National Current Affairs – December 2022

  • Prime Minister launched projects worth Rs 75,000 cr in Maharashtra
  • UIDAI topped the Grievance Redressal Index for the fourth consecutive month in November
  • Dalmia Bharat to acquire Jaypee Group’s cement assets for Rs 5,666 crore
  • CJI inaugurated digitization hubs in 10 districts of Odisha
  • Tamil Nadu CM inaugurated a statue of ‘Mahakavi Subramanian Bharathiyar’ in Varanasi
  • 8th India International Science Festival to be held in Bhopal in January 2023
  • Bharati Pravin Pawar inaugurated National Maternal Health Workshop
  • Finland and India signed a joint declaration on migration and mobility
  • Geographical Indication tag sought for Beypore Uru
  • Narendra Tomar chaired the 32nd meeting of the Board of Directors of the National Horticulture Board (NHB)
  • India gets Rafale’s 36th and last aircraft from France
  • Nitin Gadkari inaugurated 12 NH development projects in Kerala
  • Assamese ‘Gamocha’ gets GI tag
  • Assam Cabinet approved the bill to create Safai Karamchari Commission
  • Kerala CM launched the 27th International Film Festival of Kerala
  • 9th World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Expo 2022 inaugurated in Goa
  • Adani Green Energy becomes the world’s largest wind-solar hybrid power developer
  • PM Modi flagged off 6th Vande Bharat train in Maharashtra
  • Bengaluru to host first meeting of G20 Finance Track
  • Tamil Nadu CM Stalin launched scheme to uplift sanitation staff
  • Meghalaya government launched Asia’s first Drone delivery hub
  • Mopa International Airport Goa named after Manohar Parrikar
  • India’s First Carbon Neutral Farm inaugurated in Kerala
  • MK Stalin launched Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission
  • Ashwini Vaishnaw announced new train ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’
  • Meghalaya awarded for TB control programme
  • Government extended the PM SVANidhi (Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi) Scheme till Dec 2024
  • 5th Kochi Muziris Biennale begins in Kochi
  • Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the Fertiliser Association of India (FAI) Annual Seminar in New Delhi
  • Falguni Nayar, Roshni Nadar in ‘World’s 100 Most Powerful Women’ list
  • UP Governor inaugurated Universal Coverage Day 2022
  • McLaughlin-Levrone & Mondo Duplantis won World Athlete of the Year 2022 awards
  • J&K awarded first prize in Ayushman Bharat health account ID generation
  • Indian origin Krishna Vavilala received US Presidential Lifetime Award
  • SpiceJet awarded ‘Safety Performer of the Year’ award by Delhi airport
  • Venkaiah Naidu conferred with SIES Award for public leadership
  • Indian film RRR bags two Golden Globe Award nominations
  • 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 the 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 the 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
  • 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
  • ICG Advanced Light Helicopter Mk-III commissioned in Chennai
  • Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise ‘Samanvay 2022’ concluded in Agra
  • AIIMS Delhi campus declared ‘tobacco-free zone’
  • Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kaam Karyakram (PMKKK) renamed as Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS) Scheme
  • 8th India International Science Festival 2022 to be held in Bhopal
  • 48th GST Council meeting held in New Delhi
  • Ministry of Culture organized Delhi International Arts Festival
  • Hinduja group to invest Rs 35,000 crore in Maharashtra across 11 sectors
  • PM Modi inaugurated projects worth Rs 6,800 crore in Tripura, Meghalaya
  • India & Sri Lanka to launch ferry service between Kankesanthurai and Pondicherry in Jan 2023
  • CSIR’s “One Week, One Lab” countrywide campaign from 6th Jan 2023
  • 63rd session of the Indian Historical Records Committee (IHRC) inaugurated in Lucknow
  • Hardeep Puri addressed the 7th Petrochemical Conclave held in New Delhi
  • Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated ‘Prashasan Gaon ki Ore’ campaign
  • Meghalaya CM inaugurated PA Sangma football stadium
  • Tamil Nadu government launched ‘Friends of Library’ programme
  • India jumped from 7th to 3rd global ranking in scientific publications
  • Madhya Pradesh government forms task force to prevent online gambling in the state
  • Nitin Gadkari launched Surety Bond Insurance product from Bajaj Allianz
  • Government accords approval for setting up 21 Greenfield Airports
  • Assam government launched Orunodoi 2.0 scheme
  • Jyotiraditya Scindia launched India’s first Green Steel Brand
  • Social Progress Index 2022: Puducherry best-performing States
  • IndiaIndonesia Investment and Business Forum meeting held in Port Blair
  • FuelBuddy partnered with Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL) for doorstep delivery of automotive lubricants
  • GAIL partnered with Japan’s Mitsui OSK for liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier
  • Vadnagar town, Modhera Sun Temple added to UNESCO’s tentative list
  • Delhi government schools to introduce pre-lunch ‘mini snack’ break
  • Paytm partnered with HDFC ERGO launches insurance for digital transactions
  • NTPC Limited signed MoU with GE Power India Limited to reduce carbon intensity
  • Kerala to host first Bekal International Beach Festival
  • LG Manoj Sinha launched 3 New Schemes for J&KHolistic Development of Agriculture & Allied Sectors, Aspirational Towns, and Aspirational Panchayat for J&K
  • IFSCA signed MoU with Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) to cooperate on sustainable finance
  • Odisha CM launched 24×7 ‘Drink from Tap’ project in 19 cities of the state
  • Shah Rukh Khan the only Indian to feature on Empire’s 50 Greatest Actors off All Time List
  • India successfully carried out trials of nuclear-capable ”Agni-5 missile”
  • INSV Tarini to participate in the 50th edition of Cape Town to Rio Race 2023
  • Fifth Scorpene Submarine ‘Vagir’ delivered to Indian Navy
  • CJI D Y Chandrachud constituted a committee to conduct an accessibility audit of SC premises; headed by SC Judge S Ravindra Bhat.
  • The 10th Edition of the North East Festival begins at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
  • PM Modi addressed the 75th Amrut Mahotsav of Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC) provides a $400 million loan to HDFC to promote green housing
  • PV Sindhu is among the top 25 highest-paid female athletes on Forbes annual list
  • Railways plans to modernize 1,000 small stations under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
  • PM Modi participated in the historic programme marking ‘Veer Bal Divas
  • Piyush Goel launched right to repair portal for consumers
  • Petroleum Ministry organized the musical event ‘Dance to Decarbonise’
  • Jitendra Singh launched revamped probity portal ‘e-HRM 2.0
  • IIT Kanpur developed an artificial heart
  • Madhya Pradesh Government to build Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s grand memorial in Gwalior
  • Bulandshahr prison foods become the 2nd jail in UP to be rated five stars by the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI)
  • 15 Start-ups selected in a product accelerator program
  • Losar Festival celebrated in Ladakh
  • Kerala’s Dharmadam becomes the first to complete library constituency in India
  • Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated Sports Science Centre in Udupi, Karnataka
  • President Murmu inaugurated a project worth Rs 43.08 cr at Srisailam Temple
  • Jio launched 5G services in Andhra Pradesh with an investment of Rs 6,500 crore
  • NTPC signed with an Italy-based firm for green methanol production
  • Home Ministry approved the name change of two places in Uttar Pradesh; ‘Mundra Bazaar’ to ‘Chauri-Chaura’ and ‘Telia Afghan’ village to ‘Telia Shukla’
  • UP govt. inaugurated ‘E-Sushrut’ hospital management information system in UP medical colleges
  • Cabinet approved the opening of the Indian Mission in Lithuania and Maldives
  • Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the ‘Stay Safe Online’ Campaign
  • President Murmu lays the foundation stone for ‘Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) project in Telangana
  • Maharashtra became the first state in the country to pass the Lokayukta Bill
  • Hardeep Singh Puri launched guidelines for City Finance Rankings and City Beauty Competition
  • IISc Bengaluru to be G20 Science working group’s secretariat
  • Kerala host first International Beach Festival
  • Tribal Ministry partnered with Amazon for the future engineering programme
  • Indian Army inaugurated first-ever two-storey 3-D printed dwelling unit in Ahmedabad
  • India-assisted Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project handed over to Bhutan’s Druk Green Power Corp
  • World-class Kayaking-Canoeing Academy to be set up in Tehri, Uttarakhand
  • Government extends free import of Urad and Tur pulses till March 2024
  • India grants permission to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) to export additional 40 megawatts of electricity
  • Department of Posts launched Online request Transfer Portal for Gramin Dak Sevaks
  • Amit Shah launched the “Prahari app” of the Border Security Force
  • Indian Oil embarks on TB Elimination Project in UP and Chhattisgarh
  • Dhanu Yatra’ began in Odisha’s Bargar
  • Tamil Nadu government sets up Nilgiri Tahr conservation project
  • Telangana government launched 10th phase of Rythu Bandh

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