Weekly Current Affairs One-Liners - 1st (19th Dec to 25th Dec)

   

• India's Anahat Singh won the Junior US Open Squash Tournament in the U-15 girls' category in Philadelphia. 

• India beat Pakistan and won the Bronze medal in Asian Men's Hockey Championship. 

• Dr Anil Prakash Joshi, Vidyut Mohan and Ridhima Pandey have been awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021. 

• December 25 is celebrated as Good Governance Day every year.

Dec)  

• The GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. received ‘National Energy Conservation Awards 2021’. 

• Hyundai Motor India Ltd signed golfer Aditi Ashok as brand ambassador. 

• India observes National Farmers Day or Kisan Diwas on December 23 every year. 

• The All India Football Federation announced that 18 Indian referees have been selected in the FIFA Refereeing International list for 2022.

Dec)  

• Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the state's longest bridge over the Mahanadi river at Gopinathpur in Cuttack district. 

• Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami appointed Rishabh Pant as the state brand ambassador. 

• Atul Dinkar Rane has been appointed as the new CEO and MD of the BrahMos Aerospace Limited. 

• India celebrates National Mathematics Day on December 22.  

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Dec)  

• The Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) has accepted the plea to rename GI-tagged Bihar Makhana as Mithila Makhana. 

• India ranks 56th in World Talent Ranking Report 2021. 

• In Chile, Gabriel Boric will become the country's youngest president after he won a presidential runoff election on 19 Dec'21. 

• US Open champion Emma Raducanu has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021.