Current Affairs-December 13, 2022
INDIA
- Rajya Sabha passes the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, to encourage use of green hydrogen and renewable energy and promote carbon trading
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually participate in a programme commemorating Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birth anniversary.
- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will inaugurate the India Global Forum UAE 2022 at Dubai
- Finance ministry directs all ministries and departments to scrap all 15-year-old vehicles that have become unserviceable.
- Culture Ministry sets up seven Zonal Cultural Centres to conserve art, culture & crafts across country
- The first case of Zika virus in Karnataka has been reported from Raichur.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- India’s November retail inflation dips below 6% for the first time this year; October IIP Contracts 4%.
- Hurun Global 500 List 2022: India ranks at Number 5; 20 Indian companies feature in 500 most valuable ones in the world.
- CBIC initiates investigations into GST evasion of Rs 23,000 crore by gaming companies.
WORLD
- Nominations for the 80th annual Golden Globe awards for film and television announced.
- Asteroid about the size of Statue of Liberty to fly past the Earth on December 15
- UAE successfully launches first-ever Arab-Built lunar spacecraft
- The first direct flight services between Jaffna and Chennai resumed
SPORTS
- India qualifies for semifinals of FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup in Valencia, Spain
- Manu Bhaker wins gold medal in 10 metre pistol junior women’s event at National Shooting Championship
