DAILY DOSE 29TH OCT CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) India Navy conducts maritime exercise with Singapore at Visakhapatnam
- The Indian Navy is hosting 29th edition the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) from 26-30 Oct’22 Visakhapatnam.
- SIMBEX – 2022 is being conducted in 2 Phase – Harbour Phase at Visakhapatnam 26 to 27 October 2022 followed Sea Phase Bay Bengal from 30 Oct.
- SIMBEX series of exercise began in 1994 and were initially known Exercise Lion King.
2) Indian scientists develop first indigenous Overhauser Magnetometer
- Scientists at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai have developed an indigenous Overhauser Magnetometer (OM).
- OM is one of the most accurate magnetometers extensively used by magnetic observatories around the world.
- It has been installed at Alibag Magnetic Observatory,
- It will help reduce India’s dependence on commercial magnetometers for performing geomagnetic field measurements.
3) Know About: Fiji
- Fiji is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean,
- It consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about 110 are permanently inhabited,
- About 87% of the total population of 924,610 live on the 2 major islands, Viti Levu & Vanua Levu.
- Capital: Suva
- Official languages: Fijian, English, Fiji Hindi
- PM: Frank Bainimarama
- Currency: Fijian dollar
4) Fiji to host 12th World Hindi Conference in 2023
- Fiji will be hosting the 12th World Hindi Conference next year from Feb 15-17, 2023,
- With this, Fiji will become the first country in the Pacific to hold the World Hindi Conference.
- The 3-day conference would be held in the Fijian city of Nadi,
- EAM S Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation for the Conference.
- Fijian Hindi is enshrined in the constitution of Fiji as an official language.
5) Elon Musk completes $44bn Twitter takeover
- The world’s richest Musk, has completed his $44bn (£38.1bn) takeover Twitter.
- A number of top executives including CEO Parag Agrawal, have been
- Twitter, lnc.is an American communications company based in San Francisco, California.
- The company operates microblogging and social networking service Twitter.
- It was founded March 2006.
6) Know About: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
- Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate company, headquartered in Mumbai,
- It has diverse businesses including energy, petrochemicals, natural gas, retail, telecommunications, mass media, and textiles,
- Founded: 8 May 1973
- Founder: Dhirubhai Ambani
- Subsidiaries: Reliance Retail, Reliance Petroleum, Jio Platforms, etc.
7) Know About: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- ICAO is a specialized agency of the United Nations.
- It creates regulations for aviation safety, efficiency and regularity and environmental protection.
- It also defines the protocols for air accident investigation,
- As of April 2019, there are 193 ICAO members,
- The Council of ICAO is elected by the Assembly every 3 years and consists of 36 members.
- HQ: Montreal, Canada
- Founded: 1947
8) Delhi airport emerges as world’s 10th busiest airport: Report
- The Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi has emerged as the world’s 10th busiest airport in October 2022, according to report by the UK-based aviation analytics firm OAG.
- Delhi airport has improved its position from 14th place in October 2019, as per the report.
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the US has emerged as the busiest the world in Oct 2022,
9) Know About: Border Roads Organisation
- The Border Roads Organisation is a road construction executive force in India that provides support to and is now a part of the Indian Armed Forces,
- BRO develops and maintains road networks in India’s border areas and friendly neighboring countries,
- Founded by: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Founded: 7 May 1960
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- Director General: Lt, Gen, Rajeev Chaudhary
10) A K Goel re-elected as IBA Chairman
- A K Goel, Managing Director & CEO, Punjab National Bank (PNB), has been re-elected as the Chairman of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) for the term 2022-23.
- Goel was previously elected as IBA’s chairman in 2021,
- Before PNB, Goel was the MD & CEO of UCO Bank.
- IBA was set up in 1946 to look after the interests of the banking industry,
- IBA HQ: Mumbai
- Membership of the Association: 237
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