18 October 2022 Daily Current Affairs: Booker Prize 2022, Interpol, Tourist Police Scheme, Defence Expo

Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize 2022 for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. Set in 1990 Sri Lanka during the country's civil war, the author's story follows gay war photographer and gambler Maali Almeida, who wakes up dead.

Facts on Booker Prize

The Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969-2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002-2019), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
The winner receives a cash prize of £50,000.
In addition, all the shortlisted authors are rewarded with £2,500 each.
Just so you know, there is another Booker Prize namely 'the International Booker Prize' which is given to books translated in English from other languages.
It also has a prize money of £50,000 which is split evenly between the author and the translator.

Booker 2022 Shortlisted Authors

British author Alan Garner's "Treacle Walker", Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo's "Glory", "Small Things Like These" by Irish writer Claire Keegan, U.S. author Percival Everett's "The Trees" and "Oh William!" by U.S. author Elizabeth Strout were shortlisted for this year 2022 Booker Prize. Each of them receive a consolation prize of £2,500 each.

Indian Winners of Booker Prize

VS Naipaul for 'In a Free State' in 1971
Salman Rushdie for 'Midnight's Children' in 1981
Arundhati Roy for 'The God of small Things' in 1997
Kiran Desai for 'The Inheritance of Loss' in 2006
Aravind Adiga for 'The White Tiger' in 2008

Authors who have won the Booker Prize twice:

JM Coetzee
Margaret Atwood
JG Farrell
Hillary Mantel
Peter Carey

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National Affairs

Justice DY Chandrachud appointed as the 50th CJI (Chief Justice of India) by the President

He will take over the reins from the outgoing CJI UU Lalit on 9th November, 2022.

Centre closes down the Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA)

It was constituted to investigate the larger conspiracy behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi some 24 years ago.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to address the National Conference on Tourist Police Scheme tomorrow, 19th October

The agenda is to implement uniform Tourist Police Scheme at pan India level to provide safer ecosystem to the foreign and domestic tourists in and around tourist destinations across the country. This idea is to change the safety & security related perception of India at global level with a larger goal of attracting more foreign tourists and currency. Ministry of Tourism in co-ordination with MHA and BPR&D is organizing the conference.

National Maritime Heritage Complex coming up at Lothal; PM to review site work progress today, October 18

Started in March 2022, National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) is going to be developed as an international tourist destination at a cost of around Rs.3500 crore. Lothal - one of the prominent cities of the Harappan civilization - is known for the discovery of the oldest man-made dockyard. A maritime heritage complex in Lothal is going to be a fitting tribute to the city’s historical legacy and heritage. It will have several innovative and unique features such as Lothal mini recreation to recreate Harappan architecture and lifestyle and 4 theme parks namely Memorial theme park, Maritime and Navy theme park, Climate theme park and Adventure and Amusement theme park. The project will also include World’s tallest lighthouse museum; fourteen galleries highlighting India’s maritime heritage starting from the Harappan times till now; Coastal states pavilion displaying diverse maritime heritage of states and UTs; among others.

International Affairs

90th INTERPOL General Assembly begins in New Delhi

The General Assembly is INTERPOL’s supreme governing body and meets once a year to take key decisions related to its functioning. The meeting - to be held from 18th to 21st October - will be attended by delegations from 195 INTERPOL member countries comprising of Ministers, Police Chiefs of countries, Heads of National Central Bureaus and Senior police officers. INTERPOL General Assembly is taking place in India after a gap of about 25 years – it was last held in 1997.

India’s biggest-ever defence exhibition - DefExpo 2022 – begins in Gandhinagar, Gujarat

India sees the exhibition as an opportunity to promote and market our defence products to participating countries. The India-Africa Defence Dialogue (IADD) and the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)-plus conclave is also being organized on the sidelines of DefExpo 2022. Defence Minister of 33 countries along with 10 Indian states and Union territories are participating in this exhibition. This is the 12th edition of the DefExpo which will be held between October 18-22, 2022. The theme of DefExpo 2022 is ‘Path to Pride’. Raksha Mantri Awards for Excellence in Defence Manufacturing will also be distributed for the first time during DefExpo.