Daily Current Affairs – 17 December 2022
Haryana state has begun Kaushal Rojgar Yojna 2022 Registration. Airbnb has signed an MoU with the Government of Goa state to jointly promote tourism. first G20 summit under…
Haryana state has begun Kaushal Rojgar Yojna 2022 Registration. Airbnb has signed an MoU with the Government of Goa state to jointly promote tourism. first G20 summit under…
Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin inaugurated statue of ‘Mahakavi Subramanian Bharathiyar’ in Varanasi. SpiceJet has been awarded the ‘Safety Performer of the Year’ award by GMR Delhi Airport Awards. International…
Meghalaya state health department awarded for Best Practice in Tuberculosis. Kerala launched afforestation ‘Vanikaran’ ptoject. Venkaiah Naidu has been conferred with the 25th Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence…
Bobby Kinnar has been appointed as Delhi MCD’s “first transgender councilor” India’s First Carbon Neutral Farm has been inaugurated in Kerala. Arjun Munda will introduce SC/ ST bill 2022 in…
Tamil Nadu is the first state to launch Its own Climate Change Mission. India’s First Carbon Neutral Farm has been inaugurated in Kerala. Arjun Munda will introduce SC/…
CM Sukhvinder Singj Sukku is announced as CM of Himachal Pradesh after assembly election held in December. Mukesh Agnihotri appointed as Deputy CM of Himachal Pradesh after assembly election.…
Supreme court says, Collegium’s final decisions alone need to be in public domain The Supreme Court on December 9, 2022 held that only the final decisions of the apex court…
BJP sweeps Gujarat, Cong. wrests Himachal Bharatiya Janata Party has won the biggest majority by any party ever at elections in Gujarat The Congress has suffered its worst-ever defeat in…
AAP secures win with 134 seats in municipal polls, ends 15-year rule of BJP Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) saw a sweeping win at the MCD election result 2022 that was…
World Bank raises India’s growth projection to 6.9% The World Bank on Tuesday raised India’s economic growth forecast for the current financial year to 6.9% from its October estimate of…
DMK seeks review of SC verdict on 10% EWS quota The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on December 5, 2022 sought a review of a Supreme Court judgment upholding the…
Congress decides to elect new CWC at February plenary meet in Raipur The new CWC will be elected according to the party’s constitution during the plenary. At the first meeting…
Gujarat records over 62% voter turnout in first phase A voter turnout of 63.14 per cent was recorded in the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections covering 89 seats across…
GDP growth dips to 6.3% as manufacturing slides Manufacturing and mining output contracted year-on-year in the July-September quarter, dragging Gross Value Added growth to a slower-than-expected 5.6%, which together with…
Kwatra to remain Foreign Secretary until April 2024 The Narendra Modi-led government at the centre has granted Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra a 14-month extension in the post beyond his…
G-20 presidency is an opportunity to focus on global good: Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 27 said that assuming the G20 presidency was a huge opportunity for India and that…
26th November observed as National Constitution Day It is celebrated on 26thNovember every year. It is also known as National Law Day. On this day in 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India formally adopted…
SC questions ‘lightning speed’ of EC appointment The Supreme Court, after inspecting official files on November 24, said the appointment of Arun Goel as Election Commissioner was done with “lightning speed”, the…
Election Commissioner shouldn’t be ‘yes-man’: SC The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the country needed Election Commissioners (ECs) who would not shirk from even taking on the Prime Minister if…
Land acquisition for bullet train almost over, HC told The Maharashtra government on Monday informed the Bombay High Court that the land acquisition process on the entire line of the…
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