PSC Current Affairs - October 02, 2021

  •  First Indian woman to score a century in a pink-ball cricket test - Smriti Mandhana
  • Malayalam litterateurs who won Dr. Kalpetta Balakrishnan Memorial Award in October 2021 – M K Sanu, M Leelavathy
  • Social media platform that recently launched the Indian rupee symbol  in its chat composer for making payments easier for users - WhatsApp 
  • New name of Mid-Day Meal Scheme, existing in government and aided schools - PM-POSHAN
  • New Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) - Padmaja Chunduru
  • State that launched India’s first aerial seeding campaign named Hara Bhara as part of reforestation in September 2021 – Telangana
  • Name the cyclone formed in Arabian Sea in October 2021 – Shaheen (the name was given by Qatar)
  • Former Kerala Chief Secretary and litterateur who died in October 2021 – C P Nair
  • Malayali Freedom fighter and Gandhian who died in October 2021 – K Ramakrishnan
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