9 December 2022 : Latest Current Affairs 9th December
Important Current Affairs 9th December 2022
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 9th December about national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 9th December 2022 current affairs then read this article till the end.
Current Affairs of 9th December – National News
1. Falguni Nayar and Roshni Nadar are listed among the “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” in Forbes’ newest list, “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2022.”
◉ Six Indians, including the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the CEO of Biocon, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, and the founder of Nykaa, Falguni Nayar, have made it onto Forbes’ annual list of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.
◉ Nirmala Sitharaman, ranked at number 36, has appeared on the list four times in a row. The 63-year-old minister was rated 37th on the list in 2021, after placing 41st in 2020 and 34th in 2019.
2. In New Delhi, Mansukh Mandaviya opened the FAI Annual Seminar.
◉ The Fertilizer Association of India (FAI) Annual Seminar 2022 has officially begun in New Delhi under the auspices of Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
◉ Along with the FAI Data portal, he also published three FAI publications. A unified database will be produced via this portal.
The theme of the FAI Annual Seminar 2022 is “Fertilizer Sector by 2030.”
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International News
3. Priyanka Chopra is one of four Indians in the BBC’s list of the 100 most powerful women.
◉ The BBC has published a list of the top 100 women in the world in terms of influence as of 2022.
Four Indians, including Priyanka Chopra, are included in the BBC’s list of the 100 most influential women in the world this year.
◉ She is the only actor from India on the list, which also features Rita Moreno, Billie Eilish, and actor and disability rights advocate Selma Blair.
◉ Priyanka Chopra Jonas, an actress, Geetanjali Shree, an author, Sirisha Bandla, an engineer and astronaut, and Sneha Jawale are among the other four Indian women on this list (social worker).
4. In 2022, India has the 87th-strongest passport in the world.
◉ The UAE ranked first in the rating of passports for 2022, while India was ranked 87 in the list of the strongest passports in the world.
◉ The Arton Capital publication, Passport Index 2022, lists the world’s strongest and weakest passports.
◉ After UAE, European nations dominated the list’s top ten positions.
Germany, Sweden, Finland, Luxembourg, Spain, and France were listed after UAE, which came in the first place. Pakistan was 94th, while Afghanistan was last.
Banking
5. ICICI Lombard and AU Small Finance Bank collaborated in bancassurance.
◉ A bancassurance contract between ICICI Lombard General Insurance and the AU Small Finance Bank has been struck.
◉ Goal: Diversify access for bank customers to the portfolio of non-life insurers and increase penetration throughout India.
◉ Over 980 banking touchpoints in 20 states and 2 union territories will offer the full range of goods.
◉ With this cooperation, over 980 banking touchpoints of the bank will offer the general insurance portfolio of ICICI Lombard products.
Appointment
6. Dina Boluarte was chosen to serve as Peru’s first female president.
◉ Dina Boluarte, a former vice president, is now Peru’s sixth and first female president.
◉ The unenviable task of uniting a divided Peru, where the government has been at odds with Congress for more than a year, falls to Boluarte, 60, who began the day as vice president and is next in line to succeed Castillo.
◉ When her predecessor was being imprisoned by police and was being impeached by lawmakers, she took her oath.
Awards
7. Mondo & McLaughlin-Levrone Duplantis got accolades for World Athlete of the Year 2022.
◉ America’s world-class hurdler The World Athlete of the Year honors went to Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Swedish pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis. 2022
◉ McLaughlin-Levrone- She has twice broken the women’s 400-meter hurdles world record.
◉ She became the first American since Dalilah Muhammad, a fellow 400-meter hurdler, to win Athlete of the Year in 2019.
◉ Duplantis—He has won both the indoor and outdoor world titles while breaking the record for the pole vault three times.
Science
8. In an agreement to build private spacecraft, ISRO and Vyom Space
◉ For its people and cargo transportation capsule program, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Gurugram-based private space company Vyom Space Exploration and Services Private Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding.
◉ The module that any cargo is placed within for transportation into space is referred to as a “capsule” in a space mission. The astronauts are kept inside the capsule during manned missions.
◉ With the exception of Crew Dragon, a reusable people and cargo module from US-based commercial space company Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the capsules have mainly been single-use.
Sports
9. During the finals, Deepika Padukone will unveil the FIFA World Cup trophy.
◉ The FIFA World Cup trophy will be unveiled during the finals by actor Deepika Padukone, who may be the first international performer to do so in FIFA’s history.
◉ On December 18, the championship game will take place in Qatar’s Lusail Iconic Stadium.
◉ The competition runs from November 20 to December 18.
◉ In 2022, she also received the TIME100 Impact Award.
10. Eden Hazard made a football-related announcement about his retirement.
◉ Following Belgium’s early elimination from the FIFA World Cup 2022, captain Eden Hazard of Belgium has declared his retirement from international play.
◉ He led Belgium during the FIFA World Cup 2022 as its captain.
◉ In 126 games since making his international debut in 2008, Hazard has scored 33 goals.
Important day
11. International Anti-Corruption Day is on December 9th.
◉ Every year on December 9, people around the world celebrate International Anti-Corruption Day.
◉ The goal is to increase public knowledge of corruption and the available countermeasures.
◉ Uniting the World Against Corruption is the theme for 2022.
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