- National Affairs: UNESCO has added Vadnagar Town, Gujarat, Sun Temple, Modhera, Gujarat, and Unakoti Rock Cut Sculptures, Tripura as World Heritage Sites. Totally there are 40 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India. UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Director General of UNESCO: Audrey Azoulay
- Kalyani Ferresta, India’s First Green steel brand was launched by Union Minister of Steel, Jyotiraditya Scindia. Green steel means there will be zero carbon emissions from the steel industry. This steel is manufactured by the Saarloha Advanced Materials, Kalyani Group of Companies, Pune. First Country in World to manufacture Green Steel is Sweden.
- Banking Affairs: RBL Bank and BUSINESS NEXT have won the IBSi Global FinTech Innovation Award 2022. RBL bank was formerly known as Ratnakar Bank. Both of them are awarded for the Most impactful projects and excellent Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system implementation.
- Economy: 250 Kilowatt-hour (KWh) thermal energy storage unit is being built in India. This is done as a collaboration project of E2S Power, Switzerland Company, and India Power Corporation Limited (IPCL). This will help India to use clean energy storage facilities along with the growth of India’s renewable energy sector.
- International Affairs: Shah Rukh Khan was featured in Empire Magazine in the list of 50 greatest Actors of all time. Empire Magazine is one of the British-based magazines. He had acted in the movies like Devdas, My Name is Khan, etc., Along with Shah Rukh Khan Hollywood Actors like Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, and Meryl Streep are listed.
- Appointments: Anushka Sharma is the new Brand Ambassador of Puma India. She is well known for her ambassador role in various brands like Nivea, TVS Scooty, and Pantene. She was given this opportunity as she is a Bollywood Actress and an entrepreneur.
- Science and Technology: Indian Navy gets INS Vagir. It's the 5th Scorpene Class submarine in the Indian Navy. It was delivered under “Project 75”. The remaining Scorpene Class submarine are INS Kalvari, INS Khandari, INS Karanj, and INS Vela.
- Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has signed MoU with QNu Labs, a startup in Bengaluru. This is to develop indigenous Satellite Quantum Key Distribution. This will help to improve intercontinental connectivity.
- India has launched its first anti-submarine warfare ship “INS Arnala”. It is named after Arnala Island in Maharashtra in memory of Maratha King Shivaji. It is a warfare shallow watercraft.
- Katrina Kaif is the brand Ambassador of Pepsico’s Aquafina. It is India’s packaged drinking water brand. She has been the brand ambassador of Slice for 16 years, a product of Pepsico’s.
- Important Day: 22 December is celebrated as National Mathematics Day. Honour the birth anniversary of the famous mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. He had made remarkable contributions to various fields of mathematics and its branches.
- Social Progress Index 2022 was released
- UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2022
- FIT Ranking for MSME’s under SIDBI Mentorship
- Urban Company trains and Certify new employees
- Digital India Awards 2022
Question:
Q.1 India’s Green Steel brand is known as?a. India Green
b. Ferro Green
c. Ferresta
d. Green Steel
