“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers…

An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers……….
An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

The Knowledge Library

Daily Current Affairs, News Headlines 21.12.2023

National News

  • The Ministry of External Affairs today said that the issue of the death penalty of 8 ex-Indian Navy personnel in Qatar is now in the court of appeal.
  • The Centre today said, at present about 905 kilometres of Metro Rail network is operational in the country.
  • Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani today inaugurated National Programme on Anganwadi-cum-Crèches in New Delhi.
  • Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today said that his ministry has taken up 321 national highway projects in a length of about 8,544 km which amounts to 1,49,758 crore rupees.
  • The Parliament has passed the ‘Telecommunications Bill, 2023’ with the approval of Rajya Sabha today with amendments.
  • Information and Communication vans disseminating the message of government’s flagship welfare schemes today reached various parts of Delhi.
  • Parliament has passed the ‘Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023’ with the Lok Sabha approving it today.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India’s foremost guiding principle in foreign affairs is its national interest.
  • Union Minister says Centre is contemplating to build green expressway connecting Pune to Sambhajinagar
  • Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has reprimanded the three Congress MPs – DK Suresh, Nakul Nath and Deepak Baij for displaying placards and throwing the chits on the staff of Parliament.
  • IMD forecast isolated light rainfall and snowfall in J&K, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand
  • Centre informed under PM Awas Yojana Urban projects worth over 1.19 crore rupees have been sanctioned in country
  • I&B Minister Anurag Singh Thakur to participate in inauguration of Khelo India games in Chennai
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi met former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, Former Chief Minister of Karnataka H.D. Kumaraswamy and Karnataka MLA H.D. Revanna in New Delhi today.
  • Union Minister says Government is willing to implement Ayushman Bharat Yojana in Delhi and Kolkata
  • The Government has said that by March next year the total number of the fleet of the civil aviation companies operating in the country will reach 686.
  • Government says, India’s big strides in field of preserving its knowledge system, traditions and cultural ethos on national and international levels have risen
  • Opposition parties’ MPs holds protest march from Parliament to Vijay Chowk
  • Sahitya Akademi has announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Award 2023 in 24 Languages. Nine books of poetry, six novels, five short story collections, three essays and one literary study have won the Sahitya Akademi Awards this year.
  • Three criminal code bills – the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita, 2023, and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill, 2023 – were passed by the Lok Sabha yesterday.

International News

  • A sub-variant of the Omicron strain of coronavirus has been classified as a “variant of interest” by the World Health Organization, because of its rapidly increasing spread.
  • India today sent humanitarian assistance for the people of Papua new Guinea as a special charter flight carrying relief supplies took off for Port Moresby.
  • India’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj, has reiterated the country’s “unwavering commitment” to the people of Afghanistan

Sports News

  • India will face South Africa in the third and final ODI of the three-match series at Boland Park in Paarl today.
  • In women’s cricket, Australia were 103 for 4 after 29 overs in the one-off Test against India at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, a short while ago.

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