Weekly Current Affairs - 3rd Week December 2024
15th to 22nd December 2024
CURRENT AFFAIRS
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Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya flagged off the
● 'Fit India Cycling Tuesday' initiative on 17 December in New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the program on the completion of one year of Rajasthan government in Jaipur on
● 17 December
● On this occasion, he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 24 projects related to energy, road, railway and water supply costing Rs 46 thousand 300 crore
Recently, Vietnam's Coast Guard Ship, CSB 8005 has arrived in Kochi to enhance international cooperation between
● India and Vietnam
● Both countries participated in the "Sahyog - Hop Tac" exercise to promote cooperation between the armies
The '10th International Forest Festival' has started from
● 17 December in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
● This festival continued till 23 December
National Council of Educational Research and Training – NCERT on 16 December signed an MoU with an e-commerce platform to
● Ensure affordable and seamless availability of NCERT publications across the country
The government has launched the Credit Guarantee Scheme for
● eNWR based Pledge Financing
● Under this scheme, farmers will now be able to get loans through their produce
According to the Education Ministry, the government will develop
● 620 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas under the 'PM Shri Yojana'
● aims to strengthen the infrastructure and other facilities in existing schools
The central government will send the bills related to
● 'One Nation One Election' to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on 19 December
● This committee consists of 21 Lok Sabha MPs and 10 Rajya Sabha MPs
Central Railway has announced to run 34 special trains for the Maha Kumbh Mela in
● Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
● The fair will be held from 13 January to 26 February
● These special trains will run from Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and other cities
Indian cricket's star spin bowler 'Ravichandran Ashwin' has announced his retirement from
● International Cricket
The new Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI)
● Ram Mohan Rao Amara
● The central government has appointed him as MD for three years
● Amara is currently the Deputy Managing Director of SBI. He will replace SBI Chairman CS Shetty
Chennai-born Indian American teenager 'Caitlin Sandra Neil' has won the annual beauty pageant
● Miss India USA 2024 held in New Jersey, USA
● 19-year-old Caitlin is a second-year student at the University of California, Davis
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has extended the ban on derivative trading in seven agricultural products, including wheat and moong, till
● January 2025 to rein in prices
● The ban will also apply to non-basmati paddy, gram, crude palm oil, mustard seeds and their derivatives and soybean and its derivatives
Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level security meeting in
● New Delhi on 19 December
● Important security related issues including Jammu and Kashmir will be discussed in this meeting
'Masali village' of Banaskantha district in Gujarat has become the country's
● First border village to run on solar energy
The 55th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax-GST Council was held in
● Jaisalmer on 21 December
● Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the meeting. Major issues related to Goods and Services Tax will be discussed in it
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated the '5th Global Alumni Conference' of Punjab University in
● Chandigarh on 21 December
Former Chief Minister of Haryana 'Om Prakash Chautala' has passed away at the
● age of 89
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), India has made significant progress in reducing malaria cases and related mortality. This has been mentioned in the
● World Malaria Report of the year 2024 of the Health Organization
DRDO Industry Academy Centre of Excellence (DIA-CoE) at IIT Delhi has developed a bullet resistant jacket called
● Advanced Ballistics for High Energy Defeat (ABHED)
● It has been developed by Professor Naresh Bhatnagar and his team
● This jacket is one of the lightest bullet proof jackets in the world and is capable of stopping more than one shot as per the Indian Standard (BIS) V and VI
In Madhya Pradesh, more than eight thousand houses have been built in Shivpuri district under the
● Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyay Maha Abhiyan (PM-Janman)
● All essential facilities including tap water, electricity, roads and community needs have been provided in these houses
International Tea Day is observed on
● 15 December
● To celebrate the cultural and economic significance of tea or chai
● The day aims to promote and raise awareness about the diverse aspects of tea, including its history, production, consumption and health benefits
Vijay Diwas (Victory Day) is celebrated on
● 16 December
● On this day, Indians remember the victory of the Indian military over Pakistan as well as for the separation of Bangladesh from Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers is observed on
● 17 December
● International Sex Workers Day: 2 June
● Workers’ Memorial Day: 28 April
International Migrants Day is observed on
● 18 December
● Theme24: Honouring the contributions of migrants and respecting their rights
Goa Liberation day is celebrated on
● 19 December
● The day marks the occasion when the Indian armed forces freed Goa in 1961 from 450 years of Portuguese rule
Winter Solstice Day is observed on
● 21 December
● The winter solstice, also called the hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun
World Meditation Day will be celebrated every year on
● 21 December across the world
● Aim of spreading the benefits of meditation and motivating people to meditate
● This time the first World Meditation Day was celebrated on 21 December
National Mathematics Day is celebrated on
● 22 December
● Theme2024 - Mathematics: The Bridge to Innovation and Progress