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     📚 Daily Current Affairs | 22-12-2021 📚

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Q.1. Which player has won the honor of "Best Female Debut" at the 2021 Paralympic Sport Awards?

Ans. Avni Lekhara

Q.2. Who has been appointed by the Hyundai Motor Company as the Managing Director of Hyundai Motor India Limited?

Ans. Ansu Kim

Q.3. Which state government has launched “Khel Nursery Scheme 2022-23” to promote sports?

Ans. Government of Haryana

Q.4. Which life insurance company has become the first Indian insurance company to sign UNPRI on environmental, social and governance issues?

Ans. ICICI Pudential Life Insurance

Q.5. Which Indian author has released the book “The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh: How Yogi Adityanath Changed UP Wala Bhaiya Abuse to a Badge of Honour” by Yogi Adityanath?

Ans. Shantanu Gupta

Q.6. Which newspaper's Mohit Jain has been elected as the President of The Indian Newspaper Society for the year 2021-22?

Ans. The Economic Times

Q.7. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has released a Telugu book titled “Gandhi Topi Governor” based on whose life?

Ans. Idpuganti Raghavendra Rao

Q.8. How many times has England fast bowler James Anderson become the first player to be not out in Test cricket?

Ans. 100 Times

Q.9. Gabriel Borik has been elected as the next President of which country with 56% of the votes?

Ans. Chile (South America)

Q.10. Which state has launched the Mission Shakti Living Lab project with an aim to empower women financially and promote gender equality?

Ans. Odisha

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     🎯 Daily CA One Liners | 22-12-2021 🎯

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1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The 594 Km long six-lane Expressway will be built at a cost of over Rs 36,200 crore.

प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी ने उत्तर प्रदेश के शाहजहांपुर में गंगा एक्सप्रेस-वे की आधारशिला रखी। 594 किलोमीटर लंबा व छह लेन का एक्सप्रेस-वे 36,200 करोड़ रुपये से अधिक की लागत से निर्मित किया जाएगा।

2. As a part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Nagendra Nath Sinha, Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development launched the overdraft facility of Rs. 5,000 to verified women SHG members under DAY-NRLM.

आजादी के अमृत महोत्सव के क्रम में ग्रामीण विकास मंत्रालय के ग्रामीण विकास विभाग के सचिव नागेन्द्र नाथ सिन्हा ने दीनदयाल अंत्योदय योजना-राष्ट्रीय ग्रामीण आजीविका मिशन (डीएवाई-एनआरएलएम) के तहत सत्यापित महिला स्वसहायता समूह सदस्याओं के लिये पांच हजार रुपये की ओवरड्राफ्ट सुविधा को आरंभ किया।

3. Veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister R L Jalappa died in Kolar. He was 96.

दिग्गज कांग्रेसी नेता और पूर्व केंद्रीय मंत्री आरएल जलप्पा का कोलार में निधन हो गया। उनकी उम्र 96 वर्ष थी।

4. The ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations (UN) Convention against Corruption concluded in Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh.

भ्रष्टाचार के ख़िलाफ संयुक्त राष्ट्र (यूएन) कन्वेंशन का नौवां सत्र शुक्रवार को मिस्र के शर्म अल-शेख शहर में संपन्न हुआ।

5. The King of Bhutan, His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, conferred its highest civilian award, the Order of the Druk Gyalpo, on Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on the occasion of the country’s National Day.

भूटान के महामहिम नरेश जिग्मे खेसर नामग्याल वांगचुक ने देश के राष्ट्रीय दिवस के अवसर पर प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्‍द्र मोदी को देश के सर्वोच्च नागरिक पुरस्कार ‘ऑर्डर ऑफ द द्रूक ग्यालपो’ से सम्मानित किया।

6. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has said that the government plans to set up 35 Multi-Modal Logistics Parks in the country at a total cost of 50,000 crore rupees.

सडक परिवहन और राजमार्ग मंत्री नितिन गड़करी ने कहा है कि सरकार देश में 35 बहुपयोगी लॉजिस्टिक्‍स पार्क बनाएगी, इन पर कुल 50 हजार करोड रुपए की लागत आने का अनुमान है।

7. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has launched the Unified Logistics Interface Platform’s (ULIP) Hackathon – ‘LogiXtics’ in order to crowdsource more ideas which will benefit the logistics industry.

उद्योग एवं आंतरिक व्यापार संवर्धन विभाग (डीपीआईआईटी) ने और अधिक विचारों को क्राउडसोर्स करने के लिए-यूनिफायड लॉजिस्टिक्‍स इंटरफेस प्लेटफॉर्म (यूलिप) हैकथॉंन - ‘लॉजीएक्सटिक्स’ लॉन्‍च किया है जो लॉजिस्टिक्‍स उद्योग को लाभान्वित करेगा।

8. India and Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) towards promoting scientific and technical cooperation in marine science and ecology.

भारत और वियतनाम ने समुद्र विज्ञान तथा पारिस्थितिकी में वैज्ञानिक तथा तकनीकी सहयोग को बढ़ावा देने के लिए एक समझौता ज्ञापन (एमओयू) पर हस्ताक्षर किए।

9. The Government of India and the Germany Development Bank – KFW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) signed a Euro 442.26 million loan for Surat Metro Rail project.

भारत सरकार और जर्मनी के विकास बैंक ‘केएफडब्ल्यू (क्रेडिटनस्टाल्ट फर विडेराउफबौ)’ ने सूरत मेट्रो रेल परियोजना के लिए 442.26 मिलियरन यूरो के ऋण समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर किए।

10. A programme to support India-US S&T-based entrepreneurial initiatives that address the development and implementation of next-generation clean and renewable energy, energy storage, and carbon sequestration has been announced to tackle climate and clean energy challenges.

भारत-अमरीका ने एस एंड टी आधारित उद्यमी पहल के एक कार्यक्रम को मदद करने की घोषणा की है, जो अगली पीढ़ी की स्वच्छ और नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा, ऊर्जा भंडारण, कार्बन स्ववियोजन, जलवायु एवं स्वच्छ ऊर्जा चुनौतियों का सामना करने के लिए काम करेगा।

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1. According to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which countries have been ranked in the top three places in violation of anti-doping rules?

Ans : Russia (1st), Italy (2nd), India (3rd).

2. Which Indian weightlifter has won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Championship at the senior level in Tashkent?

Ans : Poornima

3. Which Bengali poet and writer has passed away recently?

Answer: Sarat Kumar Mukherjee

4. Which private sector bank has been given the status of an agency bank by RBI?

Ans : CSB Bank

5. Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has gone on a two-day visit to which country?

Ans : Myanmar

6. Which Indian-origin has been appointed by the US as the American convener for Tibetan issues?

Ans : Ujra Jaya

7. Army Chief General MM Naravane has inducted the first batch of next generation armored engineer reconnaissance vehicles developed in India. What is its name?

Ans : AERV

8. Today (December 22) is being celebrated as which day across the country?

Ans : National Mathematics Day

9. Which department under the Ministry of Steel has been awarded the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2021?

Ans : Steel Authority of India Limited

10. In which state of India, three new districts have been announced?

Ans : Nagaland

11. Which title has been won by the country's top cue player Pankaj Advani for the 11th time?

Ans : National Billiards Title

12. How many new cases of corona have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours?

Ans : 6,317 Cases (318 Deaths)

13. Today (December 22) is being celebrated all over the world as which day?

Ans : National date Walnut Bread Day, Ancestor's Day (22 December) except Sunday, after Monday and the shortest day of the year - Winter Solstice (December 21-22, Northern Hemisphere).