28 December 2022 Current Affairs by Westbengaljob.in

1) Senior bureaucrats Santosh Kumar Yadav has been appointed as chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) :-
➨Founded - 1988
➨Sector - Indian National Highway System
➨Purpose - Development and maintenance of national highways
➨Headquarters - New Delhi



2) The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to legally pursue the inclusion of 865 Marathi-speaking villages in Karnataka into the State, amid the raging boundary dispute between the two States.

 Maharashtra :-

➨ Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park
➨ Tadoba National Park
➨Nawegaon National Park
➨Gugamal National Park
➨Chandoli National Park

3) Meghalaya topped the country with the average monthly income per agricultural household.
➨ Punjab is second followed by Haryana , Arunachal Pradesh.

4) Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain and the reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen registered contrasting victories to clinch the titles in the 6th Elite Women's National Boxing Championships.

5) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reduced India’s growth prediction for FY 23 from 7.4% forecasted in July to 6.8%.

➨ India’s growth projection for FY23 has undergone three decreases, starting from 9% in January of this year.

6) India's badminton star PV Sindhu is the only Indian player in the top 25 in Forbes' annual list of the highest-paid female athletes in the world.

7) US President Joe Biden nominated Indian American Richard R Verma to a top diplomatic position in the US Department of State.

8) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for copra for 2023 season.
➨The MSP for Fair Average Quality of milling copra has been fixed at Rs. 10860/- per quintal and for ball copra at Rs. 11750/- per quintal for the 2023 season.

9) H.R. Keshava Murthy, a senior gamaka exponent, who was honoured with Padma Shri earlier this year, passed away at the age of 89.

10) Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari appointed CPN-Maoist Centre chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ as the new Prime Minister of Nepal.

11) The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE India) received an in-principle approval from the Securities Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to set-up SSE as a separate segment.

12) Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal launched a host of new initiatives, including the right-to-repair portal and an NTH mobile app, and opened new premises of the National Consumer Helpline centre in the national capital.

13) Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated the National level Kabaddi championship in Udupi, Karnataka.

Karnataka:-
CM :- Basavaraj Bommai
Governor :- Thawarchand Gehlot
Nagarhole National Park
Bandipur National Park
Kudremukh National Park
Language - Kannada
Formation - 1 November 1956
Port :- New Mangalore Port
Anshi National Park
Bannerghata National Park

14) Indian Bank, one of the leading public sector banks in the country, launched its flagship business mentoring program for MSME entrepreneurs – "MSME Prerana" – in the state of Rajasthan.

 Rajasthan:-

Governor - Kalraj Mishra
➭Amber Palace
➭Hawa Mahal
➭Ranthambore National Park
➭City Palace
➭Keoladeo Ghana National Park
➭Sariska National Park.
➭ Kumbhalgarh Fort