current affairs 09 November 2022

Virat Kohli named ICC Men's Player of the Month For October 2022.

Indian cricketer, Virat Kohli has been named Men’s Player of the Month for October 2022 by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
He was recognized for his outstanding performances in the shortest format of the game.
While, Pakistani cricketer, Nida Dar was named the ICC Women’s Player of the Month.
She has been honour for her sensational form in their Women’s Asia Cup campaign.
International Cricket Council:

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched the new AI/ML based chatbot named Aadhaar Mitra for better experience.
It will provide information like check Aadhaar enrollment/update status, tracking of Aadhaar PVC card status, and information on enrollment centre location.
Residents can also register their grievances and track them using the bot.
Recently, UIDAI has topped for resolving public grievances rankings for October 2022, published by DARPG.

Ajit Doval (NSA), late CDS General Bipin Rawat among five distinguished people will be honoured with the 2022 Uttarakhand Gaurav Samman.
Others: Prasoon Joshi(Chairperson of CBFC), late Girish Chandra Tiwari Girda (lyricist) and late Viren Dangwal (poet).
About Uttarakhand Samman:

Constituted: 2021
It one of the two highest civilian awards of the state along with the Uttarakhand Ratna.
It is awarded for their extraordinary contribution to any field of human endeavour
The Indian delegation is being led by Arvind Singh (secretary, tourism ministry).

According to Forbes' World's Best Employers rankings 2022, Reliance Industries has ranked 20th in the index and becomes the only Indian firm to place in the top 20 rankings.
The global ranking was topped by Samsung Electronics (South Korea), followed by Microsoft, IBM, Alphabet and Apple.
Other Indian companies:

HDFC Bank (137th), Bajaj (173rd), Aditya Birla Group (240th), Hero Motocorp (333rd), Larsen & Toubro (354th), ICICI Bank (365th), HCL Technologies (455th).

Google has launched a platform named FloodHub that will provide information about area and time where floods could occur, so that , authorities can assist people with effectively.
Google has also expanded its AI flood forecasting services to 18 counties - Latin America, Africa and SE Asia.
These flood forecasting services supported by AI were first introduced in India back in 2018.
About Google: