Current Affairs

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December - 08

• Dina Boluarte became Peru’s first female president .

• The Meghalaya government in partnership with startup TechEagle has unveiled Asia’s first drone delivery hub and network which is aimed at providing universal access to healthcare for the people in the state.

• India’s total coal production went up by 11.66 per cent to 75.87 million tonnes in November 2022 from 67.94 million tonnes recorded during the corresponding period of last year.

• Distinguished Scientist of Department of Atomic Energy, K.V. Suresh Kumar has assumed charge as Chairman and Managing Director of BharatiyaNabhikiyaVidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI) on 2nd December 2022 at Kalpakkam.

• K V Shaji has been named Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).

• State-owned Bank of Baroda on 6 December 2022 has bagged an EAG Laureate award in the International Olympiad of Financial Security held at Sochi, Russia on 10 October 2022.

• Google has released its “Year in Search 2022” report, which highlights the topics that generated the most interest and were most frequently searched on the website this year. 

• Time magazine named President Volodymyr Zelensky as well as “the spirit of Ukraine” as its 2022 person of the year, for the resistance the country has shown in the face of Russia’s invasion.

• Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu won silver at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Colombia.

• Sixteen-year-old Aditya Mittal has become India’s 77th chess Grandmaster during an ongoing tournament in Spain.