CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 28th DECEMBER 2021
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In Madhya Pradesh, the 97th edition of the World Sangeet Tansen Festival started in Gwalior. A five-day World Sangeet Tansen festival starts from December 25 to December 30 in the city.
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First three-day Kashi Indian Interrnational Film Festival began in Varanasi on 27 December. The festival is being organized by collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh Government.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has launched the ‘Meendum Manjappai’ scheme to promote the use of cloth bags by the public and discourage the use of plastic bags.
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Docprime tech has launched India’s first health locker integrated with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). ABDM integrated Health Locker will provide users a digital and self-consented health data management system without any charges.
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NITI Aayog has released the fourth edition of the State Health Index for 2019–20 that provides incremental performance in health outcomes and status.
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Defence Secretary Dr. Ajay Kumar inaugurated the Annual Chief Engineers and Equipment Management Conference of Border Roads Organization (Bro) in New Delhi on 27 December.
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Paytm Payments Bank has partnered with MoneyGram, a peer-to-peer remittance company to enable international fund transfer directly to Paytm Wallet.
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India Yamaha Motor (IYM) Pvt Ltd. has announced that Eishin Chihana has taken charge of the Group’s India operations as its new Chairman. He has replaced Motofumi Shitara.
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Aarati Krishnan, Editorial Consultant with BusinessLine, has been inducted as a member of the Securities & Exchange Board of India’s Advisory Committee on Mutual Funds.
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Indian origin, Narandran ‘Jody’ Kollapen has been appointed to South Africa’s highest judicial bench, the Constitutional Court.
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Anukrti Upadhyay has won the Sushila Devi Award 2021 for the Best Book of Fiction for her novel, ‘Kintsugi’, which was published by the Fourth Estate imprint.
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A new book by former Indian Army Chief of Staff Gen. Nirmal Chander Vij (ret) claims to offer a full picture of the conflicts in Jammu and Kashmir and the way forward. The book published by HarperCollins India, the book of General Vij, “The riddle of Kashmir: the quest for peace in a troubled land”.
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Sanju Verma, an economist and the BJP National Spokesperson, has authored a new book titled “The Modi Gambit: Decoding Modi 2.0”.
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The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) from the United Kingdom has predicted that the Indian economy will become the world’s third-largest by the year 2031.
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Japan has launched Inmarsat-6 F1, a communication satellite, through a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) H-IIA204 rocket from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center that will enter geostationary orbit, about 22,240 miles (35,790 kilometres) above the earth.
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Pankaj Advani has defended his National Billiards Title by winning his 11th tournament, after defeating Dhruv Sitwala in a 5-2 game final that was held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.