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.

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 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).

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.

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.