Published on: October 15, 2022

Snippets: 15 October 2022

Snippets: 15 October 2022

  • An Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft will land at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) for the first time in Bengaluru . A380 is the largest passenger aircraft in the world. The landing would also mark the commencement of operations of scheduled passenger services between Dubai and Bengaluru utilising the A380. Bengaluru will become the second Indian city to be served by the airline’s A380 aircraft, after Mumbai.
  • Dr Veerendra Heggade, Rajya Sabha member and Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala temple, to inaugurate Maha Kumbh Mela at Triveni Sangama
  • Mysuru’s solid waste handling goes green as electric vehicles (e-rickshaws) are now carrying garbage collected from households.
  • The country’s 5th Vande Bharath Express will ply on the Mysuru –Bengaluru-Chennai
  • Bharat Petroluem Corporation would set up two fast charging EV corriodor , Bangalore – mysore –Coorg and Bengaluru Chennai
  • October 15th is celebrated as International Day of Rural Women and theme is “Rural Women, key for a world free from hunger and poverty”.
  • Haryana-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited has manufactured cold and-cough syrup exported to The Gambia were marked out by the World Health Organization (WHO) as being linked to the deaths of 66 children there
  • Captain Ibrahim Traore, who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso, was named interim Presidentuntil elections are held in July 2024
  • Rudrankksh( Air rifle ) wins World Championship gold and Olympic quota for Paris 2024 Games
  • Badminton legend Prakash Padukone was awarded the Sports Journalists’ Federation of India (SJFI) medal for 2019 at a warm ceremony at the Karnataka State Cricket Association