The future of soccer’s European Championship for the next decade was decided  Oct 10  — the United Kingdom and Ireland will host in 2028 and an unusual Italy-Turkey co-hosting plan was picked for 2032.

There were no losers when the executive committee of European soccer governing body UEFA finally approved the double hosting award that was inevitable after former bid rivals Italy and Turkey united under one flag of convenience in July.

That deal took Turkey out of the Euro 2028 contest where the team of five neighboring UEFA member federations — England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Ireland — was long favored to win.

Turkey finally will get to host a European Championship after several failed previous bids, including by one vote against France for the Euro 2016 edition.

Turkey also was likely to lose in any contested vote for 2032 even amid doubts Italy could finish a massive construction project to build and upgrade the stadiums needed for a 24-team, 51-game tournament.

Rome and Istanbul are separated by about 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) across the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea with flights taking more than two hours.

Eden Hazard is putting an end to a 16-year injury-hit career marked by great success at club level and unfulfilled promise with the Belgium national team’s “Golden Generation.”

The 32-year-old Hazard announced his retirement from all soccer on Oct 10 after more than 700 matches and two Premier League titles during his time with Chelsea. Before injuries slowed him down, Hazard was often unstoppable on the field with his quick pace, creativity and super dribbling skills.

The star Indian men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty secured the number one spot in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Rankings on  Oct 10 , becoming the first duo from the country to reach the landmark.

Following their gold medal win at the men's doubles competition at the recently concluded Asian Games in Hangzhou, 'Sat-Chi', as the duo is known to fans, made a jump of two spots to achieve the top spot.

After Prakash Padukone, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth, they are the fourth Indians to achieve the top ranking.

The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), on  Oct 10  announced a change of fixtures for the Merdeka Tournament 2023, following Palestine's last-minute withdrawal from the competition. The tournament will now take place with three teams - India, Tajikistan and hosts Malaysia in a knock-out format.

Pakistani presenter Zainab Abbas, part of the ICC digital team covering the ODI World Cup, on Oct 9  left India after facing backlash on social media over her alleged anti-India posts in the past but the sport's governing body insisted that she left the country due to personal reasons.

Zainab left India from Hyderabad where she was deputed to cover Pakistan's three World Cup games in the city.

The 35-year-old was present at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad for Pakistan's World Cup opener against the Netherlands on October 6.

Posts from her unverified X account, formerly Twitter, had gone viral after she announced that she would be covering the ICC mega event in India.

As speculation on social media intensified over her departure from India in the middle of the tournament, the International Cricket Council clarified that Zainab was not deported from the host country.

Q1. The G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit  2023  was held  in

1. New Delhi
2. Toronto
3. Jakarta
4. London
5. None of These

Q2. Name the state in which 37th National Games will be inaugurate by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 26 , 2023 ?

• Gujarat
• Goa
• Punjab
• Maharashtra
• None of These

Q3. Which is the  mascot of the  37th National Games to be held in Goa ?

1. Rubigula the Flame-Throated Bulbul
2. Savaj the asiatic lion
3. Moga   an Indian Bison                          
4. Ammu, the Great Hornbill
5. None of These

Q4. Name the India's first lawyer to be registered as a practising lawyer with hearing impairment and for whom  the Supreme Court on Oct 6  appointed a sign language interpreter ?

1. M Karpagam
2. Sanchita Ain
3. Cornelia Sorabj
4. Sarah Sunny               
5. None of These

Q5. Name the  AAP MP  who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Oct 4 in a money laundering case ?

1. Sanjay Singh
2. Manish Sisodia
3. Satyendar Jain
4. Gopal Rai
5. None of These

Answers

1-------------------1   New Delhi

2-------------------2 Goa

3-------------------3    Moga   an Indian Bison

4-------------------4   Sarah Sunny

5-------------------1 Sanjay Singh

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has referred MPs' complaints on the issue involving BJP member Ramesh Bidhuri's use of objectionable words against BSP's Danish Ali to the Privileges Committee.

Q1. Name the  eminent plant geneticist and Father of the Green Revolution in India who  died at the age of 98 on  Sep 28 ?

1. Surjit Bhalla
2. Verghese Kurien
3. Dr MS Swaminathan
4. Norman Borlaug
5. None of These

Q2. Name the country which  is is conducting a unique Women Military Officers Course for women military officers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries  ?

1. Indonesia
2. Malaysia
3. Singapore
4. India
5. None of These

Q3.  Name the Congress MLA  who was arrested by the Punjab Police in connection with a 2015 drugs case on  Sep 28 ?

1. Satkar Kaur Gehri
2. Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon
3. Sukhpal Singh Khaira
4. Amit Rattan Kotfatta
5. None of These

Q4. Name the celebrated Manipuri actor  who has resigned from the BJP over the government’s “inept handling” of the current turmoil in Manipur ?

1. Gurumayum Bonny
2. Rajkumar Kaiku aka Somendra
3. Gokul Athokpam
4. Hamom Sadananda
5. None of These

   Q5. Name the hit Malayalam film which is based on the 2018 Kerala floods and which  has been selected as India's official entry to compete at the Oscars 2024 race under the best             international feature film category.

1. 2018- Everyone is a Hero
2. Sudani from Nigeria
3. Pranchiyettan and the Saint
4. Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja
5. None of These 

Answers

1------------------------3   Dr MS Swaminathan

2-----------------------4 India

3-----------------------3 Sukhpal Singh Khaira

4-----------------------2  Rajkumar Kaiku aka Somendra

5-----------------------1  2018- Everyone is a Hero