Commission for Women, academician, renowned writer, and Padma Shri Dr. Temsula Ao passed away in Dimapur, Nagaland at the age of 80.