Current Affairs-December 2, 2023

 

INDIA

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address at COP-28, offered to host the 33rd edition of the annual summit due in 2028 in India.
• Supreme Court said the Tamil Nadu Governor cannot refer re-enacted Bills to President.
• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin unveiled a statue of late anti-caste activist Iyothee Thass Pandithar.
• World Bank recalls its paper on decline in toilet usage in India.
• India co-hosts with UAE the Global Green Credit Initiative at COP-28.
• India and Sweden co-host the Phase-II of Leadership Group for Industry Transition at COP-28

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) shows Manufacturing sector activity rebounded slightly in November.
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Bank of England (BoE) agree to exchange information on Clearing Corporation of India Ltd.
• India’s gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenues grew 15.1% in November to hit nearly ₹1.68 lakh crore.

WORLD

• World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 with the theme of “Let Communities Lead”.
• The UAE, host of the 28th Conference of Parties (COP-28), announced a $30-billion commitment to an investment fund called ALTÉRRA.
• Philippines inaugurated a new coast guard monitoring base on an island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea.
• China and Vietnam are working on a possible significant upgrade of their underdeveloped rail links.

SPORTS

• R Vaishali becomes India’s third female chess Grandmaster, after Koneru Humpy and D Harika.
• Jaipal Singh knocked out Commonwealth Games silver medallist Sagar Ahlawat to claim the +92kg crown in the National boxing championships.