Important Daily Current Affairs of 17th Dcember 2021
In this article, we will discuss all the important current affairs of 17th Dcember 2021 in detail.
National
1. For maoist-affected districts, Jharkhand’s chief minister introduced the Sports Action toward Harnessing Aspiration of Youth (SAHAY) scheme.
- Jharkhand’s Chief Minister. Hemant Soren has launched the Sports Action toward Harnessing Aspiration of Youth (SAHAY) programme, which aims to develop youthful sporting talent in the state’s Maoist-affected districts.
- Left Wing Extremism (LWE) afflicted 19 of the state’s 24 districts, prompting the development of this scheme.
2. The 7th India International Science Festival will take place in Panaji, Goa, in 2021.
- The 7th edition of the India International Science Festival, IISF, was opened by Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (I/C) for Science and Technology, in Panaji, Goa, from the 10th to the 13th of December 2021.
- The IISF is a collaboration between the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Earth Sciences, and Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA), Bharat’s swadeshi science movement.
3. PFC signed an agreement with GreenCell Mobility to deploy 350 electric buses across nine cities in Uttar Pradesh. PFC, a Maharatna company, signed an agreement with GreenCell Mobility (an e-mobility platform supported by the Indian government and the United Kingdom) to lend INR 275 crore for the deployment of 350 electric buses across nine cities in Uttar Pradesh.
- The project is part of the FAME-II strategy for faster adoption and manufacturing of hybrid and electric vehicles. Agra, Meerut, Aligarh, Bareilly, Ghaziabad, and Mathura would be among the cities where the buses will be deployed.
4. Rajasthan has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rays Power Infra to generate 500 megawatts of green electricity.
- The Rajasthan government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rays Power Infra to construct a cutting-edge PV Photovoltaic (PV) Power Station (often known as a solar power plant) that will create 500 MW of green electricity.
- This Memorandum of Understanding is a critical step toward a more environmentally friendly future. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed at the ongoing Dubai Expo to reduce traditional non-renewable energy consumption.
5. Meta and CBSE have expanded their relationship to include a digital safety and online well-being curriculum, as well as AR.
- Over the next three years, Meta (formerly Facebook) plans to expand its partnership with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to provide a digital safety and online well-being curriculum as well as Augmented Reality (AR) to around 1 crore college students and 10 lakh educators across India.
- This was announced at Meta’s Fuel for India 2021 by Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s founder and CEO. This is in keeping with the Indian government’s goal of universalizing education.
International News
6. India and Uzbekistan have teamed up to enhance collaboration and strengthen interregional ties.
- India and Uzbekistan have agreed to strengthen interregional cooperation, particularly between Andijan (Uzbekistan) and Gujarat (India).
- Between Uzbekistan’s Fergana area and Haryana, the towns of Bukhara and Hyderabad, and Tashkent and New Delhi, direct interaction for the realisation of collaborative projects in the investment, commercial, and cultural-humanitarian sectors would be developed.
Banking & Finance News
7. The Cabinet has authorised an incentive scheme to promote RuPay Debit Cards and BHIM-UPI transactions of modest value.
- The Union Cabinet has authorised a scheme to encourage the use of RuPay Debit cards and low-value (up to Rs. 2,000) BHIM-UPI transactions (Person-to-Merchant (P2M)] in India.
- Unbanked and disenfranchised populations outside the traditional banking-financial system will be able to use Digital Modes of Payment as a result.
8. The Cabinet has approved a scheme of 76,000 crores to stimulate semiconductor production.
- A Rs 76,000-crore production linked incentive (PLI) scheme to stimulate semiconductor and display manufacturing in India has been approved by the Union Cabinet.
- The total amount of production linked incentive (PLI) for the electronics sector now stands at Rs 2.30 lakh crore.
9. ‘Paytm Wealth Academy’ was introduced by Paytm. Traders and investors will be trained using an EdTech platform.
- Paytm has launched ‘Paytm Wealth Academy,’ a first-of-its-kind Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered Educational Technology (EdTech) platform for traders and investors.
- Individuals’ demands will be met through the educational portal, which will offer courses and webinars on trading and financial topics.
10. Inflation in the WPI is at an all-time high, rising to 14.23% in November.
- On a year-over-year basis, producer inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) reached an all-time high of 23 percent in November, up from 12.54 percent in October.
- The inflation base year for the Wholesale Price-based Index (WPI) is 2011-12. In addition, the increase is the biggest since April 2005.
Appointments News
11. General MM Naravane has been named Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.
- General Manoj Mukund Naravane, the Chief of Army Staff, has been named Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC).
- The Army, Navy, and Air Force chiefs make up the CoSC. He took over as Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) after General Bipin Rawat died in a car accident in Tamil Nadu.
Sports News
12. The BCCI established a committee for cricketers with special needs.
- The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) has established a committee for the country’s differently abled cricketers.
- For the past many years, a board comprising three former handicapped cricketers has been awaiting the Justice Lodha committee’s recommendation. The BCCI, led by president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah, supported the proposal.
Awards & Honours News
13. The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) in Silicon Valley presented Kumar Mangalam Birla with the Global Entrepreneur of the Year Award- Business Transformation on Thursday. Kumar Mangalam Birla is the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group.
- Along with top global business executives Satya Nadella, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos, Birla is the first Indian industrialist to receive the award for global entrepreneurship.
14. Lewis Hamilton, the Formula One champion, has been knighted.
- A total of seven Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton, the reigning Formula One champion, has been knighted for his contributions to the sport. Hamilton is the fourth driver in Formula One history to be knighted.
- Knighthoods had already been bestowed upon the late Australian Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss, and triple champion Jackie Stewart. With 103 victories, Lewis Hamilton holds the record for most race victories.
Books & Authors News
15. SS Oberoi has written a book named “Rewinding of the First 25 Years of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.”
- Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary of MeitY, inaugurated the book “Rewinding of First 25 Years of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology,” written by S S Oberoi, a former adviser at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
- The book is made up of personal experiences as well as obstacles faced while working as a MeitY advisor. He was the first Director of the Software Development Agency, as well as the first Information Technology Advisor.
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