Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 25th December to 31st December 2023

December Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 4

National News

• World Bank provides $300 million loan to Tamil Nadu to help 21 Urban Local Bodies
• National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Plans To Invest Up To Rs 675 Crore Bhogapuram airport
• Digi Yatra, facial recognition tech, implemented at 13 Indian airports
• UP to build India’s first AI city in Lucknow
• UN announces 2024 as International Year of Camelids
• UP CM inaugurated state’s first intra-district chopper service
• Telangana introduced Rs 5 lakh accident insurance for Gig Workers
• Health Minister launched ‘MedTech Mitra’ to advance health Solution
• Bharat Electronics Secures ₹445 Cr Deal For UP Dial 112 Project
• Bihar Police to launch ‘Mission Investigation@75 days’
• Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) pays Rs 14.20 crore dividend to the Government for FY 2022-23
• PM Narendra Modi becomes first world leader to have 20 million YouTube subscribers
• India, Russia ink pacts on construction of future power units
• KSRTC Unveils ‘Namma Cargo’ Logistics In Karnataka
• Ayodhya Train Station Renamed As Ayodhya Dham
• Cabinet approves opening of Consulate General of India in Auckland, New Zealand
• India and Italy signed Mobility and Migration Partnership Agreement
• India and Malaysia sign an MoU for Cooperation in Broadcasting
• Union cabinet approves increase in copra MSP for upcoming 2024 season
• Kerala CM launched new board for transparent Public Sector Recruitment
• Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai host over 20% of India’s crypto investments
• India and Russia signed Protocol on Consultations for next four years
• Gujarat emerged as India’s ‘Petro Capital’
• IIT Guwahati collaborated with Assam govt’s Arohan Scheme over STEM
• RK Singh inaugurated power grid’s Vishram Sadan in Bengaluru
• President Murmu to attend Karbi Youth Festival-2024 in Assam
• Reliance Jio joins hands with IIT Bombay to launch Bharat GPT
• Adani Total Gas Ltd (ATGL) and Flipkart sign MoU for supply chain decarbonization

International News

• Angola to quit Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
• UK to introduce carbon import levy on certain products by 2027
• India to Acquire Five Lithium Blocks in Argentina
• Pakistan People’s Party nominated first Hindu woman, Dr Saveera Parkash for elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Banking and Financial

• SEBI proposes two-phase transition to instant settlement in Indian stock market
• Fitch expects India to be among fastest-growing nations in 2024-25
• Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) extends ₹932 crore loan to India to implement Sustainable Development Goals
• SBI to sign $165 million LoC with World Bank for rooftop solar projects
• NABARD and ADB jointly launch climate action initiative
• Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance introduces the unveiling of U.L.I.P. (Term with Unit Linked Insurance Plan)
• SoftBank sells shares worth $310 mn in FirstCry
• Education Loans Experience 20.6% Spike From April To October
• IndusInd Bank launches ‘eSvarna’ credit card
• Ola Electric files IPO papers with Sebi; first by auto company in 20 years
• World Bank Approves $100 Mn For Skill Development In Sikkim
• Muthoot FinCorp raises ₹200 crore from SBI via NCDs
• Current account gap narrows to 1% of GDP at $8.3 bn in Q2FY24: RBI
• Reserve Bank of India approves IDFC-IDFC First Bank merger
• ICICI Pru Mutual Fund to acquire 9.95% stake in Federal, RBL Bank

Appointment and Resignation

• SEBI approves Pramod Agrawal’s appointment as BSE Chairman
• North East SFB appoints Satish Kumar Kalra as interim MD & CEO
• Kartik Aaryan signed as Brand Ambassador for Football
• Bisleri signed Deepika Padukone as it’s Global Brand Ambassador
• CS Rajan appointed as part-time chairman of Kotak Mahindra Bank
• Katie Moon appoints as ambassador of Mumbai Marathon
• LIC appoints S Sunder Krishnan as Chief Risk Officer
• UN chief appoints Sigrid Kaag as senior humanitarian coordinator for Gaza
• HDFC Bank approves re-appointment of Atanu Chakraborty as chairman for 3 years
• Nina Singh becomes first woman to be appointed as DG of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

Awards

• Poet Sukrita Paul Kumar Wins Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize
• Yunqing Tang and Ruixiang Zhang won SASTRA Ramanujan Awards for 2022 and 2023 respectively
• Karnataka bags National Energy Conservation Award 2023
• Devendra Fadnavis Conferred Honorary Doctorate By Japanese University

Defence

• Iran’s navy adds sophisticated cruise missiles ‘Talaeieh and Nasir’ to its armoury
• INS Imphal, India’s first warship named after a northeastern state, commissioned
• Pakistan successfully tests Fatah-II guided multi-launch rocket system

Science

• China launches a Long March-11 carrier rocket into space
• ISRO launched FEAST software and book to guide faculty and students

Sports

• Former South Africa captain Dean Elgar announces retirement from international cricket
• Indian women records maiden historic Test win over Australia
• Coca-Cola extends partnership with ICC till 2031
• Sharvaanica becomes champion in two formats at Asian Youth Chess
• Indian Olympic Association forms three-member ad hoc committee to run affairs of suspended WFI
• Wrestler Pooja Dhanda handed one-year ban by National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)
• Suriya acquired ownership of Chennai in Indian Street Premier League
• PV Sindhu makes it into Forbes list of highest-paid women athletes in 2023

Important day

• 23 December – National Farmers Day (Theme 2023 – Delivering Smart Solutions for Sustainable Food Security and Resilience)
• 24 December – National Consumer Rights Day
• 25 December – Good Governance Day
• 27 December – International Day of Epidemic Preparedness

Obituary

• Sculptor Dr. Uttam Pacharne Passed Away
• Former EU Commission President Jacques Delors dies at 98
• Actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth passed away

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