- French author Annie Ernaux, who mined her own biography to explore life in France since the 1940s, was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for work that illuminates murky corners of memory, family and society.
- The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded Wednesday to Americans Carolyn R Bertozzi and K Barry Sharpless, and Danish scientist Morten Meldal for developing a way of “snapping molecules together” that can be used to explore cells, map DNA and design drugs that can target diseases such as cancer more precisely.
- The World Bank Thursday projected a growth rate of 6.5 per cent for the Indian economy for the fiscal year 2022-23, a drop of one per cent from its previous June 2022 projections, citing deteriorating international environment.
- All four Sikh family members, including an eight-month-old baby girl, who were kidnapped in the US state of California earlier this week have been found dead, authorities said Wednesday.
- The rupee plunged by 55 paise to close at an all-time low of 82.17 against the US currency Thursday due to a stronger dollar in overseas markets and firm crude oil prices.
- In a step towards result-based management of developmental interventions, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra launched Thursday the first volume of the compendium on Location Specific Research Works prepared by the Centre of Excellence (CoE) of Gopabandhu Academy of Administration (GAA),
- The Supreme Court has directed all state governments and Union Territories to bring on record information on existing welfare schemes for the elderly in connection with pension, old age homes in each district, and level of geriatric care.
- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting ready its rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III (GSLV MkIII) for launching 36 satellites of OneWeb in the third or fourth week of this month.
- At a crucial juncture when the Congress leadership is making all out efforts to revive the grand old party with the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' led by Rahul Gandhi, crisis broke out in Rajasthan, which led to twists and turns in the filing of nomination for the Congress presidential poll scheduled on October 17.
- The newly-launched Mumbai Central-Gandhinagar Vande Bharat Express train suffered minor damage after hitting a herd of buffaloes in Gujarat on late Thursday morning, officials said.
- Six judicial officers were Thursday elevated as additional judges of the Bombay High Court, the Law Ministry said.
- North Korea flew 12 warplanes near its border with South Korea Thursday, prompting the South to scramble 30 military aircraft in response, Seoul officials said.
- The Finance Ministry Thursday released the monthly instalment of revenue deficit grant of Rs 7,183 crore to 14 states.
- Bharti Airtel Thursday said its 5G services have gone live in eight cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Siliguri, Nagpur and Varanasi. The customer availing 5G services will have to pay as per their existing 4G plan.
- The Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has been implemented in Delhi NCR from October 1 to save citizens from rising pollution, but its rules are followed least in Ghaziabad. Ghaziabad was categorised as the most polluted city in India last week, as per reports.
- A month-long anti-dust campaign to check compliance of pollution norms at construction sites was launched in Delhi on Thursday and 586 teams have been formed for their enforcement, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said.
- Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday said his Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) would soon organise a 'Dalit conclave' in Hyderabad.
- Delhi High Court judge Dinesh Kumar Sharma has been named head of the UAPA tribunal related to the ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates.
- Asteria Aerospace Limited on Thursday announced that it has received India's first micro category drone type certification for its indigenously designed A200 drone from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence or DRI has seized 16 kilograms of heroin worth more than ₹ 100 crore at the Mumbai Airport, and arrested a passenger and a woman from Ghana in this connection, an official said.
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