Daily GK Update: 3rd October 2022

Sports

U-20 World wrestling champion, Antim Panghal has secured her gold medal in women's 53kg wrestling at the National Games 2022.
She has defeated Priyanshi Prajapati of Madhya Pradesh to clinch the title.
She hails from Haryana.
While, Hina Khalifa (Gujarat) and Swati Sanjay (Maharashtra) won the bronze medals in the women's 53kg.
Olympian gymnast, Pranati Nayak has won two gold medals at the Sama Indoor Sports Complex in Vadodara.

Schemes

Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education has launched YUVA 2.0 - Prime Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors.
It is a programme to train young and budding authors (below 30 years of age).
Aim: To promote reading, writing and book culture in the country.
The launch of YUVA 2.0 (Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors) is in tune with the Prime Minister’s vision to encourage the youth to understand and appreciate India's democracy.

National & International Appointments

Dr. A K Anil Kumar, Senior Scientist in ISRO, has been elected as the Vice President of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF).
He is currently working as Associate Director, ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC).
It is a recognition of ISRO's space endeavors and helps in promoting international collaboration.
The IAF is the world's leading space advocacy body with 433 members in 72 countries.
It was founded in 1951.

Important Dates

The United Nations observes the first Monday of October as World Habitat Day.
This year, World Habitat Day will be observed on October 3.
Focus: Growing inequalities and challenges in cities and human settlements
The 2022 theme is “Mind the Gap. Leave No One and Place Behind”.
In 1985 the United Nations has designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat Day.
This day was first celebrated in 1986, Nairobi (Kenya) was the host city.

National Affairs

As per the data released by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), the unemployment rate of India has been dropped drastically to 6.43% in 2022 September.
Reason: On the back of increase in labour participation in the rural and urban areas.
As per the data, unemployment rate was the highest in Rajasthan (23.8), followed by Jammu and Kashmir (23.2%) per cent, Haryana (22.9%), Tripura (17%), Jharkhand (12.2) and Bihar (11.4%).

National Affairs

Pegatron (Taiwan) has become the third Apple vendor to set up a manufacturing unit in Chennai, India.
The firm will invest around Rs 1,100 crore in the unit and generate around 14,000 jobs.
The other two Apple vendors in India are Foxconn and Wistron.
Tamil Nadu has also planned to develop Hosur, Coimbatore and Sriperumbudur as electronics manufacturing hubs.
Major players in the state include Samsung, Foxconn, Tata Electronics and Dell among major investors.

Sports

The government has launched Fit India Freedom Run 3.0 at the Major Dhyanchand National Stadium in New Delhi on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.
The third edition was jointly launched with a Fit India Plog Run by Kiren Rijiju (Law and Justice Minister) and Anurag Singh Thakur (Youth Affairs and Sports Minister).
This event will go on till 31st of October, 2022.
PM, Narendra Modi had launched the Fit India movement in 2019.

Defense

Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh has formally inducted the indigenously-developed Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) in the Indian Air Force at Air Force Station, Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
It has been named as 'Prachanda'.
It would be inducted into the 143 Helicopter Unit.
It was developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).
This helicopter is powered by two Shakti engines and equipped with stealth features, all-weather combat capability, and armour protection.

Obituaries

The founder, chairman and MD of Suzlon Group and Suzlon Energy Limited, Tulsi Tanti has been died due to cardiac arrest.
He was also the chairman of Renewable Energy Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
He encouraged the wind revolution in India with the founding of Suzlon Energy in 1995.
He operated his business from Ahmedabad and has settled in Pune since 2004.
Tanti was also the chairman of the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association.

National & International Appointments

Senior IPS officer, Sujoy Lal Thaosen has been appointed as the new director generals of the CRPF
He has replaced Kuldiep Singh (1986-batch), who was retired on 30th September 2022.
He is a 1988-batch officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
He is currently working as DG of SSB and holding the additional charge of ITBP
While, Anish Dayal Singh has named as director generals of ITBP
He is a 1988-batch officer (Manipur cadre) and currently serving as a special director in IB