CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 17th DECEMBER 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 17^th DECEMBER 2022

1. External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on 15 December, 2022 announced the candidature of India for non-permanent membership at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2028-29 terms.
2. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi has been declared a ‘Tobacco-Free Zone’ on 15 December, 2022.
3. Ministry of Culture in collaboration with Prasiddha Foundation inaugurated Delhi International Arts Festival at Kartavya Path with the tagline – ‘Where Bharat Meets India’ on 16 December, 2022. The festival is being organised from 16 December to 30 December.
4. Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur unveiled Hockey World Cup trophy in New Delhi on 16 December, 2022.
5. National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) has signed MoU with NIT Manipur on 14 December, 2022.
6. Rehan Ahmed became England’s youngest-ever Test Cricketer to debut in the final match between Pakistan and England. Rehan Ahmed was 18 years and 126 days old when the match has begun.   
7. The Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympics Games organising committee has named American executive Cindy Hook as its first CEO.
8. The Assam Gamosa, the Telangana Tandur Redgram, and a Ladakh apricot variety are just a few of the items that have received the Geographical Indications (GI) label from the government.
9. New York and Singapore are the most expensive cities in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Worldwide Cost of Living Index for 2022.
10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Tripura and Meghalaya on 18 December, 2022. He will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of projects worth more than Rs 6,800 crore there.
11.  National Miner NMDC won the IEI (Institution of Engineers, India) Industry Excellence Award 2022 on 16 December, 2022 in Chennai.
12. Union Minister for Road and Transport Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stones for 15 National Highways Projects in Thiruvananthapuram with a total cost of Rs. 45.536 crores, on 15 December 2022.
13. The 48^th GST Council meeting was held in New Delhi on 17 December, 2022. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the meeting.
14.  Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)- Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI), also known as the ‘Pusa Institute’, have developed drought tolerant variety of chickpea ‘Pusa JG 16’, which could increase chickpea yield in India.
15. Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa, ‘last Hawaiian princess’ passed away at the age of 96 in Honolulu, Hawaii.