Current Affairs in Short: 10 October 2022

Oct 10, 2022, 17:05 IST

Former Chairperson of Nagaland State Commission for Women, academician, renowned writer, and Padma Shri Dr. Temsula Ao passed away in Dimapur at the age of 80.

Current Affairs in Short

The Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has nominated the Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, Actor Ajay Devgan and Athlete Neeraj Chopra to join Kick of the Dream Campaign.
The eminent personalities have been nominated to show support for Indian female footballers who have been participating in FIFA U-17Women’s World Cup for the first time.
The Union Minister Anurag Thakur, in a tweet, said that every Indian join in Cheer and for our girls.
Under 17 Women’s World Cup will be held in Bhubaneshwar, Goa, and Navi Mumbai from October 11, 2022.

Former Chairperson of Nagaland State Commission for Women, academician, renowned writer, and Padma Shri Dr. Temsula Ao passed away in Dimapur at the age of 80.
After her demise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to the microblogging site Twitter to condole the death of the Naga literary luminary.
Temsula Ao was awarded Padma Shri in 2017. She was known as a leading literary voice in the Northeast.
Ao was also the recipient of the Nagaland Governor’s Award for Distinction in Literature, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Meghalaya Governor’s Gold Medal.

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is organizing Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Melas across 280 locations in 28 States and Union Territories.
Several local businesses have been invited to be part of the Mela to provide the local youth with an opportunity to shape their careers through apprenticeship training.
The participating companies will also have the chance to meet the potential apprentices on a single platform and choose applicants on the spot.
The melas are held on the second Monday of each to increase the employability of India’s youth.

India will host the diplomats of the United Nations Security Council along with other member states for a key meeting on the counter-terrorism committee in Mumbai and New Delhi. The meeting will be held on October 28-29, 2022.
Notably, India is currently the Chair of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee for the year 2022.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ruchira Kamboj informed that UN CTC members will also pay homage to the victims of the horrific 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai.