Current Affairs 22 December 2022

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Current Affairs 22 December 2022 includes all newspapers such as The Hindu, The Economic Times, Business Standard, Times of India, PTI, Indian Express, and all Government official websites.

 News Headlines 

1. Indian Navy launches INS Arnala; first ship of ASW SWC Project
2. Indian Navy gets fifth Scorpene Class submarine INS Vagir
3. Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs wins Platinum Icon in Digital India Awards 2022
4. Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs launches programme to create Impact Leaders in areas of ESG
5. Jaipur Pink Panthers beat Puneri Paltan in final match to win PKL 9 title
6. Madhya Pradesh forms task force to regulate online gambling and gaming
7. Ministry of culture in collaboration with Prasiddha foundation organises Delhi International Arts Festival at Kartavya Path
8. Sonakshi Sinha named as PETA India’s 2022 ‘Person of the Year’ title
9. Indian Railways opens nation’s longest ‘escape tunnel’ in Kashmir
10. Govt approves Rs 4500 crore for revival of existing unserved, underserved airports, AAI, and PSUs: Civil Aviation Minister
11. IndiGo airline ranked number one in on-time performance in November
12. RBI’s Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme 2022-23 (Series III) opened for Subscription
13. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launches one of India’s first-ever ‘Surety Bond Insurance’ for infrastructure projects
14. Book, ‘The Indian Navy@75: Reminiscing The Voyage’ by Commodore Ranjit Rai (r) & Aritra Banerjee
15. India’s Sargam Koushal wins Mrs World 2022, crown back in India after 21 years
16. Union Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurates Good Governance Week 2022
17. Indian Navy’s INSV Tarini to participate in 50th edition of Cape Town to Rio Race 2023

 News Details 

1. Indian Navy launches INS Arnala; first ship of ASW SWC Project

• Arnala, the first ship of the ASW SWC Project, being built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, GRSE for the Indian Navy was launched on December 20 at Kattupalli, Chennai.
• She made her first contact with the water of the Bay of Bengal at 1040 hrs at the launch ceremony graced by Rasika Chaube, Financial Adviser, Ministry of Defence.
• About Indian Navy:
  • Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) : Admiral R. Hari Kumar.
  • Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS): Vice Admiral Satishkumar Namdeo Ghormade.

2. Indian Navy gets fifth Scorpene Class submarine INS Vagir

• The fifth Scorpène submarine, Vagir of Project – 75 Kalvari Class submarines has been delivered to the Indian Navy by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Mumbai.
• The Defence Ministry said the submarine would shortly be commissioned into the Navy and enhance its capability.
• Project-75 includes the indigenous construction of six submarines of Scorpene design.
• Submarines are constructed at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited with Naval Group France.
• About Indian Navy:
  • Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) : Admiral R. Hari Kumar.
  • Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS): Vice Admiral Satishkumar Namdeo Ghormade.

3. Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs wins Platinum Icon in Digital India Awards 2022

• The Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has won the Platinum Icon in the Digital India Awards 2022 for their initiative “DataSmart Cities: Empowering Cities through Data”.
• The award was announced under the ‘Data Sharing and Use for Socio-Economic Development’ category.

4. Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs launches programme to create Impact Leaders in areas of ESG

• Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs has launched a programme to create Impact Leaders in the areas of Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG).
• IICA is an autonomous institution under the aegis of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
• The event was attended by 50 budding ESG Professionals who are senior corporate officials enrolled in the programme across the globe.
• What is ESG?
  • Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is a set of standards for a company’s behaviour used to screen potential investments by socially conscious investors.
  • Environmental criteria consider how a company protects the environment, such as corporate policies addressing climate change.
  • Social criteria look at how the company manages relationships with its employees, suppliers, customers, and the communities in which it operates.
  • Governance is concerned with the leadership of a company, executive pay, audits, internal controls, and shareholder rights.

5. Jaipur Pink Panthers beat Puneri Paltan in final match to win PKL 9 title

• Jaipur Pink Panthers defeated Puneri Paltan 33-29 in the summit clash to emerge champions of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 9 champions.
• V Ajith, Sunil Kumar and Arjun Deshwal emerged as the best players for the Jaipur side.
• This is their second Pro Kabaddi League title.
• Vivo was the sponsor of Pro Kabaddi League Season 9
• About Jaipur Pink Panthers:
  • Jaipur Pink Panthers (JPP) is a professional kabaddi team which belongs to Pink City of India Jaipur.
  • Owner: Abhishek Bachchan.
  • Captain: Sunil Kumar Malik.
• About Puneri Paltan:
  • Puneri Paltan is a kabaddi team which represents the city of Pune, Maharashtra.
  • Owner: Insurekot Sports.
  • Captain: Iran Fazel Atrachali.

6. Madhya Pradesh forms task force to regulate online gambling and gaming

• The Madhya Pradesh government has constituted a high-level task force, which will make recommendations about regulating online gambling & gaming in the state after examining the technical and legal aspects.
• This task force will be headed by the state chief secretary.
• It will examine various judicial precedents, legal situations and technical aspects related to online gambling.
• About Madhya Pradesh:
  • Capital: Bhopal (Executive Branch).
  • Chief minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
  • Governor: Mangubhai C. Patel.

7. Ministry of culture in collaboration with Prasiddha foundation organises Delhi International Arts Festival at Kartavya Path

• The Ministry of Culture in collaboration with Prasiddha Foundation inaugurated Delhi International Arts Festival at Kartavya Path with the tagline – ‘Where Bharat Meets India’.
• The festival is being organised from 16th December to 30th December.
• Kathak, Odissi along with theatre, classical musical performances and other cultural performances will be organized.
• More information:
  • Rajpath, officially named Kartavya Path, formerly known as Kingsway, is a ceremonial boulevard in New Delhi, India, that runs from Rashtrapati Bhavan on Raisina Hill through Vijay Chowk and India Gate, National War Memorial to National Stadium, Delhi.

8. Sonakshi Sinha named as PETA India’s 2022 ‘Person of the Year’ title

• Sonakshi Sinha has been awarded PETA India’s 2022 Person of the Year title.
• PETA stands for People for Ethical Treatment of Animals in India.
• The international animal rights non-profit group endorsed the title and celebrated the actions of the “Dabang” actress for saving animal lives in India.
• More information:
  • Last year, Alia Butt was awarded the same title.

9. Indian Railways opens nation’s longest ‘escape tunnel’ in Kashmir

• The Indian Railways completed the construction of a tunnel on a 111-kilometre section of the Udhampur-Katra railway line in Kashmir.
• The ‘escape tunnel’, which is the longest of its kind in the country, is located at an elevation of 12.89 meters.
• More information:
  • The tunnel was constructed to allow emergency response teams to carry out rescue operations in case of an accident.

10. Govt approves Rs 4500 crore for revival of existing unserved, underserved airports, AAI, and PSUs: Civil Aviation Minister

• The government has approved a budget of Rs 4500 crore to revitalize existing underserved airports, state government airstrips, Airports Authority of India, PSUs and civil enclaves.
• The government is working on reviving and developing 100 unserved and underserved airports, heliports, and water aerodromes by 2023.
• More information:
  • This is part of a target to operationalize One thousand routes under Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) scheme.

11. IndiGo airline ranked number one in on-time performance in November

• Seven months later in November, IndiGo topped the list for On-Time Performance (OTP).
• It beat Air India, which came in second.
• IndiGo carried more passengers on a sequential basis, while its market share fell to 55.7 per cent (from 56.7 percent in October).
• Overall air traffic grew 2.3 per cent sequentially to over 11.6 million in November.
• About
  • Founders: Rahul Bhatia, Rakesh Gangwal
  • Headquarters: Gurugram, Haryana.
  • Chairman: Dr. V. Sumantran.
  • MD: Rahul Bhatia.
  • CEO: Pieter Elbers.

12. RBI’s Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme 2022-23 (Series III) opened for Subscription

• Sovereign Gold Bonds was opened for subscription on December 19, 2022.
• This is the third Series of the SGB Scheme in the 2022-23 fiscal.
• The issue price of the bond during the subscription period is Rs 5,409 per gram.
• The government has allowed a discount of fifty rupees per gram to investors who apply online & make payment through digital mode.
• About SBG:
  • SGBs are government securities denominated in grams of gold.
  • They serve as an alternative to owning actual gold.
  • At maturity, the notes will be redeemed in cash, and investors are required to pay the issue price in cash.

13. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launches one of India’s first-ever ‘Surety Bond Insurance’ for infrastructure projects

• Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has launched one of India’s first-ever Surety Bond Insurance products from Bajaj Allianz.
• Surety Bond Insurance will act as a security arrangement for infrastructure projects and will insulate the contractor as well as the principal.
• More information:
  • The Surety Bond Insurance is a risk transfer tool for the Principal.

14. Book, ‘The Indian Navy@75: Reminiscing The Voyage’  by Commodore Ranjit Rai (r) & Aritra Banerjee

• Book, ‘The Indian Navy@75 Reminiscing the Voyage’ by Commodore Ranjit B Rai (Retd) and defence journalist Aritra Banerjee, tells you how the exploits and sacrifices of the British-era Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War 2 were omitted by British historians who could not digest the RIN’s mutiny in 1946.
• The IN built its own records and archives to rectify that.
• About Indian Navy:
  • Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) : Admiral R. Hari Kumar.
  • Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS): Vice Admiral Satishkumar Namdeo Ghormade.

15. India’s Sargam Koushal wins Mrs World 2022, crown back in India after 21 years

• Sargam Koushal was named Mrs World 2022, beating contestants from 63 countries to bring the title back to India after 21 years.
• Mrs World 2021 Shaylyn Ford of the US presented the crown to Mumbai-based Mrs Koushal at a ceremony held at Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino in the US Sargam Koushal hails from Jammu and Kashmir.
• Who is Sargam Koushal?
  • Sargam Koushal hails from Jammu and is a post graduate in English literature.
  • She did her schooling from Presentation Convent Senior Secondary School, Gandhi Nagar Jammu and completed her Masters in English Literature from Jammu university.
  • She also did her BEd from Government BEd College Jammu.

16. Union Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurates Good Governance Week 2022

• Union Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated Good Governance Week 2022 on December 19 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
• The Minister also launched a five day “Prashasan Gaon Ki Ore”, a nationwide Campaign, to commemorate the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
• More information:
  • The Government of India celebrates the Good Governance Week during the 19-25 December every year.

17. Indian Navy’s INSV Tarini to participate in 50th edition of Cape Town to Rio Race 2023

• Indian Navy’s sailboat INSV Tarini has set sail for an expedition to Cape Town, South Africa for participating in the 50th edition of Cape to Rio Race 2023.
• This ocean sailing race will be flagged off from Cape Town on 2 January 2023 and will culminate at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• The expedition is being undertaken by an Indian Navy crew of five officers including two women.
• The race is one of the most prestigious Trans-Atlantic ocean races.
• About Indian Navy:
  • Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) : Admiral R. Hari Kumar.
  • Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS): Vice Admiral Satishkumar Namdeo Ghormade.

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