National News

PM- AJA 

• Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhuyday Yojana (PM- AJAY) is a merged scheme of 03 Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY), Special Central Assistance to Scheduled Castes Sub Plan ( SCA to SCSP) and Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana (BJRCY) and has been implemented since 2021-22 with an aim to reduce poverty of the SC communities.

Nano DAP plant

• Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah inaugurated IFFCO's Nano DAP (Liquid) plant at Kalol in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

IFFCO

54th IFFI

• In 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) scheduled to be held in Goa, ‘Aattam, (Malayalam)’ will be Opening Film  and ‘Andro Dreams (Manipuri)’ will be the Opening Non-Feature Film from Indian Panorama 2023.

Goa

Aadi Mahotsav

• Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) and  Ministry of Tribal Affairs  is organizing Aadi Mahotsav (the National Tribal Festival) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat from 25th October – 3rd November, 2023.

TRIFED 

Severe cyclone 'Hamoon'

• As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), storm 'Hamoon' has intensified into a severe cyclone in Bay of Bengal.

IMD

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

7th ‘Future Investment Initiative’

• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and Textiles, Sh. Piyush Goyal attended the 7th Edition of Future Investment Initiative (FII) held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia

Defence NEWS

 Air Marshal Sadhna S Nair

• Air Marshal Sadhna S Nair assumed the appointment of Director General Hospital Services (Armed Forces) in the office of DGAFMS, becoming the first woman to hold the position on promotion to the rank of Air Marshal.

 EXERCISE HARIMAU SHAKTI-2023

• Joint bilateral training exercise “Exercise Harimau Shakti 2023”, between Indian & Malaysian Army commenced today in Umroi Cantonment, India.

ITBP Raising Day 2023

• The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) commemorated its 62nd Raising Day on Oct 24, 2021.

ITBP

AWARD & HONOUR

Ashok Gadgil

• US President Joe Biden presented the prestigious White House National Medal for Technology and Innovation to Indian-American scientist Ashok Gadgil, with several others, for providing life-sustaining resources to communities around the world.

USA

Books & Authors

Book: The Lords of Wankhede

• The book, co-written by Former India cricketer W.V. Raman and senior journalist R. Kaushik, was unveiled in Bengaluru

 Environment + Science & Technology

Skyroot’s Vikram-1 rocket

• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh unveiled Vikram-1 orbital rocket developed by Space StartUp Company Skyroot Aerospace.

Skyroot Aerospace

Age of the moon

• Based on the moon rock sample collected by NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972 scientists have estimated age of moon is 4.46 billion years.

NASA

IMPORTANT DAY

International Dwarfism Awareness Day

• International Dwarfism Awareness Day is celebrated every year on 25th October and it also spreads awareness for achondroplasia, a bone growth disorder that causes dwarfism.