Daily GK Current Affairs News viable of 15 December 2021. – Here is the Regular current affairs viable of 15 December 2021 covering the following news headlines: Unnati, Bihar’s Mithila Makhana, ICC Player Of The Month, TIME Magazine, DBS Bank, Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana.
Daily Current Affairs update are incorporated with the important news that made the current affairs headlines for competitive exams. Daily Current Affairs Update is the complete box of the important news that held all day long. One should have complete knowledge about banking terms, current affairs news, etc.
Here current affairs have been categorized which is as follows
- International News
- National News
- Business News
- Banking News
- Awards News
- Sports News
- Obituaries News
- Miscellaneous News
International News
- Dubai 1st in World to go 100% Paperless
- Dubai became the first government in the world to go 100% paperless, this was announced by the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. This would save about 3 billion dirhams (350 million USD) and 14 million-man hours.
- Digitization will provide all Govt. Serving customers and reducing paper consumption by over 336 million papers. Citizens can access all exceptional digital services through “Dubai Now Application”.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- UAE Capital: Abu Dhabi;
- UAE Currency: United Arab Emirates dirham;
- UAE President: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
- China launches “Shijian-6 05” satellites for Space Exploration
- China successfully launched a new group of satellites Shijian-6 05 into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China for space exploration and new technology tests.
- The satellites were launched by a Long March-4B rocket which marked the 400th mission of Long March series carrier rockets.
- The information about the number of satellites has not been specified. As the message reads, they will be used for space exploration and new technology tests.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- China Capital: Beijing;
- China Currency: Renminbi;
- China President: Xi Jinping.
National News
- PM Modi inaugurates the Saryu Nahar National Project in UP
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Saryu Nahar National Project in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh.
- The project will provide assured water to irrigate more than 14 lakh hectares of land and will benefit about 29 lakh farmers, mainly in eastern Uttar Pradesh.
- Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya were present in the inauguration program of the project.
- The project has been completed at a cost of over Rs 9,800 crore, out of which more than Rs 4,600 crore was provisioned in the last four years.
Business News
- Bajaj Allianz General Insurance starts ‘#Care4Hockey’ Campaign
- Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, a leading private general insurer in India has launched its ‘#Care4Hockey’ campaign to increase the recognition of field hockey in India.
- The company has partnered with Indian women’s hockey team captain Padma Shri (2020) Rani Rampal, who will be the face of the campaign.
- ‘#Care4Hockey’ is a one-of-a-kind campaign that aims to support the growth of hockey in India from the grassroots level.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Founded: 2001;
- Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Headquarters: Pune, Maharashtra;
- Bajaj Allianz General Insurance CEO & MD: Tapan Singhel.
Banking News
- Bank of Baroda launches bob World Wave
- Bank of Baroda (BoB) has launched a solution for digital banking payments, named bob World Wave. Wearable technology is witnessing the rise of tremendous interest across the world and lenders are using this opportunity to adopt the more convenient and cashless digital payments systems.
- This is an innovative solution, intended to perfectly deliver preventive health actions as well as easier payment transactions. The bob World Wave wearable device will allow customers to monitor their Sp02, body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure.
- With bob World Wave, the Bank is providing an exclusive 3-months free wellness package along with a personal health coach, doctor teleconsultation and interactive video coaching.
- The device will provide contactless payments of up to Rs 5000 in all NFC enabled PoS devices. Customers can do contactless payments above Rs. 5000 using a PIN.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- Bank Of Baroda Headquarters: Vadodara, Gujarat, India;
- Bank Of Baroda Chairman: Hasmukh Adhia;
- Bank Of Baroda MD & CEO: Sanjiv Chadha.
Awards News
- DBS Bank India clinches two awards at ET BFSI Excellence Awards 2021
- DBS Bank India’s consistent efforts to drive digital transformation for its customers has been recognized at the ET BFSI Excellence Awards 2021.
- An initiative of The Economic Times, the ET BFSI Excellence Awards honors the best innovations and practices implemented by the BFSI industry in a dynamic and competitive environment.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- DBS Bank India Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra;
- DBS Bank India MD & CEO: Surojit Shome.
- TIME Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ for 2021: Elon Musk
- The prestigious TIME magazine has named Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, as the “2021 Person of the Year.
- In 2021, US-based electric-vehicle startup Tesla became $1 trillion company as Musk became the world’s richest person with an estimated net worth of around US $255 billion.
- Musk is also the founder and CEO of rocket company SpaceX, and leads brain-chip start-up Neuralink and infrastructure firm The Boring Company.
- US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were named as the Person of the Year for 2020 by Time magazine.
Sports News
- AIBA rebrands itself as IBA, to secure boxing’s Olympic future
- The International Boxing Association has changed its abbreviation from AIBA to IBA, promising to adopt a set of governance reforms to include the sport in the 2028 Olympics.
- Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon were all excluded from the preliminary list of sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Games and were asked by the International Olympic Committee to make changes.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- International Boxing Association Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland;
- International Boxing Association President: Umar Kremlyov;
- International Boxing Association Founded: 1946.
- BCCI forms committee for differently abled cricketers
- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has formed a committee for the disabled cricketers of the country. Disabled cricketers have welcomed the decision of the BCCI to form a Differently Abled Committee for the differently abled cricketers.
- The board of three former disabled cricketers, based on the recommendation of the Justice Lodha committee, was being awaited for the past several years. The proposal was approved under the chairmanship of BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah.
Obituaries News
- Coonoor helicopter crash’s survivor Group Captain Varun Singh passes away
- Group Captain Varun Singh, who was rescued after the helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others, has passed away.
- He was being treated for severe burns at a Bengaluru military hospital after he was moved from Wellington in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor. His condition in the last few days continued to be “critical but stable”.
- In August this year, Group Captain Varun Singh was conferred the Shaurya Chakra for averting a possible mid-air accident after his Tejas light combat aircraft developed a major technical snag last year.
Miscellaneous News
- Centre grants GI Tag to Bihar’s Mithila Makhana
- The Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) under the Union Ministry of Commerce has accepted a plea to rename Bihar Makhana as Mithila Makhana and suggested further changes in the brand logo to better reflect its origin.
- It also suggested amendment of the brand logo to highlight its origin and protect the Geographical Indication (GI) rights of the product.
- The Sabour based Bihar Agriculture University (BAU) initiated an application on behalf of the Mithilanchal Makhana Utpadak Sangh (MMUS) to name their produce as Mithila Makhana for the welfare of fox nut growers in the Mithila region.
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