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The team which has won the 2022-23 Vijay Hazare Saurashtra
Trophy defeating Maharashtra in the finals at Narendra
Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
The contestant from South Korea who has been crowned Ms. Mina Sue Choi
Miss Earth 2022 at a beauty pageant held in Manila,
Philippines
The state in which International Lusophone Festival was Goa
organised from 3 to 6 December by the Ministry of
External Affairs in partnership with Indian Council of
Cultural Relations
The Indian shooter who has won the gold medal in men's Rudrankksh Patil
10 m air rifle at the ISSF President's Cup 2022 in Cairo
Egypt
The French author well-known for books like Freedom at Dominique Lapierre
Midnight, City of Joy, The Fifth Horseman, who passed
away on 04 December 2022
The venue of 9th World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Panaji, Goa
Expo organised from 08 to 11 December 2022
The rank of India among the countries that are at high risk 8th
of mass killings as per report released by U.S. based Early
Warning Project
The metro which has entered the Guinness Book of World Nagpur Metro
Records for creating the longest double-decker viaduct
metro measuring 3.14 km
The President of Ukraine who has been named the Person Volodymyr Zelensky
of the Year by TIME magazine

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The city in which the opening ceremony of International Rome, Italy

Year of Millets 2023 was held by Food and Agricultural
Organisation
The slang term meaning a type of behavior which is Goblin Mode

unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy,
which has been chosen to tbe the Oxford word of the year
2022
The American hurdler and sprinter who has been named McLaughlin-Levrone
the 2022 World Athlete of the Year (Female)
The American born Swedish pole vaulter who has been Armand duplantis
named the 2022 World Athlete of the Year (Male)
The rank of India in the Global Passport Power Rank 2022 69th
released by Canada based organisation Arton Capital
(UAE ranked at No. 1 position)
The Indian batsman who has broken the record of Chris Ishan Kishan
Gayle for fastest double century in ODI, by scoring a
double century in 131 balls against Bangladesh
The new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh who was Shri Sukhvinder
sworn in on 11 December 2022 Singh Sukhu
The Indian film directed by SS Rajamouli which has won RRR
nominations for the Golden Globe Awards 2023 in the
Best Non-English Language Film category and for the
Best Original Song
The 16th Edition of Indo-Nepal joint training Exercise to SURYA KIRAN-
be conducted at Nepal Army Battle School, Saljhandi XVI
(Nepal), from 16 - 29 December 2022
The country which has been expelled from the UN Iran
Commission on the Status of Women UN by the
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

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The initiative by Govt of India which has been recognised Namami Gange
by the United Nations (UN) as one of the Top 10 World
Restoration Flagships programmes aimed at reviving the
natural world, at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15)
to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in Montreal,
Canada
The team India defeated to win the T20 World Cup for the Bangladesh
Blind for the 3rd consecutive time at Chinnaswamy
Stadium in Bengaluru
The Indian contestant who was crowned Mrs. World at a Mrs. Sargam Kaushal
beauty pageant in Las Vegas, USA
The Hindi film actress who has been named the PETA Sonakshi Sinha
Person of the Year 2022
The tennis stars who have been named the ITF World Rafael Nadal and Iga
Champions of 2022 by ITF Swiatek
The team which has won the 2022 Pro Kabaddi League Jaipur Pink Panthers
defeating Puneri Paltan in the finals
The place in Madhya Pradesh where India's first Infantry Mhow, Indore
Museum was opened to the public
The team which has ranked at No. 1 position in the 2022 Brazil
FIFA Men's World Ranking
The state in which the 23rd edition of Hornbill Festival Nagaland
was inaugurated by the Vice-President Shri Jagdeep
Dhankar
The 12th edition of bilateral exercise between the Ex Agni Warrior
Singapore & Indian Army, held from 13 November 2022
to 30 November 2022 at Field Firing Ranges, Devlali
(Maharashtra) was named

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2022 FIFA World Cup :- Held from 20.11.2022 to 18.12.2022

Host: Qatar, No of teams: 32
Opening ceremony and first match: Al Bayt Stadium
Final match and closing ceremony: Lusail Stadium
Trophy unveiled by Deepika Padukone and Iker Casillas (former Spanish
footballer
Prize money: $42 million for winners, Mascot: La'eeb (meaning skilled player)
Official match ball named: Al Rihla
Official match ball for final: Adidas Al Hilm
Winners: Argentina (3rd title - 1978, 1986 and 2022)
Runners-up: France
Final score in the final match; 3 - 3 (4 - 2 penalty shoot-out)
3rd and 4th Position: Croatia and Morocco
Awards
Golden Boot: Kylian Mbappe
Golden Ball: Lionel Messi
Golden Glove: Emiliano Martinez
Young Player Award: Enzo Fernandez
Fair Play Award: England
Rank of India in Global Food Security Index 2022 Released by: The Economist
68th ( Topped by Finland)
Theme of World Aids Day 2022 observed on 1st Dec every year :- Equalize

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Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2021-22

1. Sudeep Sen for Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation
2. Shobhana Kumar for A Sky Full of Bucket Lists
New Prime Ministers
Ireland: Mr. Leo Eric Varadkar since 17 Dec 2022
Peru: Mr. Alberto Otarola since 21 Dec 2022
Fiji: Mr. Sitiveni Rabuka since 24 Dec 2022
Nepal: Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal since 26 Dec 2022
Omicron XBB.1.5 is a variant of the Covid-19 virus that has caused concern
among experts due to its immune-evasive and highly contagious nature. It has
been linked to a surge in hospitalizations in the US and UK. Omicron XBB.1.5 is
a recombinant strain that is both more immune-evasive and better at infecting
than other variants. It is also believed to have a tighter bind to the ACE2
receptor, which may explain its higher level of transmissibility. The R-value, or
reproductive number, of Omicron XBB.1.5 is much worse than previous
variants, meaning it is more contagious. Multiple models show that it is “much
worse in transmission R-value and infection rate than previous variants – faster by
LEAPS and BOUNDS,” according to virologist Eric Feigl Ding.
The US Census Bureau, on December 30, 2022, projected that the global
population will hit 7.9 billion on the 2023 New Year’s Day. Over 73.7 million
people were added since the 2022 New Year’s Day. This is a 0.9 percent increase
in the global population when compared to previous year.
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah launched the ‘Prahari’
app and the revised version 13 Border Security Force (BSF) manuals. The Prahari
App can be used by the jawans of the Border Security Force (BSF) to get
information about the accommodation facilities, Ayushman-CAPF and
leaves. This application also provides information about bio-data, grievance
redressal on the “Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System
(CP-GRAMS), and information related to various welfare schemes for the BSF. It

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will connect the user to the Home Ministry’s portal.

The northeastern state of Meghalaya commemorated the 160th death
anniversary of U Kiang Nagbah on December 30, 2022. U Kiang Nangbah is an
Indian freedom fighter from Meghalaya, famed for leading an uprising against
the British colonial government. He was hanged publicly by the British on
December 30, 1862, in Jowai town in the West Jaintia Hills district.
The “Stay Safe Online” campaign and the “G20 Digital Innovation Alliance”
(G20 DIA) were launched recently as part of India’s G20 presidency. The
“Stay Safe Online” campaign” aims to raise awareness about the importance of
staying safe in the online world amid the increasing dependence on the internet.
Unique challenges are arising with the rapid evolution of the technology landscape
and the increasing number of internet users in India. The Stay Safe Online
Campaign seeks to make citizens aware about the various cyber risks and ways to
address them. The year-long campaign will especially target children, women,
students and senior citizens, differently-abled people, teachers, and government
officials.
Union Minister Shri Anurag Thakur has released the Official Government of
India Calendar for the year 2023. The official calendar for the year 2023 has a
collection of 12 images that depict the country’s dynamic growth. It includes 12
themes for 12 months to showcase the various efforts taken by the Indian
Government to ensure the welfare of the public. Overall, this calendar reflects
the Indian Government’s vision of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas.
It is created based on the theme ‘Naya Varsh, Naye Sankalp’. This theme depicts
various initiatives and policies the Indian Government formulated as per the vision
initiative.
The Union Ministry of Railways has launched a new scheme called Amrit Bharat
Station Scheme to modernize railway stations across India. The Amrit Bharat
Station Scheme has several broad objectives. These are: The preparation and
implementation of master plans for railway stations to enhance the facilities
beyond the minimum essential amenities and creating roof plazas and city centers
at the station premises in the long-term
Meet the needs of all stakeholders based on the funding availability and inter-se

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priority
The scheme will cater to the upgradation and replacement of existing amenities as
well as the introduction of new amenities
It will cover stations that have undergone detailed techno-economic feasibility
studies. However, the roof plazas in these stations will not be constructed in the
near term as reallocation of structures and utilities is given higher priority.
The scheme will be implemented based on the needs and patronage of the railway
stations. Infrastructural development will be ensured for more than 1,000 stations
under this scheme.
The 720 Megawatts Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Power Project, which was
implemented with the assistance from India, was recently handed over to the
Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) in Bhutan. The 720 MW project
Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Power Project was jointly inaugurated by Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay
Tshering in 2019. The Indian Government provided the financial and technical
assistance for the construction of this hydroelectric project.
An unprecedented bomb cyclone has hit the US and Canada, affecting over
millions of people in the region. Bomb cyclone is an extra-tropical weather
phenomenon that develops by a process called bombogenesis. It is a pressure
system that develops upon contact between a warm air mass or a low pressure
air mass and a cold air mass or a high pressure air mass. A low pressure
system is said to be a bomb cyclone if its pressure drops by 24 millibars within 24
hours. The pressure gradient between the two air masses causes the winds to
intensify. The Earth’s rotation causes the winds to blow in a cyclonic manner.
For instance, in the Northern Hemisphere, the winds blow in a counter-
clockwise direction due to the Coriolis effect i.e. deflection caused by the
planet’s rotation. The recent Storm Elliott is an example of bomb cyclone.
Elliott developed as a low pressure system near North America’s Rocky
Mountains on 21st December this year.

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The Reserve Bank of India’s revised bank locker rules will come to effect
from January 1, 2023.
What are the revised bank locker rules?
The revised bank locker rules were released by the RBI on August 2021. All the
existing locker depositors are required to provide proof of eligibility to access
renewed locker arrangements.
Some of the key features of the new rules are:
Model Locker Agreement:- Lenders are directed to use the Indian Banks’
Association (IBA)-drafted model locker agreement, which was created as per the
Supreme Court orders and guidelines. The banks are required to ensure that there
is no “unfair terms and conditions” in their locker agreements. The terms of the
agreement must not be more “onerous than required in ordinary course of
business” to safeguard the bank’s interests.
CCTV Cameras in Safe Deposit Areas:- The banks are required to install CCTV
camera at entry and exit points of the strong room and the common areas of
operation. The guidelines mandates preserving CCTV camera recording for a
minimum of 180 days. If any customer has complained to the bank about theft or
security breach of his or her locker, the bank must preserve the CCTV recordings
until the police investigation is completed and the dispute is settled. Depositors
can get up to 100 times the bank charges if the valuables stored in the vaults are
ransacked or lost due to fire or building collapse. However, banks are not liable for
damages or loss caused by natural calamities or “Acts of Gods”.
Government Raids:- The banks are required to give prior information to the
customer via letter and email/SMS about the government raids of the locker or
articles deposited for safe custody.
Term Deposits as Rent :- The new guidelines allow banks to demand term
deposits during the allocation of a locker that can be collected as a rent for 3 years.
This rule is not applicable for existing locker holders and those with satisfactory
operative accounts.

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Project Vaani will be implemented jointly by the Indian Institute of Sciences

(IISc), ARTPARK (AI and Robotics Technology Park), and Google to gather
speech data from across India for the creation of an AI-based language model that
can understand diverse Indian languages and dialects. The estimated cost of this
project is around 30 to 40 million USD.
The Veer Guardian 2023 Exercise is going to be held from January 16 to 26 next
year. Veer Guardian 23 will be the first-ever bilateral combat air exercise
between India and Japan. This 10-day exercise will be held between the Indian
Air Force and the Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) at Japan’s
Hyakuri air base and Iruma air base.
The report titled “2022 in Nine Charts” was released recently by the World
Bank.
What are the key findings of the “2022 in Nine Charts” report?
Global Poverty: At the end of 2022, the world is experiencing the “steepest
slowdown” since 1970. Currently, 685 million people are living in extreme
poverty. This makes 2022 the second-worst year for poverty reduction in the past
20 years after the year 2020. Around 7 percent of the global population (574
million people) will live in extreme poverty by 2030.
The recovery efforts are challenged by the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic,
food inflation and energy inflation, which are exacerbated by shocks like climate
crisis and conflicts like the war in Ukraine.
Debt Crisis: In the last one year, the debt crises have exacerbated in the
developed countries. Currently, 60 percent of the world’s poorest countries are
either in debt distress or at risk of it. Private players are having a significant
influence on the countries’ debt situation. As poorest countries are facing huge
debt crises, they are unable to make critical investments in economic reforms,
health, climate response, and education.
Energy Crisis: The global progress towards achieving universal access to
affordable energy by 2030 has slowed down because of the shocks in the energy
market in the first half of 2022. Currently, 733 million people do not have access
to electricity. By the end of this decade, over 670 million people will remain

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without access to electricity. This figure is 10 million higher than the 660 million
predicted by the World Bank in 2021.
Learning Poverty: The progress made in learning poverty since the year 2000
have been reversed, especially in low and middle-income countries. According to
the World Bank’s report, of every 100 children in low and middle-income
countries, 60 are “learning deprived” and 10 are deprived of schools. This is
expected to severely affect the productivity and lifetime incomes of children and
youth. This will not only adversely affect the economic prospects of the low and
middle income countries, but also increase inequality and risk social unrest. To
address this, the report recommended keeping schools open, increasing
instructional time, equipping teachers to match the learning requirements of the
students, streamlining the curriculum and focusing on the foundational education.
The Indian Navy launched the indigenously-built ship INS Arnala at the
shipbuilding facility of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) in Chennai’s Kattupalli.
Arnala is the first of the 8 anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-
SWC) that are currently being built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and
Engineers Ltd (GRSE).
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is organizing the Urban 20 (U20)
event during India’s G20 presidency from December 01, 2022 to November 30,
2023. It will be hosted by Ahmedabad. The U20 provides a platform for cities
from G20 countries to discuss important issues of urban development, including
climate change, social inclusion, sustainable mobility, affordable housing, and
financing of urban infrastructure, and propose collective solutions.
Social Progress Index 2022 was released recently.The Social Progress Index
(SPI) for States and Districts, released recently by the Institute for
Competitiveness and Social Progress Imperative, ranks states and districts based
on the SPI scores under 6 tiers of social progress. The six tiers of social progress
are Tier 1: Very High Social Progress; Tier 2: High Social Progress; Tier 3:
Upper Middle Social Progress; Tier 4: Lower Middle Social Progress; Tier 5:
Low Social Progress and Tier 6: Very Low Social Progress.
Tier 1: Puducherry (65.99) scored the highest because of its performance in
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Lakshadweep and Goa recorded the second and third-highest scores of 65.89
and 65.53, respectively. These states and union territories were categorized
under Tier 1.
Tier 6: Assam, Jharkhand and Bihar scored the lowest in India. They were
categorized in Tier 6.
India-based Kalyani Group has launched India’s first “green” steel brand
called Kalyani Ferresta. When steel is manufactured without using fossil
fuels, it is known as green steel. It is manufactured using low-carbon energy
sources like hydrogen, electricity, or coal gasification instead of the traditional
carbon-intensive manufacturing route. Sweden was the first country to
manufacture green steel. It was developed by HYBRIT Technology.
The central government has unveiled a plan for the conservation of Asiatic lions in
Gir, a region in Gujarat. Titled “Lion@47: Vision for Amrutkal,” the plan is
part of Project Lion and aims to secure and restore habitats to manage the growing
lion population. It also aims to generate livelihoods for local communities,
establish a global hub of knowledge on big cat disease diagnostics and
treatment, and promote inclusive biodiversity conservation.
The Central Government has set up a panel to recommend structural and other
reforms required for the effective implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The panel will be
headed by Amarjeet Sinha – the former Rural Development Secretary and
advisor in the PMO. Chief Economic Advisor Anantha Nageswaran is one of the
members of this panel. The panel met for the first time in November 21 this year.
It is expected to submit its report by February 2023.
Stéphanie Frappart of France becomes first female referee in FIFA Men’s
World Cup, in Costa Rica v/s Germany match on Dec 1
In its recent amendment, the Central Government listed 15 government bodies
that are required to share information with the Enforcement Directorate
under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The list was
amended in accordance with Section 66 of the PMLA. The government entities
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are:
National Investigating Agency (NIA)
Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO)
State Police
Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)
National Intelligence Grid
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
Defence Intelligence Agency
National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO)
Military Intelligence
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
Competition Commission of India (CCI)
The Kirit Parikh panel recently submitted a report on gas pricing,
recommending complete pricing freedom from January 1, 2026. The
committee recommended that India should have completely free and market-
determined pricing of natural gas extracted from legacy fields, which account for
over 70 per cent of the total natural gas produced in India. The panel
recommended linking the price of gas produced from legacy fields to imported
crude oil prices rather than benchmarking them to gas rates in global markets. The
arrived rates will be subject to a floor and ceiling. The panel recommended price
band of 4 to 6.50 USD per unit for gas from old legacy field. This means that the
state producers ONGC and Oil India Limited will be paid a price linked to
imported oil but will have a minimum or floor price of 4 USD per million British
thermal unit (mmBtu) and a ceiling price of 6.5 USD per mmBtu. A fixed band of
pricing will create predictable pricing for producers and moderate pricing of CNG
and piped cooking gas. The panel also recommended increasing the ceiling rate for
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It recommended market-determined pricing for gas produced from legacy

fields by January 1, 2027.
The book titled “India: Mother of Democracy” was released by Union
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan recently. The book “India: the mother
of democracy” aims to showcase the democratic ethos of India since the ancient
times. It was released by the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR).
The Registrar General of India released a special bulletin on Maternal Mortality
Ratio (MMR). The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is the number of
maternal deaths during a specific time period per 100,000 live births during
the same period. It revealed that India achieved a significant milestone by
reaching the National health policy (NHP) target for MMR. India’s MMR fell
from 130 per 100,000 live births in 2014-16 to 97 per lakh live births in 2018-20.
In 2014-2016, the MMR was 130, it was 122 in 2015-17, 113 in 2016-18, 103 in
2017-18 and 97 in 2018-20.
With the 2018-20 MMR, India achieved the National Health Policy (NHP) target
for MMR of less than 100 per 100,000 live births. Assam currently has the
highest MMR of 195, followed by Madhya Pradesh with an MMR of 173 and
Uttar Pradesh with MMR of 167 per 1 lakh live births.
Japanese Space Agency JAXA recently announced that it had successfully used
steam to propel its EQUULEUS spacecraft, which was one of the 10 CubeSats
that were launched as part of the Artemis I mission on the maiden flight of the
Space Launch System (SLS). EQUilibriUm Lunar-Earth point 6U Spacecraft
(EQUULEUS) is a nanosatellite of the 6U CubeSat format that will measure the
distribution of plasma surrounding the Earth to help scientists understand the
region’s radiation environment.
Idol Wing of the Tamil Nadu Police Department recently issued ‘Soulbound
Tokens’ to its outstanding team members. Soulbound token is a unique
blockchain asset that cannot be bought, sold or moved to another blockchain
wallet. It is a permanent non-transferable NFTs that cannot be given away or
taken from the private blockchain wallet. It represents the traits, features, and
achievements of an individual or an entity. It is held by “Souls”, which represent
blockchain accounts or wallets. The concept of Soulbound Token comes from the
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video game World of Warcraft. In the game, soulbound is a property of an item

that prevents it from being traded or mailed to another character.
The Worldwide Cost of Living 2022 report was released recently by the
London-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). New York and Singapore
have tied to take up the top rank because of high income and a strong US dollar.
Tel Aviv, which stood at the top rank in 2021, fell to 3rd position, with Los
Angeles and Hong Kong tied to the 4th place.
The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has recently approved
the Print and Digital Media Association (PADMA) as a self-regulatory body for
publishers of news and current affairs across India. The Print and Digital Media
Association (PADMA) is a self-regulatory body having 47 news publishers. This
organization is responsible for looking into grievances related to digital media
news content on its member publishers’ platforms. It will be headed by former
HC Judge Mool Chand Garg. It also includes a part-time member of Prasar
Bharati Ashok Kumar Tandon and journalist Manoj Kumar Mishra as its
members.
Researchers in IIT Madras have developed and deployed a system called
Sindhuja-I that is capable of generating electricity using energy from sea
waves. It was recently deployed some 6 km from the coast of Tuticorin in Tamil
Nadu, where the sea’s depth is around 20 meters. Sindhuja-I is an ocean wave
energy converter that is currently capable of producing 100 watts of
electricity using energy from seawaves. Its capacity is expected to be scaled up
to 1 mW of energy in the next 3 years.
2022 New Energy Outlook Report was released by the global, clean energy
research provider BloombergNEF. The report analysed the Net Zero scenarios
or pathways that limit global warming to 1.77°C above pre-industrial levels by
2050 with 67 percent assurance. The greenhouse gas emissions from developing
countries, especially India, is expected to continue to increase until the end of
2030. The emissions will decline in these countries only in the early 2030s. Since
emissions in Europe, the United States, Australia and Japan has already
peaked in 2022, they are expected to decline rapidly in the following years. In
China, the emissions are expected to peak in 2022 and stabilize for a while before
they realign with developed countries’ trajectories. Limiting global temperature
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rise to 1.5°C cannot be easily achieved.

Maharashtra is the first state in India to set up a separate department for Divyang
(differently-abled). This department is established to serve the physically and
mentally disabled people in the state both educationally and professionally.
The state government of Maharashtra recently approved the formation of a
separate government department for the divyang (differently abled). The
announcement of this development came on the occasion of the International Day
of Disabled Persons. This comes after 20 years of demand for a separate
department for the welfare and security of differently abled people.
The inaugural edition of the Sylhet-Silchar Festival was organized recently in
Assam’s Barak Valley to celebrate the cultural ties between India and
Bangladesh.The Sylhet-Silchar Festival aims to strengthen the bilateral relations
between India and Bangladesh. The two-day festival was jointly organized by the
India Foundation (which comes under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Culture)
and Bangladesh Foundation for Regional Studies.
On December 1, the Supreme Court exempted Maharashtra’s Tungareshwar
Wildlife Sanctuary (TWS) from its June order mandating the creation of a 1
km eco-sensitive zones (ESZ) around all protected areas in India.
Tungareshwar wildlife sanctuary or Tungareshwar National Park is situated on a
plateau east of Vasai and Virar in Maharashtra’s Palghar district.
Arton Capital’s Passport Index 2022 was released recently to rank the world’s
strongest and weakest passports – the travel documents issued by a country’s
government to citizens to confirm the identity and nationality of the holder during
international travel. The UAE has the strongest passport in the world. Holders of
this passport can travel visa-free or “visa on arrival” to 180 countries. India was
ranked at 87th position in the world’s strongest passport list.
Amid the unprecedented crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Europe,
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen topped Forbes’ 2022
list of world’s 100 most powerful women. Six Indian women featured on the
2022 list. These include Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Biocon
Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Nykaa founder Falguni Nayar,
HCLTech Chairperson Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Securities and Exchange Board of

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India (SEBI) Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and Steel Authority Of India
Chairperson Soma Mondal.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has scored enough votes in Gujarat in the recent
elections to get the “national party” status.
What is a national party?
A national party is a political party having national presence, as opposed to
regional party, whose presence is restricted to a specific region or a state.
National parties include those that are the biggest in India (BJP and Congress) as
well as smaller parties that do not necessarily have a lot of national political
influence (communist parties).
The ECI has provided technical criteria for a party to be recognized as a national
party. A political party may lose or gain the status based on its fulfilment of the
following criteria:
The party is “recognized” in at least four states; or
Its candidates polled at least 6 per cent of total valid votes in any of the four or
more states in the last Lok Sabha or State Assembly elections and has at least 4
MPs in the last Lok Sabha polls; or
If the party has won at least 2 per cent of the total seats in the Lok Sabha from at
least 3 states.
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden – India’s largest
botanical garden – is currently under threat because of severe land erosion by
River Ganga.The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden was
previously known as the Indian Botanic Garden and the Calcutta Botanic
Garden. It is situated in West Bengal’s Howrah, near Kolkata.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), along with the
Headquarters of the Integrated Defense Staff (HQ IDS), conducted the joint
test run of hypersonic vehicle. The recently held joint trial run fulfilled the
predetermined targets successfully. This hypersonic vehicle is set to become
operational in three to four years. A hypersonic vehicle is a vehicle capable of
travelling at a speed higher than Mach 5 (five times faster than the speed of
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sound). It can be an airplane, missile or spacecraft. Countries like China, India,

Russia, and the United States are racing to enhance their ability to develop
hypersonic missiles.
Rashid Rover was launched on December 11 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Rashid Rover, the Arab world’s first lunar rover, is named after late Sheikh Rashid
bin Saeed Al Maktoum, former Ruler of Dubai. This rover will undertake a
3,85,000-kilometre-long journey to reach the lunar surface, making the
United Arab Emirates (UAE) the fourth country to land on the Moon.
The “Curriculum and credit framework for four-year undergraduate
programmes” was released recently by the University Grants Commission
(UGC). This new framework is in line with the National Education Policy,
2020, which recommended four-year undergraduate degrees with multiple entry
and exit options.
Students will receive a UG degree after completing 120 credits in three years. To
receive UG honours degree, the students need to complete the programme in four
years and receive 160 credits. Under the present system, it takes at least 3 years for
the students to receive a UG honours degree.
For students wanting to opt for research specialization at the undergraduate level,
they have to secure 75 per cent marks or higher in the first 6 semesters. They can
then choose a research stream in the fourth year. They will be eligible for UG
degree with honours and research after they complete a research project or
dissertation under the guidance of a faculty member and secured 160 credits, along
with 12 credits in project/dissertation.
While it is mandatory to complete at least four years of study for receiving a UG
honours degree, there are multiple exit features that allow students to leave with a
certificate after completing just one year. This feature requires students to secure
40 credits and one vocational course of four credits during the summer vacation of
the first year. They can re-enter the programme within three years and complete it
within the maximum period of 7 years.
Students who choose to exit after completing the second year will be awarded UG
diploma if they have 80 credits and completed one vocational course of 4 credits
during the summer vacation of the second year. They too can re-enter and
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complete the degree programme.

Students pursuing a three-year UG programme under the Choice Based Credit
System (CBCS) will be eligible for a four-year UG programme. The universities
can provide a bridge course to ease students’ transition to the new system.
Students will be awarded a single major if they secure a minimum of 50 percent
credits. For a double major, they are required to secure at least 40 percent credits
The Hurun Global 500 list is a compilation of the world’s top 500 most valuable
non-state-controlled companies. It is released by the Hurun Research Institute.
The companies in this list are ranked based on their market capitalization
(for listed companies) and valuation (non-listed companies). Reliance Industries
and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), ranked at 34th position and 65th
position, are the only two Indian companies to feature in the top 100 in the list.
INS Mormugao is set to be commissioned by Union Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh on the eve of the Goa Liberation Day 2022. INS Mormugao is the second
ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided missile destroyers of the Indian
Navy. Named after the port city in Goa, this stealth destroyer is 163 metres long
and 17 metres wide, with a displacement of 7.400 tonnes and a maximum speed of
up to 30 knots (around 55 km per hour).It is the second ship built under Project
15B, which has an overall cost of Rs.35,800 crore.
The ship is armed with several indigenous weapons like medium-range surface-to-
air missiles, BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles having range between 290 km to
450 km.
It is also equipped with indigenous torpedo tube launchers (Larsen & Toubro,
Mumbai), anti-submarine indigenous rocket launchers (Larsen & Toubro,
Mumbai) and 76mm super rapid gun mount (BHEL, Haridwar) in addition to
various gun systems having wide-range sensors.
The stealth destroyer will be capable of operating two multiple-role helicopters,
which are armed with various state-of-the-art weapons and sensors like multi-
functional surveillance radars and vertically launched missile system for long
distance engagement of shore, sea-based and air targets.

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The country which has reported death of 18 children after consuming cough syrup
made by Indian company Marion Biotech :- Uzbekistan
The place at which Indian Army has inaugurated the first ever 3-D Printed House
Dwelling Unit (with Ground plus One configuration) for soldiers :- Ahmedabad
The intranasal vaccine for COVID-19 developed by Bharat Biotech, American
company Precision Virologics and the Washington University School of Medicine
is named :- iNCOVACC

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