Weekly One Liner Current Affairs December: Part 2
Everyone knows how crucial the General Awareness/ Current Affairs portion is in every exam, whether it’s for SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, LIC, SSC, Railway, or any other government exam. As a result, for every future exam which includes a GA section, we will give weekly one-liner current affairs.
Weekly one-liner current affairs condenses the most important news from the previous week into a single line and is required reading for all exams. To keep you up to date, we’ve included the weekly one-liner current affairs below.
National News
- Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami launched ‘Milk Price Incentive Scheme’
- NITI Aayog launched “e-Sawaari India Electric Bus Coalition” with CESL & WRI India
- Airtel partnered with Invest India to launch “Airtel India Startup Innovation Challenge”
- Fortune India’s Most Powerful Women in India List 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman topped
- NITI Aayog to establish 1,000 Atal Tinkering Labs in J&K
- UP cabinet approved “AtmaNirbhar Krishak development scheme”
- Cabinet approved Ken-Betwa River Interlinking Project
- India Skills Report 2022: Maharashtra retained top position
- Haiderpur wetland in Uttar Pradesh recognized as India’s 47th Ramsar Site
- Himachal Pradesh govt set up General Category Commission (Samanya Varg Aayog)
- Karnataka & UNDP signed LoU as a part of ‘Code-Unnati’ to improve entrepreneurship & youth employment
- Uttar Pradesh holds the top spot in Total Registered EVs in India: Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
- PM Modi inaugurated Kashi-Vishwanath Dham project in Varanasi
- PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Saryu Nahar National Project in Balrampur, UP
- Geographical Indications Registry accepted proposal to grant Mithila Makhana GI Tag
- Maharashtra topped the list of state with maximum of beneficiaries under Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana
- Delhi Police launched e-learning platform “Unnati” to Skill School Dropouts
- First Drone Mela in the country was organised at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
- Govt laid foundation stone for Maa Umiya Dham Development Project in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- Odisha inked agreement with UNCDF to launch “Mission Shakti Living Lab” for financial empowerment of women
- Askot Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttarakhand declared as Eco-Sensitive Zone
International News
- Olaf Scholz appointed as Germany’s new chancellor
- Asia Power Index 2021: India ranked as 4th most Powerful Country in Asia
- Forbes’ 2021 World’s 100 Most Powerful Women: FM Nirmala Sitharaman ranked 37th; Nykaa’s Falguni Nayar ranked 88th
- World Inequality Report 2022: India among most unequal countries
- India assumed the chairmanship of Council of Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of SCO
- World Talent Ranking report 2021: India ranked 56th; Switzerland retained top spot
- UNGA granted observer status to International Solar Alliance (ISA)
- Global Health Security Index 2021: India ranked 66th; USA topped
- India re-elected to International Maritime Organisation Council for 2022-2023
- UAE became the 1st Country to transition to 4 and half-day work week
- Dubai became world’s 1st 100% paperless government
Banking and Financial
- Fitch Ratings slashed India’s FY22 GDP growth forecast to 4%
- SBI signed MoU with Kendriya Sainik Board
- City Union Bank & NPCI launched ‘On-the-Go’ wearable keychain
- Cabinet approved the continuation of PMAY-G till March 2024
- Paytm Payments Bank got scheduled bank status from RBI
- ADB approved a USD 350 million loan to improve urban services in India
- RBI approved LIC to increase stake up to 99% in IndusInd Bank
- Federal Bank entered into Bancassurance Partnership with Star Health Insurance
- Bank of Baroda signed an MoU with Centrum Housing Finance for Housing Loans
- IPPB and NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited collaborated for Doorstep Bill Payments Service
- RBI made 20-digit LEI mandatory for cross-border transactions
- Bajaj Allianz General Insurance launched ‘#Care4Hockey’ Campaign
- ADB projected growth forecast for 2021-2022 for India at 7% and developing Asia’s at 7%
- Axis Bank tied up with Swift to provide digital banking solution
- BoB partnered NPCI to launch wearable payment solution “bob World Wave”
Appointment and Resignation
- Sunil Arora joined Advisory board of international democracy body IDEA
- Farhan Akhtar appointed brand ambassador of Piramal Realty
- Neeraj Chopra & PV Sindhu appointed Brand Ambassadors of Disney BYJU’s Early Learn App
- Catherine Russell appointed as the new head of UNICEF
- Ravinder Bhakar assumed charge of NFDC, films division and CFSI
Awards
- Ashleigh Barty won the WTA Player of the Year award 2021 at WTA Award 2021
- Ropesh Goyal won the “Young Geospatial Scientist” Award 2021
- Karnataka Bank won 2 DigiDhan Awards by MeitY for Highest BHIM-UPI Transactions
- Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi honored with the 2022 Royal Gold Medal
- Neena Gupta received the 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians
- India’s Harnaaz Sandhu named winner of Miss Universe 2021
- DBS Bank India won 2 awards at ET BFSI Excellence Awards 2021
- Elon Musk named TIME Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ for 2021
- Azim Premji received 10th Dr. Ida S. Scudder Humanitarian Oration award
Defence
- DRDO test-fired air version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from Sukhoi 30 MK-I aircraft
- A joint military exercise PANEX-21 with BIMSTEC countries will be held in Pune
- India inked deal with Russia for procurement of AK-203 assault rifles
- DRDO successfully test-fired Pinaka-ER, ADM & indigenous Fuzes
- IAF-DRDO flight-tested Helicopter-launched SANT Missile from Pokhran Range, Rajasthan
- IIT-Delhi signed MoU with IAF to improve indigenisation efforts
- DRDO successfully test-fired Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo System (SMART)
Science
- ISRO inked an agreement with Oppo India to strengthen R&D of NavIC messaging service
- BPCL collaborated with BARC for Green Hydrogen production
- China launches “Shijian-6 05” satellites for Space Exploration
Sports
- India won 41 medals at Asian Youth Para Games 2021 held in Bahrain
- World Chess Championship 2021: Magnus Carlsen won his 5th title
- Max Verstappen won the 2021 Formula One Drivers’ championship by winning Abu Dhabi GP 2021
- India won a total of 6 medals at Asian Rowing Championship
- AIBA rebranded itself as IBA to secure boxing’s Olympic future
Book and Author
- Bala Krishna Madhur’s Autobiography titled ‘At Home In The Universe’ released
- A new book titled “Watershed: How We Destroyed India’s Water And How We Can Save It” authored by Mriduala Ramesh
- A Book titled ‘Pride, Prejudice and Punditry’ authored by Dr Shashi Tharoor was launched
Important day
- 9 December: International Anti-Corruption Day (Theme 2021: “Your right, your role: say no to corruption”)
- 9 December: International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime
- 8 December: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Charter Day
- 10 December: International Human Rights Day (Theme 2021: “Equality – Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights.”)
- 11 December: UNICEF Day (Theme 2021: “to help children to recover from interruption and learning losses experienced through the pandemic in the last two years”.)
- 11 December: International Mountain Day (Theme 2021: “Sustainable Mountain Tourism.”)
- 12 December: Universal Health Coverage Day (Theme 2021: “Leave No One Behind When It Comes to Health: Invest in Health Systems for All”)
- 12 December: International Day of Neutrality
- 12 December 2021: Manipur observed 82nd Nupi Lal Memorial Day
- 14 December: National Energy Conservation Day
- 15 December: International Tea Day
Obituary
- World’s Oldest Test Cricketer, Eileen Ash passed away
- Serum Institute of India Executive Director Suresh Jadhav passed away
- Padma Shri awardee Nanda Kishore Prusty passed away
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