Newscapsule for the Month of October 2023

Kerala, India, G20, World, Sports, Technology, Business and Finance, Israel-Palestine, Nobel Prizes, Asian Games 2022, ICC World Cup, Ukraine-Russia War

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Kerala

• CPI-M leader Ananthalavattom Anandan Passed away.
• 19th-century sketch put up online by an Israeli Prof draws attention to the dying community of Cochin Jews.
• Kerala CM inaugurates various projects backed by CIAL- Inauguration of Cargo terminal, DigiYatra, Airport Emergency Services & Launching of T3 expansion, Golf tourism, PIDS & Aero Lounge.
• Karuvannur Bank Fraud grabs headlines in the state.
• Kerala to get its first night street- Manaveeyam Veedhi.
• Massive rains were received across the state.
• The capital Trivandrum saw extensive waterlogging for a day.
• Kerala has successfully managed to mitigate the Nipah disease outbreak.
• Multiple trains were delayed in Kerala due to Vandebharat.
• BJP chief, 5 others asked to appear before the court in an election bribery case.
• Police Case Against Suresh Gopi for Protests.
• In a major reshuffle, Divya S Iyer is the new MD of Vizhinjam port, and 5 districts get new collectors.
• LJD merges with RJD in Kerala.
• JDS state meet held. No decision yet on joining NDA.
• Vizhinjam port: political wrangling over credit for seaport breaks out in Kerala before the govt-sponsored event to receive the ship.
• MEC and several IHRD Colleges implement Gender Neutral Uniforms.
• Kerala to hold Grand celebrations for Kerala Day.
• Heavy rains pound Thiruvananthapuram, flooding neighbourhoods and sending citizens scrambling for higher ground.
• Murder of Kochi youth in Goa: Fourth arrest recorded.
• IUML and Samastha at loggerheads with each other.
• Malayalam actor Kundara Johny no more.
• HC intervenes, Sabarimala-bound vehicles adorned with flowers, and leaves will soon be a thing of the past.
• 17 passengers injured as Sabarimala-bound bus overturns in Kerala.
• PN Mahesh is the new Sabarimala priest.
• Legendary leader V S Achudanandan turns 100 years old.
• TDB prevents RSS activities on temple premises.
• Shashi Tharoor lands in soup over the IUML rally.
• Kerala High Court Allows CISF Personnel To Rejoin Duty After Reporting Late Due To Covid-19 Home Quarantine.
• Kerala Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused Of Misbehaving With Malayalam Actress Over Window Seat In Flight.
• Lab tests confirm 24-year-old Pala native died due to food poisoning.
• The attack and bomb blast in Kalamassery Convention Centre were deemed a terror attack.
• Dominic Martin is held responsible for the attack after he surrendered to the Police.
• Supplyco yet again sees a commodity shortage.
• Kerala CM visits convention centre, injured at Kalamassery Medical College.
• Cases were filed against those who spread misinformation about the attack.

India

• BJP issues show cause notices against eight senior leaders.
• Congress government has destroyed roots of state: Top quotes of PM Modi from Rajasthan rally.
• Khalistan Radicals Stop Indian Diplomat In UK From Entering Scotland Gurudwara.
• The Bihar Caste Survey has been released with 27% Backward Classes and 36% Extremely Backward Classes.
• RJD leader says quota will help women with ‘bob cut hair’: Why socialist parties have used ‘parkati mahilayein’ to oppose Bill.
• Gandhi Jayanthi and Lal Bahadur Shashtri’s birthdays are celebrated.
• 2016 Pathankot blast suspect shot dead in Pakistan.
• Delhi Police raids journalists associated with ‘Newsclick’ in UAPA case. Indian journalists protested against the Government’s actions.
• Kerala CM condemns Delhi Police action against news portal NewsClick, calls it ‘fascist method’.
• Sikkim is facing flash foods where 22 soldiers were washed away in heavy rain.
• Security personnel walked 5 km carrying the injured Maoist on their shoulders to save his life.
• Sexual literacy programme held at six Delhi government schools.
• Manipur journalist bodies serve legal notice to editors’ guild over reports.
• 10 Bajrang Dal Activists Including Women Injured in Stone-pelting in Hazaribagh.
• School teacher orders Muslim student to slap Hindu classmate in UP’s Sambhal, arrested.
• JNU to install CCTV cameras to check on ‘anti-national’ graffiti.
• Nitin Gadkari takes the Sky Bus in Sharjah.
• NCP’s Praful Patel makes confusing remarks in defection to BJP.
• UDF received no performance report of MPs from election strategist: KC Venugopal.
• Sikkim flash floods: 53 killed as 27 bodies recovered from Teesta river.
• Former BJP minister slams alliance with JD(S) in Karnataka.
• External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s security cover upgraded to Z category.
• 654 suicides & 50,000 resignations in 5 years — the crisis stalking India’s CAPFs.
• Congress- National Conference alliance sweeps Ladkh Municipal Council elections.
• BJP fractures on JDS alliances.
• Elections to five states announced in India. 5 states to go to polls from Nov 7 to Nov 30; Results on Dec 3.
• SC refers Electoral bond cases to the Constitutional Bench.
• Rajasthan poll date changed from November 23 to November 25 due to ‘large scale weddings’.
• Congress party takes a pro-Palestinian stance.
• BJP fields MPs to contest in elections.
• Men jailed for India ‘house of horrors’ murders freed.
• Prenups inavlid in India as per Delhi HC.
• India’s top court stops short of legalizing same-sex marriage in landmark LGBTQ ruling. Recognises the Legislature to enact laws on the same.
• SC’s order opens the door for a fair stipend for MBBS interns in Kerala.
• Elections- Ticket distribution in the states creates massive ruckus within BJP and Congress.
• BJP revokes suspension of MLA Raja Singh ahead of Telangana elections.
• Medical supplies, disaster relief materials- India sends planeload of aid to war-torn Gaza.
• Wagh Bakri scion Parag Desai, 49, dies after attack by street dogs.
• IKEA asked to pay Rs 3000 for not allowing to carry shopping bags.
• 10 die of heart attacks after the ”Garba” dance in India’s Gujarat during the period of Navratri.
• Court sends AAP MP to judicial custody till Oct 27 in Delhi excise policy case.
• BJP MP accuses TMC’s Mahua Moitra of taking cash & gifts to ask questions in Parliament.
• Azam Khan, wife and son convicted for forgery.
• Manipur CM Biren Singh says weapons, drugs and cash were seized from Myanmar-based militant group CKLA.
• 12 Killed In Road Accident In Karnataka’s Chikkaballapur, Chilling Visuals Surface.
• Right To Marry Person Of Choice Protected Under Constitution, Not Even Family Members Can Object: Delhi High Court.
• Mukhtar Ansari gets a 10-year jail term in the Gangster Act case.
• Can’t regulate political alliance over plea to restrain parties from using acronym INDIA: EC.
• Maratha Quota takes a violent turn across Maharastra.

International/World

• New York declared a state of emergency after floods.
• US government averted shutdown for forty-five days.
• Almost all of Nagorno-Karabakh’s people have left as per Armenia’s government.
• Turkey Thwarts Attack on Police Headquarters in Ankara.
• US, ex-President Jimmy Carter turns 99.
• US General Mark Miley resigns with a scathing attack against Donald Trump.
• Miley said he would tell the Chinese general if the US launched an attack.
• Maldives gets new leader Mohamed Muizzu.
• Trump fraud trial happened in New York.
• Kosovo called for Serbian troops to withdraw from the border.
• Five Republicans and entire Democrats voted McCarthy out.
• Russian attack on a shop in eastern Ukraine kills 48.
• Hamas made a surprise attack on Israel on October 7th.
• Israel declares ‘state of war’ against Palestine after Hamas launches surprise attack.
• Egyptian officials said that intelligence was shared with Israel which was ignored.
• ‘Stay close to safety shelters,’ MEA advises Indians in Israel amid ‘war’ with Hamas and started Operation Ajay.
• A massive earthquake rocked Afghanistan with over 5,000 dead.
• Over 22 Americans died in Israel. Few Hostages rescued.
• Russia-China called for a ceasefire in the fighting,
• Israel orders ‘siege’ of Gaza, starts air and ground attacks.
• Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman says ‘Saudi stands by Palestinians’
• Governor Newsom defeats Californian Caste Discrimination Bill.
• Australian reporter Cheng Lei was released from China after three years of detention over espionage charges.
• Israel bombs Syrian airports in Damascus and Aleppo.
• Plane With US Arms Reaches Israel.
• US cities beef up security for pro-Israel, pro-Palestine protests.
• Thai deaths in the Hamas massacre spotlight poor agricultural workers from Asia who toil in Israel’s fields.
• US intelligence suggests Iran was surprised by the Hamas attack on Israel.
• The first flight under Operation Ajay carrying 212 Indians from Israel lands in Delhi.
• Sec. Anthony Blinken visits Israel, and pledges support.
• 6,000 bombs weighing 4,000 tonnes dropped by Israel in Gaza so far; 3,600 Hamas targets attacked.
• UN staffers killed in Gaza as the organization calls for emergency funding.
• Israeli Military used White Phosphorous- A banned chemical weapon in Gaza.
• Israeli military informed the U.N. that all 1.1 million northern Gaza residents should evacuate south within 24 hours
• Israeli troops have carried out local raids over the past day in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces.
• Teacher Killed, Two Injured in France School Stabbing on Global ‘Day of Jihad’.
• India supports the establishment of the independent state of Palestine: Foreign Ministry.
• Trump endorsed Hezbollah gets, flak from Israel.
• Australians voted No in a referendum that promised change for First Nations people but couldn’t deliver.
• USS Eisenhower will join the USS Ford off-coast Israel.
• Israeli citizens call for the resignation of PM Netanyahu.
• Top Hamas Man Behind Infiltration Attack Killed as per Israel.
• MSNBC suspends Muslim anchors amid Israeli war in Gaza.
• Statue of Equality of B R Ambedkar inaugurated in the US.
• Afghanistan hit by 6.4 magnitude earthquake — its third in a week.
• A Boy killed in an anti-Muslim knife attack, say US police
• The largest temple opened in New Jersey, US.
• Centrist coalition under Donald Tusk wins in Poland.
• South Africa’s Ramaphosa slams ‘Israeli occupation’.
• India Dubs Hamas Strikes On Israel As ‘Terror’ Attacks But Reaffirms Long-Held Position Of Sovereign Palestine.
• Israeli PM denies reports of ‘ceasefire’ amid re-opening of Gaza-Egypt border.
• Iran claims Hamas is willing to release hostages if Israel ends airstrikes on Gaza.
• The new PM of New Zealand is Christopher Luxon.
• Israel acting ‘beyond scope of self-defence’, says China.
• Biden postpones trip to Colorado, does surprise Israel trip.
• Massive Gaza Hospital attacks turn the tide in the Middle East.
• Gaza Health Ministry says 500 killed in Israeli airstrike on hospital. Israel and the US DoD deny the Israeli role in the same.
• Donald Trump gets gag order in election meddling case.
• Brussels shooting: Two Swedes killed in terror attack; Football match postponed.
• Putin in China met Xi and called the end to discuss the Israel-Hamas war. But nothing on Ukraine.
• Indians can now visit Thailand without a visa for the next six months.
• Jim Jordan fails to win House speakership.
• Palestinians’ Abbas cancels planned Biden meeting after Gaza hospital strike.
• Ukraine’s special forces use daring raids and distraction tactics in a bid to free Crimea.
• Biden says humanitarian aid will flow from Egypt to Gaza.
• US vetoes UN resolution condemning Hamas’ attacks on Israel and all violence against civilians.
• US promises $100M to Gaza and the rest of Palestine as aid.
• Hezbollah drones attacked two US military bases in Syria hours after Biden’s departure from Israel.
• United Nations officials are warning that millions of Palestinians face dehydration and are at risk of waterborne disease in an escalating water crisis as Israel continues to withhold essential supplies.
• Both Hamas and Vladimir Putin want to annihilate neighbouring democracies: Joe Biden.
• Donald Trump was fined $5,000 for violating a gag order in a New York fraud trial and warned twice about imprisonment.
• 17 aid trucks enter Gaza as per WFP director Cindy McCain.
• Cohen says he was tasked to ‘reverse engineer’ asset values.
• China removes Defense Minister Li Shangfu after a two-month disappearance.
• Chinese Ex-Premier Li Keqiang passed away.
• Canada recalls 41 diplomats from India.
• UN Day Commemorated.
• Iceland PM joins women’s strike: Why the ‘world’s most gender-equal country’ is protesting inequality.
• Qatar is in talks with Hamas to release the hostages.
• Massive shooting kills 18 in the US state of Maine.
• Putin’s troops are forced to regroup as they suffer losses in Ukraine.
• ‘Everything is destroyed’: Civilians trickle out of Avdiivka as Russian assault leaves Ukrainian town in ruins.
• US airstrikes Iranian proxies in Syria.
• A suicide drone likely launched by an Iran-backed group was downed near a US base.
• BRI summit held in Beijing.
• IDF announces expansion of ground operation in Gaza after heavy round of airstrikes.
• India unlikely to join global cooling pledge at COP28: Report.
• Actor Michael Perry Passed away in Los Angeles.
• Trump pledges to reimpose Muslim ‘travel ban’ at Jewish gathering if he gets elected as US president again.
• Bhutan decides to settle its disputes with China.
• Donald Trump calls voter fraud 2020 elections in Las Vegas speech.
• Mike Pence drops out of US Presidential race in GOP.
• Mike Johnson, a Trump-backed Congressman is the new speaker of the House of Representatives.

Technology

• Kochi-Vizhinjam tracks to be doubled for better connectivity.
• Kerala to issue new RC books.
• Fake GPS signals sent 20 aircraft off course in Iranian airspace.
• Two new debit card, credit card rules applicable from October 1, 2023
• Karnataka to fine Rs 10000 for carpooling.
• Astronomers captured the first direct evidence of black hole spinning.
• IBM to make Kochi Centre its primary hub in India.
• Kerala CM Flags Vizhinjam port Ship.
• India proposes barring pilots and flight attendants from using perfume.
• Air India Kochi-Gatwick Flight Cancelled Due to Technical Glitch.
• IBM India to upgrade Kochi software lab
• Microsoft closed $69 billion Activision Blizzard deal.
• IAF to induct Astra-missiles by end-2023.
• Google produces its Chromebook laptops in India.
• KTU to revise B Tech curriculum, focus on skill-based education.
• KSEB to reinstate former contracts to avert power shortage.
• Vandebharat Sleeping Trains to be introduced.
• Finland-Estonia pipeline damaged.
• The Supreme Audit Institutions G20 conference emphasised the need for a common international audit framework relating to AI.
• Bengaluru Metro’s full Purple Line opened on Oct 9.
• Solar Mission Aditya L1 corrects trajectory as it moves closer to the Sun.
• Regular trains in Kerala witness increased travel durations due to Vandebharat.
• KSEB to set up new 800 MW hydroelectric power plant in Idukki.
• Apple CEO Tim Cook does surprise trip to China.
• Thiruvananthapuram Airport Closure on October 23: Flights at Kerala Airport to Be Suspended for Five Hours due to Padmanabhaswamy Temple.
• Aim for Indian space station by 2035, Indian on Moon by 2040: PM Modi to scientists.
• Manorama Conclave held in Kochi. Union Minister Smriti Irani inaugurated Manorama News Conclave
• Kerala cabinet gives nod to IT Park in Kannur, Rs 285 cr for edu complex in Pinarayi.
• Frequent disruptions and lack of 3rd vessel hit Ro-Ro ops.
• PM Modi Flags Off Country’s First RapidX Train — Namo Bharat.
• Kerala CM inaugurates International Students Summit in Thiruvananthapuram.
• Severe drought grips the Amazon rainforest.
• ISRO Launches First Developmental Test Flight To Demonstrate Performance Of Crew Escape System.
• IIM Kozhikode to set up a new campus in Kochi.
• NCERT panel recommends replacing ‘India’ with ‘Bharat’ in school textbooks.
• India’s new national EV charging standard for bikes and scooters.
• Kochi Metro Rail has Become the Next Best Destination to do Pre/Post-Wedding Shoots.
• Drunk driving, scooter stunt: MVD to suspend Kozhikode man’s license.
• Elon Musk deploys Starlink in Gaza for internet access to Aid agencies.
• Kochi Water Metro won the award for Best Green Transport Initiative.
• From malaria research to clean water — Subra Suresh & Ashok Gadgil won the top science award.
• Indians can now visit Thailand without a visa for the next six months.

Nobel Prizes

• Scientists whose work enabled mRNA Covid vaccine win Nobel prize for medicine.
• Nobel Prize In Physics 2023: Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Kraus And Anne L’Huillier Win the Nobel For the Study Of Electron Dynamics.
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for the discovery of quantum dots.
• Iranian Woman Nargees Muhammed receives Nobel Peace Prize.
• X Introduces Video and Audio Calling Features a step-by-step Guide on How to Use It.
• Claudia Goldin Wins 2023 Economics Nobel Prize for Work on Women’s Labour Market Outcomes.

Business and Finance

• No pay hikes for Accenture employees in India, Sri Lanka; firm blames macro environment.
• Credit card bad debt doubles to 18% for state-run banks: RBI Financial Stability Report
• Two new debit card, credit card rules applicable from October 1, 2023
• Surging crude may take CAD past 2% of GDP for India.
• World Bank decreases growth forecast for East Asia.
• Karuvannur Bank Fraud grabs headlines in the state.
• The first ship arrives in Vizhinjam. It received a massive welcome in the state.
• Employment and consumer sentiments vary with caste and religion in India says research.
• Donald Trump is out of the Forbes 400 America list.
• Kerala seeks refund of money spent on NH development or remove curbs on borrowings.
• Ranbir Kapoor Summoned By ED In Mahadev App Case.
• Global Hunger Index 2023: India slips four more ranks, lands at 111 out of 125 countries.
• RBI holds the repo rate at 6.5%, and the inflation focus continues; the FY24 GDP forecast is unchanged at 6.5%.
• RBI asks Bank of Baroda to suspend new customer onboarding on its mobile app.
• China’s young people are quitting their jobs and throwing ‘resignation parties’.
• Rs 2,000 Note Exchange: Bank Deadline Ends.
• The US-Qatar freezes $6 B funds were part of a prisoner swap to free five American citizens.
• US President Biden approves emergency military aid package to Israel worth $8 billion.
• China has assisted Sri Lanka over debt worth $4.2 billion.
• Akshay Kumar Joins Shah Rukh Khan And Ajay Devgn For Another Vimal Ad After Backlash,
• LuLuFin opens 4 forex counters at Cochin International Airport.
• A tentative agreement last week ended a nearly 150-day strike.
• Ram Mandir Trust receives Rs 500 from overseas. Expect Rs 3000 more as per the Trust.
• CIAL declares 35% profit.
• Microsoft closed a $69 billion Activision Blizzard deal.
• TCS to hire 40,000 campus recruits in FY24: Company COO confirms.
• 4% DA hike approved for Indian government employees from 7th Pay commission.
• UNC announces hike in JRF for research scholars.
• AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes was criticized after posting a shirtless massage photo on LinkedIn.
• Ajay Goel quits Byjus and re-joins Vedanta as CFO.
• The price of Onion shoots up in India. India imposes an export ban.
• World Bank Signs Agreement to Provide Additional Funds for Post-Disaster Recovery in State of Uttarakhand.

Sports

• Inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup match sees empty stand, invites protests.
• India defeated all teams played till now in the World Cup.
• Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique guided Pakistan to highest successful run chase in World Cup history.
• South Africa scored 400 runs, the highest-ever World Cup total.
• CWC 2023: Goa CM Posts Video Of Thousands Of Fans Chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ In Ahmedabad Stadium goes viral.
• Team England faces five consecutive losses for the first time in History.
• Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or for the eighth time.
• Prime Minister Modi Says India Will Bid for 2036 Olympics.
• IOC Votes to Include T20 Cricket at 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
• The Netherlands upset South Africa.
• Rohit Sharma issued three traffic challans for speeding on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.
• Sachin Tendulkar to flag off Kochi Spice Coast Marathon on Sunday.
• Beloved Sri Lankan Cricket Super Fan ‘Uncle Percy’ Passes Away Aged 87.
• ED summons CM Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in Delhi liquor policy case.

Hangzhou Asian Games 2022

• Amid Opposition criticism, Kerala govt announces cash prizes for 2022 Asian Games medallists.
• India held a record of 107 medals in the Asiad.
• Indian para-athletes create history, bag 111 medals in Hangzhou Asian Para Games.

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