Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (Dec 23rd to 31st Dec 2021)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of Dec 23rd to Dec 31st 2021. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2021 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• Every year, December 22 is celebrated as National Mathematics Day in India in honour of mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920).
• December 24 is celebrated annually in India as National Consumer Rights Day, also called National Consumer Day, to commemorate December 24, 1986, when the Consumer Protection Act received assent of the President of India.
• Good governance day is observed annually on December 25 & the day is also celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• PANEX-21, a multi-national – multi-agency exercise is being organised at Pune from 20-22 Dec 2021.
• Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare inaugurated the National Oxygen Stewardship Program of the Union Health Ministry, at AIIMS New Delhi.
• With an ambition to empower innovators and entrepreneurs across the country, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog has come up with a first of its kind Vernacular Innovation Program (VIP), which will enable innovators and entrepreneurs in India to have access to the innovation ecosystem in 22 scheduled languages by the Government of India.
• The Government of Gujarat is organising the 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2022, from 10 -12 January 2022, at Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
• In a major bid to realize the nation’s goals of improving “Ease of living” and “Ease of doing business”, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is conducting a National Workshop on the “Next Phase of Reforms for Reducing Compliance Burden on 22nd December, 2021.
• The union minister for Home and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, chaired the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs on the topic “Cyber ​​Crime: Threats, Challenges and Response” in New Delhi.
• Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) rolled out their first Agri-Tech Challenge cohort for its ambitious innovative Agri-tech program that aims to help smallholder farmers across Asia and Africa to address their challenges in the aftermath of the pandemic.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for copra for 2022 season.
• The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Competition Commission of India (CCI) and Competition Commission of Mauritius (CCM) for promotion and strengthening of co-operation in competition law and policy.
• The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India(ICAI) and the Polish Chamber of Statutory Auditors (PIBR) to establish mutual co-operation in the areas of Member Management, Professional Ethics, Technical Research, CPD, Professional Accountancy Training, Audit Quality Monitoring, Advancement of Accounting Knowledge, Professional and Intellectual Development.
• Hunar Haat”, the “Popular and Perfect Brand” of “Vocal for Local”, has inaugurated by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Labour and Employment Shri Bhupender Yadav and Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakshi Lekhi on December 23, 2021 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.
• The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the 2nd National Committee meeting on Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav in New Delhi.
• Under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana, Centre is providing five-kilogram food grains per person per month free of cost to all beneficiaries covered under the National Food Security Act.
• Union Tribal Affairs Minister, Arjun Munda has launched ‘TRIFED Van Dhan’, a Pictorial Chronicle of Tribal grit and enterprise.
• The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India has launched the ‘Azadi@75 Star Rating Protocol of Garbage Free Cities- Toolkit 2022′, the most important governance tool of waste management – the Star Rating Protocol for Garbage Free Cities.
• Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya has chaired a high-level meeting in which it was decided to continue support to domestic industry for production of P&K fertilizers
• The Director General of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and the Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) launched the NMCG-TERI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) on Water Reuse at the TERI Headquarters in New Delhi.
• Union Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation, Mr Amit Shah has released the Good Governance Index 2021 prepared by DARPG on Good Governance Day at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
• NITI Aayog released the fourth edition of “The Healthy States, Progressive India” report ranking states performance for the year 2019-20.
• National Book Trust, India, under Ministry of Education, has announced the results of the All-India Contest organized on the Theme ‘National Movement of India’ under the PM-YUVA Mentorship Scheme as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav 
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Kanpur on 28 December 2021 and inaugurate the completed section of Kanpur Metro Rail Project.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Mandi, Himachal Pradesh on 27 December 2021 & he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of hydropower projects worth over Rs 11,000 crore.
• Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) organised a special event called “Discourse on Rural Financial Inclusion” on 18^thDecember, 2021 through virtual mode to celebrate 75 years of the independence of the country under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
• India has imposed anti-dumping duties on five Chinese products, including certain aluminum goods and some chemicals, for five years to guard local manufacturers from cheap imports from the neighboring country.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has e-inaugurated 27 infra projects constructed by Border Roads Organisation (BRO).
• Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, the Centre has decided to constitute a five-member committee to look into the withdrawal of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 or AFSPA from the northeastern state.
• The Karnataka legislative assembly has passed the Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021 popularly known as the anti-conversion bill amid protests & the bill is being opposed, tagging it as “anti-people”, “inhuman”, “unconstitutional”, “anti poor” and “draconian”.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attended the 54th Convocation Ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur & during his visit to Kanpur Mr Modi also inaugurated the completed section of the Metro Rail Project in the city.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has visited Haldwani, Uttarakhand on 30th December, 2021 and has inaugurated & lay the foundation stone of 23 projects worth over Rs 17500 crore.
• At COP 21, as part of its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), India had committed to achieving 40% of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil energy sources by 2030.
• The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has been recognised as the Most Innovative Educational Institute in India for the third consecutive year.
• The Army, with support from the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) has recently established the Quantum Lab at Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, Mhow in Madhya Pradesh to spearhead research and training in this key developing field.
• Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) NITI Aayog has released the second edition of – ‘Innovations for You’- a compendium of innovations focused on agriculture featuring 70 startups supported by Atal incubation Centers (AICs) of AIM and ‘The Ingenious Tinkerers’ – a compendium on the innovations on technology featuring 41 innovations from Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) of India.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 23 projects worth over Rs 17500 crore in Uttarakhand.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : INTERNATIONAL NEWS 

• India will chair the Counter-Terrorism Committee of UNSC in January 2022 after 10 years.
• As artificial intelligence (AI) technology gathers momentum worldwide, reports claim China has developed an AI “prosecutor” which can charge people using the high-end technology.
• India has welcomed Egypt as the fourth new member of BRICS New Development Bank.
• Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has suspended the Prime Minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble who is facing allegations of involvement in the theft of land.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : STATE NEWS 

• The Government of India and the German Development Bank – KFW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) has signed agreements for Euro 140 million reduced interest loan and Euro 2 million grant for Energy Reform Programme, Madhya Pradesh.
• Rajeev Chandrasekhar– Minister of State, Electronics and Information Technology, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India along with SP Singh Baghel, Minister of State (Law & Justice) and Anil Kumar Jain CEO, NIXI inaugurated the 7 new internet exchange nodes in multiple cities of UP.
• Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated and laid foundation stone of National Highway projects of 240 Km worth Rs.9119 crore in Meerut and Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
• Drinking water supply schemes of Rs. 164.03 Crore were approved under Jal Jeevan Mission by Uttarakhand in the State-level scheme sanctioning committee (SLSSC) meeting held on 23rd December, 2021.
• The Ministry of AYUSH announced a slew of major initiatives to push healthcare facilities in the state of Uttar Pradesh & a total amount of ₹36 crore has been released by the Government of India to Uttar Pradesh for various activities under the National AYUSH Mission.
• Renewable energy firm Amp Energy India has commissioned its second open access solar project in
• The Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar has launched the ‘Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam portal’ and announced to set up the Atal Park & Smriti Kendra in Gurugram, Haryana.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND ECONOMY

• Mastercard and Google has announced the rollout of tokenisation for Google Pay users transacting through Mastercard credit and debit cards.
• Paytm Payments Bank, an associate entity of Paytm, and Nasdaq-listed MoneyGram, a global leader in digital P2P payments, have entered into a partnership to enable MoneyGram customers globally to send money in real-time to a Paytm Wallet user in India.
• The Government of India (GoI) and European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a Finance Contract for first tranche loan of Euro 250 million for Agra Metro Rail Project.
• The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹30 Lakh on MUFG Bank Ltd for non-compliance with its directions on ‘Loans and Advances – Statutory and Other Restrictions’.
• IndusInd Bank has joined hands with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for offering real-time cross-border remittances to India using UPI IDs for its Money Transfer Operator (MTO) partners.
• HDFC Life Insurance Company has announced a bancassurance tie-up with South Indian Bank (SIB) & it will enable customers of SIB to avail HDFC Life’s life insurance products, including solutions for protection, savings and investment, retirement and critical illness.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the card-on-file (CoF) tokenisation deadline by six months to June 30, 2022, in view of various representations received from industry bodies.
• India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) and HDFC Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding for offering latter’s various banking products and services to customers of the payments bank in semi-urban and rural areas, focussing on unbanked and underserved segments.
• IndusInd Bank has announced the launch of ‘Green Fixed Deposits’, whereby the deposit proceeds will be used to finance projects and firms supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• The Indian economy is expected to maintain real GDP growth of 9 per cent each in FY2022 and FY2023, amidst the uncertainty ignited by the Omicron variant of Covid-19, according to ICRA.
• The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), State Bank of India (SBI), and Department of e-Governance, government of Karnataka have partnered for enabling and implementing e-RUPI, a cashless and contactless payment solution for students under the State’s scholarship programme.
• Central Bank of India (CBoI) has announced its partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch ‘RuPay Business Platinum Debit Card’ for firms/corporates.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the validity of its directions for the scam-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank from January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022, but it will be subject to review.
• The RBI’s half-yearly stress tests indicate that Gross Non-Performing Asset may climb from 1 percent to 9.5 percent by September 2022
• Aarati Krishnan, has been inducted as a member of the Securities & Exchange Board of India’s Advisory Committee on Mutual Funds.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the relaxation it provided for operation of customer accounts of regulated entities where periodic updation of KYC (know your customer) is due and pending as on date, from December 31, 2021, till March 31, 2022.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATION 

• Piramal Enterprises (PEL) has announced the appointment of Rupen Jhaveri as Group President, with a primary focus on financial services.
• The scientist of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Atul Dinkar Rane has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the BrahMos Aerospace Limited that manufactures the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.
• India’s two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu was appointed as a member of the Badminton World Federation’s (BWF) Athletes’ Commission.
• The Indian Olympic Association of India (IOA) appointed Ice Hockey Association of India’s general secretary, Harjinder Singh, as the Chef de Mission of the country’s contingent for the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
• Senior diplomat Pradeep Kumar Rawat has been appointed as India’s next Ambassador to China.
• On Dec 22, 2021, Private sector IFFCO-TOKIO General Insurance appointed H O Suri as new managing director and Chief Executive Officer & it is effective October 1, 2021.
• The Centre notified the appointment of Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra as the Acting Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court (as per Article 223 of the Constitution of India 1949) with effect from December 24.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Atul Kumar Goel, MD & CEO of UCO Bank, as MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank (PNB) with effect from February 1 2022.
• RBL Bank’s Vishawvir Ahuja has stepped down as MD & CEO of the bank, and the bank has appointed Rajeev Ahuja as the interim Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the bank with immediate effect.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed Yogesh K Dayal, its chief general manager, as an additional director on the board of private lender RBL Bank for a period of two years.
• Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC) has announced Kamlesh Gandhi, CMD of MAS Financial Services has been appointed as Co-Chairman, FIDC in addition to Umesh Revankar, CEO and MD of Shriram Transport Finance Group.
• Environmentalist Dr Anil Prakash Joshi, who was conferred upon the Padma Bhushan in 2021, has been awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021.
• Radhika Jha, Indian Administrative Service cadre 2002, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer in state-run Energy Efficiency Services (EESL).
• Govt of India has approved the appointment of Praveen Kumar, IAS (Retd.), to the post of Director General & Chief Executive Officer (DG & CEO), Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA).
• EaseMyTrip, announced the appointment of ace actors Vijay Raaz and Varun Sharma as its brand ambassadors.
• Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited board of directors has approved the proposal for re-appointment of Vasudevan Pathangi Narasimhan (PN) as the MD & CEO for three years, with effect from July 23, 2022, up to July 22, 2025.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : AWARDS & HONORS 

• Indian Climate Action Entrepreneur Divya Hegde from Udupi, coastal Karnataka, has won the UN Women’s Award for Leadership Commitment at the 2021 Regional Asia-Pacific Women’s Empowerment Principles Awards ceremony.
• The 19-year-old Emma Raducanu has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award 2021.
• Bank of Baroda has won the number one position in overall digital transactions among large banks for FY20-21.
• The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Roorkee) has been awarded the top position under the most innovative research institutions category by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
• Vayana Network and Federal Bank, a leading Private Sector Bank have been awarded the ‘Most Effective Bank-Fintech Partnership: Agile and Adaptable’ at the IBSi-Global Fintech Innovation Awards 2021.
• P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has won the “Digital Innovation of the Year” award at the distinguished Times Higher Education (THE) Asia Awards 2021.
• HDFC Life, one of India’s leading life insurance companies, has been adjudged the ‘Best Governed Company Listed Segment: Large Category’ at the 21st edition of the ICSI National Awards for Excellence in Corporate Governance.
• HDFC Bank has won the coveted CII Digital Transformation Award 2021 for ‘Most Innovative Best Practice’ for Financial Inclusion.
• Surat’s noted industrialist Viral Desai, popularly known as Greenman for his love for the environment, has been awarded the prestigious Global Environment and Climate Action Citizen Award 2021.
• Anukrti Upadhyay has won the Sushila Devi Award 2021 for the Best Book of Fiction for her critically acclaimed novel, Kintsugi, which was published under its prestigious Fourth Estate imprint.
• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has named Bollywood star Alia Bhatt its 2021 Person of the Year.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : APPS & SERVICES 

• On Dec 23, 2021, The Indian Army launched a contemporary messaging application named ASIGMA (Army Secure IndiGeneous Messaging Application) .

CURRENT AFFAIRS : MOU & AGREEMENTS

• A series of MoUs has been signed during the National Conference on Investment Opportunities in Highway, Transport and Logistics, held in Mumbai, Maharashtra under the chairpersonship of Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari.
• Skill Lync joined hands with Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ) to launch a masters coursework in Medical Technology.
• REC Limited has entered into an agreement with KfW Development Bank for availing ODA term loan of USD 169.5 million under Indo-German Bilateral Partnership in accordance with the approval granted by Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India.
• Blockchain platform BelfricsBT has signed an MoU with Chennai City Football Club and KPR Info Solution to develop a first-of-its-kind hybrid blockchain solution for sports persons and club management.
• ITC Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division (PSPD) has collaborated with Invest India to launch the ‘ITC Sustainability Innovation Challenge’ to support innovative start-up ideas on sustainable packaging and smart waste management solutions.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS 

• State-run oil refiner Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has acquired a 4.93 per cent equity share in Indian Gas Exchange Limited – the country’s first automated national level gas exchange.
• The State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest public sector bank, has acquired a minority stake in JSW Cement Ltd by investing Rs 100 crore via compulsorily convertible preference shares (CCPS).
• Wipro Limited has signed an agreement to acquire Austin, Texas headquartered Edgile, a transformational cybersecurity consulting provider that focuses on risk and compliance, information and cloud security, and digital identity.
• HSBC Asset Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc, has acquired L&T Investment Management (LTIM) for $425 million (about ₹3,187 crore) from L&T Finance Holdings.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SUMMITS & CONFERENCES 

• The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) organised a technical conference-cum-exhibition here to disseminate knowledge on the planning, design, implementation, operation and maintenance of 24×7 water supply systems.
• Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs and Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Hardeep Singh addressing the first ever ‘Real Estate Summit- 2021’ at Convention Centre, Jammu.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : DEFENCE NEWS 

• The first set of indigenously developed next-generation Armoured Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle (AERV) was inducted into the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army at a function attended by Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane at Pune.
• The Indian Air Force (IAF) has started deploying its S-400 air defence missile system in the Punjab sector in a major boost to India’s capability to tackle aerial threats from both China and Pakistan.
• Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched indigenous Multi-terrain Artillery Gun (MArG) 155 – BR in the presence of Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane.
• The security of the Offshore Development Area (ODA) in Krishna Godavari Basin on the East Coast of India was reviewed during exercise “Prasthan” conducted from 21 December to 22 December 21.
• On Dec 23, 2021, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested indigenously developed High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) Abhyas from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off the coast, Odisha.
• Indian Navy Ship (INS) Khukri, the first of the indigenously-built missile corvettes, has been decommissioned after 32 years of service at Visakhapatnam.
• Sail Training Ship INS Sudarshini, was deployed to the Gulf as part of the Indian Navy’s endeavor to enhance maritime cooperation with the friendly navies in the region.
• The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) selected Paras Defence and Space Technologies for handing over the technology of border surveillance systems as developed by Instruments Research & Development Establishment and DRDO.
• Defense minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of the Defense Technology and Test Center and BrahMos manufacturing center that will be established by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in Lucknow.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : RANKING & INDEX 

• In the latest report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency, India ranked third in the list 152 (17% of the world total) Anti-doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) were reported in India in 2019, while Russia recorded 167 violators, having the top violators followed by Italy with 157
• According to the Hurun Global Unicorn Index 2021, India has a total of 54 unicorns, ranking it third (up from 33 unicorns in 2020) in the world & the USA led with 487 unicorns, up 254, followed by China on 301, up 74, together accounting for 74% of the world’s unicorns.
• Telangana was the first in the implementation of the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Rurban Mission (SPMRM), Tamil Nadu and Gujarat secured the second and third positions respectively.
• NITI Aayog has released the fourth edition of the State Health Index for 2019–20 & the report, titled “Healthy States, Progressive India”, ranks states and Union Territories on their year-on-year incremental performance in health outcomes as well as their overall status and in overall ranking based on the composite index score in 2019–20, the top-ranking states were Kerala (1) and Tamil Nadu (2) among the ‘Larger States’, & while Uttar Pradesh (19th) was the worst.
• The Center for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) from the United Kingdom has predicted that the Indian economy will regain sixth position from France in 2022 and become the third-largest economy in 2031.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 

• The Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) has been chosen to join a research project backed by the Space Application Centre of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) under a NASA-ISRO collaborative programme.
• Pakistan has “successfully” test-fired a version of its indigenously developed Babur cruise missile 1B with enhanced range & the cruise missile has a range of more than 900 kilometers.
• The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired the indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile ‘Pralay’, from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.
• Japan launched the Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite launched atop a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-2A rocket from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center.
• On Dec 26, 2021, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) informed China launched a new satellite with a camera that can take pictures of the ground with a resolution of five meters.
• World’s largest and most powerful space telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, has been launched successfully into orbit in an Ariane rocket from the European Space Agency’s base in French Guiana.
• Russia has launched its third and final demonstration of its new heavy-class flight of the Angara A5 rocket.
• Russia has launched a new nuclear powered icebreaker ‘Sibir’ that will contribute to the rapidly growing fleet of lethal icebreakers to keep the Northern Sea Route open for year-round shipping through the Arctic enabling wider presence of India in the region.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS & AUTHORS 

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah released a New Book Titled Sahakar Sandarbha at the convocation ceremony of Vaikuntha Mehta National Cooperative Management Institute (VAMNICOM ) in Pune, Maharashtra .
• Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has released the book titled Spices Statistics at a Glance 2021’ & the book is published by the Directorate of Arecanut and Spices Development (DASD), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
• Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu released the autobiography of former NTPC and NBCC chief Arup Roy Choudhury, titled ”The Turnover Wizard”.
• Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu released the book V.L. Dutt – Glimpses of a Pioneer’s Life Journey, written by V.L. Indira Dutt.
• Economist and BJP national spokesperson Sanju Verma, authored a Book Titled The Modi Gambit : Decoding Modi 2.0, is a massive book on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his outstanding body of work.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SPORTS NEWS

• India’s Hansini Mathan Rajan defeated Syria’s Hend Zaza, the youngest athlete of this year’s Tokyo Olympics, to win the girls singles event at the 2021 ITTF Hopes and Challenge table tennis tournament in Amman.
• India’s Kidambi Srikanth moved up 4 spots to enter top 10 places in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.
• Indian men’s hockey team won the bronze medal at Asian Champions Trophy 2021 after beating Pakistan 4-3 in a third-place play-off match, meanwhile, South Korea won their first Asian Champions Trophy title by defeating Japan 4–2.
• Loh Kean Yew has become Singapore’s first ever badminton world champion at the BWF 2021 World Championships after beating India’s Kidambi Srikanth 21-15, 22-20 in Huelva, Spain.
• Bangladesh women team has won the SAFF U 19 Women’s Championship defeated India by 1-0.
• 13-year-old girl Anahat Singh from Delhi became the first Indian to win the prestigious US Junior Squash Open at the Arlen Spectre Centre in Philadelphia.
• Veteran India spinner Harbhajan Singh announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
• Ace cueist Pankaj Advani successfully defended his national billiards title after defeating PSPB teammate Dhruv Sitwala 5-2 in a best of nine games final in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
• Indian skier Aanchal Thakur won the bronze medal in the giant slalom category at a Federation Internationale de Ski (FIS) meet held at Kolasin, Montenegro.
• The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has restored the accreditation of the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL), which had been suspended since August 2019.
• Himachal Pradesh beat Tamil Nadu by 11 runs to clinch their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy title at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
• World No. 7 Nitesh Kumar doubled his gold tally at the 4th Para-Badminton National Championship, which concluded in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
• Japanese tennis player Moyuka Uchijima beat fourth seed Diana Marcinkevica of Latvia 6-2, 7-5 in the singles final of the 20th edition of the NECC Deccan $25,000 Women’s ITF Championships.
• In Hockey, Uttar Pradesh were crowned the winners of the 11th Junior National Men’s Championship following a 3-1 victory over Chandigarh in the final at Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES 

• Former Supreme Court judge Justice Girish Thakorlal Nanavati, who investigated the 1984 anti-Sikh and the 2002 Godhra riots, passed away at the age of 87.
• Richard Rogers, a British-Italian Pritzker Prize-winning architect passed away.
• On Dec 24, 2021, Legendary filmmaker KS Sethumadhavan passed away at the age of 90.
• On Dec 26, 2021, Human rights activist & the South Africa’s Nobel Peace winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu Passed away at the age of 90.
• On Dec 26, 2021 Former President of Greece Karolos Papoulias Passed away at the age of 92.
• Artist and toy designer for the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe franchise as well as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mark Taylor Passed away at the age of 80.
• Rajya Sabha MP from the Janata Dal(United) and industrialist Mahendra Prasad Passed away at the age of 81.
• Former England cricketer Ray Illingworth passed away at the age of 89.
• Edward O. Wilson, a US naturalist dubbed the “modern-day Darwin” Passed away at the age of 92.

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