CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 30th DECEMBER 2021

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 30^th  DECEMBER 2021

1. Equitas small Finance Bank Limited board of directors has approved the proposal for the re-appointment of Vasudevan Pathangi Narasimhan (PN) as the MD and CEO.
2. The Four-day Beypore  water Fest as part of the government’s efforts to tap the tourism potential of the ancient port town on the Malabar Coast.
3. Violet Baruah has become the first-ever woman to get promoted to the rank of Inspector General in Assam Police.
4. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Unveiled 27 roads and bridges projects implemented by the Boarder Roads Organization (BRO). The 24 roads inaugurated Virtually include one built at an altitude of more than 19,000feet on the Umling-La pass in southern Ladakh, which has now become the world,s highest motorable road.
5. Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation has given approval to ‘Cobevax’ and ‘Covovax’ vaccine for restricted use in emergency Situations.
6. Anupam Ray has been appointed as India’s new permanent representative at UN conference on Disarmament.
7. India welcomed Egypt’s entry as the fourth new member of the New Development Bank(NDB) that was established by the BRICS Countries.
8. A Second road linking Tsomgo lake and Nathula boarder pass with Gangtok renamed as ‘Narendra Modi Marg’ was officially inaugurated by Sikkim Governor Ganga Prasad.
9. Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi railway station will now be know a ‘Veerangana Lakshmibai Railway Station’.
10. Pankaj Sharma, an Indian Foreign Service officer of the 1991 batch, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Mexico.
11. Indo-Tibetan Boarder Police (ITBP) Director-General Sanjoy Arora will hold the additional charge of another border guarding force SSB.
12. The Indian army, along with the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), established a Quantum Lab to spearhead research and training at the Military college of Telecommunication and Engineering (MCTE) in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh.
13. Rishabh Pant has become the fastest Indian wicket-keeper to reach 100 dismissals in Test Cricket.
14. Axis Bank has become the second-largest merchant-acquiring bank in the Country by installing over 2lakh card-swipe machines during the year 2021.
15. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Soma Sankara Prasad as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in UCO Bank with effect from February 1, 2022.
16. Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra was appointed as the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh on 29 December.
17. Mohammed Shami has become the fifth Indian pacer to take 200 Test Wicket in the first Test against South Africa in Centurion, South Africa on 29 December.
18. Pakistan on December 29, announced that it has set up the first ever body of Hindu leaders to take care of the minority Community’s temple.
19. Tamil Nadu Government has unveiled Tamil Nadu State New Policy for Women 2021 (Draft) on 30 December.
20. Indonesia has lifted a ban on the boeing 737 Max, more than three years after the Lion Air Disaster.