Daily Current Affairs November 30 2022

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

The Ministry of Rural Development has launched the ‘Nai Chetna’ Gender Campaign:

• ‘Nai Chetna’ is a month-long campaign intended to be a ‘Jan Andolan,’ or people’s movement.
• The Ministry of Rural Development initiated the ‘Nai Chetna’ program, which emphasizes sensitizing women, particularly in rural regions.
• It aims to help women recognize, prepare for, and accept help in situations of vulnerability.
• According to the Union Minister, the ‘Nai Chetna’ campaign focuses on women.
• Women in rural communities are sometimes ignorant of the different channels via which they might voice their concerns.
• The campaign’s goal is to raise awareness about gender-based violence and to educate women about their rights and the mechanisms available to help them resolve their complaints.
• The ‘Nai Chetna’ campaign was launched on November 25, 2022, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
• The campaign’s goal is to create awareness about the institutional resources available to women to combat gender-based violence.

KVIC Chairman Manoj Kumar officially launched the RE-HAB project:

• Shri Manoj Kumar, Chairman of KVIC, launched the ambitious Reducing Human Attacks Using Honey Bees (Re-Hab) Project.
• The Khadi and Village Industries Commission launched the Re-Hab Project (Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, Government of India).
• In addition to the honey extractor, Shri Manoj Kumar distributed 330 bee boxes, bee colonies, and toolkits to rural beneficiaries in Chausla village.
• The Chairman of KVIC stated that the Re-Hab Project is being managed by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission, which is led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• The Re-Hab Project is currently active in seven states: Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Assam, and Odisha.
• Bee box fencing around elephant movement routes obstructs the travel of wild elephants.
• Elephants can be kept from assaulting humans and destroying farmers’ crops by using bees.
• The KVIC will manage the Re-Hab Project for a year in a specific area.

The seventh edition of the Global Technology Summit will be held in New Delhi:

• The seventh edition of the Global Technology Summit will be hosted in a hybrid style in New Delhi until December 1st.
• The Global Technology Summit, co-hosted by the Ministry of External Affairs and Carnegie India, is India’s yearly flagship event on geotechnology.
• The Summit’s opening session would be a discussion with External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar about geo-digital and its implications.
• The External Affairs Ministry announced that the world’s best minds in technology, government, security, space, startups, data, law, public health, climate change, academics, and the economy will convene and debate technology and its future over three days.
• This year’s Summit theme is “Geopolitics of Technology.”
• GTS 2022 will feature over 100 speakers over 50-panel discussions, keynote presentations, book releases, and other activities.
• The Summit will also feature ministers and senior government officials from the United States, Singapore, Japan, Nigeria, Brazil, Bhutan, the European Union, and other countries.
• The Summit has attracted over 5000 attendees from all across the world.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS 

Egypt President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi To Be Chief Guest on Republic Day 2023

• President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations on 26 January 2023. 
• This is the first time that the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt will be the Chief Guest on our Republic Day.
• Also, this is the first time India has invited a foreign dignitary to the event after the gap of the last two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.
• Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who won the last elections to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in October, was the chief guest in

Key Highlights :

• The year 2022 marks the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between India and Egypt.
• Egypt has been invited as a ‘Guest Country’ during India’s Presidency of G20 in 2022-23.
• In April 2022, Egypt announced the inclusion of India in the list of accredited countries which can supply wheat to Egypt, thus ending a long pending Non-Tariff Barrier.
• The first ever IAF-EAF Joint Tactical Air Exercise, Desert Warrior, was held in October 2021.
• The first-ever Special Forces exercise “Cyclone 1” between India and Egypt planned in Jodhpur in January 2022 stands postponed.
• Egypt has shown interest in acquiring arms produced by India, including the Akash missile systems capable of intercepting hostile aircraft, helicopters, drones, and subsonic cruise missiles at a range of 25 km.

About Egypt :

• President : Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
• Prime Minister: Moustafa Madbouly
• Capital: Cairo
• Currency: Egyptian pound

Mahatma Gandhi’s bust to be inaugurated at UNHQ during India’s Presidency of Security Council 

• A bust of Mahatma Gandhi will be inaugurated as a gift from India to the United Nations during India’s presidency of the Security Council in Dec 2022, the first sculpture of the Mahatma to be installed at the world body’s headquarters.
• The bust was made by renowned Indian sculptor Padma Shree awardee Ram Sutar, who has also designed the ‘Statue of Unity in Gujarat.
• It will be inaugurated on December 14, 2022, during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visit to the UN for India’s Presidency of the Council for Dec 2022.
• The only other gift from India on display at the UN Headquarters is an 11th-century black-stone statue of ‘Surya’, the Sun God, donated on July 26, 1982.
• The statue, dating from the late Pala period and which is currently displayed in the Conference Building, was presented as a gift by then Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi to the
• Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar accepted the sculpture on behalf of the United Nations.

Note : 

• India’s Permanent Representative to the UN: Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj
• President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly Csaba Kőrösi.

About United Nations : 

• Headquarters: New York City
• Secretary General : António Guterres

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

KSEB develops a common app for e-vehicle charging stations

• The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has developed a mobile app named KeMapp – ‘Kerala E-Mobility App’ which will serve as a common platform for accessing the services of e-vehicle charging stations.
• Minister for Electricity K. Krishnankutty formally launched the app at ‘ewaTTs ‘22,’ an e-mobility conclave organized by the KSEB.
• The app is now in test mode, and will soon be available for download on PlayStore.
• KeMapp replaces 4 software solutions for charging-station operations provided by different vendors who had established the stations for KSEB.
• Motorists can use the app to get the locations of charging stations, book lots and make the payment after charging.

About KSEB : 

• Founded: 7 March 1957
• Headquarters: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
• Chairman & MD: Dr. Rajan N. Khobragade

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launches the Har Ghar Gangajal project in Rajgir

• Bihar Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar launched the Har Ghar Gangajal project in Rajgir.
• This is the first time in India that floodwater harvesting has been done for drinking water.
• Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) has been working on the project since 2019

About Har Ghar Gangajal project :

• Har Ghar Gangajal project is a unique and ambitious initiative to provide Ganga water on tap in the parched areas of Bihar.
• The scheme will help to harvest the excess water of the  Ganga during the monsoon season.
• It is part of the Bihar government’s Jal, Jeevan, Hariyali scheme.
• Under the scheme about 5-lakh households of Rajgir (Nalanda), Gaya and Bodhgaya will start getting piped Ganga water.
• A Rs 4,000-crore scheme has harnessed flood water from the Ganges to take it to reservoirs in Gaya and Rajgir.
• The second phase will start in 2023 and will cover the Nawada district as well.
• According to estimates made by the government, the scheme will provide every individual beneficiary with 135 litres about two large buckets of Ganga water every day for drinking and domestic use.
• The water will first be stored in reservoirs in Rajgir and Gaya.
• It will then be channelled to three treatment-and purification plants.
• The project has been described as a “lift-store-tame-treat-supply” system.
• The 151-km pipeline network will use a railway overbridge and four bridges.

About Bihar :

• Governor : Phagu Chauhan^[
• Chief Minister: Nitish Kumar
• Capital: Patna

Odisha to launch e-detection portal to identify vehicles plying without documents, issue challans

• The Odisha government has developed a new portal named ‘e-detection portal’ to detect vehicles plying on National Highways (NHs) & State Highways on the road without valid documents.
• The portal is set to launch by 1 January 2023.

Objective : 

• To collect the data from various toll gates on the national highways.

Key Highlights : 

• In the first phase, toll gates on NHs have been integrated with the portal.
• Later, data will be collected from mining and industrial areas as well.
• The data will be collected and analyzed with details in the Vahan portal and automatically challan will be generated for the vehicles plying without valid documents
• The transport department will collect the data with the help of FASTag and images captured when the vehicle passes through the toll gate.
• The portal will also issue e-challans to the violators of the traffic rules.

Additional Info : 

• According to National Crime Records Bureau data, over 1.55 lakh lives were lost in road crashes across India in 2021, an average of 426 daily or 18 every single hour which is the highest death figures recorded in any calendar year so far.

About Odisha : 

• Governor: Ganeshi Lal
• Chief minister: Naveen Patnaik
• Capital: Bhubaneswar
• National Park: Simlipal National Park, Bhitarkanika National Park
• Wildlife Sanctuaries: Tikarpada Wildlife Sanctuary, Chilika Wildlife Sanctuary, Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary, Kotagarh Wildlife Sanctuary
• Dance : Ghumura Dance, Ranapa Dance
• Tribes : Bagata, Banjara, Munda

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING & FINANCE

VA Tech Wabag Inks Pact With ADB To Raise Rs 200 Cr Investment

• VA Tech Wabag, a leading player in India’s water industry, has signed a strategic agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to raise Rs 200 crore through unlisted non-convertible debentures (NCDs) carrying a 5-year and 3-month tenor.  
• This also marks ADB’s maiden investment in a water sector company in India.
• The NCDs will be subscribed by ADB over 12 months.
• The capital raised through this NCD issuance is within the current borrowing limits and will not increase the company’s debt levels.
• It will help to crowd in urgently needed international and domestic financing for the sector to ease water stress as demand increases

Note :

• This project is ADB’s first private-sector financing in India’s water sector.

About VA Tech Wabag : 

• Founded: 1924
• Headquarters: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• MD & CEO: Rajiv Mittal
• It is focused on water treatment for municipal and industrial users.

About ADB : 

• Founded : 19 December 1966
• Headquarters : Mandaluyong, Philippines
• President : Masatsugu Asakawa

Indian Overseas Bank enters into an agreement with SMC Global for the opening of 3 in 1 account

• Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has entered into an agreement with broking partner SMC Global for the opening of 3 in 1 account (SB, demat account, and trading account).
• While the SB and demat account will be with IOB, the trading account will be with SMC Global.
• Now, as part of an expansion of services in addition to the existing full-service Brokerage Plan, SMC Global has offered a new brokerage plan named DISCOUNT BROKERAGE for its existing/new clients through our Bank.
• Discount Brokerage Plan facilitates the client to do trading at an attractive brokerage with a flat rate of 15/- per order for intraday trades and Rs.0 on Delivery based trades.   

About IOB : 

• Founded: 10 February 1937
• Headquarters: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
• MD & CEO : Ajay Srivastava J

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

Tata consumer products to acquire bisleri for Rs 7000 crore

• Tata Consumer Products Limited (TCPL) is set to acquire India’s largest packaged drinking water company, Bisleri, for an estimated Rs 6,000-7,000 crore.
• The current management will continue for two years as part of the deal.
• The management team is led by a professional team headed by CEO Angelo George
• Originally an Italian brand, Bisleri was acquired by the Chauhans in 1969.

About TCPL :

• Headquarters: Kolkata, India
• Chairman : Natarajan Chandrasekaran
• CEO & MD: Sunil D’Souza
• Tata Consumer Products is an Indian fast-moving consumer goods company.
• It is the world’s second-largest manufacturer and distributor of tea and a major producer of coffee.

About bisleri :

• Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
• Chairman: Ramesh J Chauhan
• CEO: Angelo George

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

India’s milk production has increased by 83 MT in the last eight years:

• India’s milk production has climbed by 83 million tons in the last eight years, a massive increase.
• In 2013-14, production was 138 million tons, with a projected growth to 221 million tons in 2021-22.
• According to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a thriving dairy sector is an excellent method to further enhance Nari Shakti.
• Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying, has acknowledged the government’s initiatives for a paradigm shift in the Dairy and Animal Husbandry sector’s policy perspective during the last eight years.
• India is the world’s greatest milk producer, accounting for 23% of worldwide milk production.
• The situation was drastically different in the 1950s and 1960s.
• For several years, India was a milk-deficit country that relied on imports, and annual production growth was negative.
• During the first decade after independence, the annual compound growth rate in milk output was 1.64%, but it fell to 1.15% in the 1960s.
• In 1950-51, the country’s per capita milk consumption was only 124 grams per day.
• By 1970, this figure had fallen to 107 grams per day, one of the world’s lowest and much below the basic dietary guidelines.
• The dairy business in India was battling to survive.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

Imayam, a Tamil author, was chosen for the Kuvempu national award:

• Rashtraku Kuvempu Prathishtana Kuppali has chosen Tamil poet V Annamalai aka Imayam for the Kuvempu National Prize for the year 2022, which will be presented at Kuppali’s 118th birth anniversary celebration on December 29 in Thirthahalli taluk.
• The ‘Kannada National Poet Kwembu Rashtriya Puraskar Award,’ named after the late poet Kwembu, has been announced by the Writer Institute for the Tamil language.
• The award includes a Rs 5 lakh cash reward, a silver medal, and a citation.
• Annamalai has written seven novels, six short story collections, and a novella under the pen name Imayam.
• ‘Koveru Kazhudaigal,’ his debut novel, has been translated into English, French, and many other Indian languages.
• Through his writings, Imayam has introduced new sensitivities to Tamil literature. Koveru Kazhudaigal and Pethavan, two of his books, have been translated into English and several other languages.
• Imayam was unanimously chosen for the award by a committee led by BL Shankar, interim president of the Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Trust.
• Krishnaswamy, a retired Tamil professor at Christ University, and Agrahara Krishnamurthy, former secretary of the Central Sahitya Academy, among others, served on the committee.

Shilp Guru and National Awards were conferred to Master Craftsperson by Vice President:

• Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar and Union Textile Minister Piyush Goyal presented gold medals to Mohammad Yusuf Khatri and Tamra Patra at Vigyan Bhawan.
• Mohammad Yusuf Khatri of Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district has received the Shilp Guru Award for 3017 for his efforts in preserving the history of Bagh Print handicrafts.
• In New Delhi, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar presented Shilp Guru and National Awards to master craftspeople for 2017, 2018, and 2019.
• Every year, these prizes were given to legendary master craftspeople whose work contributed to the preservation of India’s rich and diverse craft tradition.
• The award’s main goal is to recognize exceptional craftspeople in the handicrafts sector.
• The honorees represent nearly all of the country’s states and union territories, as well as various artisan styles from various regions.
• Union Textile Minister Piyush Goyal stated that India is one of the world’s leading handicraft hubs, with handicraft exports expanding steadily.

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya has received a UNESCO Award:

• The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation-2022 were given to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS).
• In late 2019, the museum began phasing thorough repairs, restoration, and refurbishing of the main and extension building, exterior and interiors, and major dome in preparation for its centennial anniversary on January 10, 2022.
• The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya was founded in 1922 as the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India.
• The jury this year recognized thirteen projects from six nations for awards: Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Nepal, and Thailand.
• Reviewing 50 submissions from 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the jury deliberated in November.
• The Domakonda Fort in Telangana and Byculla Station in Mumbai are among the recipients of the “Award of Merit,” while the Golconda step wells in Hyderabad have received an “Award of Distinction.”
• Other recipients of the “Award of Merit” include the Topdara Stupa in Charikar, Afghanistan, and the Nantian Buddhist Temple in Fujian, China.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

Union Health Ministry appoints Dr. Deepa Malik as Nikshay Mitra ambassador

• The Union Health Ministry designated the President of the Paralympic Committee of India Dr. Deepa Malik as Nikshay Mitra ambassador in New Delhi.

Key Highlights : 

• Deepa Malik expressed her commitment to the TB Mukt Bharat (TB-free India) campaign, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2018.
• She participated in TB awareness activities at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Pavilion at the 41st India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
• She has adopted 5 TB patients herself as a Ni-Kshay Mitra and encouraged people to enroll in this scheme.

About Nikshay Mitra :

• It is an initiative under Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan.
• Ni-Kshay Mitra, an initiative launched by President Droupadi Murmu strives to provide aid to TB-afflicted patients on three levels of nutritional, additional diagnostic, and vocational support
• This program was brought in the direction of Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan to eradicate TB by 2025.
• India has the world’s highest burden of tuberculosis (TB), with an estimated 2.6 million people suffering from the disease and nearly 4 million dying from it every year.
• World TB Day: 24 March

About Deepa Malik : 

• She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games and won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in the shot put.
• She is the only Indian woman to win medals in 3 consecutive Asian Para Games (2010, 2014, 2018)
• She is currently the world’s number one in the F-53 category.

Awards & Honors : 

• She was honoured with the Arjuna award in 2012, at the age of 42 years.
• She has also been conferred the prestigious Padma Shri award in 2017. 

NDDB promotes its executive director Meenesh C Shah to managing director

• The Board of Directors of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has promoted the current acting chairman, Meenesh C Shah to managing director from the executive director.
• After Dilip Rath was appointed Chairman of the NDDB in 2016, the position of managing director became vacant.
• The position of full-time Chairman of the NDDB has been vacant since December 2020, when Rath stepped down.
• In 2021, Shah took over the additional charge of chairman of NDDB, whose term ends on November 30, 2022.

About NDDB : 

• Founded: July 1965
• Headquarters: Anand, Gujarat
• Chairman: Meenesh C Shah
• It is under the ownership of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying of the Government of India.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

China Plans To Build First Nuclear-Powered Moon Base by 2028

• China plans to build its first base on the moon by 2028, ahead of landing astronauts there in subsequent years as the country steps up its challenge to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) dominance in space exploration.

Key Highlights :

• The lunar base will likely be powered by nuclear energy.
• Its basic configuration will consist of a lander, hopper, orbiter, and rover, all of which would be constructed by the Chang’e 6, 7, and 8 missions.
• In 2019, China became the first country to land a rover on the far side of the moon and later brought back its first lunar samples.
• The base is intended to be the first outpost on the moon’s South Pole, an area scientists think is the best place to find water.
• China aims to eventually expand the base into an international research station.

About China : 

• President: Xi Jinping
• Capital: Beijing
• Currency: Renminbi

ISRO’s PSLV-C54 Successfully places the earth observation satellite & 8 nanosatellites into orbit

• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched 9 satellites, including an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-06), into multiple orbits using the space agency’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C54) in one of its longest missions.
• ·This is the 56th flight of the PSLV and the 24th flight of the PSLV-XL version that took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), SHAR, Sriharikota.
• The 8 nanosatellites include ISRO Nano Satellite-2 for Bhutan (INS-2B), Anand, Astrocast (four satellites), and two Thybolt satellites.

About EOS-6 : 

• EOS-6  is the Oceansat series’ 3rd-generation satellite envisaged to observe ocean colour data, sea surface temperature, and wind vector data to use in oceanography, climatic and meteorological applications.

Separation of the satellites:

• The primary satellite (EOS-06) was separated in Orbit-1 and subsequently, the orbit was changed by using two Orbit Change Thrusters (OCTs) introduced in the Propulsion Bay Ring of the PSLV-C54.
• Later, all 7 commercial satellites from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) were deployed successfully.
• Astrocast, a 3U spacecraft from Spaceflight Inc, US, was separated.
• The Thybolt, a 0.5U spacecraft bus with a communication payload to enable rapid technology demonstration and constellation development from Dhruva Space, was then placed in the intended orbit.
• The Anand three-axis stabilized nanosatellite, a technology demonstrator from Pixxel, India was also placed in the orbit.

About The India-Bhutan Satellite :

• The INS-2B satellite, a joint mission between India and Bhutan, contains two payloads –
• NanoMx, a multispectral optical imaging payload developed by Space Applications Centre (SAC), 
• APRS-Digipeater, built collaboratively by DITT-Bhutan and
• The India-Bhutan satellite achieved a historic milestone in India’s bilateral cooperation with Bhutan.

Future missions :

• ISRO is planning to have its mission to the sun with its satellite Aditya-L1, a coronagraphy spacecraft to study the solar atmosphere, with a PSLV rocket next year.
• The space agency will also launch 4 navigation satellites for the country’s NavIC constellation, with the first one going up in 2023.

About PSLV :

• The PSLV is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the ISRO.
• It was developed in 1993 to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into sun-synchronous orbits.

About ISRO : 

• Established: 15 August 1969
• Headquarters: Bangalore, India
• Chairman: Sreedhara Somanath

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

Rituraj Gaikwad sets a world record by hitting seven sixes in one over:

• Ruturaj Gaikwad smashed a world record seven sixes in the 49th over of Maharashtra’s Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-final versus Uttar Pradesh at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• In the quarter-finals, Maharashtra’s Rituraj Gaikwad became the first batsman in List-A cricket to knock seven sixes in one over.
• Gaikwad set this milestone against Uttar Pradesh in Ahmedabad.
• He stayed unbeaten after collecting 220 runs off 159 balls.
• His previous best score in List-A cricket was 187 not out.
• This is also his sixth century in the past eight innings of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
• He struck 43 runs, including seven sixes, against left-arm spinner Shiva Singh in the 49th over of the innings.
• Rituraj hit a six over long-on on the first ball, a straight six on the second ball, a six on the leg side on the third ball to complete the hat-trick, a six over mid-off on the fourth and fifth balls, and a no-ball on the fifth ball.
• This is the most expensive over in List-A cricket, with a total of 43 runs scored. Sir Garfield Sobers, Ravi Shastri, Herschelle Gibbs, Yuvraj Singh, Ross Whiteley, Hazratullah Zazai, Leo Carter, Kieron Pollard, and Thisara Perera are among the batsmen who have smashed six sixes in one over.

Daily CA on November 30:

• ‘Nai Chetna’ is a month-long campaign intended to be a ‘Jan Andolan,’ or people’s movement.
• Shri Manoj Kumar, Chairman of KVIC, launched the ambitious Reducing Human Attacks Using Honey Bees (Re-Hab) Project.
• The seventh edition of the Global Technology Summit will be hosted in a hybrid style in New Delhi until December 1st.
• India’s milk production has climbed by 83 million tons in the last eight years, a massive increase.
• Rashtraku Kuvempu Prathishtana Kuppali has chosen Tamil poet V Annamalai aka Imayam for the Kuvempu National Prize for the year 2022, which will be presented at Kuppali’s 118th birth anniversary celebration on December 29 in Thirthahalli taluk.
• Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar and Union Textile Minister Piyush Goyal presented gold medals to Mohammad Yusuf Khatri and Tamra Patra at Vigyan Bhawan.
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation-2022 were given to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS).
• Ruturaj Gaikwad smashed a world record seven sixes in the 49th over of Maharashtra’s Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-final versus Uttar Pradesh at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will be the chief guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations on 26 January 2023. 
• A bust of Mahatma Gandhi will be inaugurated as a gift from India to the United Nations during India’s presidency of the Security Council in Dec 2022, the first sculpture of the Mahatma to be installed at the world body’s headquarters.
• The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has developed a mobile app named KeMapp – ‘Kerala E-Mobility App’ which will serve as a common platform for accessing the services of e-vehicle charging stations.
• Bihar Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar launched the Har Ghar Gangajal project in Rajgir.
• The Odisha government has developed a new portal named ‘e-detection portal’ to detect vehicles plying on National Highways (NHs) & State Highways on the road without valid documents.
• VA Tech Wabag, a leading player in India’s water industry, has signed a strategic agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to raise Rs 200 crore through unlisted non-convertible debentures (NCDs) carrying a 5-year and 3-month tenor.  
• Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has entered into an agreement with broking partner SMC Global for the opening of 3 in 1 account (SB, demat account, and trading account).
• Tata Consumer Products Limited (TCPL) is set to acquire India’s largest packaged drinking water company, Bisleri, for an estimated Rs 6,000-7,000 crore.
• The Union Health Ministry designated the President of the Paralympic Committee of India Dr. Deepa Malik as Nikshay Mitra ambassador in New Delhi.
• The Board of Directors of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has promoted the current acting chairman, Meenesh C Shah to managing director from the executive director.
• China plans to build its first base on the moon by 2028, ahead of landing astronauts there in subsequent years as the country steps up its challenge to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) dominance in space exploration.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched 9 satellites, including an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-06), into multiple orbits using the space agency’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C54) in one of its longest missions.