CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 29th DECEMBER 2021

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 29^th  DECEMBER 2021

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated and laid the foundation of the hydropower projects worth Rs 11000 crore in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
2. The Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar has launched the ‘Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam portal’ and announced to set up the Atal Park & Smriti Kendra in Gurugram, Haryana. 
3. The Madhya Pradesh Government has appointed Raghvendra Kumar Singh, as the new Principal Secretary and Commissioner of the State Public Relation Department.
4. Oil India Ltd. India’s second largest state owned oil explorer, is setting up a plant to manufacture green hydrogen at its Jorhat Oilfield in Assam. 
5. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Atul Kumar Goel, MD & CEO of UCO Bank, as MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank (PNB) with effect from February 1, next year.
6. Radhika Jha has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer in state-run Energy Efficiency Services (EESL).
7. Govt. of India has approved the appointment of Praveen Kumar, IAS, Former Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship to the post of Director General & Chief Executive Officer, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA).
8. HDFC Bank has signed an MoU with India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) to offer banking services to over 4.7 crore customers of IPPB in semi-urban and rural areas.
9. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has named Bollywood star Alia Bhatt its ‘2021 Person of the Year’.
10. Paras Defence and Space Technologies has been selected by DRDO as one of the companies for handing over the technology of Border Surveillance Systems.
11. Mark Taylor, artist and toy designer for the He-Man  passed away.
12. Veteran Greek politician Karolos Papoulias, who served as President at the height of the economic crisis of the 2010s, died.
13. Former Harvard University biologist and ‘Pulitzer Prize’ winner E.O. Wilson, known as ‘Father of Biodiversity’ passed away.
14. Somalian Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has been suspended. President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has suspended the Prime Minister, who is facing allegations of involvement in the theft of land.
15. Japan has introduced a minibus lookalike world’s first dual-mode vehicle (DMV) in its town of Kaiyo.
16. In Hockey, Uttar Pradesh was crowned the winner of the 11^th Junior National Hockey Men’s Championship in the final at Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu.
17. Nitesh Kumar won doubled gold at the 4th Para-Badminton National Championship, which concluded in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.