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DAILY DOSE 15TH OCT CURRENT AFFAIRS

DAILY DOSE 15TH OCT CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

1) Know About: Wholesale Price Index (WPI)

  • Wholesale Price Index (WPI) is the price of a representative basket of wholesale goods.
  • Some countries (like the Philippines) use WPI changes as a central measure of inflation.
  • But now India has adopted new CPI to measure inflation.
  • However, United States now report a producer price index instead.
  •  The WPI is published by the Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

 

 

2) CERT-In and Power-CSIRTS jointly conduct “PowerEX-2022”

  • Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) in collaboration with Power-CSIRTS (Computer Security Incident Response Teams in Power sector), successfully conducted the Cyber Security Exercise “PowerEX” on 12 October 2022.
  • The theme of the exercise was “Defending Cyber induced disruption in IT & OT infrastructure”
  • It was hosted by CERT-In on its exercise simulation platform.

 

 

3) India’s WPI inflation eases to 10.7% in September 2022

  • India’s annual wholesale price-based inflation (WPI) eased in September 2022 to 10.70% as against 12.41% recorded in August 2022 and 11.8% in Sept in 2021, as per the government data.
  • The Sept WPI was lower than the Reuters forecast of 11.50%.
  • September is the 18th consecutive month of double-digit WPI inflation.
  • The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) touched a record high of 15.88% in May 2022.

 

4) Indian Navy and IIM Nagpur sign an MoU

  • Indian Navy and IIM Nagpur signed an MoU on 13 Oct 2022.
  • It has been signed to explore opportunities to train, up-skill and re-skill Armed Forces Personnel, Indian Navy personnel in particular, in emerging areas.
  • This will facilitate career enhancement/ progression of Serving Personnel and up skill retiring officers to meet industry requirement.

 

5) International E-Waste Day: 14 October

  • International E-Waste Day is held on 14 October every year.
  • The day was launched in 2018 by the WEEE Forum to raise the public profile of waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling and encourage consumers to recycle.
  • The theme for 2022 is: ‘Recycle it all, no matter how small!!
  • According to the Global E-waste Monitor 2020, the world generated 53.6 Mt of e-waste in 2019.

 

 

6) ISSF World Championship: India bags bronze medal in shooting

  • India began their ISSF World Championship campaign with a bronze in the women’s 25m pistol team junior competition in Cairo, Egypt on 13 October 2022.
  • The trio of Esha Singh, Naamya Kapoor, and Vibhuti Bhatia defeated team Germany 17-1 in the bronze medal match.
  • They had finished fourth in the first round of qualification with a score of 856 to make it to the next stage.

 

7) Know About: INS Arihant

  • INS Arihant is the lead ship of India’s Arihant class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines off the Indian Navy.
  • The 6,000 tonne vessel was built under the Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project at the Ship Building Centre in Visakhapatnam.
  • It was launched on 26 July 2009, the anniversary of Vijay Diwas (Kargil War Victory Day) by PM Manmohan Singh.
  • Commissioned: August 2016

 

8) PM Modi to dedicate 75 Digital Banking Units to the nation on Oct 16

  • PM Narendra Modi will dedicate 75 Digital Banking Units (DBUS) to the nation on 16 Oct 2022.
  • As part of the Union budget speech for 2022-23, the Finance Minister had announced the setting up of the 75 DBUS in 75 districts of the country to commemorate the 75 years of independence of the country.
  • The DBUS are being set up to ensure benefits of digital banking reach all corners of the country.

 

 

9) LT Gen PS Bhagat Memorial Chair of Excellence instituted

  • On the 103rd birthday of late Lt Gen PS Bhagat, the Indian Army has dedicated a Chair of Excellence in his memory at the United Service Institution of India.
  • During the ceremony, Rs 5 lakhs honourarium to the nominated Chair of Excellence was handed. over to Maj Gen BK Sharma, Director, USI.
  • Late Lt Gen PS Bhagat served as the first General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Command.

 

10) INS Arihant carries out successful launch of ballistic missile

  • INS Arihant carried out a successful launch of a Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) on 14 October 2022.
  • The missile was tested to a predetermined range and impacted the target area in the Bay of Bengal with very high accuracy.
  • All operational and technological parameters of the weapon system have been validated.

 

 


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