1. India’s COVID vaccination coverage has crossed 140 crore 24 lakh. More than 51 lakh vaccine doses have been administered till 7 PM on 23 Dec.
2. Health and Family Welfare Ministry has said that Covid variant Omicron is three times more transmissible than the Delta variant
3. PM Modi chaired a meeting on 23 Dec evening to review the COVID-19 related situation in the country amid the rising cases of Covid variant Omicron.
4. The theme of local for global the 35th Hunar Haat began at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on 23 Dec. The Ministry of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is the nodal agency of the 14 day long event which will conclude on 5th January next year.
5. PM Modi launches, lays foundation stone for 27 projects worth Rs 2000 cr in Varanasi.
6. The PM Modi launched a Portal and a logo dedicated to the Conformity Assessment Scheme of milk products, developed by the Bureau of Indian Standards with the help of National Dairy Development Board. He also virtually distributed the rural residential rights record ‘Gharauni’ under the Swamitva scheme to over 20 Lakh residents of the state.
7. This project will benefit the local farmers of 1,000 neighbouring villages of Purvanchal region like Varanasi, Jaunpur, Chandauli, Bhadohi, Ghazipur, Mirzapur and Azamgarh and they will get Rs.8,000-10,000 for their milk per month.
8. The proposed biogas plant at Varanasi Milk Plant Ramnagar is also unique and it will use about 100 MT of dung per day which shall be aggregated from minimum 2000 farmers (at about 25 kg per farmer owning 2-4 animals) and Gaushalas within radius of about 10 Km of the dairy plant.
9. Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has said that the aim of “Mission Karmayogi” is to impart a futuristic vision to civil services which could effectively determine the roadmap of governance for next 25 years.
10. Union Tribal Affairs Minister, Arjun Munda today launched ‘TRIFED Van Dhan’, a Pictorial Chronicle of Tribal grit and enterprise. It documents the work done for the promotion of tribal enterprise in the country and the achievements of tribal entrepreneurs under the Van Dhan Vikas Yojana. He also launched the formation of 14 Honey Farmer Producer Organizations, MIS Portal for MSP for Minor Forest Produces, communication campaign SAMVAAD.
11. Union Government today said, more than 147 crore 48 lakh doses of Covid vaccines have been provided to States and Union Territories so far.
12. India’s Omicron-case tally crossed the 300-mark on Thursday. Some states, which have seen a persistent rise in cases of this variant, have called for strict Covid-19 curbs ahead of Christmas and New Year.
13. Centre committed to releasing funds for wage, material payments for proper implementation of MGNREGA, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
14. Indian Railways has introduced a new era of train travel experience with enhanced comfort with the conversion of Rajdhani Express coaches with new upgraded Tejas Trains. Currently, Railways is operating four Rajdhani Trains with Tejas Sleeper Coaches. The first Rajdhani upgraded with Tejas rake was introduced in July this year by Western Railway on the Delhi-Mumbai route.
15. DELHI Police arrested two persons allegedly involved in what they claimed was an international racket smuggling fake Indian currency notes in Delhi-NCR region. Police said fake notes of ₹8 lakh were found with the accused, who allegedly circulated fake notes worth over ₹2 crore in two years in Delhi. One of the accused received these notes from Bangladesh, said police.
16. BJP National spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala was appointed as the IT and Social Media department in-charge of the party’s Delhi unit on Thursday.
17. The Kerala High Court allowed online wedding of a lawyer couple, Rintu Thomas and Anantha Krishnan Harikumaran Nair, as Nair was stuck in UK due to Omicron-related travel restrictions. As per Thomas’ plea, the couple had given notice of the wedding on November 11 following the requirements of Special Marriage Act, which mandates a 30-day notice period before the wedding.
18. PUNJAB : Explosion in Ludhiana District Court Complex :: Center has sought a report from the Punjab govt on the explosion in Ludhiana District Court Complex. Sources said the Union Home Ministry has asked the state to send a report about the incident. An explosion in the court complex on 23 Dec afternoon left one person dead and five injured and demolished a part of second floor . Babbar Khalsa suspected to be behind Ludhiana court blast.
19. Meghalaya’s Living Root Bridges of Meghalaya, which highlights the socio-cultural, social and botanical links among people and nature, is vying for tag of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
20. The Tamil Nadu govt has granted parole for Nalini Sriharan, one of the seven life term convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination, the Madras High Court was informed on Thursday.
21. Telangana HC orders state to impose restrictions on gatherings amid Omicron scare.
22. WEST BENGAL : Bidhannagar police arrested two persons in Kolkata for allegedly carrying 13-kg explosives and weapons ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations. According to reports, the explosives in possession of the accused are suspected to be arsenic sulphide and potassium nitrate. A 9mm pistol with one magazine and a carbine with two magazines were also seized.
Notification : Department of Posts, Tariff & Costing (T&C) Section, Dak Bhawan invites applications for the engagement of Cost Accountant as consultants. The applicants must keep in mind that the online application which has started on 22 Dec will continue till January 3, 2022 (5:30 PM).
23. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said that the Indian economy is facing severe headwinds due to global factors emanating from Omicron’s spread, according to the minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting. “Supply disruptions, other bottlenecks…gained additional shelf life stretching into 2022,” Das said and added, “Omicron may cast some shadow on services that were showing signs of recovery.
24. RBI has imposed monetary penalty on two payment system operators, One Mobikwik Systems Private Limited and Spice Money Limited, for violation of norms. They’ve been fined ₹1 crore each. “These actions are based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and are not intended to pronounce upon…validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the entities with…customers,” said RBI.
25. Bombay HC extends stay on summons to Alia in ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ case. The Bombay High Court on 22 Dec extended the stay granted on summons in the defamation case against Alia Bhatt and writers S Hussain Zaidi and Jane Borges in connection with upcoming film ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’. Babuji Shah, who claimed to be the adopted son of Gangubai, has alleged that the film is defamatory and tarnished the image of his late mother.
26. Singer-songwriter Guru Randhawa has become the first Indian male singer to cross 30 million followers on Instagram.
27. Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, who is being investigated by the ED in connection with Rs 200 crore extortion case, allegedly promised Jacqueline Fernandez a role in a big Hollywood production. According to the reports, he had gifted luxury items from Gucci, Hermes, Louis Vuitton, and a Mini Cooper among other things to actor Jacqueline Fernandez, had reportedly also promised her a role in a big Hollywood production.
28. Several film theatres in Andhra Pradesh have stopped screening of films in protest against ongoing inspection against them and demanded an increase in the ticket prices at least in municipal and panchayat areas.
29. Birthday today
Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor (born 24 December 1956) is an Indian actor and producer who has appeared in over hundred Hindi-language films, as well as international films and television series. Kapoor was born in Mumbai to film producer Surinder Kapoor and appeared in his first film with a small role in the Umesh Mehra’s romance Hamare Tumhare (1979).
He made his first debut film and then starred as a lead actor in the 1980 Telugu film, Vamsa Vruksham directed by Bapu.
Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer. He is considered as one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. He has recorded as many as 7405 songs in many languages
30. Indian Army launches contemporary messaging app ‘ASIGMA’
*Army Secure IndiGeneous Messaging Application.* It is a new generation, state-of-the-art, web based application developed entirely in-house by team of officers of the Corps of Signals of the Army. The application is being deployed on the Army’s internal network as a replacement of Army Wide Area Network messaging application which has been in service for past the 15 years.
31. DRDO has successfully conducted the flight test of Indigenously developed High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) ‘Abhyas’ from Integrated Test Range at Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.
32. Recently DRDO conducts first flight test of indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile ‘Pralay’ of 150-500 km range, from Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.
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