current affairs 09 October 2022

Pooja Patel becomes first athlete to win Gold in Yogasana.

• Pooja Patel from Gujarat has become the first athlete to win gold in Yogasana at the 36th National Games.
• Yogasana: It is one of the five sports to be played at National Games 2022 for the 1st time.
• Indian indigenous sport, Yoga made its debut at the Khelo India University Games earlier this year.
• Apart from this, Maharashtra won gold in women’s diving 1-meter springboard event.
• 36th National Games will be held in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar.

Ales Bialiatski awarded 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.

• Belarusian human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski, Russian human rights organization Memorial, and Ukrainian human rights organization Centre for Civil Liberties have been jointly awarded 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.
• This award was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for promoting the right to criticize power and protecting the fundamental rights of citizens.
• Apart from this, Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine and Literature has also been announced.

Union Minister inaugurates Science Museum at Chamba, Himachal Pradesh.

• Union Minister for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh has inaugurated Science Museum at Chamba in Himachal Pradesh. It is termed as DBT-NIPGR-Pandit Jaiwant Ram Upmanyu Science Museum.
• This state-of-art institution will inspire young children to discover their potentials and use their innovative skills to find a source of livelihood in later life.
• It is set up by the National Institute of Plant Genome Research at Government Boys Senior Secondary School (GBSSS).

First seminar of Agni Tattva campaign under LiFE mission held in Leh.

• The first conference of the Agni campaign was organized in Leh on the theme of Sustainability and Culture under LiFE (Lifestyle for environment) mission.
• It is organized by Power Foundation of India in association with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA).
• It witnessed participation from key stakeholders working in the areas of energy, culture, and sustainability.
• Agni Tattva is an element that is synonymous with energy and is amongst the five elements of Panchmahabhoot.

First-ever Hero MotoCorp EV scooter, Vida V1 launched in India.

• NTPC Ltd has signed an MoU with GE Gas Power to explore the feasibility of hydrogen (H2) co-firing blended with natural gas.
• This process will be done in GE’s gas turbines installed at NTPC’s Kawas gas power plant in Gujarat.
• NTPC’s Kawas plant is powered by four GE gas turbines.
• It is operating in a combined-cycle mode and has an installed capacity of 645 MW.
• GE’s advance E-class gas turbine portfolio can burn upto 100% by volume of hydrogen when blended with natural gas.