# National film awards

• Actor Rajnikanth was presented the Dadasaheb Phalke award by Vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu at the national film awards ceremony in Delhi.

• Dhanush, for his lead role in Asuran and Manoj Bajpayee for Bhonsale, received the best actor award.

• Kangana Ranaut was awarded the best actor (female) award for her role in Manikarnika – The queen of Jhansi (Hindi) and Panga (Hindi).

• Malyalam movie Marakkar Arabikkadalinte Simham received the best film award.

# Defence exports

• The defence exports have grown by 334% in the past five years and India is now exporting to more than 75 countries.

• Rajnath singh said this at the Ambassadors round table for Defence expo.

• The round table was aimed at briefing the ambassadors about the planning, arrangements and other details of Defexpo 2022, to be held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

# Southwest monsoon

• The Southwest monsoon has withdrawn from the country, the Indian meteorological Department (IMD) said on monday.

• It is a long drawn out process that typically begins in Rajasthan from September 17 and ends by October 15.

• This year however, the withdrawal began only on October 6.

# Sudan

• Sudan’s military seized power on monday, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the Prime minister.

• The takeover comes more than two years after protestors forced forced the ouster of longterm autocrat Omar al Bashir and just weeks before the military was supposed to hand the leadership of the council that runs the country over to civilians.

# Enginnering goods export

• Exports of engineering goods have crossed $9 billion in September 2021, even 22 out of 25 top export destinations such as China, the UK and The UAE.

• The share of engineering goods in overall merchandise exports stood at 26.7% in September.