Current Affairs, December 2024

30th December-2024, Current Affairs:

• Jimmy Carter, who served as the 39th President of the US, passed away Sunday in his home in Plains, Georgia, The Carter Center announced. He was 100.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) is all set with its Space Docking experiment known as the SpaDex mission. Its powerhorse rocket PSLV C60 will lift off tonight from spaceport Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
• In Chess, India’s Koneru Humpy wins her second women’s title beating Indonesia’s Irene Sukander in the World Rapid and Blitz Championship held in New York.

27th December-2024, Current Affairs:

• Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh passed away in New Delhi last night. He was 92. Dr Singh breathed his last at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi.
• Former Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed as the new Governor of Manipur. VK Singh, a retired Army Chief and a former minister in the previous Narendra Modi-led government, has been appointed the new Mizoram Governor. There has been a swap of states for Governors of Kerala and Bihar - Arif Mohammed, the Kerala Governor, is now the Governor of Bihar, and Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Governor of Bihar, is now in charge of Kerala.

23rd December-2024, Current Affairs:

• Renowned filmmaker Shyam Benegal died on Monday after days of suffering from a chronic kidney-related disease. Shyam Benegal was known for films like Ankur, Mandi, Manthan and more, most of which were released in the mid-70s or 80s, and came to be known as part of parallel cinema in India.
• Retired Supreme Court judge V. Ramasubramanian has been appointed as the new chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today.
• National Farmers' Day is being observed across the nation today.
• In the United States, President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Indian-American entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan as the Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence, AI.

22nd December-2024, Current Affairs:

• Kuwait has bestowed its highest honour, the Order of Mubarak Al Kabeer, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Order of Mubarak Al Kabeer is a knighthood order of Kuwait.
• In Women’s Cricket, India clinched the inaugural Under-19 ACC Women’s T20 Asia Cup title at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after defeating Bangladesh by 41 runs in the final.
• The Union Transport Minister today inaugurated India’s First National Highway constructed using Bio- Bitumen material in Nagpur-Mansar Bypass project of National Highway 44 in Nagpur District.
• Union Railway and Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today conferred the 69th Ati Vishisht Rail Seva Award 2024 to 101 employees and officers for their exceptional contributions to the Indian Railways.

18th December-2024, Current Affairs:

• The bills related to One Nation One Election have been introduced in the Lok Sabha today.
• India has become the 3rd largest exporter of smartphones in the world, which was on the 23rd rank in 2019. The country’s smartphone exports have also breached the 20 thousand crore rupees mark in a single month, in November 2024.
• India off-spinner R Ashwin announced his retirement from all formats of cricket on Wednesday after the end of the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

16th December-2024, Current Affairs:

• Renowned tabla maestro and Grammy Award winner Ustad Zakir Hussain passed away on Sunday in a US hospital following a heart ailment. The Padma Vibhushan Zakir Hussain had been suffering from blood pressure issues. He was 73 years old.
• Vijay Diwas, observed today to commemorates India’s decisive victory over Pakistan in the 1971 Indo-Pak War.
• In Hockey, India won the Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2024 championship in Muscat, Oman last night. In the title clash, the Indian team defeated China 3-2 in a penalty shootout to successfully defend its title.
• Mumbai has won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. In the final match last night, Mumbai registered a five-wicket victory over Madhya Pradesh at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

13th December-2024, Current Affairs:

• India's D Gukesh became the youngest-ever world champion on Thursday, December 12. The 18-year-old defeated China's Ding Liren in the decisive Game 14 to clinch the prestigious title.
• Forbes 2024 list of The Worlds 100 Most Powerful Women features three Indians Nirmala Sitharaman, Roshni Nadar Malhotra and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.
• The Lok Sabha will begin a two-day debate today on the Constitution to mark the beginning of the 75th year of its adoption in the country.

11th December-2024, Current Affairs:

• Sanjay Malhotra officially assumed office as the 26th governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a three-year term. A Princeton-educated revenue secretary and veteran bureaucrat with over three decades of civil service experience, Malhotra succeeds Shaktikanta Das, who served as RBI governor for six years.
• Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light bagged two nominations in Golden Globe Awards 2025, including Best Director (Motion Picture) and Best Non-English Language Motion Picture.
• The Lok Sabha today passed the Railways (Amendment) Bill 2024 with a voice vote. The bill seeks to amend the Railways Act 1989 and is intended to enhance the power of the Railways Board and improve the functioning and independence of the body.
• President Droupadi Murmu today conferred National Panchayat Awards 2024, organised by Ministry of Panchayati Raj at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. A total of 45 awardees were conferred this year under various categories.
• In Syria, Mohamed al-Bashir has been appointed the caretaker Prime Minister of the transitional government.
• US President-elect Donald Trump has named Republican Party activist Harmeet Dhillon to be the Assistant Attorney General for civil rights.

9th December-2024, Current Affairs:

• Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra has been appointed Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He will take charge from Wednesday for three years, the government said in a statement.
• In Men’s Asia Cup Under-19 Cricket, Bangladesh has defeated India in the final to lift the cup.

7th December-2024, Current Affairs:

• Armed Forces Flag Day being observed today.
• England became the first side in the 147-year history of Test cricket to score 500,000 runs in Test cricket. This is England's 1082th Test.

5th December-2024, Current Affairs:

• BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis today took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra along with two deputy chief ministers, Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde and Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP’s) Ajit Pawar.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) workhorse rocket PSLV successfully lifted off with the European Space Agency (ESA) Proba-3 satellite from Sriharikota.

3rd December-2024, Current Affairs:

• The Lok Sabha has passed the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024. The Bill seeks to increase the option for nominees per bank account to four, from the existing one. The bill also proposes to redefine substantial interest for directorships, which could increase to two crore rupees instead of the current limit of five lakh rupees.
• South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law for first time since 1980.

1st December-2024, Current Affairs:

• US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Indian-American Kash Patel to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). With this appointment, Mr. Patel became the second Indian American to be picked in his cabinet.
• World AIDS Day is observed today. The theme for World AIDS Day 2024, “Take the rights path: My health, my right!”.
• The BCCI's outgoing secretary Jay Shah took charge as the chairman of the International Cricket Council, becoming the fifth Indian to head the global body.

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