Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: December 8, 2021

December 8, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for December 8, 2021

INDIA

– Successful Flight Test of Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile conducted by DRDO

– PANEX-21, Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief exercise of BIMSTEC to be held on Dec 20-22 in Pune

– Armed Forces Flag Day celebrated on Dec 7

– National Commission for Women (NCW) launches a Pan-India Capacity Building Programme ‘She is a Changemaker’ for Women in Politics

– Govt plans to amend Notaries Act to restrict the number of terms a person can practice as a notary to allow more young legal practitioners enter the field

– UP: PM inaugurates AIIMS, Regional Medical Research Centre of ICMR and fertiliser plant in Gorakhpur

– Former CEC Sunil Arora joins Board of Advisers for International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

– Nanda Prusty, centenarian teacher and Padma Shri awardee, dies in Odisha at 104

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

– Ministry of Civil Aviation mandates Air Suvidha Portal to provide hassle-free, queue free, and convenient air travel to all international passengers

– India, ADB sign $125 million loan to improve water supply and sanitation in Uttarakhand

– India, ADB sign $150 million loan to provide affordable housing for urban poor in Tamil Nadu

– Three Indian companies — Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Ordnance Factory Board and Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL). The arms sales of HAL (ranked 42nd) and BEL (ranked 66th) — among top-100 arms sellers in 2020: SIPRI (Stockholm Institute Peace Research Institute)

– India, Russia vow to deepen space collaboration, sign cooperation pact

– NTPC and Russia’s Inter RAO-Export sign MoU for cooperation in power sector

– Collaboration agreements signed between Indiana and Russian companies in petroleum sector

– Memorandums of Cooperation signed between Russian research centre and 3 Indian steel companies