Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: December 1, 2021

INDIA

• Home Ministry extends COVID-19 guidelines till Dec 31
• Centre extends ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ door-to-door vaccination campaign till December 31
• Uttarakhand govt scraps Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board law; was aimed at bringing the Char Dham of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri and 49 other temples under its purview
• Telugu lyricist Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry dies in Hyderabad at 66

Economy & corporate

• GDP growth in July-September quarter of 2021-22 at 8.4%: Govt.
• Eight core sectors’ output grows to 7.5% in October
• S&P Global Ratings keeps India’s economic growth forecast in 2021-22 unchanged at 9.5%
• Central government debt is estimated at about 62% of GDP for 2021-22

World

• G7 health ministers call for urgent action to combat spread of Omicron Covid-19 strain
• Two minority members added to Sri Lanka’s Heritage Task Force for Eastern Province
• Renowned scholar of Bangladesh Professor Rafiqul Islam dies in Dhaka at 87
• Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare observed on Nov 30
• Indian-origin Parag Agrawal appointed new CEO of Twitter

Football

• Ballon d’Or awards presented in Paris
• Lionel Messi of Argentina and French club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) wins men’s Ballon d’Or award
• Alexia Putellas, captaining Barcelona to a treble-winning season, won the women’s Ballon d’Or
• 19-year-old Pedri (Pedro Gonzalez Lopez) of Barcelona won the Kopa Trophy for the best player aged under-21
• Paris Saint-Germain’s Gianluigi Donnarumma won the Yashin Trophy for the best goalkeeper
• Best Striker of the Year award won by Robert Lewandowski of Poland and Bayern Munich
• Best Club of the Year award went to EPL club Chelsea

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2021