CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 9th DECEMBER 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 9^th DECEMBER 2022

1. International Anti-Corruption Day is observed on 9 December every year to highlight how corruption affects health, education, justice, democracy, prosperity and development. International Anti Corruption Day 2022 Theme is “UNCAC at 20: Uniting the World against Corruption”.
2. International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime is commemorated on 9 December of every year around the world.
3. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai launched a drive for the the distribution of Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka (AB-ArK) health insurance cards on 8 December, 2022.
4. A three-day small arms firing competition among the Indian Army, Border Security Force and Indo-Tibetan Border Police concluded in Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir on 7 December, 2022.
5. Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh has informed that the Government of Ladakh has approached the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) for developing “Spatial Data Infrastructure geoportal ‘Geo-Ladakh’ for UT-Ladakh”.
6. Bhupendra Patel will take oath as the 17^th Chief Minister of Gujarat on 12 December, 2022.
7. Dina Boluarte has created history by becoming Peru’s first female President. She was appointed after Congress ousted former President Pedro Castillo.
8. Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the Fertiliser Association of India (FAI) Annual Seminar 2022 in New Delhi on 7 December 2022.
9. Mansi Gulati, the Founder of Manasvani, has released her book ‘Miracles of Face Yoga’, in December 2022.
10. Former BPCL chairman Arun Kumar Singh has been appointed as Chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
11. Mirabai Chanu won silver at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Colombia on 7 December, 2022.
12. Veteran Kannada actor Krishna G Rao, best known for playing a visually impaired man in the KGF franchise, passed away at the age of 70 on 8 December, 2022.
13.  World Meteorological Organization released its first annual Global Water Resources Report 2021.
14.  India has ranked 87 in the world’s strongest passport list released on 7 December, 2022 by Arton Capital.
15. Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry is organizing a two days conclave commemorating Universal Coverage Day 2022 from 10-11 December, 2022 at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
16. The first India-Central Asia meeting of the National Security Advisers was held in New Delhi.
17. PM Modi will dedicate three national Ayush institutes to the nation on 11 December, 2022 at the 9^th World Ayurveda Congress in Goa.
18. The Karthigai Deepam Chariot festival was held at Thiruparankundram in Madurai, Tamil Nadu after a gap of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.