CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 23rd DECEMBER 2021

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 23rd DECEMBER 2021

1. India observes ‘National Farmers Day’ or ‘Kisan Diwas’ on December 23 every year.
2. Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) rolled out their first “AgriTech challenge Cohort” for its Agri-tech programme on 21 December.
3. Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers welfare Narendra Singh Tomar released the book ‘Spices Statistics at a Galance 2021’ on 21 December.
4. Parliament on 21 December 2021 passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
5. Atul Dinkar Rane appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the BrahMos Aerospace Limited that manufactures the BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile.
6. The test launch of an enhanced range Version of Pakistan’s indigenously developed Babur Cruise Missile 1B was conducted successfully on 21 December.
7. The first set of indigenously developed next-generation Armoured Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle (AERV) was inducted into the corps of Engineers of the India Army on 21 December.
8. O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has won the “Digital Innovation of the Year” award at the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia Awards 2021.
9. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has acquired a 4.93 percent stake in Indian Gas Exchange Ltd. (IGX).
10. Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla is on a two-day working visit to Mayanmar on December 22 and 23.
11. The Project team of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has produced the first anti-COVID-19 stainless steel.
12. The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of MoU between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the Polish Chamber of Statutory Auditors (PIBR).
13. The Philippines was hit by the strongest typhoon of 2021 in December. It has been named “Typhoon Rai”.
14. Matercard and Google have announced the rollout of bkenization that will enable Google pay users to safely transact using their Mastercard Credit and Debit Cards.
15. India’s Anahat Singh won the Junior US open Squash Tournament in the U-15 girls’ Category in Philadelphia on 22 December 2021.