Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 16 December to 23 December 2021

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs December: Part 3

Every exam, whether it is SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, LIC, SSC, Railway, or any other government exam, includes the General Awareness/ Current Affairs section, which shows the importance of the GA section.
So, we will provide weekly one-liner current affairs for every upcoming examinations that include General Awareness section.
Weekly one-liner current affairs is a must for all exams. Weekly one liners comprises one liners of the most essential news from the previous week.
We’ve added the weekly one-liner current affairs below to help you prepare for the upcoming examinations and keep you updated with Current events.

National News

• Govt launched National Helpline to report Atrocities against SCs, STs
• Andhra Pradesh inked pact with UN-FAO & ICAR for sustainable agriculture
• NTPC will set up India’s 1st Green Hydrogen Microgrid Projects at Simhadri, AP
• Durga Puja on UNESCO’s ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’ list
• Jharkhand CM launched Sports Action toward Harnessing Aspiration of Youth (SAHAY) scheme for maoist-hit areas
• 7th India International Science Festival 2021 held at Panaji, Goa
• PFC signed agreement with GreenCell Mobility for deployment of 350 electric buses in Uttar Pradesh
• Rajasthan signed MoU with Rays Power Infra to generate 500 MW of green electricity
• Meta expanded partnership with CBSE to provide a curriculum on digital safety and online well-being and AR
• Haryana launched ‘Khel Nursery scheme 2022-23’ to promote sports
• Centre granted ‘in-principle’ approval for 6 Nuclear Reactors at Jaitapur, Maharashtra
• Cabinet cleared proposal to raise women’s marriage age from 18 to 21 years
• Rural Development Minister launched Management Information System portal named ‘Vikas Portal’ for rankings of States/UTs in Land Acquisition Projects
• PM Modi laid foundation stone of Ganga Expressway in UP
• India’s 1st International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (IAMC) inaugurated in Hyderabad, Telangana
• Tata Motors signed MoU with Maharashtra to set up vehicle scrapping facility
• GAIL signed MoU with GACL for setting up 500 KLD Bioethanol plant in Gujarat
• PM Narendra Modi launched development projects worth Rs 650 crores in Goa
• Odisha CM launched Mukhyamantri Vayu Swasthya Seva for remote tribal districts
• Nagaland created 3 new districts Chumukedima, Tseminyu, and Nuiland
• Punjab CM declared “Krishna Balram Jagannath Rath Yatra” as state festival
• Odisha CM inaugurated Odisha’s longest bridge over Mahanadi River ‘T-Setu’ in Cuttack
• J&K Govt signed MoU with University College Birmingham for skill development of students
• Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) launched Unified Logistics Interface Platform Hackathon “LogiXtics”
• Maharashtra launched Chalo mobile app & smart card for convenient bus travel
• UP government will launch ‘Free Smartphone Yojna’ on 25 December

International News

• India & Uzbekistan partnered to promote cooperation & intensify interregional cooperation
• India & Vietnam signed agreement to establish partnership in Digital Media and in the field of IT
• World’s Most Admired Men 2021: PM Modi secured 8th spot
• Karl Nehammer sworn in as Chancellor of Austria
• Gabriel Boric elected as President of Chile
• 5th Truecaller’s Global Spam & Scam Report 2021: India ranked 4th; Brazil topped
• NITI Aayog & UN-WFP signed SoI to mainstream millets in government programmes

Banking and Financial

• ADB approved $112 million loan to establish Assam Skill University
• SEBI set up Advisory Committee for Leveraging Regulatory and Technology Solutions; headed by Madhabi Puri Buch
• RBI introduced PCA framework for large NBFCs
• LIC launched ‘Dhan Rekha’ individual savings life insurance plan
• Cabinet approved incentive scheme for promotion of RuPay Debit Cards and low-value BHIM-UPI transactions
• Cabinet approved ₹76,000 crore scheme to boost semiconductor manufacturing
• Paytm launched ‘Paytm Wealth Academy’ EdTech platform to train traders, investors
• WPI inflation at record high; surges to 23% in November
• RBI allowed scheduled payments banks, SFBs as Agency Bank to conduct Govt Business
• RBI imposed Rs 1.8 crores and 30 lakh penalty on PNB and ICICI Bank
• ICICI Prudential Life Insurance became 1st Indian insurance company to sign UN’s Principles for Responsible Investment
• Union Bank of India partnered with Home First Finance to offer home loans
• TVS Motor, BMW Motorrad join hands for EVs
• IFSCA set up committee for creating a framework for the transfer of stressed loans: headed by G Padmanabhan
• RBI authorised RBL Bank to collect indirect taxes
• GoI & KfW signed Euro 442.26 mn loan for Surat Metro Rail Project
• Equitas Small Finance Bank became Banking Partner of Maharashtra state govt
• Edelweiss General Insurance partnered with PhonePe to offer digital motor insurance
• CCI approved acquisition of 100% stake in Air India by Tata Sons
• IOCL acquired 93% equity share in Indian Gas Exchange Ltd
• SBI acquired minority stake in JSW Cement for INR 100 crore via CCPS
• Bank of Baroda grabbed top spot in Digital Payments for FY20-21
• NPCI partnered with Udemy Business to encourage skill development of its employees
• Google Pay partnered with Mastercard on Tokenisation for Card-Based Payments
• RBI empanelled CSB Bank as Agency Bank to undertake banking business of central, state govts
• CBI signed a co-lending agreement with U GRO Capital
• Oriental Insurance Company Ltd categorised as Public Shareholder in Axis Bank
• Wipro has signed a USD 230 million deal to acquire Edgile

Appointment and Resignation

• Leena Nair appointed as global CEO of ‘Chanel’
• Gen MM Naravane appointed as Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee
• Arvind Kumar appointed DG of Software Technology Parks of India
• Unsoo Kim appointed as MD of Hyundai Motor India Limited
• Uttarakhand appointed Rishabh Pant as ‘State Brand Ambassador’
• Mohit Jain appointed President of Indian Newspaper Society
• Atul Dinkar Rane appointed as DG of BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd
• PV Sindhu re-elected as member of BWF’s Athletes’ Commission till 2025
• Pradeep Kumar Rawat appointed as India’s next Ambassador to China
• IOA named Harjinder Singh as India’s Chef de Mission for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Awards

• Sunil Gavaskar honoured with SJFI Medal 2021
• Simone Biles named Time Magazine’s 2021 Athlete of the Year
• Kumar Mangalam Birla receives Global Entrepreneur of the Year Award from The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE)
• F1 champion Lewis Hamilton received knighthood
• PM Modi received Bhutan’s highest civilian award
• Avani Lekhara won ‘Best Female Debut’ honour at 2021 Paralympic Sport Awards
• SAIL received Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2021
• Emma Raducanu won BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021
• Divya Hegde won UN Women’s Award for Leadership Commitment 2021
• P. Jindal Global University won “Digital Innovation of the Year” award at the THE Asia Awards 2021

Defence

• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed Rs 2,400 crores contract with BEL for 83 LCA Tejas Mk1A fighters
• Ashok Leyland partnered with CVRDE, a DRDO arm to develop combat vehicle engines
• DRDO successfully test-fired new generation ballistic missile ‘Agni P’
• Indian Navy’s 2nd indigenous stealth destroyer ‘Mormugao’ sailed for maiden sea trials
• IAF deployed first S-400 air defence system in Punjab sector
• DRDO conducted flight tests of indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile ‘Pralay’

Science

• Adani signed agreement with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for green power

Sports

• David Warner, Hayley Matthews declared ICC Player of the Month for November 2021
• BCCI formed committee for differently-abled cricketers
• India won 16 medals in Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship 2021 held at Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• K Srikanth won silver at BWF World badminton championship
• BWF World Championships 2021; Loh Kean Yew won Men’s singles & Akane Yamaguchi won Women’s singles title

Book and Author

• Vice President released the book ‘Raj Kapoor: The Master at Work’; authored by Rahul Rawail
• A book titled ‘Rewinding of First 25 years of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’ launched; authored by SS Oberoi
• A book on Yogi Adityanath “The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh”; authored by Shantanu Gupta
• Venkaiah Naidu released Telugu book titled ‘Gandhi Topi Governor’ by Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad
• A book titled “India’s Ancient Legacy of Wellness” authored by Dr Rekha Chaudhari was launched
• First book of Tusshar Kapoor ‘Bachelor Dad’ released

Important day

• 16 December 2021: 50th Vijay Diwas observed
• 17 December: International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
• 18 December: Minorities Rights Day
• 18 December: International Migrants Day (Theme 2021: Harnessing the potential of human mobility)
• 18 December: World Arabic Language Day (Theme 2021: “Arabic Language, a bridge between civilizations”)
• 19 December: Goa Liberation Day
• 20 December: International Human Solidarity Day
• 22 December: National Mathematics Day
• 20-25 December: Good Governance Week 2021 (Theme: “Prashasan Gaon Ki Aur” A film on “Prashasan Gaon Ki Aur” will also be screened.)
• 23 December: National Farmer’s Day

Obituary

• Famous American author Anne Rice passed away
• INC Leader & former Union Minister R L Jalappa passed away
• Former SC Judge Justice GT Nanavati passed away
• Pritzker Prize winning architect Richard Rogers passed away

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