24 December 2022 Current Affairs by WestBengaljob.in

1) Former Supreme Court judge Hemant Gupta has been appointed as the chairperson of New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC).

2) Assam State Cabinet led by Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma approved the proposal for grant of Industrial status to the tourism sector in Assam.

Assam

CM - Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma
Governor - Prof Jagdish Mukhi
➨Dibru Saikhowa National Park
➨ Bihu Dance, Jhumar Dance
➨ Bagurumba Dance, Sattriya Dance, Deodhani dance
➨Kaziranga National Park
➨Nameri National Park
➨Manas National Park

3) The Air India management has appointed Air India Express CEO Aloke Singh as the chief of Air India's low-cost airline business.

➨ The Low Cost Carrier (LCC) business will consist of AirAsia India and Air India Express.





4) Retired IAS officer and Tamil writer M Rajendran has been chosen for the Sahitya Akademi award for the year 2022 for his novel Kala Pani which narrates the war between Marudhu brothers and East India Company in 1801 in the forests of Kalayarkoil.

5) Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has nominated legendary former athlete PT Usha to the panel of vice-chairperson in the upper house of the Parliament.

➨ YSRCP member Vijai Sai Reddy has also been nominated along with her.

6) Urban 20 event is being organised by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in Gujarat under the G20 presidency of India.
➨ The first meeting of Sherpas of Urban-20 (U20) will be held in Ahmedabad on 9-10 February 2023 by C-40 (Climate 40) and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG).

Gujarat:-

➨CM - Bhupendra Patel
➨Governor - Acharya Devvrat
➨Nageshwar Temple
➨Somnath Temple
➠ Marine( Gulf of Kachchh) WLS
➠Nal Sarovar Bird Santuary
➠ Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant
➠ Narayan Sarovar wildlife sanctuary
➠ Sardar Sarovar Hydro Electric Power Plant
➠Porbandar Lake wildlife sanctuary

7) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar declared India's candidature as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2028-29 term.

8) Sethrichem Sangtam, who helped triple the incomes of 1,200 marginalised farmers in Eastern Nagaland, was awarded the first Rohini Nayyar prize for outstanding contribution to rural development.

9) Kashmir’s harshest winter period, ‘Chilla-i-Kalan’, began with the mercury dropping several notches below the freezing point in many places including Pahalgam.

10) Suhel Ajaz Khan, India’s ambassador to Lebanon, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

11) Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has become the only Indian to be named in an international list of 50 greatest actors of all time by a prominent British magazine.

12) The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2021-22 has been jointly won by Sudeep Sen for his genre and formbender Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation (Pippa Rann Books & Media, 2021) and Shobhana Kumar for her haibun collection A Sky Full of Bucket Lists (Red River, 2021).

13) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced a "Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana" to provide houses to the needy on the lines of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.

Haryana:-

➨Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant
➨Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary
➨Karoh Peak
➨Phag Dance, Saang Dance
➨Chhathi Dance, Khoria Dance ➨Dhamal Dance, Daph Dance
➨Badkhal Lake