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Scientists on the Nekton Maldives Mission have discovered evidence of ‘The Trapping Zone’. It has been described as ‘an oasis of oceanic life’, 500 metres below the surface.
As per the country’s president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the discovery of ‘The Trapping Zone’ and the oasis of life surrounding the Maldives provides with new knowledge that will support fisheries and tourism.

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The Supreme Court had struck down the Section 66A of the Information and Technology Act, 2000 in the year 2015.
Recently, the apex court directed that no person should be prosecuted under Section 66A of the IT Act. Section 66A gave power to the government to arrest and imprison an individual for ‘offensive and menacing’ online posts.

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The Cabinet has approved 22,000 crore rupees as one time grant to Public Sector Undertakings, Oil Marketing Companies for losses in Domestic LPG.
Since the prices of LPG have risen globally up to 300 per cent, this grant will held the companied to ensure unhindered domestic LPG supplies. The compensation will be given to the three companies – Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation.

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Cabinet approved extensive amendments to the Multi State Cooperative Societies Act (MSCS). The Act was last amended in 2002.
The amendments make the functioning of the board of cooperatives transparent with simple registration, reservation of seats for women, scheduled caste and scheduled tribe candidates in boards. India, at present, has nearly 800,000 cooperative societies of which around 1,600 are Multi State Cooperative Societies.

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The seventh edition of IBSAMAR, a joint multinational maritime exercise is to be conducted among Indian, Brazilian and South African Navies in South Africa.
The Indian Navy is represented by the Teg class guided missile frigate, INS Tarkash, a Chetak helicopter and the personnel from the Marine Commando Force (MARCOS). The previous edition of IBSAMAR (IBSAMAR VI) was conducted off Simons Town, South Africa in 2018.

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Sajan Prakash an Indian swimmer hailing from Kerala won 8 medals including 5 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze in the 36th National games 2022. He also received the ‘best male athlete’ award by Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel at Sardar Patel Aquatic Complex, Rajkot.

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Pilgrim HSS, Dimapur, Nagaland won the 61st Subroto cup under-17 boys football title defeating Government Model HSS, Chandigarh at Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi. The Nagaland side won the title after 42yrs. The winner team got a cash prize of ₹3,50,000 lakh while the runner up team ₹2,00,000 lakh. Lemmet Tangvah of Chandigarh was adjudged ‘best player.’ Shotok Nikhuyi was named the ‘best goalkeeper’ while Ankur Khanna of the Chandigarh team was declared the ‘best coach’. The Fair Play trophy was presented to Zila School, Chabasia, Jharkhand, along with a cash prize of ₹50,000.

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The Executive Committee of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is the permanent body of the SCO RATS based in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It was in news because meeting of the Council of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (RATS SCO) was held in New Delhi on October 14, 2022. A decision was taken by the member states to counter the challenges and threats posed by different international terrorist groups from the territory of Afghanistan.

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India’s Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil scored a sensational come-from-behind victory in the men’s 10m Air rifle final, beating Italy’s Danilo Sollazzo 17-13 in a shootout, to win the gold medal at the ongoing World Championships in Cairo on October 14, 2022. India’s last World Champion in the men’s air rifle was Abhinav Bindra at Zagreb in 2006.

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Recently, India finished fifth with one gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championship Shotgun in Osijek, Croatia.