Today’s top News – 18 December 2022

union territory ladakh to host g20 event in 2023

1. Agriculture Ministry to host Millet food festival in Parliament on December 20.

2. Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah presided over the 25th Eastern Zonal Council meeting in Kolkata on Saturday.

3. PM Modi will visit Meghalaya and Tripura on Sunday. He will inaugurate, dedicate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth over 6,800 crore rupees.

4. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his statement against the Indian Army in Arunachal Pradesh Borders.

5. Union Health and Family Welfare minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday inaugurated new facilities at the state-of-the-art, National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Research (NARFBR) in Hyderabad.

6. Union Territory Ladakh is hosting a G20 event in April, 2023. India will host over 200 meetings in over 50 cities across 32 different work streams. Scheduled G2O meeting in Ladakh is a great opportunity for Ladakh to showcase its unique cultural and natural heritage and for branding of new UT Ladakh.

7. Andhra Pradesh government issued an order directing all government schools to introduce a two-semester system from class 1 to 9 and for class 10 from academic years 2023-24 and 2024-25, respectively. The new system is part of the effective implementation of the National Education Policy.

8. Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) employees are protesting in Navi Mumbai and nearby areas after Adani Electricity reportedly applied for a license to distribute power in the region.

9. Punjab minister Inderbir Nijjar said that Ferozepur has emerged as the state’s first district to clear all its legacy waste, amounting to 7,911 metric tonnes (MT). Legacy waste is usually defined as waste that has been kept for years at a landfill.

10. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reportedly had a closed-door meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday.

11. The lumpy skin disease in animals spreads in Andhra pradesh Hundreds of animals died after they were infected by the virus.

12. The initiative of launching Anti-Drug Committees (ADCs) at educational institutions by the Hyderabad city police was launched by commissioner C.V. Anand at the Tagore Auditorium of Osmania University on Friday.

CRIME / ACCIDENTs REPORT

1. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decided to depute its own team for an on spot enquiry in the wake of more deaths reported in other districts of Bihar in hooch tragedy.

2. The Police on Saturday busted a fake currency racket in Pathankot and arrested three persons involved in production and supply of counterfeit currency. Police seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) amounting to ₹2.52 lakh.

3. Punjab’s Mohali Police on Saturday got two-day remand of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in connection with an extortion case.

4. Three people lost their lives while 20 others were injured when a two buses collided on Greater Noida Expressway under Knowledge Park area on Sunday morning.

5. Another Shraddha-like Murder Case: A man named Anuj Sharma allegedly killed his aunt, chopped her body into pieces with a marble cutter and dumped them at different places near Delhi highway.

6. Six members of a family, who were sleeping at their residence in the Mancherial district in Telangana, died in a fire accident.

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1. The Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council decides to reduce tax rates on Ethyl alcohol from 18 to 5 ℅. Abolishes tax rate on husk of pulses including chilka.

2. The First Framework Working Group Meeting of the Finance Track under G20 India Presidency concluded in Bengaluru on Saturday.

ENTERTAINMENT

1. Actor Sonu Sood’s charity foundation has launched a campaign to help patients suffering from knee ailments, especially senior citizens.

2. Pathaan movie is very patriotic: actor Shah Rukh Khan said amid boycott calls.

3. Iranian Oscar-winning Actor Taraneh Alidoosti Arrested After Voicing Support for the three-month-old protest movement triggered by the death of a woman in custody.

DEFENCE

1. The Indian Air Force has received the 4.5 generation last Rafale fighter jet delivered by French aviation. Rafale fighter jet receives water cannon salute at Hasimara Air Force base.

In September 2016, India ordered 36 Rafale aircraft from France, and the Indian Air Force established two Rafale squadrons. The first was in Haryana’s Ambala, and the second was in West Bengal’s Hasimara.

2. Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Saturday emphasized the need to repopulate the unoccupied areas near the border in Uttarakhand adding that if repopulation is not possible then such areas should be made tourist hubs.

3. The civilian killings triggered massive protests in Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar. The J & K police have filed a case and promised a fair probe while the Army assured cooperation into investigations after two civilians were killed in firing outside an army camp in Rajouri.

4. Raksha Mantri Rajnath at the 95th FICCI Annual General Meeting in New Delhi on Saturday said that, India is making defence products not just for the domestic market but also to meet global requirements.

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18 Dec (SUNDAY)
Vedic Ritu: Hemant
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Agrahayana 25,(Amanta)
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