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.

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.

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.

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.

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.