Are you preparing for legal competitive exams?
Most legal competitive exams require awareness of current affairs in the legal field and beyond.
To help your preparation journey, Team YLCC has prepared an overview of all the important developments that have taken place in October 2022. Happy Reading!
INTERNATIONAL
- India ranks 40th in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2022 rankings released by World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
- Protests in Iran against compulsory wearing of hijab.
- Nobel Prize, 2022, winners announced-
- Physiology/ medicine- Svante Paabo
- Physics- Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger
- Chemistry- Carolyn R. Bertozzi Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless
- Literature- Annie Ernaux
- Peace- Human Rights advocate Ales Bialiatski, Russian Human Rights Organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian Human Rights Organisation Center for Civil Liberties.
- Economic Sciences- Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig.
- India made cough syrups found to be the cause of death of children in Gambia.
- Tensions have risen sharply on the Korean Peninsula due to North Korea’s recent barrage of missile tests.
- Nord Stream pipelines- leaks were found in the pipelines located near Denmark and Sweden.
- India emerged as the world’s largest producer and consumer of sugar and the world’s 2nd largest exporter.
- Japan and Australia recently signed a new joint declaration on security cooperation.
- Vladimir Putin has signed “accession treaties” formalising Russia’s annexation of four occupied regions in Ukraine namely Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia.
- A major explosion took place on a key bridge that linked the annexed Crimea to Russia.
- Russia-Ukraine conflict takes cyberwarfare turn.
- SASTRA Ramanujan Prize, 2022, awarded to Yunqing Tang.
- UAE for the first time introduced entry visas that do not require a host or sponsor for visitors.
- Israel’s security council gave a nod to the US brokered maritime border deal with Lebanon.
- India criticised the United States publicly for helping out Pakistan increase its conventional capabilities against India.
- U.S. sanctioned Indian petrochemical company accused of selling Iranian petroleum products.
- India ranks 107th in the Global Hunger Index, 2022.
- Kuril Islands dispute between Japan and Russia.
- 26-year-old Romina Pourmokhtari becomes Sweden’s youngest person ever to be appointed as Climate Minister.
- UNGA resolution against Russia- for “attempted illegal annexation” of four Ukrainian regions and demanded its immediate reversal.
- Booker Prize, 2022- awarded to Shehan Karunatilaka, for his book “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida”; which is about a dead war photographer on a mission in the afterlife.
- Cyclone Sitrang hits Bangladesh.
- ISRO’s GSLV Mark 3 launched 36 satellites of U.K.-based OneWeb.
- Russia accused Ukraine for planning to use ‘dirty bomb’.
- Rishi Sunak became the first Indian origin Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- Glaciers in the Swiss Alps mountains are melting faster than ever.
- Financial Action Task Force (FATF), has removed Pakistan from its ‘Grey List. Myanmar was moved to the ‘Black List’.
- The World Health Organization has released its first-ever list of fungal infections that can be a threat to public health.
- The New Zealand Government has passed the Plain Language Act.
- Sakharov Prize, 2022, for Freedom of Thought was conferred upon the Ukrainian people.
- South Korea witnessed the worst-ever stampede at a Halloween event.
- Lula da Silva made a comeback as the new President of Brazil after defeating incumbent far right President Jair Bolsonaro.
- Shanghai has rolled out an inhalable vaccine as a booster dose against Covid-19.
- Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy won the men’s doubles final of the French Open 2022 in Paris.
- 1st edition of India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise (IMT TRILAT) commenced at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
- According to recent reports, the Ministry of Defence of India, is the world’s biggest employer with 2.92 million people.
- Slovenia has become the first country in Eastern Europe to legalize same-sex marriage and the adoption of minor children by same-sex couples.
NATIONAL
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 5G telecom services in India.
- Gen. Anil Chauhan has been chosen as New Chief of Defence Staff.
- PM flags off third Vande Bharat Express which will run from Gandhinagar to Mumbai.
- 36th National Games, 2022- hosted by Gujarat.
- Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2020- Ms Asha Parekh.
- The Indian Air Force celebrated 90th Air Force Day on 8th October.
- SC extended the right to safe and legal abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy to unmarried and single women, saying it is the “right of every woman to make reproductive choices without undue interference from the State”.
- According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India’s forex reserves have fallen by USD 110 billion in the last 13 months.
- Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022- released to regulate Internet-based OTT (Over-The-Top) telecom services. It also consolidates three separate acts which currently govern the telecommunication sector- the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933, and The Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Protection) Act, 1950.
- Indore became cleanest city for the sixth consecutive year under Swachh Bharat Mission- Urban 2.0.
- Mulayam Singh, Samajwadi Party founder, passed away.
- Modhera- India’s First 24×7 Solar-Powered Village.
- Varanasi District Court rejected the plea to conduct carbon-dating of the disputed structure found inside the premises of the Gyanvapi Mosque.
- The Embassy of Japan, New Delhi, filed an application seeking a GI tag for Nihonshu/Japanese sake.
- SC rejected WhatsApp-Meta pleas against CCI’s probe into privacy policy of 2021.
- Blue Flag certification accorded to two new beaches in Lakshadweep.
- Union Home Minister announced, every states will have National Investigation Agency offices by 2024 as a strategy to counter terrorism.
- BCCI announces equal pay for men and women cricketers.
- 31st October- celebrated as National Unity Day, to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
- Gujarat Morbi Bridge collapses leaving more than 140 people dead.
- India is planning to expand the regional satellite navigation system NavIC.
- India plans to construct the nation’s largest nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri.
LEGAL
- Centre to file its response by 31st October in SC against plea challenging the Places Of Worship Act, 1991.
- Centre keen to pursue the curative petition filed against Union Carbide Corporation.
- CJI U. U. Lalit recommended J. D. Y. Chandrachud to be his successor.
- SC reiterated, heavy duty lies on the prosecution to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt while considering circumstantial evidence (Munikrishna @ Krishna vs State By UIsoor PS).
- SC refused to entertain a plea to direct the government to declare cow as national animal.
- SC directed that no one should be prosecuted under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act 2000, declared to be unconstitutional in the Shreya Singhal case (PUCL Vs. UOI).
- Reconsideration of guidelines of “living will” by SC soon.
- Karnataka Hijab ban case – SC delivered split verdict.
- The Chhattisgarh government launched Lok Adalat in jails for the speedy disposal of cases for prisoners.
- Stray dogs menace- SC said that a balance needs to be maintained between the safety of people and animal rights.
- Rs. 936.44 crores penalty imposed on Alphabet-owned Google by CCI for “abusing its dominant position”.
- SC has agreed to examine a PIL, challenging changes made to the right to freedom of speech and expression by the first amendment to the Constitution in 1951.
- SC condemned the use of the ‘two-finger test’ on rape and sexual assault survivors and said any person performing such tests will be held guilty of misconduct. (State of Jharkhand vs Shailendra Kumar Rai @ Pandav Rai).
- The collegium led by the Chief Justice of India, UU Lalit, has been in the news of late due to its failure to appoint four Supreme Court judges.
- SC refused to entertain a petition seeking removal of party symbols from EVMs (Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India & Anr.)
YLCC would like to thank Udita Miyan for her valuable insights in this article.
