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CURRENT AFFAIRS 31th DECEMBER 2021

Editor1 Jan 1 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS 31th DECEMBER 2021

  1. South African wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock announced his retirement from Test cricket on 30 December 2021.
  2. The two-time World Champion Rahmi Kumari has won third Federation Cup title in Varanasi.
  3. Drinking water supply schemes worth Rs 15,381.72 crore have been approved for Madhya Pradesh under the Jal Jeevan Mission at the State-level Scheme Sanctioning Committee (SLSSC) meeting.
  4. India has become the first Asian team to win a Test match at Centurion after beating South Africa by 113-run.
  5. The Union Home Ministry extended the Armed Forces (special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in the whole of Nagaland for another six months on December 30,2021.
  6. New Zealand cricketer Ross Taylor announced his retirement from international cricket on December 30, 2021.
  7. The most prominent C-level executive awards have crowned Kishore Kumar Yedam as ‘World CEO Winner of the Year 2021’.
  8. Rupa Gurunath has stepped down from the post of President of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) on December 31,2021.
  9. UNESCO, Sweden have partnered to established the Palestinian Virtual Museum of Archaeological Objects.
  10. China has proposed a five-year strategy to help it achieve its goal of becoming a worldwide robotics innovation centre by 2025.
  11. AU Small Finance Bank has appointed Harun Rashid Khan as Non-Executive Independent Director (Additional Director) on the Board, on 28 December 2021.
  12. The Sahitya Akademi, on 30 December 2021, announced its awards for 2021 literacy works in 20 languages, including novels in Assamese and English. In English, Author Namita Gokhale won the award for her book ‘Things to Leave Behind’.
  13. The All India Co-ordinated Research Project (AICRP) on poultry breeding, ‘Mannuthy’, under the Veterinary and Animal Science University (KVASU), bagged the ‘National breed conservation award’ for 2021.
  14. Russia has launched its first in the series Project 22220 versatile nuclear-powered icebreaker known as ‘Sibir’.
  15. State Bank of India will acquire up to 9.95 percent stake in India International Clearing Corporation (IFSC) Ltd. subject to a maximum investment of RS 34.03 crore.
  16. Director-General V.S. Pathania took over as the 24th Chief of Indian Coast Guard on 31 December.
  17. India won the U-19 Asia Cup with a record eighth title as they defeated Sri Lanka by nine wickets, won by the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern or DLS method.
  18. S. Balachandran presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Suriname, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to Barbados.
  19. Betty White (USA), the award-winning actress and comedian famed for her roles on “The Golden Girls” & “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, has passed away.
  20. Jammu and Kashmir-based alpine skier Arif Mohammed Khan has become the first Indian athlete to qualify for two different events of the winter Olympics 2022.

 

 

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