Published on: October 25, 2022

Snippets: 25 October 2022

Snippets: 25 October 2022

  • Anand Mamani , the Deputy Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly passed away
  • The 7th National Ayurveda day this year will be celebrated on October 23, 2022. It aims to introduce Ayurvedic principles of healing to the younger generation and to establish awareness among them. This year, India will celebrate Ayurveda Day under the theme of “Har Din Har Ghar Ayurveda”.
  • The Kannada Sahitya Parishat has organized a two-day literary festival Hoysala Sahityotsava at Hassan
  • A rather frail-looking plant spotted on the granite hillocks of Palakkad has been identifed as a new species of the genus Allmania. Named Allmania multiflora, the species is quite special from both the botanical and conservation points of view
  • The Tamil Nadu state government has set up a 22-member Governing Council on Climate Change (GCCC), headed by Chief Minister MK Stalin.
  • The new Deesa air field to be constructed in Gujarat close to the western border fills a huge gap between air bases in Gujarat and Rajasthan
  • Aman Sherawat became the first Indian wrestler to be crowned champion at the World under-23 championships in Pontevedra, Spain
  • Vidarbha defeated Punjab to win the title in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy cricket tournament at the Sports Hub, Thiruvananthapuram
  • Silver for Indian sports pistol women’s team at the shooting World Championship in Cairo
  • Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), a body under the Department of Telecommunications, officially launched Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF).
  • The heaviest rocket of the Indian Space Research Organisation, the LVM3-M2 OneWeb India-1, with 36 satellites on board took off from the second launch pad (SLP) of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre