Recently Inducted Into: Indian Airforce
→ ASTRA: Air to Air Missile
→ Developed By: DRDO
→ Range: Up to 340 km

Jammu & Kashmir: Achieved 100% Open Defecation Free Plus Status (Under – Swachh Bharat Mission)
SBM –
→ Launched at: 2014
→ By: PM Modi at Rajghat (Delhi)
→ Aim: To Improve Solid Waste Management & To Create Open Defecation Free (ODF) Villages

BRO (Border Roads Organisation)
→ Founded: 1960
→ HQ: New Delhi
→ Under: Ministry of Defence

International Day of Non-Violence: 2 OCT (on The Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi)
Mahatma Gandhi –
→ Born: 2 Oct 1869, Porbandar

Major Movements of Mahatma Gandhi –
1. Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
2. Kheda Satyagraha (1917 -1918)
3. Khilafat Movement (1919)
4. Non-Cooperation Movement (1920)
5. Civil-Disobedience Movement (1930)
6. Quit IND Movement (1942)

IND’s 1st Cartography Museum: George Everest Cartography Museum
Opened at: Mussoorie (Uttarakhand)

Why In News: Recently Passed Away
→ Awards: Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Vibhushan
→ Green Revolution related to agriculture.

PSYCHE Mission –
→ Launched By: NASA
→ To Study: Metallic Asteroid 16 Psyche
→ Location: B/W Mars & Jupiter

→ Released By: Institute for Management Development
→ Top Countries: 1. Switzerland, 2. Luxembourg
→ IND’s Rank: 56th

→ World Rabies Day 2023 Theme: All for 1, One Health for All
→ Rabies: Viral Zoonotic Disease
→ Caused By: Lyssaviruses → including 1. Rabies Virus 2. Australian Bat lyssavirus
→ Spread To People From: Saliva of Infected Animals & Bites of Dog
→ Goa: First Indian Rabies Free State

Recently President Droupadi Murmu presented 69th National Film Awards
→ Best Features Film – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
→ Best Actor: Allu Arjun
→ Best Actress: Alia Bhatt
→ Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award 2021: Waheeda Rehman
→ First Winner: Devika Rani

Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple (New Jersey, UAS): World’s 2nd Largest Hindu Temple
Angkor Wat: World’s Largest Hindu Temple (located at Cambodia)

SHRESHTA Scheme (Scheme for residential education for students in High school in Targeted Areas)
→ Introduced By: M/o Social Justice & Empowerment
→ Aim: To provide quality education and opportunity to SC (Schedule Caste) Students
→ Admission Of Class 9th & 11th SC Students in CBSE Schools

Bihar government announced 10 per cent reservation for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the judicial services and state-run law colleges and universities.
→ CM: Nitish Kumar
→ Gov: Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar

IORA: Indian Ocean Rim Association (an international organisation)
→ Established: 1997 – To Promote Regional Cooperation & Development
→ Headquarters: Ebene, Mauritius
→ Total Member Countries: 23

4 States to Implement E-Cabinet System (Paperless System) –
1. Uttarakhand
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Arunachal Pradesh
4. Tripura

Operation Al-Aqsa Flood –
→ Initiated By: Hamas
→ Firing Over 5,000 Rockets into Israel from Gaza Strip
→ Date: 7 Oct 2023

→ Name: Atal Bihari Training Center for Divyang Sports
→ Inaugurated at Gwalior (MP)

Poliomyelitis Or Polio – Viral Disease
→ Caused By: Poliovirus
→ May Cause: Paralysis

IFFCO’s Liquid Nano DAP Plant Inaugurated By: Minister of Home & Cooperation (Shri Amit Shah)
→ World’s 1st Liquid Nano DAP
→ Developed By: IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative)
→ DAP (Diammonium phosphate): Concentrated Phosphate-based Fertilizer

ICC world Cup 2023
→ Host Country: INDIA
→ Shami Took 5 Wickets against New Zealand

PROJECT UDBHAV –
→ Initiative of:  INDIAN ARMY & USI (United Service Institution of India)
→ Aim: To Promote Indigenous Military Knowledge by Merging
1. Ancient Strategic Knowledge
2. With Modern Military Practices

Awarded By: UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
UNWTO –
→ Founded: 1946
→ Headquarters: Madrid, Spain

Awarded By: Ministry of Tourism

→ Why In News: Renamed as NaMo Bharat
→ These Trains Will Operate in Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) Corridors

→ Electromagnetic Railgun: Advanced Weapon – Uses Powerful Magnetic Forces
→ Successfully Test Fired By: Japan