Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: December 13, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for December 13, 2022

INDIA

  • Rajya Sabha passes the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, to encourage use of green hydrogen and renewable energy and promote carbon trading
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually participate in a programme commemorating Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birth anniversary.
  • External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will inaugurate the India Global Forum UAE 2022 at Dubai
  • Finance ministry directs all ministries and departments to scrap all 15-year-old vehicles that have become unserviceable.
  • Culture Ministry sets up seven Zonal Cultural Centres to conserve art, culture & crafts across country
  • The first case of Zika virus in Karnataka has been reported from Raichur.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

  • India’s November retail inflation dips below 6% for the first time this year; October IIP Contracts 4%.
  • Hurun Global 500 List 2022: India ranks at Number 5; 20 Indian companies feature in 500 most valuable ones in the world.
  • CBIC initiates investigations into GST evasion of Rs 23,000 crore by gaming companies.

WORLD

  • Nominations for the 80th annual Golden Globe awards for film and television announced.
  • Asteroid about the size of Statue of Liberty to fly past the Earth on December 15
  • UAE successfully launches first-ever Arab-Built lunar spacecraft
  • The first direct flight services between Jaffna and Chennai resumed

SPORTS

  • India qualifies for semifinals of FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup in Valencia, Spain
  • Manu Bhaker wins gold medal in 10 metre pistol junior women’s event at National Shooting Championship

 


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