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Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 1 December to 8

December 2022

National News

• Meghalaya cabinet approved mental health and social care

policy
• 23rd Hornbill Festival 2022 begins in Nagaland
• International Lusophone Festival to be held in Goa
• Jyotiradity Scindia inaugurated multiple flights to boost
northeast connectivity
• Anurag Thakur inaugurated Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union
Assembly
• Haryana government has launched Nirogi Haryana project
• Amara Raja Batteries to set up lithium-ion
battery unit in Telangana
• Ministry of Culture organized Swar Dharohar Festival in New
Delhi
• Piyush Goyal addressed Millets-Smart Nutritive Food
summit in New Delhi
• Bhupender Yadav chaired the 189th meeting of ESIC
(Employees’ State Insurance Corporation)
• Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated National
Conference on Soil Health
• Technotex 2023 to be held in Mumbai from 22 to 24 Feb 2023
• India’s coal production increased by 11.66 % to 75.87 mn
tonnes in Nov
• Jitendra Singh inaugurated a conference on women’s
leadership
• India and Germany signed Migration and Mobility Agreement
• Maharashtra to establish separate Divyang department
• Ladakh to soon have India’s first Dark Night Sky Reserve
• India’s first gold ATM launched in Hyderabad

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• IIT Madras researchers develop Ocean Wave Energy converter

• Anurag Thakur inaugurated India’s 1st Drone Training
Conference
• India to host 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas in Indore in January
2023
• Karthigai Deepam Chariot festival held in Madurai, Tamil Nadu

International News

• ‘Gaslighting’ named Merriam-Webster’s word of the

year for 2022
• UNESCO recommended Great Barrier Reef to be put ‘in
danger’ list site
• Global Prime Cities Index by Knight
Frank: Mumbai ranked 22nd
• India to assume chairmanship of Wassenaar Arrangement on 1
Jan 2023
• List of countries at risk of mass
killings: India ranked 8th; Pakistan topped
• Global Aviation Safety
Rankings: India ranked 48th; topped by Singapore
• Oxford’s Word of the Year for 2022 – Goblin Mode
• Opening Ceremony of International Year of Millets 2023 held
in Rome
• India to organize 12th World Hindi
conference in Fiji in February 2023

Banking and Financial

• Star Health launched policy for outpatient expenses

• SEBI set up a panel to review corporate takeover rules
• YES Bank acquired 9.9 percent stake in JC Flower ARC
• India to receive over record $100
billion in remittances in 2022: WB
• YES Bank partnered with Turtlefin to create tech
platform ‘EasyNsure’
• Canara Bank won Banker’s Bank of the Year Award
• GST collection for November stands at Rs 1,45,867 crore

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• NSE Indices launched new Nifty Bharat Bond Index

• World Bank revised India’s GDP growth forecast to
6.9% for FY23
• RBI increased Repo rate by 35 bps to 6.25%
• Spice Money partnered with Axis Bank for financial
inclusion in rural India

Appointment and Resignation

• Prasanth Kumar elected president of Advertising Agencies

Association of India (AAAI)
• Preeti Sudan takes oath of office and secrecy as UPSC Member
• Uttarakhand Govt appointed Prasoon Joshi as its Brand
Ambassador
• Sanjay Malhotra appointed as new Revenue Secretary
• Sanjay Kumar appointed as secretary of Department of School
Education
• Smartwatch leader Noise appointed Virat Kohli as new brand
ambassador
• Vijender Sharma elected president of Institute of Cost
Accountants of India (ICAI)
• Hansraj Gangaram appointed as the new NCBC (National
Commission for Backward Classes) chairperson
• Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar appointed as Chairperson of
the National Statistical Commission
• V. Suresh Kumar appointed as Chairman & MD of Bharatiya
Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI)
• Justice Tashi Rabstan appointed as acting chief justice of J&K
HC
• Arun Kumar Singh appointed as Chairman of ONGC for 3 years

Awards

• 3 Indian-origin women scientists, Neelima Kadiyala, Ana

Baburamani, and Dr. Indrani Mukherjee among Australia’s
“Superstars Of STEM”
• India’s Greenhouse-in-a-Box startup Kheyti won Earthshot
Prize 2022

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• A book Chipko Movement won Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF

Book Prize 2022
• SS Rajamouli won Best Director at New York Film Critics
Circle
• C N Manjunath, Krishnappa G and S Shadakshari chosen
for Nadoja Award
• NHAI and Maharashtra–Metro achieved a Guinness world
record
• Veena Nair won Prime Minister’s prize in Australia
• Ukrainian President Zelenskiy named Time’s 2022 Person of
the Year

Defence

• ICG Advanced Light Helicopter Mk-III commissioned

in Chennai
• Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)
Exercise ‘Samanvay 2022’ concluded in Agra

Sports

• Stephanie Frappart becomes 1st female referee at men’s FIFA

World Cup
• 3rd T20 World Cup for Blind to be held in India from 5 Dec
• Saurashtra cricket team won Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022
• Indian Shooter Rudrankksh Patil won ISSF President’s
Cup in Egypt
• Rohit Sharma becomes sixth-highest run
scorer for India in ODIs
• Mirabai Chanu won silver at Weightlifting World
Championship in Colombia
• Aditya Mittal becomes India’s 77th Chess Grandmaster

Important day

• 30 November – Saint Andrew’s Day

• 1 December – World AIDS Day (Theme 2022: ‘Equalize’)
• Nagaland celebrated 60th statehood day on 1 December 2022
• 2 December – National Pollution Control Day
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• 2 December – World Computer Literacy Day (Theme 2022 –

Literacy for human-centered recovery: Narrowing the digital divide.)
• 3 December – International Day of Persons with
Disabilities (Theme 2022 – Transformative solutions for inclusive
development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and
equitable world.)
• 3 December 2022 (Ekadashi tithi of Shukla Paksha) – Gita
Mahotsav
• 4 December 2022 – Indian Navy Day
• 5 December – World Soil Day (Theme 2022 – Soils: where food
begins)
• 4 December 2022 – 109th Birth Anniversary of R.
Venkataraman
• 5 December 2022 – 65th Foundation Day of Directorate of
Revenue Intelligence
• 4 December – International Day of Banks
• 5 December – International Volunteer Day (Theme 2022 –
solidarity through volunteering)
• 7 December – International Civil Aviation Day (Theme 2022 -
Advancing Innovation for Global Aviation Development)
• 7 December – Armed Forces Flag Day

Obituary

• Toyota Kirloskar Motor VC Vikram Kirloskar passed away

• Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin passes away
• Eminent economist Yoginder K Alagh passed away

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 9 December to 15

December 2022

National News

• Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated Fertiliser Association of India

(FAI) Annual Seminar at New Delhi
• Falguni Nayar, Roshni Nadar in ‘World’s 100 Most Powerful
Women’ list

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• UP Governor inaugurated Universal Coverage Day 2022

• Assam Cabinet approved bill to create Safai Karamchari
Commission
• Kerala CM launched 27th International Film Festival of Kerala
• 9th World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Expo
2022 inaugurated in Goa
• Adani Green Energy becomes world’s largest wind-solar
hybrid power developer
• PM Modi flagged off 6th Vande Bharat train in Maharashtra
• Bengaluru to host first meeting of G20 Finance Track
• Tamil Nadu CM Stalin launched scheme to uplift sanitation
staff
• Meghalaya government launched Asia’s first Drone delivery
hub
• Mopa International Airport Goa named after Manohar Parrikar
• India’s First Carbon Neutral Farm inaugurated in Kerala
• MK Stalin launched Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission
• Ashwini Vaishnaw announced new train ‘Kashi Tamil
Sangamam’
• Meghalaya awarded for TB control programme
• Government extended the PM SVANidhi (Street Vendor’s
AtmaNirbhar Nidhi) Scheme till Dec 2024
• 5th Kochi Muziris Biennale begins in Kochi
• Project ‘Vanikaran’ launched in Kerala
• Prime Minister launched projects worth Rs 75,000
cr in Maharashtra
• UIDAI topped the Grievance Redressal Index for the fourth
consecutive month in November
• Dalmia Bharat to acquire Jaypee Group’s cement assets for Rs
5,666 crore
• CJI inaugurated digitization hubs in 10 districts of Odisha
• Tamil Nadu CM inaugurated statue of ‘Mahakavi Subramanian
Bharathiyar’ in Varanasi
• 8th India International Science Festival to be held
in Bhopal in January 2023
• Bharati Pravin Pawar inaugurated National Maternal Health
Workshop

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• Finland and India signed joint

declaration on migration and mobility
• Geographical Indication tag sought for Beypore Uru
• Narendra Tomar chaired 32nd meeting of Board of
Directors of National Horticulture Board (NHB)
• India gets Rafale’s 36th and last aircraft from France
• Nitin Gadkari inaugurated of 12 NH development
projects in Kerala
• Assamese ‘Gamocha’ gets GI tag

International News

• Priyanka Chopra among 4 Indians on BBC’s 100 influential

women list
• India ranked 87th in the world’s strongest passport
list 2022; UAE ranked first
• 20th Kathmandu International Mountain Film
Festival concluded in Kathmandu
• France to host International Conference “Standing with the
Ukrainian People”
• US prints its first-ever currency with two women’s signatures
• New Zealand passed world’s first law to ban
smoking for future generation
• Russia replaced Iraq as top oil supplier to India in November
• UK, France, and UAE extend support for India’s permanent
membership at UNSC
• G-7 approved 15.5 billion US dollar deal with Vietnam
• Tokyo makes solar panels mandatory for new homes
built after 2025
• Iran removed from UN Commission on the Status of Women

Banking and Financial

• AU Small Finance Bank partnered with ICICI

Lombard for bancassurance
• ADB approved $780 million loan for Chennai’s metro rail
network

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• RBI signed Currency Swap Agreement with Maldives Monetary

Authority
• Retail inflation eased below 6% for the first time in 2022
• WPI Inflation declined to 21-Month Low of 5.85% In November
2022
• Canara HSBC Life Insurance launches Non-Participating
‘Guaranteed Fortune Plan
• Bank of Baroda proposed to sell its majority stake in Nainital
Bank

Appointment and Resignation

• Dina Boluarte elected as first female President of Peru

• N Chandrasekaran appointed as Chair of B20 India
• KV Shaji appointed as Chairman of NABARD
• Pottery Barn appointed Deepika Padukone as its brand
ambassador
• Sushmita Shukla becomes first VP & COO of Federal Reserve
Bank of New York
• Meenesh C Shah appointed as MD of National Dairy
Development Board (NDDB)
• Shenu Agarwal appointed as new MD & CEO of Ashok Leyland
• Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu sworn in as the new Chief
Minister of Himachal Pradesh
• Meghna Ahlawat elected as new President of Table Tennis
Federation of India
• PT Usha elected as first woman president of Indian Olympic
Association
• Bhupendra Patel sworn in as Gujarat CM 2nd consecutive term
• Justice Dipankar Dutta takes oath as judge of Supreme Court
• PC Rath elected as President of Cardiological Society of India
• Jeremy Farrar appointed as new Chief Scientist of WHO

Awards

• McLaughlin-Levrone & Mondo Duplantis won World Athlete of

the Year 2022 awards

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• J&K awarded first prize in Ayushman Bharat health account ID

generation
• Indian origin Krishna Vavilala received US Presidential
Lifetime Award
• SpiceJet awarded ‘Safety Performer of the Year’ award by Delhi
airport
• Venkaiah Naidu conferred with SIES Award for public
leadership
• Indian film RRR bags two Golden Globe Award nominations

Defence

• 7th edition of US-India Naval Exercise ‘Sangam’ held in Goa

• India & Kazakhstan joint military exercise KAZIND 2022 begins
in Umroi, Meghalaya
• 16th edition of India & Nepal Joint Training Excercise Surya
Kiran begins in Saljhandi

Science

• ISRO signed MoU with Vyom Space to build private space

capsules
• UAE successfully launches first ever Arab-Built lunar spacecraft
• Bal Veer actor Dev Joshi among eight-member
crew for SpaceX moon trip

Sports

• Eden Hazard announced his retirement from International

Football
• Deepika Padukone to unveil the FIFA World Cup trophy during
the finals
• Sukant Kadam won gold medal at Peru Para Badminton
International
• Ishan Kishan scores world record of fastest double
century in ODI
• Divya S won gold in women’s air pistol National Shooting
Championship 2022
• Jos Buttler & Sidra Ameen won ICC Player of Month
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• Joe Root becomes the 3rd player to score 10000 Test runs
• Hyderabad Strikers crowned as champions of Tennis Premier
League 2022
• Manu Bhaker won gold medal in National Shooting
Championship
• Messi announced retirement after Qatar FIFA 2022
• Iga Swiatek named Women’s Tennis Association (WTA)
Player of the Year for 2022
• India won 6 gold medals at 19th International Junior Science
Olympiad
• Sridhar breaks national record at FINA World Swimming
Championship
• Axelsen and Yamaguchi won badminton World Tour Finals
• Tata Steel officially partnered FIH Men’s World Cup 2023

Book and Author

• Author Mansi Gulati released her Book ‘Miracles of Face Yoga’

Important day

• 9 December – International Anti-Corruption Day (Theme 2022

– Uniting the World Against Corruption)
• 9 December – International Day of Commemoration and
Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide Crime
• 10 December – Human Rights Day (Theme 2022 – Dignity,
Freedom, and Justice for All)
• 10 December – Nobel Prize Day
• 11 December – UNICEF Day (Theme 2022 – All girls deserve
better-the world deserves better)
• 11 December – International Mountain day (Theme 2022 –
Women Move Mountains)
• 12 December – International Universal Health Coverage
Day (Theme 2022 – Build the world we want: A healthy future for
all)
• 14 December – International Energy Day
• 16 December – Vijay Diwas

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Obituary

• Veteran Singer Sulochana Chavan passed away

• Poland’s only cosmonaut Mirosław Hermaszewski passed away

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 16 December to

24 December 2022

National News

• AIIMS Delhi campus declared ‘tobacco-free zone’

• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kaam Karyakram (PMKKK) renamed
as Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM
VIKAS) Scheme
• 8th India International Science Festival 2022 to be held
in Bhopal
• 48th GST Council meeting held in New Delhi
• Ministry of Culture organized Delhi International Arts Festival
• Hinduja group to invest Rs 35,000
crore in Maharashtra across 11 sectors
• PM Modi inaugurated projects worth Rs 6,800
crore in Tripura, Meghalaya
• India & Sri Lanka to launch ferry
service between Kankesanthurai and Pondicherry in Jan 2023
• CSIR’s “One Week, One Lab” countrywide campaign from 6th
Jan 2023
• 63rd session of the Indian Historical Records Committee
(IHRC) inaugurated in Lucknow
• Hardeep Puri addressed 7th Petrochemical Conclave held
in New Delhi
• Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated ‘Prashasan Gaon ki
Ore’ campaign
• Meghalaya CM inaugurated PA Sangma football stadium
• Tamil Nadu government launched ‘Friends of
Library’ programme
• India jumped from 7th to 3rd global ranking in scientific
publications

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• Madhya Pradesh government forms task force to prevent

online gambling in state
• Nitin Gadkari launched Surety Bond
Insurance product from Bajaj Allianz
• Government accords approval for setting up 21 Greenfield
Airports
• Assam government launched Orunodoi 2.0 scheme
• Jyotiraditya Scindia launched India’s first Green Steel Brand
• Social Progress Index 2022: Puducherry best-performing
States
• India–Indonesia Investment and Business Forum
meeting held in Port Blair
• FuelBuddy partnered with Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.
(IOCL) for doorstep delivery of automotive lubricants
• GAIL partnered with Japan’s Mitsui OSK for liquefied natural
gas (LNG) carrier
• Vadnagar town, Modhera Sun Temple added to UNESCO’s
tentative list
• Delhi government schools to introduce pre-lunch ‘mini
snack’ break
• Paytm partnered with HDFC ERGO launches insurance for digital
transactions
• NTPC Limited signed MoU with GE Power
India Limited to reduce carbon intensity
• Kerala to host first Bekal International Beach Festival
• LG Manoj Sinha launched 3 New Schemes for J&K– Holistic
Development of Agriculture & Allied Sectors, Aspirational
Towns, and Aspirational Panchayat for J&K
• IFSCA signed MoU with Council on Energy, Environment and
Water (CEEW) to cooperate on sustainable finance
• Odisha CM launched 24×7 ‘Drink from Tap’ project in 19
cities of state
• Shah Rukh Khan the only Indian to feature on Empire’s 50
Greatest Actors off All Time List

International News

• India announced candidature for UNSC membership for 2028-

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• UAE to host 13th WTO Ministerial Meeting in 2024

• Global Food Security Index (GFSI)
2022: India ranked 68th; topped by Finland

Banking and Financial

• TPG Capital to acquire Poonawalla housing finance

• AU Small Finance Bank joined hands with HDFC
Life for bancassurance
• Indian Bank launched Ind Shakti 555 days
• HDFC Securities launched investor education platform ‘Roots’
• IDFC FIRST Bank launched ZERO Fee Banking savings
accounts
• Bandhan Bank signed MoU with Defence Ministry for defence
pensioners
• Gross Direct Tax Collections for FY 2022-23 register growth of
25.90%
• Note in circulation rise 8% annually to Rs 32 lakh crore: FM

Appointment and Resignation

• Rajeev Kumar Vishnoi appointed as CMD of National

Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)
• Harvard University appointed Claudine Gay as first black
president
• Leo Varadkar re-elected as Prime Minister of Ireland
• Major General Mohit Seth takes over as General Officer
Commanding (GoC) Kilo Force
• Cindy Hook appointed as CEO of Olympic Organizing
Committee
• Dinesh Kumar Shukla appointed as new Chief of Atomic Energy
Regulatory Board (AERB)
• Elon Musk to step down as Twitter CEO
• PT Usha nominated to Vice-chairman panel in Rajya Sabha
• Hemant Gupta appointed as new Chief of New Delhi
International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC)
• Suhel Ajaz Khan appointed India’s new ambassador to Saudi
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• Aloke Singh appointed as head of Air India’s low-cost airline

business

Awards

• National Miner National Mineral Development Corporation

(NMDC) won IEI Industry Excellence Award 2022
• India’s Sargam Koushal won Mrs World 2022 title
• Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs won Platinum
Icon in Digital India Awards 2022
• Sethrichem Sangtam awarded Rohini Nayyar prize for rural
development
• Sudeep & Shobhana won Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize
2021-22

Defence

• India successfully carried out trials of nuclear-capable ”Agni-5

missile”
• INSV Tarini to participate in 50th edition of Cape Town to Rio
Race 2023
• Fifth Scorpene Submarine ‘Vagir’ delivered to Indian Navy

Science

• ISRO earned Rs 1,100 crore in five years from foreign

launches
• India’s manned space flight ‘H1’ to launch in fourth
quarter of 2024

Sports

• Neeraj Chopra becomes the most written-about

athlete in 2022
• India won blind T20 cricket world cup for 3rd consecutive
times
• Anurag Thakur unveiled Hockey World Cup trophy in New
Delhi
• Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek crowned ITF World Champions
2022

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• Argentina won FIFA World Cup 2022 championship

• Jaipur Pink Panthers won 9th Pro Kabaddi League title
• Indian women’s hockey team won FIH Nations Cup
• Chahat Arora sets national record in women’s 50m
breaststroke
• Karim Benzema announces retirement from international
football
• Rehan Ahmed becomes youngest to claim 5 wickets on Test
Cricket debut
• FIFA picked Morocco to host Club World Cup in February 2023
• New Delhi to host the 36th Asian Wrestling Championships
2023
• Goa to host first ever World Table Tennis (WTT) Series
event in India
• Viacom18 bagged Paris Olympics 2024 broadcasting rights

Book and Author

• A book ‘Fit At Any Age’ launched by Air Marshal PV lyer

• A book titled ‘The Indian Navy@75 Reminiscing the
Voyage’ by Ranjit B Rai (Retd) and Aritra Banerjee released

Important day

• 18 December – Minority Rights Day (Theme 2022 – All in 4

Minority Rights)
• 18 December – International Migrants day
• 18 December – Arabic Language Day (Theme 2022 – The
Contribution of the Arabic Language to Human Civilization and
Culture)
• 19 December – Goa Liberation Day
• 20 December – International Human Solidarity Day
• 21 December – Winter Solstice Day
• 22 December – National Mathematics Day
• 23 December – National Farmers Day

Obituary

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• Lance Naik Bhairon Singh Rathore passed away

• Former Pepsi chief Priya Mohan Sinha passed away

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 25 December to

30 December 2022

National News

• CJI D Y Chandrachud constituted committee to conduct

accessibility audit of SC premises; headed by SC Judge S
Ravindra Bhat.
• 10th Edition of North East Festival begins at Jawaharlal Nehru
Stadium
• PM Modi addressed 75th Amrut Mahotsav of Shree
Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan
• International Finance Corporation (IFC) provides $400 million
loan to HDFC to promote green housing
• PV Sindhu among top 25 highest-paid female
athletes in Forbes annual list
• Railways plans to modernize 1,000 small stations under Amrit
Bharat Station Scheme
• PM Modi participated in the historic programme marking ‘Veer
Bal Diwas’
• Piyush Goel launched right to repair portal for consumers
• Petroleum Ministry organized musical event ‘Dance to
Decarbonise’
• Jitendra Singh launched revamped probity portal ‘e-HRM 2.0
• IIT Kanpur developed an artificial heart
• Madhya Pradesh Government to build Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s
grand memorial in Gwalior
• Bulandshahr prison foods become the 2nd jail in UP to be rated
five star by Food Safety and Standard Authority of India
(FSSAI)
• 15 Start-ups selected in product accelerator program
• Losar Festival celebrated in Ladakh
• Kerala’s Dharmadam becomes first complete library
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• Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated Sports Science

Centre in Udupi, Karnataka
• President Murmu inaugurated project worth Rs 43.08
cr at Srisailam Temple
• Jio launched 5G services in Andhra Pradesh with
an investment of Rs 6,500 crore
• NTPC signed with Italy-based firm for green methanol
production
• Home Ministry approved the name change of two
places in Uttar Pradesh; ‘Mundera Bazaar’ to ‘Chauri-
Chaura’ and ‘Telia Afghan’ village to ‘Telia Shukla’
• UP govt. inaugurated ‘E-Sushrut’ hospital
management information system in UP medical colleges
• Cabinet approved opening of Indian
Mission in Lithuania and Maldives
• Ashwini Vaishnaw launched ‘Stay Safe Online’ Campaign
• President Murmu lays foundation stone for ‘Pilgrimage
Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive
(PRASHAD) project in Telangana
• Maharashtra became the first state in the country to pass the
Lokayukta Bill
• Hardeep Singh Puri launched guidelines for City Finance
Rankings and City Beauty Competition
• IISc Bengaluru to be G20 Science working group’s secretariat
• Kerala host first International Beach Festival
• Tribal Ministry partnered with Amazon for future engineer
programme
• Indian Army inaugurated first-ever two-storey 3-D printed
dwelling unit in Ahmedabad
• India-assisted Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project handed over
to Bhutan’s Druk Green Power Corp
• World-class Kayaking-Canoeing Academy to be set up
in Tehri, Uttarakhand
• Government extends free import of Urad and Tur
pulses till March 2024
• India grants permission to Nepal Electricity Authority
(NEA) to export additional 40 megawatts of electricity
• Department of Posts launched Online request Transfer
Portal for Gramin Dak Sevaks

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• Amit Shah launched the “Prahari app” of the Border Security

Force
• Indian Oil embarks on TB Elimination
Project in UP and Chhattisgarh
• Dhanu Yatra’ began in Odisha’s Bargar
• Tamil Nadu government sets up Nilgiri Tahr conservation
project
• Telangana government launched 10th phase of Rythu Bandh

International News

• Former Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen sentenced to 11

years
• India’s Cuisine Ranked Fifth in the list of best Cuisines of the
World; Italy’s food came in first place
• Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina inaugurated first
Metro rail in Dhaka

Banking and Financial

• RBI’s revised bank locker rules to come into effect from 1

January
• SBI, ICICI and Axis Bank to launch Rupay-based Credit
card on UPI platform by March 2023
• India to become 3rd largest Economy in
the world by 2037– Centre for Economics and Business
Research (CEBR)
• ADB to provide $125 million loan to improve Urban
Services in Tamil Nadu
• Indian Bank launched its flagship programme ‘MSME
Prerana ‘in Rajasthan
• RBI released web publication entitled ‘Statistical
Tables relating to Banks in India: 2021-22’
• Bajaj Allianz launched Respect Senior Care Rider
• IRDAI to Introduce ‘Bima Vahaks’ to Expand Insurance Force

Appointment and Resignation

• Puma India appointed Anushka Sharma as its brand

ambassador
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• Sitiveni Rabuka elected as new Prime Minister of Fiji

• Shamsher Singh appointed as MD and CEO of SBI Funds
• Pushpa Kamal Dahal appointed as the Prime Minister of Nepal
• P N Vasudevan reappointed as MD & CEO of Equitas Small
Finance Bank
• Anil Kumar Lahoti appointed as Chairman of Railway Board
• Hasmukh Adhia appointed as chief advisor to the Gujarat CM
• Santosh Kumar Yadav appointed as the Chairman of National
Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
• Baskar Babu reappointed as MD & CEO of Suryoday Small
Finance Bank
• LG Arvind Walia appointed as Engineer-in-Chief of Army
• Praveen K Srivastava appointed as acting Central Vigilance
Commissioner

Awards

• Thalappil Pradeep received VinFuture special prize 2022

• Sahitya Akademi Awards 2022 announced; ReadMore…
• Cyclist Swasti Singh gets Ekalabya Puraskar
• Beth Mead won BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022
award
• Aleida Guevara received with first KR Gouri Amma national
award
• Prabhu Chandra Mishra honoured with Atal Samman Award
• IIT Madras won Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards
2022
• Arshdeep Singh, Yastika Bhatia and Renuka Singh nominated
for ICC emerging cricketer of the year 2022
• Chhattisgarh police ‘Nijaat’ campaign gets IACP 2022 Award

Defence

• India & Japan to conduct 1st bilateral air combat

exercise in Jan 2023
• Indian Navy launched indigenously-built ship ‘Arnala’ in Chennai

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Sports

• England cricketer Sam Curran breaks IPL auction record by

staggering sum of 185 million Indian rupees
• Anurag Thakur inaugurated the National Level Kabaddi
Championship
• Harmanpreet Singh to captain Indian team at the FIH men’s
world cup 2023
• Arunachal’s Geto Sora won Junior International Badminton
Championship
• Nikhat Zareen & Lovlina Borgohain won gold in National
Women’s Boxing Championships 2022
• South African cricketer Farhaan
Behardien announces retirement

Book and Author

• A book titled Forks in the Road: My Days at RBI and

Beyond by Rangarajan

Important day

• 24 December – National Consumer Rights Day

• 25 December – Good Governance Day
• 27 December – International Day of Epidemic Preparedness

Obituary

• Telugu actor Kaikala Satyanarayana passed away

• England Football Player George Cohen passed away
• Brazil’s legendary footballer Pele passed away

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