- The INS Khukri was decommissioned after 32 years of service at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. It was first indigenously built Missile Corvette and was built by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MSD).
- Important Days and Themes: 27th Dec 2021: International day for Epidemic Preparedness
- Awards and Recognition: HDFC Bank: It has won the ‘Most innovative best practice’ category award at the coveted Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Digital Transformation Award 2021 i.e. CII DX Award 2021.
- Aanchal Thakur (Indian skier): She won a bronze medal at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing Competition in Montenegro. The finished with an overall timing of 1:54:30. The gold was won by Croatia’s Dora Ljutic and the silver was won by Georgia Epiphanius of Cyprus.
- The deadline for card-on-file (CoF) tokenization was extended to 30th June 2022 from 31st Dec 2021 by RBI.
- Static Part:
- HQ of RBI: Mumbai
- Governor of RBI: Shaktikanta Das
- SIDBI signed MoU with West Bengal
- Good Governance Index 2021
- HOP Electric signed pact with Gov. of Rajasthan
- DRDO conducted Flight Test of HEAT ‘Abhyas’
Question:
Q.1 When is International day for Epidemic Preparedness marked?
a. 25th Aug
b. 27th Dec
c. 16th Oct
d. 12th Feb
a. 25th Aug
b. 27th Dec
c. 16th Oct
d. 12th Feb