Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of Oct 01st to 07th Oct 2023. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBIClerk 2023 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• Gandhi Jayanti, which falls on October 2 every year, is commemorated to honour the birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a prominent figure in the Indian struggle for independence, who made significant sacrifices for his homeland.
• October 2, marks the birthday of another important figure in India's history - the country's second Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri.

• Google Doodle's hand-quilted Doodle commemorates German Unity Day on October 3,2023.
• The Doodle released on October 3, 2023 Google Doodle celebrates the 141st birthday of Karol Szymanowski who was a renowned Polish composer of the early 20th century.
• World Nature Day, established by the World Nature Organization (WNO) on October 3, 2010, serves as a crucial platform to raise awareness about the challenges our environment faces, particularly due to climate change.
• World Animal Welfare Day is annually celebrated on 4th October with the objective to raise awareness to improve the welfare standards of animals all over the world.
• The United Nations General Assembly declared that World Space Week will be held annually from October 4 to 10, 2023.
• World Teachers Day or International Teachers Day is celebrated on the 5th October of every year.

• Every year 6th October is observed as a World Cerebral Palsy.
• World Smile Day is celebrated on the first Friday of October every year.
• World Cotton Day is observed on 7th October of every year.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched ‘CRIIIO 4 GOOD’, a new online, life skills learning module, to promote gender equality among girls and boys.
• 'Sankalp Saptah,' a week-long program for Aspirational Blocks, will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on September 30, 2023 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, Delhi.
• Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), India's leading oil firm, has unveiled the nation's first green hydrogen-powered bus.

• Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari stated that India has set a target to become the world’s number one automobile manufacturing hub in the next 3 to 4 years.
• The Union government launched Swachhata Campaign 3.0 from October 2-31, 2023.
• Over 50 thousand people have taken the pledge to donate their organs, under the AyushmanBhav campaign.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh and laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation multiple development initiatives worth around 19,260 crores rupees.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone for various development projects worth about Rs 7,000 crore in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.
• PM Modi will dedicate multiple development projects worth more than ₹26,000 crore in Chhattisgarh, including the NMDC Steel Limited’s Steel Plant at Nagarnar in Bastar district.
• In Telangana, PM Modi laid the foundation stone of various development projects worth around ₹8000 crore, in important sectors like power, rail, and Health.
• Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Department, Narayan Rane, inaugurated the ‘Khadi Mahotsav’ organized by Khadi and Village Industry (KVIC) in Mumbai.
• In Hyderabad, the country’s first solar roof cycling track was inaugurated by state Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K Tarakarama Rao.
• A wide range of gifts and mementos gifted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the recent past have been displayed as part of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Arts.
• National Zoological Park kick-started the celebration of 69th   Wildlife Week with the theme "Partnerships for wildlife conservation", honouring the people who are making a difference, on the theme of UN World Wildlife Day 2023 and activities in context to wildlife conservation.
• In an endeavour to introduce Khadi to young people, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) inaugurated a newly-renovated Khadi India outlet at the IIT- Delhi campus on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.
• The Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi unveiled a 72-feet statue of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya in New Delhi on the occasion of his 107th birth anniversary.
• India has won the bid to host the prestigious International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement (ICCC) at New Delhi in 2027.
• The 5th World Coffee Conference (WCC) is being hosted in Bengaluru, Karnataka, in collaboration with the Coffee Board of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, and the Government of Karnataka.
• The Chief Minister of Tripura Shri Manik Saha inaugurated an e-cabinet system in Agartala, aimed at advancing digital infrastructure development and the digitization of government services and information.
• The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the issue of further Terms of Reference (ToR) to the existing Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II (KWDT-II) under section 5(1) of the ISRWD Act for its adjudication between the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
• The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi gave its approval for introduction in Parliament, a Bill, namely, the Central Universities (Amendment), Bill, 2023 further to amend the Central Universities Act, 2009 for setting up of Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University at Mulugu District in the State of Telangana.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to a proposal of the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti to complete the balance works of North Koel Reservoir Project at a revised Cost of Rs. 2,430.76 crores.
• The 50th India International Knit Fair will be held from 12th to 14th October at the India Knit Fair Association complex (IKFA) in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jodhpur, Rajasthan where he will lay the foundation stone and dedicate multiple development projects worth about five thousand crore rupees in sectors like road, rail, aviation, health and higher education.
• Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Shri Arjun Munda inaugurated the 4th EMRS National Cultural & Literary Fest and Kala Utsav- 2023, in the presence of Chief Minister, Uttarakhand, Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami, at Dehradun.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicated to the nation multiple development projects worth five thousand crore rupees across various sectors at Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh launched the Navy's updated indigenous programme Swavalamban 2.0.
• Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Shri Sunil Barthwal paid an official visit to Brazil from October 1st to October 4th, 2023, for the 6th meeting of the India-Brazil Trade Monitoring Mechanism.
• The Ministry of Tourism organised the inaugural ceremony for the PATA Travel Mart 2023 in New Delhi.
• The Government notified the constitution of the National Turmeric Board which will focus on the development and growth of turmeric and turmeric products in the country.
• The Ninth G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit (P20) will be held in New Delhi from 13th to the 14th of October.
• The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) organised the Orientation & Learning Summit for Independent Directors of CPSEs on the 5th and 6th of October in New Delhi — under the aegis of the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) and with the knowledge partnership of Capacity Building Commission.
• REC Limited, the Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power, has launched a mobile application, exclusively for current and future investors in REC’s 54EC Capital Gain Tax Exemption Bonds.
• Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari, strengthening the infrastructure for smooth transportation in the country is the priority of the Modi government.

• Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof inaugurated the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd (IREDA) pavilion at the AtoZero (Accelerate to Net Zero) ASEAN Summit, being organized from 4th to 6th October 2023 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• Russia is seeking to rejoin the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) after being removed from the council in April 2022.

• External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar addressed the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
• India and the United Nations launched a joint capacity-building initiative called the “India-UN Capacity Building Initiative,” designed to foster growth and development in the Global South.
• Canada has made an accusation regarding India's involvement in the assassination of a Khalistani leader, and this accusation has garnered support from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, known as the United Kingdom-United States Communication Intelligence Act ('UKUSA’).

• The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention of malaria in children.
• Armenia's Parliament voted to join the International Criminal Court, a move that further strains the country's ties with its old ally Russia after the court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin over events in Ukraine.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• India's Project Cheetah marked its one-year anniversary after releasing the first batch of 8 Namibian cheetahs into Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park (KNP).
• The Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary will become Bihar's second tiger reserve after the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) and will open by the end of 2023 or early 2024.
• The upcoming Noida International Airport (NIA) in Jewar has received its own unique international 3-letter code, ‘DXN,’ from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
• Basohli Pashmina, a more than 100-year-old traditional craft from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, has got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
• The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) partnered with the Ministry of Women and Child Development to initiate a cross-country bike expedition called "Yashaswini" with a group of CRPF women bikers.
• Uttar Pradesh has achieved 100% ODF Plus (Open Defecation Free Plus) coverage under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase II.
• The Bihar government publicly released the findings of its Caste-based Survey.
• The tallest statue of B R Ambedkar, named the 'Statue of Equality,' will be unveiled in Accokeek City, Maryland, on October 14, 2023.
• The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has launched the 'Har Ghar Solar Abhiyan' camp in Lucknow and Varanasi to promote the use of solar energy among the public.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• The Income Tax Department of India has issued a demand for approximately $150 million in taxes from Dream11, covering the years 2017 to 2019.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted its approval to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for acquiring a 9.7% stake in Federal Bank.

• After a slow start to the financial year, initial public offerings (IPOs) got a boost in the month of September when Rs 12,000 crore were raised through this route.
• Fiscal deficit reached 36% of Budget Estimate during April-August period of the fiscal year 2023-24.
• The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund and Japan Bank for International Cooperation, JBIC have tied up to launch a 600 million US dollar India-Japan Fund.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND ECONOMY

• Karnataka Bank has partnered with SahiBandhu, an aggregator platform for gold loans backed by the Manipal Group, for launching ‘doorstep gold loan’ facility named ‘KBL-Swarna Bandhu’.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the banking license of Nashik Zilla Girna Sahakari Bank Limited, which is located in Nashik, Maharashtra.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has introduced new prudential regulations through the "Reserve Bank of India (Prudential Regulations on Basel III Capital Framework, Exposure Norms, Significant Investments, Classification, Valuation, and Operation of Investment Portfolio Norms and Resource Raising Norms for All India Financial Institutions) Directions, 2023."
• HDFC Bank has introduced 3 new digital payment products on the Unified Payment Interface (UPI).
• The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has issued India's first-ever 'AAA' rated Indian Rupee denominated Social Bonds.
• Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys, and Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), the banking subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, announced that Guaranty Trust Bank has selected the Finacle Digital Banking Suite for its multi-country digital transformation program.
• State Bank of India (SBI), the nation's largest lender, has introduced a unique strategy to encourage timely repayments from retail borrowers.
• Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Limited (KMAMCL), in collaboration with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), has launched the ‘Seekho Paiso ki Bhasha’ investor education and awareness initiative.
• Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund has introduced India's first Nifty 500 ETF, an open-ended scheme designed to replicate the performance of the Nifty 500 Total Return Index.
• Tata Consultancy Services expanded its partnership with Johannesburg-based Standard Bank Group (SBG) to centralise its custody and securities settlement operations in over 15 markets with the TCS BaNCS global securities processing platform.

• The World Bank has decided to maintain India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth projection at 6.3% for the fiscal year 2023-24.
• The government has maintained the interest rates on most small saving schemes unchanged for the third quarter (Q3) of the current financial year.
• Indian Bank, a public sector lender, has implemented a series of digital initiatives to better serve its customers.
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has introduced capital reforms to unlock $100 billion in new financing capacity over a decade.
• IndusInd Bank has launched ‘INDIE’, a mobile banking app designed for customers seeking a personalised digital banking experience.
• The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of France, Singapore, and Switzerland announced the completion of a CBDC (central bank digital currency) initiative called Project Mariana.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed that cardholders be given the option of selecting their network provider for debit card, credit card, or prepaid cards.
• The Finance Ministry notified final valuation rules for foreign and domestic investors into shares of unlisted companies such as start-ups under the new angel tax mechanism proposed in the Finance Act 2023.
• WDRA, the Warehousing Development Regulatory Authority, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bank of India (BoI) to enable funding against e-NWRs (electronic Negotiable Warehouse Receipts).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• In a remarkable achievement, two Indian educators, Deep Narayan Nayak, a primary school teacher from West Bengal, and Hari Krishna Patacharu, an English teacher from Andhra Pradesh, have made it to the top 50 shortlist for the 2023 Global Teacher Prize.
• The Nobel Prize 2023 in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
• The 2023SASTRA Ramanujan Prize was awarded to Ruixiang Zhang, an Assistant Professor at the University of California in recognition of his work in areas such as analytic number theory, combinatorics, Euclidean harmonic analysis, and geometry.

• Renowned author and philanthropist Sudha Murty, wife of Infosys co-founder N. R. Narayana Murty, was honoured with the Global Indian Award by the Canada India Foundation.
• Chief Minister M K Stalin announced that a cash award of ₹25 lakh would be given to each of the nine eminent space scientists from Tamil Nadu, including K Sivan and Mylswamy Annadurai, in recognition of their services to the nation.
• The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature to Norwegian author Jon Fosse "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable", according to the Swedish Academy.
• Narges Mohammadi, the most prominent of Iran’s jailed women’s rights advocates, has vowed to stay in the country and continue her activism after winning the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• Lieutenant General Raghu Srinivasan assumed the role of the 28th Director General Border Roads (DGBR).
• The Union government has extended the tenure of Nitin Gupta, the current Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), until June 30, 2024.
• Former bureaucrat Amit Khare has been granted an extension as an advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

• The Tuticorin-based Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB)'s managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO), Krishnan Sankarasubramaniam, has resigned from the post, citing personal reasons.
• Intel Corporation, a leading digital chip maker based in the United States of America (USA), has appointed Gokul Subramaniam as the new President of Intel India.
• Tata Sons has appointed Banmali Agarwal as the new chairman of the group’s aerospace and defence solutions unit Tata Advanced Systems (TASL).

• Prosus-owned fintech major PayU India’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Anirban Mukherjee has been promoted to the role of global CEO of PayU.
• Mohamed Muizzu, representing the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) PNC coalition, secured victory in the Maldives Presidential elections.
• M. Naik retired from his position as Chairman of Larsen & Toubro (L&T).
• Aditya Puri, a veteran banker and former Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HDFC Bank, has been appointed as a senior advisor to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP (Deloitte).
• Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti assumed charge as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff.
• Sachin Tendulkar has been appointed as the global ambassador of the 2023 Cricket World Cup by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
• P R Seshadri has been appointed as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of South Indian Bank.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT 

• The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry and GatiShakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) entered into collaboration to advance India's infrastructure and logistics sectors.
• A MoU between the Department of Heritage & Tourism, Government of Haryana and the North-Eastern Handicrafts and Handloom Development Corporation Ltd. (NEHHDC), Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER) was signed for bilateral, cross-cultural exchange & and promotion of handicrafts, handlooms, textiles, crafts, culture and cuisine of the state of Haryana and North-East India
• The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund and Japan Bank for International Cooperation, JBIC have tied up to launch a 600 million US dollar India-Japan Fund.
• The Automotive Research Association of India ( ARAI ) has signed an MoU with llT Guwahati for the Establishment of a Common Engineering Facility Center titled “Digital Twin Center for Emerging Automotive Systems” in the Hub and Spoke model.
• The UAE and India will cooperate more closely in sustainable industrial development following a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed at Emirates Palace.
• NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Al Etihad Payments (AEP) for Domestic Card Scheme (DCS) Implementation in UAE.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING AND INDEX

• India has retained its 40th rank out of 132 economies in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2023 rankings, released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
• The 34th edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 34) was published by Z/Yen Group in partnership with the China Development Institute (CDI).

• The India Ageing Report 2023 was released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• The 30th edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) has successfully concluded in Singapore.

• The Indian Coast Guard Pollution-Control Vessel 'Samudra Prahari' conducted a Pollution Response Table-Top exercise with Thai officials at Khlong Toei Port in Bangkok, Thailand.

• The 11th edition of the SAMPRITI joint military exercise (SAMPRITI-XI) between the Indian Army and the Bangladesh Army has commenced in Umroi, Meghalaya.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shared an image of Mercury by MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft.
• Iran launched Noor-3 imaging satellite into space.
• The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced the conclusion of the Cloud-Aerosol LIDAR and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) mission, which focused on the analysis of climate, weather, and air quality.

• The Indian Air Force (IAF) inducted the first of six new Dornier Do-228 aircraft manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
• Fintech firm CRED launched CRED Garage, a vehicle management platform, which will offer its members concierge service, timely reminders, document management, and insights on spending.
• China sent a new remote sensing satellite named Yaogan-33 04 carried off by a Long March-4C carrier rocket into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• Indian shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor defended his Asian Games title with gold in Hangzhou.
• A record-breaking Avinash Sable became the first Indian man to win a gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase at the Asian Games here.

• Football for Schools (F4S) is an ambitious programme run by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) at Sambalpur, Odisha.
• Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi chose Padget Electronics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dixon Technologies India, as its contract manufacturer in India.
• American gymnastic Simone Biles became the first woman to do the Yurchenko double pike at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships with the vault now to be named after her.

• The Indian women's 4x400m relay team featuring Vithya Ramraj, Aishwarya Mishra, Prachi and Subha Venkatesan won the silver medal at the 19th Asian Games.
• At the Hangzhou Asian Games in China, India amassed a total of 92 medals, including 21 gold, 33 silver, and 38 bronze.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS AND AUTHOR

• "One Among You" is the English translation of MK Stalin's autobiography, originally written in Tamil as "Ungalil Oruvan."
• We Also Make Policy is a fly-on-the-wall account of the proceedings within the finance ministry.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

• Asian Paints Limited, Non-Executive Director Ashwin Suryakant Dani, passed away at the age of 79.