CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 13th DECEMBER 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 13^th DECEMBER 2022

1. The Karnataka Cabinet has cleared the new Karnataka Youth Policy. It promises interventions in education, training, employment, health and sports programs for youngsters, besides a dedicated budgetary outlay.
2. A private member’s bill seeking the enactment of a uniform civil code in India was introduced in the Rajya Sabha by BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena.
3. Indian and Chinese troops clashed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh on 9 December.
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Mopa International Airport in Goa, which has been named after former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
5. Sony Entertainment Television is set to be the official satellite partner of the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF) Awards 2023.
6. The 20th Edition of the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival held from 8-12 December, 2022 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
7. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar inaugurated the India Global Forum UAE 2022 at Dubai on 12 December, 2022.
8. The World Health Organisation (WHO) released the ‘Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) report 2022’ (5^th edition), which states that over 50% of life-threatening bacterial infections are becoming resistant to treatment.
9. Nihar Malaviya, an Indian-origin publishing executive, has been named Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of New York-based international publishing group Penguin Random House after Markus Dohle, current CEO, announced his resignation.
10. Indian shuttler Manisha Ramadass won the BWF Female para-Badminton Player of the Year 2022 by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
11. Indian Army’s Airawat Division conducted Ex Sanchaar Bodh in extensive obstacle ridden terrain of Punjab.
12. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has developed and launched a designated portal for the restoration and repatriation of children ‘GHAR-GO Home and Re-Unite’.
13. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried into space the first ever Arab-built lunar spacecraft. It was launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
14. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12 December flagged off India’s sixth Vande Bharat Express between Bilaspur (Chattisgarh)-Nagpur (Maharashtra) route.
15. Former Vice President of India Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu has been conferred with the 25^th Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence Award.
16. Justice Dipankar Dutta on 12 December took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court.
17. Bhupendra Patel took oath as the 18th Chief Minister of Gujarat for a second straight term in Gandhinagar.