cad CU Ri i AFFAIRS PRET tl a aA y4 Dice mele QU India will host the 11th Edition of its largest naval exercise at Visakhapatnam, What is the Name of exercise? saree Perera Harry Tae ars Hew Seer 1 1S eee Al Ara RTT] SHAT aT ATT AT 2? 1. Malabar 2. Milan 3, Zayed Talwar 4, Al-Mohed Al-Hindi 5, SIMBEX Ans.2 AlMohed AL-Hindi Saud Arabia Navy INS Kochi Zayed Talar UAE Navy ‘Const of Abu Dhabi Malabar TIndia/ USA/ Japan’ Australia Navy 25th, Coast of Guam Bay of Bengal SIMBEX Singapore Navy 28th, INS Ranvijay Zair-al- Babe Qatar Miltary Second, Persian Gulf Fimex Japan [wy Fifth, Arabian Sea | IN-BUNAVFOR Spain, taly,Franee | Navy fen (Undian Naval Ship Trikand Kazind Kavakhstan Military Sth Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan Samudra Shakti Indonesia Military 3rd, Jakarta, Indonesia INS Shivalik and Kadmatt Mitra Shakti Sri Lanka Miltary Eighth, Sri Lanka's Ampara Surya Kiran Nepal Miltary sth, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand ‘Ajeva Warrior UK Military 6th Chaubatia, Utarakhand Indra Russia Prudboy Ranges, Volgograd penetra Pe eA Ear Cen CL ly Current Afeee GE sa — i Lamitye Slychelles La Perouse France-led naval drill Mitex BIMSTEC Dene enki acterQ2. DRDO celebrated its 64th foundation day on which day? DRDO # str 64 af ear fee Pre fer aT? 1. 23 December 2.1 January 3.27 December 4, 24 December 5.22 December Ans.2 18-Dec International Migrants Day/ sietgra wenftra fea 19-Dec Goa Liberation Day / arava fear 20-Dee International Human Solidarity Day/ ataearegra ara were Peart 22-Dec National Mathematies Day/ Weta aftra feat 23-Dec Kisan Diwas/ National Farmers' Day/ ffrara eae weet ear eae 24-Dec National Consumer Rights Day/ grt sane afren Raat 25-Dec Good Governance Day/ Wma ae 27-Dec International Day of Epidemic Preparedness Rerartt ht tard we stoerda eae Q.3 World's Longest Metro Line (831 kilometres) has been Opened in which country? ‘fra A aad cist AS cares (831 Preivfien Fra Sar A eet 1g 2? 1. Germany 2. China 3. Japan 4, Indonesia 5. Canada Ans.2 Russia beat Croatia to win third Davis Cup tennis ttle Russia Zircon Hypersonic Missile South Korea An Se-young defeated P V Sindhu in the the BWF World Tour Final in Bali Unveiled a model for the weapon "Hycore" for a hypersonic weapon prototype ‘South Sudan To end child marriage by 2030 India has emerged as the fourth most powerful country in Asia Lowy Institute Asia Power US (Topped By) Index ‘An Act named, “The Deepavali Day Act” introduced to declare the festival as a federal us holiday BAER eA Eu RCE Cae ee)China World's biggest captor of journalists by Reporters Without Borders England ‘World's oldest Test Cricketer Eileen Ash passed away England 2022. Commonwealth Games (India will face Australia in the opening match) England Batter Fran Wilson announced her retirement from international cricket Saudi Arabia Cyclone Jawad Sweden Eva Magdalena Andersson from Social Democratic Party became the Ist fernale PM uae Ahmed Naser AL-Raisi President of INTERPOL, He replaces Kim Jong Yan Q4 Once again, Telangana stood first in the country in the list of highest number of open defecation free (ODF Plus) villages under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase-II programme till December 31, 2021. Which State is in second place? avo ane Pee Garfiny aor 11 ries dea 31 Rear, 2021 gH aaa aha Tw ies A) AiaT SEY EA a etre Coy ae Fee ST eet HT TET FEU ETA TT BT TST A? 1. Gujarat 2. Tamil Nadu 3. Kamataka 4, Rajasthan 5. Assam Ans.2 OKIE a Olle ame Vie ta Mansukh Mandaviya released Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s 3rd State Food Safety Index (SFSI) to measure the performance of States across five parameters of food safety. wae derfear 3 are gra % via arash Hf oat 3 waaia at area 3 fore recta rer Gren Site ATA saferaeeor (FSSAN) FT he Sa GTeI eal Pa (SSD) BT FRAT This year, among the larger states, Gujarat was the top ranking state, followed by Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Among the smaller states, Goa stood first followed by Meghalaya and Manipur. Among UTs, Jammu & Kashmir, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and New Delhi secured top ranks. BAER eA Eu RCE Cae ee)News I (Cont.) o prad, we rset H, qprere afl ei aren arse a, Se are er she arg 1 LIM AT © He asa F, Har geet ea Fe er, Say sre Hareta SAC APOE abr EAT TET © Sa anf saat 4, sey sit ai, steam afk Pater dia aye sit ag Recht 3 sit care efter Rankings | States Namo Rankings | State Namo Tammwand Kashmir “Andaman and Goa joer Nicobar stand 4 Kerala Delhi 2 | eas Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal launched the 3rd edition of the Logisties Ease Across Different States (LEADS) report, 2021 Safa aaftise oft seit Hl day tae 4 cifeitead 1 sata fevte Rew (LEADS) feild, 2021 aT chan denen cifras Fram * As per the report, Gujarat has been adjudged as the Best Performing State while Uttar Pradesh is the top improver. © fai & agen, ead at ate vesie act ater Tea Sifter feat var 2, safe sae weet eit ard @i * Gujarat occupied the first position, Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra occupying the second, third, fourth and fifth positions, respectively. © prerelease oat a fever, eRaIOn, ars, aftrerarg Ske wererg A are: GER, chee, HA sic asd eae oe aot a fora * Assam stood last among 21 states while Jammu & Kashmir was ranked first in the Northeastern states and Himalayan region, followed by Sikkim and Meghalaya. © grr 21 ost # sites ert re oT, safes ae SI ae Gee sat SK femrert ara weet eT a, sae are fafa ait aera A BAER eA Eu RCE Cae ee)News 2 (Cont. * Delhi ranked first among the Union terzitories, while Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Iharkhand were among the states recording remarkable improvements. © Sa unfea saa 8 facet vact eae wr @, safes sae Wem, serrds Sik grads Sectatia Ga ast act are rset Fait a NITI Aayog released the fourth edition of the State Health Index. ifs sna 3 tea area tea a ater see ST ea State Health Index for 2019-20 * Released By NITI Aayog/ *1f FHT (NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar, CEO Amitabh Kant) * Edition Fourth/ set * Report Titled Healthy States, Progressive India * Developed by NITI Aayog with Technical assistance from the World Bank consultation with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare * Indicators 24 * Domains Health Outcomes Governance and Information Key Inputs/Processes * On overall ranking based on the composite index score in 2019-20, the top-ranking states were Kerala and Tamil Nadu and Telangana among the ‘Larger States’, + 2019-20 # aay quasi ea & ora 4, eid Yea are asa Scr, aftrerrg ok aciarar aS usa, * Uttar Pradesh ranked at the bottom (Rank 19) in Overall Performance. + mp sasia a oar wae aa AS CH 19) TAI ‘* Mizoram and Tripura among the ‘Smaller States’, and © faster sie Page eile aedl a ite * Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and Chandigarh among the UTs. + Ss anfte vail A area ofc ae gael ot qua afk dia aie dhe A BAER eA Eu RCE Cae ee)Union Home Minister Amit Shah has released Good Governance Index 2021 Sata ye Tt cata sre A TE HTH 2021 eT FAT al Good Governance Index 2021 is prepared by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances. yas Garris 2021 weras ye sik ete ferme Ferrer are dare Pea a el As per the GGI, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa topped the composite rank score covering 10 sectors. Sisfiong & sega, sa, werng sk alan 3 10 dat at gat aed ge aa Le wa A i ear ‘etferet Fare News 5 Kamataka has topped the State Energy Efficiency Index 2020 (SEEN, scoring 70 points out of 100 on the back of several initiatives to improve energy efficiency in the state sales 3 asa Sal car Garris 2020 (Gaedond) A sief cara after fear 2, frat cea Ff wat carat were & fea, ag Geet eT 100 FF 70 sm eer PRA GooD SHOW | STATES AND SCORE Karnataka Rajasthan Haryana Punjab __ Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Gujarat BAER eA Eu RCE Cae ee)Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Chandigarh are among the States and Union Territories that are doing relatively better in supporting the well-being of their ageing population in different categories, according to a new report wee a fede & sagan, Tee, fearret wear, fasten sit sgt sa ust ait ae anf weeit ag, st fafa Afra at seri saa sare } sean ar anes aa Hortense Sea He EL Q5 Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue collected in December 2021 was over 1.29 lakh crore. Which committee is related to rationalisation of tax rates and the merger of different tax slabs (GST)? fear 2021 At capfaa seg sit Bar az (GST) ToT 1.29 ora Fats B safes om ata a aa ae AT ‘afenarcer oi Patras aie ectar (GST) % Paera & aiaifeia 22 1. Sunil Sethi 2. Ashish Shiradhonkar 3. Basavaraj S Bommai 4, TM Bhasin 5. Baijayant Panda Ans.3 K Kasturirangan Development of National Curriculum Frameworks Baijayant Panda To review of National Cadet Corps (NCC) Chiranjib Choudhuri Allegations by Manika Batra against head coach Soumyadeep Roy VG Somani For framing/preparing new drugs, cosmetics and medical device laws P Vasudevan New umbrella entity (NUE) licences Ashok Kumar Tandon To review guidelines of the Journalist Welfare Scheme Sunil Sethi ‘To meet the target of doubling handloom production Ashish Shiradhonkar | Technological platform streamlining appeal filing process: DT/IDT matters TM Bhasin A panel constituted to examine bank frauds of over Rs 50 crore Jyotiraditya Scindia Advisory group to resolve challenges faced by the Aviation sector Puneet Dalmia ‘Development council for cement industry CK Mishra IFSCA: Committee for development of Sustainable Finance Hub Rajesh Verma Company Law Committee Atul Kumar Goel Managing Committee of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) BAER eA Eu RCE Cae ee)Vijay C Daga ‘SEBI: Committee on settlement orders and compounding of offences RV Raveendran Pegasus surveillance case Basavaraj S Bommat Rationalisation of tax rates and merger of different tax slabs (GST) Manoj Ahuja National Steering Committee for National Achievement Survey (NAS) GN Bajpai designing a national dashboard for insolvency data Q.6 Vinod Kannan took over as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vistara airline. Vinod Kannan replaced whom? feria ra 9 feeara arenes & er arlad afin @igaiy ea i geur weor Pea ferdie ea fact ae ar 1. Abiy Ahmed 2. Leslie Thng 3. Rupinder Pal Singh 4, Sanjay Bhargava 5. Mette Frederiksen Ans.2 Mette Frederiksen Prime Minister of Denmark Sanjay Bhargava ‘Head of Starlnk Satellite broudband venture in India Rupinder Pal Singh (Punjab) _[Olympic bronze medal-winning Indian hockey player announced bis retirement from Int hockey BC Patnaik Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation of India Abiy Ahmed rime Minister of Ethiopia Padmaja Chundura MD & CEO of National Securities Depositries (NSDL) IManny Pacquiao Former world champion announced his retirement from professional boxing (Philippines) To push digital transactions in rural and semi-urban areas, the RBI issued a framework allowing offline payments up to Rs 200 per transaction, subject to an overall limit of Rs 2,000. sation site orek-sredt Sait H fefsreet crea at argrar 39 & fer, sareafisng 9 wae ear arét Fara, fare fer ‘SA 200 BHT TH SttemeTTET HeTaTT At Sepafe at 8, SF 2,000 ae at aT aT FH Sha * An offline digital payment means a transaction that does not require intemet or telecom connectivity. * uu simere fefseet yar ar orl um ter ced @ fred deve ar ata awafaetadl Fr srraeerat aet ah 2) BAER eA Eu RCE Cae ee)Government-promoted CSC SPV, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, will undertake the first-ever cultural survey of India's villages through a mobile application. aeEr an satda aera Cait, pla Havers Tea G, eH Aree Casa & wre a aT Tia er Tee aieples Tse BUT The survey, titled 'Mera Gaon, Meri Dharohar’, will document the cultural identity at the village level by involving citizens to share what makes their village, block or district unique News 9 Centre has appointed Vijay Paul Sharma as the chairman of Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP). a3 farsa oer erat et apt rere ite ee seer (CACP) % sreaer BT fg FaeaT at * Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices is a decentralised agency of the Government of India * Formed: 1 January 1965 ‘© Headquarters: New Delhi * It is an advisory body, not statutory, attached to the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India, * The commission was established to recommend Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) News 10 Sebi has restructured its advisory committee on market data that recommends policy measures pertaining to areas like securities market data access and privacy. Bef 3 ars Ser set Berea fafa at Hiss faa & sit wtf arse Ser ye sie laa Ia aa 8 ee fera siferre sara Ht Ferrier azar 21 * Panel will now be chaired by S Sahoo, Professor at National Law University, Delhi and former chairperson, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) + faa reer oer oegia ff frafrares, eect & sitar site recta fare od sie sree BE (cargsttcong) 3 we sreaey ee arg BAER eA Eu RCE Cae ee)News 11 The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) has set up the Energy Transition Advisory Committee (ETAC) ‘Aaifers site ore fers tha dates (MoPNG) 1 Sait daar acres Af (ETAC) HTT Peat 2 * [twill be headed by the former petroleum secretary Tarun Kapoor. ° aed seer Gd iafeas afaa cer aye at * for complete transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy Stars dtr a ace sat 8 pt er fre art News 12 Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pawar inaugurated Central Government Health Scheme, CGHS Wellness Centre in Nashik in Maharashtra, req at ofan seam asa at St at van 4 merry & ales 7 Se cen At ares ait, disfieaca Sere Het a ares Fea * After Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur, Nashik will be the fourth city in Maharashtra to have CGHS Wellness Centre. © Hag, ga sit ange & are aftr wereeg ar ter sez etn sal Sisto serra et eT * Currently, more than 38 lakh 50 thousand beneficiaries are covered by CGHS in 74 cities all over India. © adam i, fara 74 ett 8 38 cre 50 eae a saftee cell ashes are rar Fee TE Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has announced his retirement from international cricket. cilears % eeaatten Raendl deme ehte 4 sincargia farcke & dane A stv eae al a) India’s leading squash player Joshna Chinappa has returned to the top-10 of PSA world rankings. ane At saat kaart ReaenrSt Site Fare diese acd et aig-10 F te srg a * Saurav Ghosal has dropped a spot to be 16th in the men's rankings. BAER eA Eu RCE Cae ee)World Braille Day is observed on 4 January. faa det eau 4 sad at sare Sat 2) | State : Gujarat | 0000 000000 oo00 ooo°o Formation: | May 1960 Capital: Gandhi Nagar Chief Mi Governor: Acharya Dev Vrat ister: Bhupendrabhai Patel Districts: 33 Lok Sabha Seat: 26 + Rajya Sabha Seat: ul Largest city: Ahmedabad Legislature: Unicameral (182 seats) Official languages: Gujarati Border (State): Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli Border (Country): Pakistan Somnath Temple Kakrapar Atomic Power Station Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Aixport Gir Forest National Park Blackbuck National Park Marine National Park Vansda National Park Current Affairs Live Daily @ 7:00 AM PV Ce GU ES SUTIN Watching A adda2 ‘YouTube Channel uty oo Piha Brea ae: Est {Ser & BAER eA Eu RCE Cae ee)