8 December 2022 : Latest Current Affairs 8th December
Important Current Affairs 8th December 2022
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 8th December about national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 8th December 2022 current affairs then read this article till the end.
Current Affairs of 8th December – National News
1. In January 2023, India will host the 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas in Indore.
◉ The 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas will take place in Indore, India, on January 8–10, 2023.
Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, president of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, will attend the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas as the chief guest.
◉ At the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, which will take place on January 8, 2023, Australian MP Zaneta Mascarenhas will be the special guest.
2. Anurag Thakur opened the first drone training conference in India.
◉ Anurag Singh Thakur, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Information, and Broadcasting opened the first drone training and skilling virtual e-learning platform in India in Chennai.
◉ He also kicked started Garuda Aerospace’s Operation 777 Drone Yatra and the 1000-planned Drone Center of Excellence at the company’s Chennai manufacturing facility.
◉ Operation 777 is designed to show off the effectiveness of drones in 777 Indian districts.
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International News
3. In February 2023, India will host the 12th World Hindi Conference in Fiji.
◉ The Government of Fiji and the Ministry of External Affairs are working together to host the 12th World Hindi Conference in Fiji from February 15–17, 2023.
◉ From Traditional Knowledge to Artificial Intelligence is the theme in Hindi.
◉ Indian nationals must pay a registration fee of 2000 rupees, Indian students 500 rupees, foreigners $50, and international students $10.
4. Oxford’s Word of the Year for 2022 – Goblin Mode
◉ “Goblin mode” has been chosen as the 2022 Oxford Word of the Year by Oxford University Press (OUP), the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary.
◉ This phrase describes conduct that is “unapologetically self-indulgent, indolent, slovenly, or greedy, usually in a way that contradicts social norms or expectations” — characteristics that may have been commonplace to many during the lockdown.
Banking
5. Axis Bank and Spice Money collaborated to promote financial inclusion in rural India.
◉ Spice Money and Axis Bank have teamed up to make it easier for rural residents to open fast, zero-balance savings or current accounts through Spice Money’s Adhikari network.
◉ Goal: To eliminate the gap between rural and urban areas and promote financial inclusion by giving customers access to banking services right at their doorstep.
◉ More than 10 lakh Adhikaris make up the Spice Money network, which serves more than 10 crore homes and spans more than 18,000 postcodes, 700 districts, and 5,000 blocks.
Appointment
6. Kanitkar was chosen as the Indian Women’s Cricket Batting Coach
◉ Hrishikesh Kanitkar has been named the Senior Women’s Cricket Team’s Batting Coach by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
◉ From the forthcoming five-match T20I series against Australia that gets underway on December 9 in Mumbai, Kanitkar will be in command of the squad.
◉ Since Romesh Powar’s contract with the Indian national women’s cricket team expired, the team has been without a head coach for the previous two months.
◉ Between 1997 and 2000, Kanitkar participated in 34 ODIs and two Test matches for India.
7. J&K High Court’s interim chief justice is Justice Tashi Rabstan
◉ The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court’s acting chief justice have been named by the Indian government as Justice Tashi Rabstan.
◉ He has replaced current Chief Justice Ali Mohd Magrey, who retired on 7th December 2022.
President is happy to designate Justice Tashi Rabstan, the senior-most judge of the high court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
◉ On March 6, 1990, Justice Rabstan registered as an advocate with the J&K Bar Council.
Awards
8. Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, is named Time’s Person of the Year for 2022.
◉ Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, was selected Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2022.
◉ His valor in defying Russia’s disastrous invasion garnered him praise from all around the world and served as an inspiration to Ukrainians.
◉ The K-pop group Blackpink was named Time’s Entertainer of the Year for 2022, and women in Iran were named the magazine’s 2022 Heroes of the Year.
◉ American baseball player Aaron Judge has been named the year’s top athlete, and Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh has been named the year’s top icon.
Sports
9. At the weightlifting world championship in Colombia, Mirabai Chanu took home silver.
◉ During the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Colombia, Mirabai Chanu took home the silver medal.
◉ She defeated China’s Hou Zhihua, the champion from Tokyo 2020.
◉ Zhihua lifted a total of 198 kg, while Mirabai lifted a combined 200 kg.
◉ A gold medalist at the 2017 World Championships with a lift of 194 kg, Mirabai now had two medals to her name.
◉ Compared to Zhihua’s total of 198 kg, she lifted a combined total of 200 kg.
10. Aditya Mittal becomes the 77th Grandmaster of Chess in India.
◉ Aditya Mittal, a 16-year-old Mumbai player, has advanced to the rank of chess grandmaster during the ongoing Ellobregat Open competition in Spain.
◉ In the sixth round of the ongoing tournament, he achieved three GM norms and surpassed the 2,500 ELO points live rating threshold.
◉ To do this, he drew a match with Francisco Vallejo Pons.
◉ At the Serbia Masters 2021, Mittal attained his first GM norm.
Obituary
11. Yoginder K. Alagh, a distinguished economist, passed away
◉ Yoginder K. Alagh, a renowned economist, a retired professor at the Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research (SPIESR) in Ahmedabad, and a former minister died.
◉ He was born in Chakwal (in present-day Pakistan) in 1939.
Professor Y.K. Alagh had a strong interest in many facets of public policy, especially economics, the environment, and rural development.
◉ From 1982 and 1983, as chairman of the Agricultural Prices Commission.
◉ Alagh served as vice-chancellor of the esteemed Jawaharlal Nehru University from 1992 to 1996. (JNU),
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