Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: December 4, 2021

December 4, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for December 4, 2021:

Delhi’s Nizamuddin Basti project wins two UNESCO heritage awards
‘Maitri Diwas’ to be commemorated on Dec 6 to mark India recognising Bangladesh in 1971
NCC carrying out month-long nationwide ‘Puneet Sagar Abhiyan’ to free seashores/beaches from waste
Govt to launch SRESHTA (Residential Education for Students in High Schools in Targeted Areas) scheme for socio economic development of SC students
INSACOG (Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium) calls for Covid booster hot for those at risk, above 40 years
gets proposal from CJI N. V. Ramana to set up the National Judicial Infrastructure Authority of India (NJIAI)
Cyclone Jawad over Bay of Bengal intensifies into depression: IMD

India’s foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 2.713 billion to USD 637.687 billion in the week to Nov 26
Industrialist Ratan Tata honoured with ‘Asom Baibhav Award’ by Assam government
PM inaugurates InFinity Forum, a thought leadership Forum on FinTech
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) gets Rs 471.41 crore contract from Indian Army for refurbishment of IGLA – 1M missiles
IREDA and THDCIL sign MoU for Green Energy collaborations
Pradip Shah appointed chairman of NARCL (National Asset Reconstruction Company), Sanjay Jain appointed CEO of IDRCL
DoT releases bank guarantee of around Rs 9,200 cr of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio

International Monetary Fund chief economist Gita Gopinath to become its First Deputy Managing Director in 2022
SpaceX launches rocket carrying 48 Starlink Internet, 2 BlackSky satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida (US)
China launches its first cross-border BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) train with Laos
International Day of Persons with Disabilities observed on Dec 3; theme: ‘Leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible, and sustainable post-COVID-19 world’

Convicted ex-head of world athletics (International Association of Athletics Federations) Lamine Diack dies in Senegal at 88
United Nations General Assembly adopts Olympic Truce for Beijing 2022