Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 1 December to 8 December 2022

December Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 1

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Our weekly one-liner current affairs is basically a summary of the week’s most important news in one line.

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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
• 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 22^nd
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

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