Current Affairs-December 1, 2021
INDIA
- Home Ministry extends COVID-19 guidelines till Dec 31
- Centre extends ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ door-to-door vaccination campaign till December 31
- Uttarakhand govt scraps Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board law; was aimed at bringing the Char Dham of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri and 49 other temples under its purview
- Telugu lyricist Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry dies in Hyderabad at 66
Economy & corporate
- GDP growth in July-September quarter of 2021-22 at 8.4%: Govt.
- Eight core sectors’ output grows to 7.5% in October
- S&P Global Ratings keeps India’s economic growth forecast in 2021-22 unchanged at 9.5%
- Central government debt is estimated at about 62% of GDP for 2021-22
World
- G7 health ministers call for urgent action to combat spread of Omicron Covid-19 strain
- Two minority members added to Sri Lanka’s Heritage Task Force for Eastern Province
- Renowned scholar of Bangladesh Professor Rafiqul Islam dies in Dhaka at 87
- Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare observed on Nov 30
- Indian-origin Parag Agrawal appointed new CEO of Twitter
- Ballon d’Or awards presented in Paris
- Lionel Messi of Argentina and French club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) wins men’s Ballon d’Or award
- Alexia Putellas, captaining Barcelona to a treble-winning season, won the women’s Ballon d’Or
- 19-year-old Pedri (Pedro Gonzalez Lopez) of Barcelona won the Kopa Trophy for the best player aged under-21
- Paris Saint-Germain’s Gianluigi Donnarumma won the Yashin Trophy for the best goalkeeper
- Best Striker of the Year award won by Robert Lewandowski of Poland and Bayern Munich
- Best Club of the Year award went to EPL club Chelsea
