current affairs 02 October 2022

PM Modi launches 5G services providing high-speed seamless coverage.

• PM Narendra Modi launched the 5G telephony services in the country.
• He also inaugurated the 6th India Mobile Congress at Pragati Maidan.
• 5G tech will provide seamless coverage, high data rate, low latency, and highly reliable communications.
• It will increase energy efficiency, spectrum efficiency and network efficiency.
• The cumulative economic impact of 5G on India is estimated to reach $ 450 bn by 2035.
• The IGI Airport in Delhi is the 1st 5G-ready airport in India.

President of India Presents Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022.

• The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, presented the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022.
• Indore has been adjudged as India's cleanest city, followed by Surat and Navi Mumbai.
• Madhya Pradesh has secured the first position, followed by Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra in the category of best performing states in Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022.
• Tripura topped among the states having fewer than 100 urban local bodies.
• Maharashtra's Deolali was adjudged cleanest Cantonment Board.

USOF launches Telecom Technology Development Fund scheme.

• Universal Service Obligation Fund, a body under the Department of Telecommunications, launched Telecom Technology Development Fund Scheme on October 01st, 2022.
• The scheme is aligned with PM Modi’s clarion call of adding Jan Anusandhaan in the new phase of Amrit Kaal.
• TTDF aims to fund R&D in rural-specific communication technology applications and form synergies among academia, start-ups, research institutes, and the industry to build and develop the telecom ecosystem.

National Mission for Clean Ganga approves 14 projects worth ₹1145 crore.

• The executive committee of the National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved 14 projects at an estimated cost of ₹1,145 crore rupee.
• The decision was taken at the 45th meeting of the executive committee under the chairmanship of director general G. Ashok Kumar.
• These include eight projects of sewerage management in five main stem Ganga basin states - Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal.

Lalit Bhasin elected new IACC national president.

• Noted lawyer Lalit Bhasin has been appointed as the national president of Indian American Chambers of Commerce (IACC).
• A well - known name in business and social circles Bhasin was the executive vice president of IACC.
• Bhasin is the 54th national president of IACC, which was set up in October 1968 and is headquartered in Mumbai.
• He is closely associated with India’s apex business organizations like CII, PHD CCI and served as chairman of its legal committees.