Daily GK Update: 24th October 2022

Sports

F1 world champion, Max Verstappen (Red Bull driver) has won the 2022 United States F1 Grand Prix title, held at the Circuit of the Americas, Texas, USA.
Hamilton (Mercedes driver) has finished second and Charles Leclerc (Ferrai driver) came third in the 2022 United States F1 Grand Prix.
List of 2022 F1 Race:
- Japanese GP: Max Verstappen
- Singapore GP: Sergio Pérez (Red bull)
- Italian GP: Max Verstappen
- Dutch GP: Max Verstappen
- Belgian GP: Max Verstappen

Banking & Finance

Karnataka Bank has bagged National Digital Transformation Awards DX 2022 Awards for best practice in digital transformation under BFSI segment.
The award was instituted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
This award was given in recognition of the “Innovative Excellence” in ‘KBL HR NxT - Employee Engagement’, ‘KBL Operations NxT - Operational Excellence’ and ‘KBL Customer NxT - Customer Experience’.
Bank has launched KBL Vikas in 2017, KBL NxT in 2021.

Banking & Finance

IndusInd Bank has raised $150 million loan from the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to expand its microfinance portfolio.
The mains focus of the loan to boost the access to finance for women borrowers, as well as uplifting the livelihoods of these women and their families.
The bank will use the proceeds to lend to women borrowers in rural communities of Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar.
IndusInd Bank MD and CEO: Sumant Kathpalia

Important Dates

World Polio Day 2022 has observed every year on October 24 to raise awareness about the polio vaccination and eradication of polio.
2022 theme: World Polio Day 2022 and Beyond: A healthier future for mothers and children
This day was established in 1985 by Rotary International to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk.
Jonas Salk was the lead medical researcher of the team that developed a vaccine against polio.
WHO Head: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Honours & Awards

Hyderabadi Haleem of Telangana has won the ‘Most Popular GI’ award after defeating other food items including Rasgulla, Bikaneri Bhujiya, and Ratlami Sev.
GI tag: It is given to products to ensure that authorised users can only use the popular product name.
Hyderabadi Haleem has recived the GI status in 2010.
It was expired in December 2019.
However, later, the registrar of Geographical Indicator renewed the tag for the dish for 10 years.

International Affairs

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has added Myanmar to the list of high-risk countries, which is known as ‘Black List’.
Reason: Strategic deficiencies in regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing
Myanmar is the third country to be added in this list along with North Korea and Iran, which have been on the high-risk list since 2020.
President of FATF: T. Raja Kumar
FATF HQ: Paris, France

National Affairs

PM Modi has launched Mission LiFE in the presence of UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres at the Statue of Unity, Ekta Nagar, Kevadia, Gujarat.
Mission LiFE refers to Lifestyle for Environment.
Aim: To protect and preserve the environment
This global movement will showcase sustainable goals and climate actions taken by countries and individuals around the world.
The UN Secretary-General and PM Modi have also launched booklet, logo, and tagline of Mission LiFE.

International Affairs

One Health Joint Plan of Action was launched by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Health Organization (WHO), and World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).
Aim: To create a framework to integrate systems and capacity to collectively better prevent, and respond to health threats
This plan will be applicable from 2022 to 2026 to reduce the health issues at the international, regional, and national levels

National Affairs

The first ‘Migration Monitoring System’ of India has been launched in Mumbai with an aim to provide updated information on migrant pregnant women, lactating mothers and children instantly on a single system.
The system was launched by the Maharashtra Women and Child Development Minister, Mangalprabhat Lodha.
The system was developed by the Department of WCD.
It will track the movements of vulnerable seasonal migrant beneficiaries through unique identification numbers.

State Affairs

"Honesty shops” has been launched in the Ernakulam district of Kerala for students up to Class 12.
This initiative was launched by the Student police cadet.
Aim: To cultivate valuable lessons on trust, truth and integrity for students.
There will be no salesperson in these shops and neither will they have a shopkeeper present.
Students can choose items they need and drop the money for each item inside the collection box kept on a table.