International Current Affairs – December 2022

  • Priyanka Chopra among 4 Indians on BBC’s 100 influential women list
  • India ranked 87th in the world’s strongest passport list in 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 the world’s first law to ban smoking for the future generation
  • Russia replaced Iraq as the top oil supplier to India in November
  • UK, France, and UAE extend support for India’s permanent membership at UNSC
  • G-7 approved a 15.5 billion US dollar deal with Vietnam
  • Tokyo makes solar panels mandatory for new homes built after 2025
  • Iran removed from the UN Commission on the Status of Women
  • 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 is among the eight-member crew for the SpaceX moon trip
  • ‘Gaslighting’ was named Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2022
  • UNESCO recommended Great Barrier Reef 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 2022Goblin Mode
  • Opening Ceremony of International Year of Millets 2023 held in Rome
  • India to organize 12th World Hindi conference in Fiji in February 2023
  • NHAI and MaharashtraMetro 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
  • India announced candidature for UNSC membership for 2028-29 term
  • UAE to host 13th WTO Ministerial Meeting in 2024
  • Global Food Security Index (GFSI) 2022: India ranked 68th; topped by Finland
  • 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
  • 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 the first Metro rail in Dhaka
  • Puma India appointed Anushka Sharma as its brand ambassador
  • 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
  • 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

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