29 September 2022 Current Affairs by Westbengaljob.in

1) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has launched ‘Visit Andhra Pradesh 2023 Campaign’ in Amravati.

Andhra Pradesh :-
➨CM - Jaganmohan Reddy
➨Governor - Biswabhusan Harichandan
➨ Venkateswara Temple
➨Sri Bhramramma Mallikarjuna Temple

2) Lt Gen (retd) Anil Chauhan has been named as the new CDS (Chief of Defence Staff). He will succeed General Bipin Rawat, who died in December last year.
➨Chauhan served as GOC-in-charge of Eastern Command from 2019 to 2021. He retired in May 2021.
➨He will also function as Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Military Affairs

3) BCCI president and former Indian cricket team captain Sourabh Ganguly unveiled the logo of Kerala's state-level campaign “No to Drugs".
Kerala :-
➠Cherai Beach
➠Idukki Dam on Periyar River
➠Pamba River
➠Kumarakom National Park
➠Anamudi Shola National Park
➠Eravikulam National Park
➠Silent Valley National Park

4) Former senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has announced the name of his new party as Democratic Azad Party and also unveiled a three-coloured 'secular' flag.

5) Indian Railways is installing lifts and escalators at railway stations across the country as a part of 'Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan', to provide ease of movement to the differently-abled, aged and children on railway platforms.

6) Union Bank of India inaugurated its 'Ethical Hacking Lab' at the Cyber security Centre of Excellence (CCoE) in Hyderabad.

7) The Chandigarh airport has been renamed Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport as a tribute to the freedom fighter on the occasion of his 115th birth anniversary.

8) DRDO conducted two successful test flight of Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile from a ground based portable launcher at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha.
Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
➠ Founded - 1958
➠ HeadQuarter - New Delhi
➠ Chairman - Dr. Samir V. Kamat

9) Senior bureaucrat Rajendra Kumar has been appointed the director general of the Employees' State Insurance Corporation.
➨Kumar, a 1992-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, is currently an additional secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

10) Uttarakhand has received the first prize in two categories.
➨ First for the best adventure tourism destination and second for all-around development of tourism at the National Tourism Award 2018-19 of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.
Uttarakhand CM :- Pushkar Singh Dhami
Governor :- Gurmit Singh
➠Asan Conservation Reserve
➠Country's first moss garden
➠Country's first Pollinator Park
➠Integrated Model Agriculture Village Scheme
➠Rajaji Tiger Reserve
➠Jim Corbett National Park

11) The Union Ministry of state for rural development and steel launched a dedicated JALDOOT App and its e-brochure which aims to centralise the data on groundwater levels across the country.

12) Senior advocate R Venkataramani has been appointed as the new Attorney General of India for a period of three years.
➨ He will succeed KK Venugopal after the latter's term ends on September 30.
➨Attorney General of India is appointed by the President of India under Article 76(1) of the Constitution.