PSC Current Affairs - October 13, 2021

  • Name the cricketer who became the youngest centurion in international cricket – Amy Hunter (16 years of age, Ireland) (She broke the previous record of Mithali Raj (16years, 205 days) while playing against Zimbabwe)
  •  Former higher education secretary who has been appointed as the Advisor of Indian Prime Minister in October 2021 – Amit Khare
  • Winner of Best Entrepreneur Award instituted by Thiruvananthapuram based Dr Kalam Smriti International - T. S. Kalyanaraman (Chairman & Managing Director, Kalyan Jewellers)
  • Winner of Forest – Wildlife Photography Award 2021 of Kerala Government – Vignesh B Sivan
  • Chief Economic Advisor Ministry of Finance who has resigned in October 2021 –
  • K V Subramanian
  • Venue of second phase of Malabar Naval Exercise participated by India, US, Australia, Japan – Bay of Bengal
  • Scheme launched by central government for bringing all basic development projects into a single platform – PM Gati Shakti
  • Country that launched biometric registration app for Hajj, Umrah pilgrims for registering online pilgrim visa through smart phones – Saudi Arabia
  • The book ‘Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition’ was written by - Uday Mahurkar, Chirayu Pandit
  • Former President of Iran who died in October 2021 - Abolhassan Banisadr
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