Current Affairs - October 12, 2021 Current Affairs

National Mineral Development Corporation Limited, a CPSE under the Ministry of Steel, has won two prestigious Environment Awards.

Prime Minister Modi On 13 October will launch the 'Pradhan Mantri Gati Shakthi' Masterplan.

Vinata Aeromobility Company, a flying car maker based in Chennai in India, is preparing a flying car for India.

Chairman of Defense Research and Development Organization, Dr G Satheesh Reddy, during the ceremony at the U R Rao Satellite Center Bangalore for his outstanding lifelong contribution to the promotion of Astronautics in India Has been honoured with the prestigious Aryabhatta Award by the Society of India.

Punjab National Bank (PNB) has launched the '6S Campaign' under a customer outreach programme to extend financial services at a concessional rate during the festival season.

Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes-Finland) has clinched the F1 Turkish Grand Prix 2021, held.

This Mobile Based E-Voting will be held in the Khammam district of Telangana on 20 October.

For the first time, the Indian Railways has launched two long haul freight trains named "Trishul" and "Garuda" for the South Central Railway (SCR).

There are 135 thermal power plants used to generate power using coal.

The second phase of Exercise Malabar 2021, between the Quad countries, will be conducted in the Bay of Bengal The Phase 1 of Exercise Malabar 2021 has been conducted off the coast of Guam, in the Philippine Sea, in the Western Pacific.

Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes-Finland) has won the F1 Turkish Grand Prix 2021, held.

David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences.

Reliance New Energy Solar Limited of Reliance Industries Limited bought a 100 percent stake of Solar Holdings AS from China National Bluestar for $771 million.

BC Patnaik has taken over as the Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).

Exercise Malabar 2021 is the 25th edition of MALABAR.

Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd (RNESL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), has acquired 100 percent shareholding of REC Solar Holdings AS (REC Group), a Chinese state-owned solar power company.

Union Civil Aviation Minister Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia has inaugurated Greenfield Sindhudurg Airport in Maharashtra under the UDAN scheme.

The theme for 2021 International Day of the Girl Child is "Digital generation. Our generation".

The International Day of the Girl Child (also known as Day of Girls and the International Day of Girls) is celebrated annually on October 11 since 2012.

FIH Women's Player of the Year: Gurjit Kaur; FIH Men's Player of the Year: Harmanpreet Singh.