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Daily GK Current Affairs News viable of 29 December 2021. – Here is the Regular current affairs viable of 29 December 2021 covering the following news headlines: IRCTC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Samudrayan Project, Sardar Patel Leadership Centre, Dairy Sahakar” scheme, World Vegan Day.

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International News
State News
Banking News
Awards News
Sports News
Obituaries News

International News

Somalia’s President suspends PM Mohamed Hussein Roble

Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has been suspended. The prime minister, facing charges of involvement in land theft, has been suspended by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.
Mohamed Roble accused the president of attempting a coup and said he would remain in office. He urged the security forces to take orders from him instead of Mr. Farmajo. Farmajo’s term officially ended in February, but was extended due to disagreements over how to choose a new incumbent.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Somalia Capital: Mogadishu;
Somalia Currency: Somali shilling.

State News

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Govt set up high-level committee to examine of lifting Nagaland’s AFSPA

The Government of India has decided to constitute a ‘five member’ committee to look into the demand for withdrawal of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act “AFSPA” in Nagaland.
The committee headed by Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner Vivek Joshi will give its recommendations within 45 days. Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs Piyush Goyal will be its member-secretary. The Chief Secretary and DGP of Nagaland and the DGP of Assam Rifles will be the other members of the committee.
The AFSPA empowers security forces to conduct operations and arrest anyone without any prior warrant. It also gives immunity to the forces if they shoot someone dead.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Chief Minister of Nagaland: Neiphiu Rio;
Governor of Nagaland: Jagdish Mukhi.

Banking News

IndusInd Bank and NPCI tie-up to offer cross-border payments through UPI

IndusInd Bank has partnered with National Payments Corporation of India to offer real-time cross border remittances to India using UPI ID for its Money Transfer Operator (MTO) partners. It is the first Indian bank to go live on UPI for cross border payments/NRI remittances.
Under this arrangement, MTOs will use the IndusInd Bank channel to connect with NPCI’s UPI payment systems and for cross-border payment settlement in the beneficiary’s accounts.
IndusInd Bank has started off with Thailand’s DeeMoney for Foreign Inward Remittance (FIR) through UPI.

HDFC Life signed bancassurance partnership with South Indian Bank

HDFC Life signed a bancassurance (Bank-Insurance) agreement with South Indian Bank to enable customers of the South Indian Bank to avail HDFC Life’s life insurance products and services to the customers of South Indian Bank.
This bancassurance arrangement will enable customers of the South Indian Bank to avail HDFC Life’s wide range of life insurance products which include solutions for protection, savings and investment, retirement and critical illness. This bancassurance partnership will further strengthen HDFC Life’s business across India.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

South Indian Bank Founded: 29 January 1929;
South Indian Bank Headquarters: Thrissur, Kerala;
South Indian Bank MD & CEO: Murali Ramakrishnan.

Awards News

PETA: Alia Bhatt India’s 2021 Person of the Year

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has named Bollywood star Alia Bhatt as its 2021 Person of the Year. She is an animal lover and often shares pictures with her pets. This year, Alia Bhatt invested in Phool, the company behind Fleather, a vegan leather made from temple discarded flowers.
Her vegan kidswear line, Add-A-Mamma, also won the 2021 PETA India Fashion Award for helping nurture children’s love for animals and nature.
Alia also starred in a pro-adoption PETA India campaign to help cats and dogs. She has used her position to call for stronger animal protection laws.

Sports News

Nitesh Kumar wins double gold at 4th Para-Badminton National Championship

Nitesh Kumar won double gold in the 4th Para-Badminton National Championship that concluded in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Haryana’s Nitesh along with his partner Tarun Dhillon defeated world number one Paralympic Games gold medalists Pramod Bhagat and Manoj Sarkar 21-19, 21-11 in straight sets in the men’s doubles final to win the gold medal.
Earlier, Nitesh had also won a gold medal in the men’s singles category. World number one SL3 para-badminton player Parul Parmar of Gujarat also won gold, while Mandeep Kaur of Uttarakhand won silver and Mansi won bronze.

Uttar Pradesh won 11th Hockey India junior national championship

Uttar Pradesh crowned the winners of the 11th Junior National Men’s Hockey Championship after a 3-1 win over Chandigarh in the final at Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu.
The tournament’s top scorer Sharda Nand Tiwari opened for Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh Hockey maintains its unbeaten record. In the 3rd/4th place playoff match, Hockey Association of Odisha defeated Hockey Haryana 3 – 2 to finish third in the competition.

Obituaries News

E.O. Wilson, Known as ‘Father of Biodiversity,’ passes away

E.O. Wilson, the former Harvard University biologist and Pulitzer Prize winner whose study of ants and human behaviour made him one of the world’s most influential scientists and prompted his calls for action to protect millions of species on the planet, has passed away. He was 92. To protect Earth earned him the nickname “Darwin’s natural heir”.
He was the author of hundreds of scientific papers and more than 30 books, two of which won him Pulitzer Prizes for nonfiction: 1978’s On Human Nature, and The Ants in 1990.

‘He-Man’ artist and toy designer Mark Taylor passes away

Mark Taylor, artist and toy designer for He-Man and the Masters of the Universe franchise as well as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, has died. Taylor began her career as a packaging designer with Mattel in 1976.
He-Man was the muscular frontman for toy maker Mattel’s Masters of the Universe franchise. He-Man was the epitome of a Hawking superhero warrior, but also became an icon within the LGBTQ+ community.

Former Greek President Karolos Papoulias passes away

Veteran Greek politician Karolos Papoulias, who served as president at the height of the 2010 economic crisis, has passed away. Papaulia, a longtime socialist legislator and minister, was close to Andreas Papandreou, the founder of the Socialist Pasok Party.
He served two terms between 2005 and 2015. Papoulias, who was also Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1985–89 and 1993–96, was a high-ranking member of the socialist PASOK party and a close ally of its late leader and former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou.

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