Daily GK Update: 10th October 2022

Sports

21-time Grand Slam champion from Serbia, Novak Djokovic has clinched his 90th ATP title after defeating Greek, Stefanos Tsitsipas by 6-3, 6-4 in the final of Astana Open in Kazakhstan.
He joined Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the list of players in Open Era with 90 or more ATP titles.
In men's doubles, Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic have captured their fifth tour-level title of the season and beat Adrian Mannarino and Fabrice Martin by 6-4, 6-2.

Science & Technology

According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the X-ray spectrometer 'CLASS' on the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter has mapped an abundance of sodium on the moon for the first time.
Chandrayaan-1’s X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (C1XS) has detected sodium from its characteristic line in X-rays.
CLASS was built at the U R Rao Satellite Centre of ISRO in Bengaluru.
It provides clean signatures of the sodium line due to its high sensitivity and performance.

Obituaries

Samajwadi Party founder, Mulayam Singh Yadav has been passed away at the age of 82.
He was born in a small village Saifai in the Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh and was a trained wrestler.
His had started his political career in 1967 and formed the Samajwadi Party in 1992.
He served for three non-consecutive terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
He was also served as the Minister of Defence (1996 – 1998) and elected an MLA 10 times and an MP seven times.

Honours & Awards

India men’s hockey team defender and vice-captain, Harmanpreet Singh has been voted the 2021/22 FIH Player of the Year for the second year running.
He becomes the fourth player to win the Player of the Year award in men's category in consecutive years.
He joined an elite list, that includes Teun De Nooijer (Netherlands), Jamie Dwyer (Australia) and Arthur van Doren (Belgium).
Felice Albers of Netherlands has been named 2021/22 FIH Player of the Year in women's category.

Important Dates

World Mental Health Day is observed on October 10 to draw attention to mental health issues and their effects.
The theme for 2022 is “Make mental health & well-being for all a global priority.”
The then World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) Deputy Secretary General, Richard Hunter had initiated the first celebration of World Mental Health Day on October 10, 1992.
WFMH is a non-governmental organisation founded in 1948.

Banking & Finance

The government and LIC will together divest a 60.72% stake in the IDBI Bank.
The Centre will divest a 30.48% stake while LIC will offload 30.24%.
For this, the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) has invited expressions of interest (EoIs) from potential bidders.
The potential investor should have a minimum net worth of ₹22,500 crore, must report net profit in three out of the past five years, will be eligible for bidding.

Sports

Red Bull, Max Verstappen has declared Formula One world champion after winning a 2022 Japanese Grand Prix.
Sergio Pérez (Red Bulls) finished second in the list, while, the second-place finisher, Charles Leclerc was given a five-second penalty, dropping him to third.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) placed fifth.
Previous GP 2022:
- Singapore: Sergio Pérez
- Italian; Dutch; Belgian; Hungarian; French: Max Verstappen
- Austrian: Charles Leclerc

National & International Appointments

Gulf Oil Lubricants has appointed Indian cricketer, Smriti Mandhana as its new brand ambassador.
With this association, Gulf Oil became the first company in the lubricant space to appoint a woman cricketer as ambassador.
She will join the ranks of current brand ambassadors Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Hardik Pandya.
Aim: To celebrate women power and inspire female audience in the country and also honored the achievements of Indian women cricketers.

Defense

The National Security Guard (NSG) has organised the multinational Joint Anti-Terror Exercise (JATE), “Manesar Anti-Terror 2022” at NSG Manesar Garrison.
The exercises was conducted under the framework of SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS).
It is the second stage of the exercise, as the Stage-1 was conducted from July 27 to August 1 by the National Counter Terrorist Forces of SCO Member Countries in their respective territories.

Science & Technology

Asteria Aerospace Limited has received India’s first micro category drone type certification for its indigenously designed A200 drone from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The A200 drone was found to be fully compliant with the Certification Scheme for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Asteria’s A200 drone has been developed for surveying and mapping applications in GIS, agriculture, construction, mining and other industries.