Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: December 8, 2022

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Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for December 8, 2022

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar officiates as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, as the Winter Session of the Parliament begins.
Lok Sabha takes up debate on Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill; bill seeks to combat piracy, promote security of India’s maritime trade.
Bill to amend the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act introduced in the Lok Sabha.
Haryana issues guidelines to prevent dismissal of employees without enquiry
ISRO to develop Spatial Data Infrastructure geo-portal for Ladakh
Centre launches plan to develop the power transmission system for integrating 500 GW of green energy by 2030.
UGC forms panel to work on textbooks in Indian languages

RBI Monetary policy committee (MPC) December 2022 held: Repo rate hiked by 35 basis points (bps) to 6.25 per cent; Growth forecast for the current financial year cut to 6.8 per cent; Functionality of a single-block-and-multiple debit in UPI to be introduced.

N Chandrasekaran appointed the chair of B20 India, to lead the business agenda during India’s G20 presidency.
Arun Kumar Singh, former chairman of BPCL, is appointed Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC.
Supreme Court directs Centre, RBI to submit records behind demonetisation decision.

Passport Index 2022 published by published by Arton Capital; UAE ranked first and India at 87 in the world’s strongest passport list.
Time magazine names Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky as ‘Person of the year 2022’
India’s Information and Broadcasting Ministry asks Google to stop publishing online betting advertisements.
Forbes’ annual list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Biocon Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Nykaa founder Falguni Nayar are among six Indians in the list.

FIFA World Cup 2022: Morocco, Brazil, Croatia, Netherlands, France, Argentina, Portugal and England are the final eight teams
Mirabai Chanu wins silver medal at the weightlifting World Championships in Bogota, Colombia