1. Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Third Amendment) Bill, 2022.
Lok Sabha passes Bill to include Himachal Pradesh’s Hattee community in the list of Scheduled Tribes.
2. The maternity benefits of more than 12,150 crore rupees has been disbursed to over 2.77 crore beneficiaries so far under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana.
3. Government on Friday said it has no proposal under consideration currently to enact a separate law to regulate digital media in the country.
4. The government on Friday said that it does not provide any direct monetary subsidy to individual pilgrims of Mansarovar Yatra.
5. The month-long Kashi Tamil Sangamam in Varanasi concluded.
6. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay’s much awaited TechFest 2022 was inaugurated on 16 Dec.
7. Indian Railways has achieved a rare feat by executing the breakthrough of Escape Tunnel T-49 between Sumber and Khari Stations on the Katra -Banihal section.
This is a part of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project (USBRL Project). The length of the escape tunnel is 12.895kms and is the longest escape tunnel of India
8. PM Modi has announced an ex-gratia of two lakh rupees for the next of kin of each deceased in the tragic cylinder mishap in Jodhpur, Rajasthan in which 32 people were killed and 50 injured in a the cylinder explosion at Bhungra village in the Shergarh subdivision on 8th of December.
9. After Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed that China is preparing for war with India, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the Wayanad MP shouldn’t be taken seriously. Joshi added that India lost “lots of land” to China because of the “mistakes” made by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
10. Five students, aged between 13 and 15, drowned in the Krishna river in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district on Friday.
11. The centre has agreed to withdraw 86 cases related to farmers’ agitation. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said.
12. The application process for the Common University Entrance Test for Graduation, CUET-UG, to be conducted between the 21st and 31st of May, will start in the first week of February next year.
13. BJP to hold protests today against Pakistan FM Bilawal Bhutto’s remarks against PM Modi
This outrage comes in response to the Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto’s defamatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi made during a press conference at the United Nations.
CRIME REPORT
1. Bihar: Death toll in hooch tragedy in Saran district rises to 59, Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident.
2. The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered two fresh cases against fugitive Mehul Choksi and others for allegedly cheating a consortium of banks.
3. Three workers died and six others were critically injured after a major fire broke out at a three-storey bicycle parts-making factory in the Fazalganj industrial area of Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur on Friday.
4. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a chargesheet against 11 accused in connection with the murder of Amravati-based chemist Umesh Kolhe in June.
The 54 year old chemist from Amravati city in Maharashtra was murdered on June 21 this year allegedly for a social media post supporting former BJP national spokesperson Nupur Sharma who made controversial comments against Prophet Mohammad during a television debate.
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1. Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana envisages to generate direct and indirect employment opportunities to about 55 lakh personnel in fisheries and aquaculture sector by 2024-25.
2. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has appreciated the Textile Department for prioritising Geographical Indication (GI) related weaving in the country and giving them an international platform through free trade agreements.
ENTERTAINMENT
1. Completion of PVR-INOX merger likely within this fiscal: PVR Ltd’s Chairman Ajay Bijli said.
2. Actor Mukesh Khanna has criticised the song ‘Besharam Rang’, saying, “How could censor [board] pass it?” “This is a matter of vulgarity…Our country is no Spain or Sweden…that allows everything. You dared to bring people in such limited clothing, next you will bring them without…clothes,” he added.
3. Comedian-actor Kapil Sharma recently met screenwriter-director V Vijayendra Prasad and shared some pictures from the meeting on his Instagram handle. Kapil wrote, “It was an honour spending time with the legend Mr V Vijayendra Prasad…member of Rajya Sabha and…writer of classic films like ‘Baahubali’, ‘RRR’, ‘Makkhi’ and many more.
DEFENCE
1. The 16th Edition of Indo-Nepal joint training Exercise “SURYA KIRAN-XVI” between India and Nepal will be conducted at Nepal Army Battle School, Saljhandi (Nepal), from 16 – 29 December 2022.
2. The Mormugao, the 163×17 metre stealth-guided missile destroyer, will be commissioned into the Indian Navy on December 18.
Mormugao is packed with sophisticated state-of-the-art weapons and sensors such as surface-to-surface missiles, surface-to-air missiles, a modern surveillance radar and anti-submarine warfare capabilities including rocket and torpedo launchers and helicopters.
3. Border areas along the country’s northern frontier are “stable” and Indian Armed forces remain “firmly in control”, Eastern Army commander Lt General R P Kalita said.
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