Current Affairs for CLAT 2023: October

Taking CLAT this year and wondering how to prepare for the current affairs section? Here’s a list of important current affairs for the month October with tips and tricks on how you can score more.

1. First fully digitally literate village in India-

• Pullampara Panchayat, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
• Achieved through the ‘DigiPullampara’ project.
• Launched in August, 2021.
• Initiated by Panchayat President P.V Rajesh.
• Kerala- 1st state to attain 100% literacy.

2. New Director-General of CRPF-

• Sujoy Lal Thaosen.
• 37th Director-General of CRPF.
• CRPF- Central Reserve Police Force.
• He succeeded Kuldiep Singh.
• Approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), headed by PM.CRPF headquarters: New Delhi.
• Connected news: Read up on the different kinds of protection forces, such as RPF, SPG, etc.

3. New Iraqi President-

• Abdul Latif Rashid, member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
• 9th President of Iraq, after winning the 2022 elections by 162 votes.
• Iraq PM- Mohammed Shia Al Sudani.
• Iraq Capital: Baghdad.
• Connected News: Read up on Iraq and Nuclear Weapons, including the Non-Proliferation Treaty, etc.

4. Booker Prize 2022-

• Won by Sri Lankan Author Shehan Karunatilaka.
• For his 2nd novel ‘The Seven Moons of Mali Almeida’.
• It is about the murder of a war photographer during the civil war of Almeida.
• The Booker Prize ceremony was held at the Roundhouse, London.
• The trophy was presented by the Queen Consort of UK, Camilla.
• The 2021 prize was won by Damon Galgut for ‘The Promise’.
• Arundhati Roy was the 1st Indian to win the Booker Prize for- The God of Small Things
• Connected News: Read up on other recent awards and who won them.

5. Justice DY Chandrachud appointed as the 50th Chief Justice of India

• He will succeed Justice UU Lalit.
• CJI is appointed by the President under Art. 124(2).
• 1st CJI: HJ Kania.
• 1st Woman Chief Justice of a High Court: Leila Seth.
• Longest serving CJI: YV Chandrachud.

6. New Congress President.

• Mallikarjun Kharge is the new Congress President.
• First non-Gandhi president in 24 years.
• He replaced the former Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
• He defeated his rival Shashi Tharoor in the elections.
• This was the 1st election for the presidential post in 22 years.

7. India re-elected as ISA President.

• India becomes the President of the International Solar Alliance again for 2 years.
• France gets re-elected as the Vice-President.
• Union Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister- R K Singh: President.
• Chrysoula Zacharopoulou- France Minister of State(Vice President).
• ISA Director- Ajay Mathur.
• ISA Headquarters- Gurugram, Haryana.
• Connected News: Read up on environmental initiatives India is a part of, and the targets that it has set.

8. Rishi Sunak becomes UK Prime Minister.

• Conservative party leader.57th Prime Minister of UK.
• He succeeded Liz Truss, who resigned after just 45 days in power.
• Youngest Leader of the UK after PM William Pitt.
• Connected News: Read up on the recent changes in power- like the resignations of Boris Johnson & Liz Truss.

9. Central Government notified amendments to the IT Rules, 2021

• Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 or IT Rules, 2021 was notified by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY)
• It replaced the rules regulating Social Media Intermediaries(SMIs)
• The amendment paved the way for the establishment of Grievance Appellate Committees (GACs) within 3 months to help settle complaints without being dependent on the judiciary
• GAC’s members are appointed by the Central Government which might create bias when it comes to moderation of content.
• The IT Rules, 2021 also do not provide any explicit power to GAC to enforce its rulings.

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