13 October 2022 Current affairs by Westbengaljob.in 

1) A village (Bhartaul village) in the Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh has become the first village in the state to have RO water in every household.

▪️Uttar Pradesh :- 

Governor - Smt. Anandiben Patel

➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Dudhwa National Park

➨National Chambal Sanctuary

➨Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar Lake

➨Kashi Vishwanath Temple

➨Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary

2) Indian Army chief General Manoj Pande was conferred the title of Honorary General of the Nepali Army by Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari in Kathmandu.

3) International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is observed every year on October 13 to promote a global culture of disaster risk reduction.

4) Chief Justice of India, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit inaugurated NALSA’s Centre for Citizen Services at Jaisalmer house in New Delhi.

5) Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96. She reigned for 70 years.

➨The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change.

6) The government has decided to rename the historic Rajpath and Central Vista lawns in the national capital as "Kartavya Path".

➨Rajpath was known as Kingsway during British Rule.

7) India's first International Covid vaccine by Bharat Biotech received DCGI approval for primary immunization against the infection for people above the age of 18.

8) Austrian career UN official Volker Turk has been appointed the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

9) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina jointly unveiled Unit-I of the Maitres Super Thermal Power Project following bilateral and delegation level talks in Delhi.

10) Former India cricketer Suresh Raina has announced his retirement from all forms of Cricket.

➨Earlier in 2020, Raina had announced his retirement from international cricket.

11) Senior diplomat Sanjay Kumar Verma has been appointed as India’s next high commissioner to Canada.

12) Indian badminton player Anupama Upadhyaya moved two spots to become the new world No. 1 in the latest BWF world junior women’s rankings.

➨Overall, Anupama is the sixth Indian shuttler to top the junior world badminton rankings.

13) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India (PM-SHRI) Yojana under which 14,500 schools from across the country will be upgraded as PM-SHRI schools.

14) Global advertising and public relations agency Ogilvy has named India-born Devika Bulchandani as its Global Chief Executive Officer.

15) Padma Shri awardee artist Ram Chandra Manjhi passed awaya at the age of 97.

➨In January 2021, he was awarded the Padma Shri award in the field of Arts.

16) The Karnataka government has appointed Kannada star Sudeep as the brand ambassador for its ‘Punyakoti Dattu Yojana’, cattle adoption scheme.

▪️Karnataka:- 

CM :- Basavaraj Bommai

Governor :- Thawarchand Gehlot

Nagarhole National Park

Bandipur National Park

Kudremukh National Park 

Language - Kannada

Formation - 1 November 1956

Port :- New Mangalore Port

Anshi National Park  

Bannerghata National Park