Static GK Based on Current Affairs

 Static GK Based on Current Affairs

1. Paytm Payments Bank has appointed Deependra Singh Rathore as the interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO), in addition to his role as Chief Product & Technology Officer.

• CEO Satish Gupta is retiring this month in October.

• The bank has also appointed Sunil Chander Sharma, a former IRS officer as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

➤ Recent Appointments: - 

• Mallikarjun Kharge - first non-Gandhi Congress president in 24 years

• Atanu Chakraborty - now the Chairman of Yubi

• Kaustubh Kulkarni - JP Morgan new Country Head of India.

• Dr. Prashant Garg - as a ‘Member’ of the Academia Ophthalmological Internationalis (AOI)

• Former Infosys president Ravi Kumar S -president of Cognizant Americas.

• Bharati Das - as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) 

•D Gukesh - Youngest to beat World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen

• Ericsson veteran Arun Bansal - CEO of Adani Airport Holdings 

• Dr. Justice DY Chandrachud - new and 50th Chief Justice of India.

• Apoorva Srivastava - Next Ambassador of India to the Slovak Republic.

• Indian Cricketer Smriti Mandhana - Gulf Oil India ambassador

• Mohit Bhatia - CEO Of Bank Of India Mutual Funds

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2. Google partners with Assam Government to help and expedite the Assam government’s objective to foster digital growth and development in the State.

• Inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

➤ Google will work with The Assam Government’s Skill, Employment & Entrepreneurship Department (SEED) 

• To strengthen school digitization efforts with digital tools and solutions to support teaching and learning,

• As well as to promote the fundamentals of online safety and digital citizenship to school children through the “Be Internet Awesome” program.

➤ Static GK About Google: -

• CEO: Sundar Pichai (2 Oct 2015–)

• Founded: 4 September 1998, Menlo Park, California, United States

• Headquarters: Mountain View, California, United States

• Founders: Larry Page, Sergey Brin

• Parent organization: Alphabet Inc.

• Subsidiaries: YouTube, Kaggle, Mandiant , Firebase,

➤ Static GK About Assam: -

• CM - Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma

• Governor - Prof Jagdish Mukhi

• Capital: - Dispur

• Folk Dance: - Bihu

• Language: - Asamiya

• Festival: - Bihu

➤ National Park of Assam: -

• Dibru Saikhowa National Park

• Kaziranga National Park

• Nameri National Park

• Manas National Park

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3. Roger Binny has been elected as the 36th President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in October 2022.

• Roger Binny took the place of former Indian Cricket team Captain Sourav Gnguly.

➤ Static GK About BCCI: -

• The governing body for cricket in India

• President: Roger Binny Trending

• CEO - Hemang Amin

• Headquarters: Mumbai

• Founded: December 1928

• Vice president(s) - Rajeev Shukla

• Secretary - Jay Shah

• Men's coach - Rahul Dravid

• Women's coach - Ramesh Powar

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4. Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri has inaugurated Asia’s largest Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plant in Lehragaga, in Sangrur, Punjab. 

• The plant is just the beginning of India’s master plan for a CBG-based rural economy and the government is taking all steps to promote the ecosystem around it.

• The plant has been commissioned with a foreign direct investment (FDI) of approximately Rs. 220 crores by Verbio AG, one of Germany’s leading bio-energy companies.

➤ Static GK About Punjab: -

• A state bordering Pakistan

• The city of Amritsar, founded in the 1570s by Sikh Guru Ram Das.

• Capital: Chandigarh

• Governor: Banwarilal Purohit

• Chief minister: Bhagwant Mann

• Dance - Bhangra, Giddha

• Bird - Baaz

• Mammal - Indus river dolphin (Platanista minor)

• Flower - Gladiolus

• Tree - Sheesham

• The word pañjāb thus means "The Land of Five Waters," referring to the rivers Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas.

• All are tributaries of the Indus River, the Sutlej being the largest.

➤ Important Dates in History: - 

• 1765–1801: Rise of the Sikh Misls, who gained control of significant swathes of Punjab

• 1801–1839: Sikh Empire, also known as Sarkar Khalsa, ruled by Maharaja Ranjit Singh

• 1845–1846: First Anglo-Sikh War

• 1846: Jammu joined the new state of Jammu and Kashmir

• 1848–1849: Second Anglo-Sikh War

• 1849: Complete annexation of Punjab into British India

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5. World Statistics Day 2022 is celebrated every year on October 20.

➤ Aim - to show that good data and statistics are indispensable for informed decision-making by all actors in society.

➤ The theme - "Data for Sustainable Development".

• 17th October - International Poverty Eradication Day

• 20th October - National Solidarity Day (China attacked India on this day)

• 21st October - Police Martyrs' Day

• 24th October - United Nations Day, World Polio Day

• 29th October - World Stroke Day

• 30th October - World Thrift Day

• 31st October - Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day)