News Headlines : 12 October 2022

  • President Droupadi Murmu says development of the North Eastern Region getting new impetus with various new projects of Highway, Railway, Airway and Waterway; Inaugurates Tripura State Judicial Academy and lays the foundation stone for Tripura National Law University at Narsingarh, Agartala.
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Europe was to blame for its energy crisis with policies that starved the oil and gas industry of investment.
  • Cabinet extends 22 thousand crore rupees as one time grant to oil Public Sector Undertakings to cover losses in domestic LPG.
  • Union Cabinet approves the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022 which seeks to amend the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002:
  • Cabinet approves new Scheme – Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for the North East Region for remaining four years of 15th Finance Commission from 2022-23 to 2025-26.
  • Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has congratulated Member of Parliament Aparajita Sarangi on winning the election to post of Member of Executive Committee of Inter Parliamentary Union IPU at Kigali, Rwanda with a spectacular margin of 12 out of 18 votes.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Himachal Pradesh tomorrow; To dedicate Indian Institute of Information Technology Una to the nation.
  • Index of Industrial Production (IIP) witness contraction of 0.8 percent in August against growth of 2.4 percent in July this year. According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation data released today, the IIP had risen 13.0 per cent in August last year.
  • Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur launches WADA Athlete Biological Passport Symposium – 2022 in New Delhi.
  • National Testing Agency advises the students to beware of fake tweets and YouTube video which are circulating on social media regarding alleged leakage of UGCNET history question paper.
  • The US imposes visa restrictions on Taliban responsible for repression of women and girls in Afghanistan.
  • Centre forms a four-member expert committee to investigate the report sent by the World Health Organisation, WHO on the deaths of 66 children in Gambia by consumption of cough syrups from Sonipat-based company Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited.
  • Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said that more than 1,300 Indian students have been issued visas to return to China to resume their education in Chinese universities and colleges.
  • National Games end with glittering show in Gujarat; Services top Medals tally with 61 Gold.
  • In Asia Cup Women’s cricket, India to take on Thailand in first semi-final tomorrow at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Bangladesh at 8.30 am IST.