This post presents a quick overview of everyday events on December 17, 2021, GK one-liners to help you prepare for the upcoming Kerala PSC, UPSC, SSC, Banking, Railways, and other competitive examinations.
Current Affairs
December 17, 2021
Parliament
Bills in Lok Sabha today –
The National Anti-Doping Bill, 2021
Introduced by – Anurag Singh Thakur, Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India.
The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021.
Introduced by – Bhupender Yadav, Union Cabinet Minister of Labour and Employment, Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
The Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
Introduced by – Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India
All amendments made to the Surrogacy Regulation (Bill) wereaccepted.
Bills in Rajya Sabha today –
The Mediation Bill, 2021.
Minister of Law and Justice of India, Kiren Rijiju.
National & International
Which South Asian country signed an agreement for IT cooperation with India? Vietnam.
Capital – Hanoi.
Currency – Vietnamese dong.
Which country has prohibited laughing, drinking, and shopping for 11 days, and why? North Korea, the 10th anniversary of former leader Kim Jong-il.
Name the renovated historic Hindu temple of Bangladesh inaugurated by Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on December 17 – Ramna Kalibari Temple (Dhaka).
What is the name of the supertyphoon causing devastation in the Philippines? Rai.
Locally known as Typhoon Odette in the Philippines.
Name India-manufactured coronavirus vaccine which was granted emergency approval by the WHO – Covovax.
9th COVID-19 vaccine listed by WHO for emergency use.
The pharma company which produces Covovax – Serum Institute of India.
under licence from the U.S.-based Novavax.
Founded in – 1966.
Headquarters – Pune.
CEO – Adar Poonawalla.
Name the indigenously developed single test kit that can detect current COVID-19 variants that is recently approved by ICMR – CoviDelta diagnostics kit.
Developed by – GenePath Diagnostics, Pune.
Name the commission that fined the global behemoth, Amazon, a penalty of ₹200 crore – Competition Commission of India (CCI).
Formed on – 2003 October 14.
Headquarters – New Delhi.
Structure – one Chairperson & six members.
Chairperson – Ashok Kumar Gupta.
In addition to the penalty, CCI halted Amazon's dealings with which company? Future Group.
Which state has received 'in-principle' authorisation from the Centre to build the world's biggest nuclear power plant? Maharashtra.
With the help of France.
How many nuclear power plants are being set up in Jaitapur of Maharashtra? 6.
Total capacity – 9900 MW.
Which organisation is responsible for submitting the Foundational Literacy Index report to the Prime Minister? Economic Advisory Council.
A literacy rate report in India which indicates literacy among children under the age of ten in Indian states based on their geographical size.
Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Index 2021 –
Topper (Large States) – West Bengal.
Worst Performer (Large States) – Bihar.
Topper (Small States) – Kerala.
Worst Performer (Small States) – Jharkhand.
All India Mayors’ Conference was held at – Varanasi.
Theme –New Urban India.
The Reserve Bank of India recently slapped a penalty on India's two largest banks citing rule violations. Which ones are they? ICICI Bank & Punjab National Bank.
ICICI Bank – Rs. 30 lakhs & PNB – Rs. 1.8 crore
Which company has bagged an ADE-DRDO supply order for the ABHYAS target platform? Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
In which Indian state did GAIL sign a memorandum of understanding to build a 500 KLD bioethanol facility at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore? Gujarat.
Gujarat Chief Minister – Bhupendra Patel.
GAIL – Gas Authority of India Limited.
Founded in – 1984.
Headquarters – New Delhi.
New State Song of Tamil Nadu – Tamil Thai Vaazhthu.
Penned by – Manonmaniam Sundaranar,
Should be sung 55 seconds in Mullaipaani Ragam (Mohana Raagam).
Kerala
Which country recently decided to set up a food park in Kerala? UAE.
Awards
Highest Civilian Award of Bhutan – Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo.
Capital – Thimphu.
Currency – Bhutanese ngultrum.
Winner of Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo – Narendra Modi.
PM of Bhutan – Lotay Tshering.
First Indian Industrialist to receive Global Entrepreneur of the Year Award – Kumar Mangalam Birla.
Instituted by – The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Silicon Valley.
Other recipients – Satya Nadella, Elon Musk & Jeff Bezos.
Chairman of Aditya Birla Group – Kumar Mangalam Birla.
Sports
Time Magazine’s Athlete of the Year 2021 – Simone Biles.
Winner of SJFI Medal 2021 – Sunil Gavaskar (Cricket).
SJFI – Sports Journalists’ Federation of India.
Other SJFI Awards 2021 –
SJFI Special Recognition Award – Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ).
SJFI Team of the Year – Indian Men’s Hockey team.
SJFI Sportsman of the Year – Neeraj Chopra (Javelin).
SJFI Sportswoman of the Year – Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting).
SJFI Parathletes of the Year (Men) – Sumit Antil (Javelin) & Pramod Bhagat (Badminton) .
SJFI Parathletes of the Year (Woman) – Avani Lekhara (Shooting).
Venue of first-ever national-level Khelo India Women's Hockey League – New Delhi.
Today in History
1718 – France, Britain and Austria declare war on Spain.
1777 – France acknowledges the independence of British colonies in America.
1903 – First sustained motorized aircraft flight by Wright brothers.
1928 – Assassination of British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab by Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru.
1931 – First meeting of the Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta.
Organized by – Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.
1938 – Discovery of nuclear fission using uranium by Otto Hahn.
1961 – Operation Vijay.
Annexation of Goa & 2 other Portuguese colonies.
1989 – Television Premiere of the show "The Simpsons."
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