Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: December 30, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for December30, 2022
INDIA
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay foundation stone and dedicate projects worth more than ₹7,800 crore to the nation in West Bengal.
- CDSCO has initiated a probe in connection with the death of 18 children in Uzbekistan concerning contaminated cough syrup.
- Election Commission develops prototype of remote voting machine for domestic migrant voters.
- India’s first Nilgiri Tahr project to conserve the State animal of Tamil Nadu will be taken up at a cost of ₹25.14 crore.
- Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully test-fired the extended-range version of BrahMos Air-Launched missile.
- Army hands over first-ever 3D printed houses for soldiers at Ahmedabad.
ECONOMY
- RBI report: NPAs recovered by banks via various channels improved in FY22.
- Banks gross NPA drops to 7-year low at 5%, net NPA at a decade low: RBI’s FSR.
- First consignment under the India-Australia ECTA flagged off from Chennai
WORLD
- World population projected at 7.9 billion on New Year’s Day 2023, with 73.7 million people added since New Year’s Day 2022.
- Report: Afghanistan among most hungry countries in the world.
- Joe Biden signs USD 1.7 trillion Bill to fund federal govt operations and Ukraine’s fight against Russia.
- British Indian Army Memorial, commemorating the sacrifice of millions of Indian soldiers, is set to be built in the Scottish city of Glasgow.
SPORTS
- Former Brazilian Football legend Pele passes away.
- Tamil Nadu’s 16-year-old L. Dhanush bagged gold in Youth men’s 49 kg section of National weightlifting championships.
