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Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That\u2019s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 3 October 2021, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included all important facts from National\/ International news that are useful for upcoming competitive examinations such as UPSC, SSC, Railway, State Govt. etc. Our gkseries team also provides\u00a0Daily Current Affairs Quiz<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for these exams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Current Affairs 3 October 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"World\u2019s<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The world\u2019s\u00a0largest national flag, made up of Khadi cloth,<\/strong>\u00a0has been installed in\u00a0Leh, Ladakh,<\/strong>\u00a0 On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Lt. Governor of Union Territory of Ladakh, Shri. R.K. Mathur hoisted the Indian Tricolour flag made of khadi cloth. This was the World\u2019s largest National Flag. This tricolour flag was hoisted on the Zanskar Hill in Leh. The flag has been hoisted on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a leader who has always been considered synonymous with Khadi. The tricolor is\u00a0225-feet long and 150-feet wide<\/strong>.\u00a0It weighs around\u00a01,000 kg.<\/strong>\u00a0The flag has been prepared by the 57 Engineer Regiment of the Indian Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"Government<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The iconic Indian comic book cartoon character, Chacha Chaudhary<\/strong>, whose brain works faster than a computer, has been declared as the official mascot for the centrally-sponsored NamamiGangeProgramme.<\/strong> Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat announced the appointment of Chacha Chaudhary as the mascot for the mission on Friday, saying that the Centre was making an effort to connect children with the campaign of river cleanliness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An outlay of Rs. 2.26 crore<\/strong> has been dedicated to the project. The comics will initially be launched in Hindi, English, and Bengali languages.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has tied up with Diamond Toons, the publisher of the Chacha Chaudhary comics, to conceptualize, develop and distribute the new comics, e-comics, and animated videos featuring the cartoon character. Chacha Chaudhary has been chosen to especially connect children with the campaign of river cleanliness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Union Government, Namami Gange is not\u00a0just a program for cleaning river Ganga but an effort to bring collective consciousness among the masses. The initiative brings together Central and State ministries under a common \u2018task force\u2019 for the mission and ensures smooth coordination among agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"67th<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In India, National Wildlife Week is celebrated between 2nd October and 8th October every year, aiming to conserve and protect the fauna or animal life of the country. In 2021, India is celebrating 67th Wildlife Week<\/strong>. Wildlife Week was conceptualized in 1952 to raise awareness of safeguarding the lives of wildlife through critical action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Theme of 67th Wildlife Week in 2021 is\u00a0\u201cForests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"8th<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

India and Sri Lanka will begin a 12-day joint military training exercise \u2018Mitra Shakti\u2019 in Sri Lanka\u2019s Ampara from October 4 with a focus on enhancing counter-terror cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 8th<\/strong> edition of the India \u2013 Sri Lanka<\/strong> bilateral joint Exercise \u201cMitra Shakti-21\u201d<\/strong> is scheduled to take place at Combat Training School, Ampara in Sri Lanka from October 4 to 15, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim of the exercise is to enhance interoperability and sharing best practices in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations between Armies of both countries and further strengthen the relationship between both the South Asian Nations. India and Sri Lanka will begin a 12-day mega-military training exercise in Sri Lanka\u2019s Ampara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 7th Edition of Exercise Mitra Shakti was held in 2019, at Foreign Training Node (FTN), Pune, and Maharashtra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"Union<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has launched a month-long Clean India Programme from October 01 to 31, 2021, as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebration. Deputy Chief Minister of UP Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya and MoSSports, Youth Welfare, Panchayati Raj, UP Shri Upendra Tiwarialso graced the occasion. Secretary of Department of Sports M\/o YAS GoI, Smt. Usha Sharma and senior officials of the State and Centre have also attended the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nation-wide cleanliness drive was inaugurated by the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Thakur,<\/strong> from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Prayagraj<\/strong> in Uttar Pradesh on October 01, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim of the programme is to create awareness, mobilize people and ensure their involvement in cleaning waste mainly Single-Use Plastic waste throughout the country. This cleanliness drive aims to propagate the mantra of \u201cClean India: Safe India\u201d. The initiative is seen to be the largest cleanliness drive of the world in which over 75 lakh tonnes of waste, mainly plastic waste,  from different parts of the country, will be collected and processed in a \u2018Waste to Wealth\u2019 model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That\u2019s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 3 October 2021, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":54555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1918],"tags":[1475],"class_list":["post-54550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-october-2021","tag-daily-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54550"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54556,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54550\/revisions\/54556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}