Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: December 27, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for December 27, 2022

INDIA

  • Centre mandates universal digital capturing of MGNREGS attendance from January 1.
  • Red Hat and AWS and other MNCs join Goverment’s Skilling Framework for ‘creditising’ their courses.
  • Hetero’s Covid-19 oral antiviral treatment candidate nirmatrelvir gets WHO Prequalification of Medicines Programme approval.
  • The Mines Ministry approves the purchase of two new surveyor ships, to replace RV Samudra Shaudhikama and RV Samudra Kaustabh.
  • Senior bureaucrats Santosh Kumar Yadav was appointed as chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
  • Information and Broadcasting Ministry released a policy draft for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics — Extended Reality (AVGC-XR).
  • Reliance Jio has launched its 5G services in Andhra Pradesh with an investment of ₹6,500 crore.
  • The bar-headed goose, considered one the world’s highest flying birds, recently visited the Muttukadu backwaters, Tamil Nadu
  • Former Central Railway GM Lahoti appointed Railway Board Chairman

ECONOMY

  • ICICI Bank Loan Case: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Videocon group chairman Venugopal Dhoot.
  • India will become the third economic superpower by 2037 and a $10-trillion economy by 2035, Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR).
  • HCL Corp and World Economic Forum (WEF)’s ‘Aquapreneur’ Global Fresh Water Innovation Challenge attracts several start ups.
  • Finance Ministry: Interest in government securities (g-secs) market rising.

WORLD

  • Serbia is terminating visa-free entry for Indians from January 1.
  • China announced to end quarantines for inbound travellers.
  • 46,000 people forced to evacuate due to Philippines floods
  • China sends 71 warplanes, 7 ships toward Taiwan in 24 hours
  • 48 people were killed as massive winter storm hits much of U.S.

SPORTS

  • Lovlina Borgohain, Nikhat Zareen win Gold medals at Women’s Boxing National Championship.
  • Australia’s men’s Test Player-of-the-Year award will be named after Shane Warne.

 

 

 

 


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