England's T20 World Cup-winning captain Jos Buttler was named ICC men's Player of the Month for the first time following his stupendous show in November. Pakistan's Sidra Ameen became the second successive winner of the women's Player of the Month award from the country.
Virat Kohli and Nida Dar were crowned ICC Players of the Month for October 2022.
The three-member committee of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) constituted by the Centre to study the demand of Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO) for a separate ‘Frontier Nagaland’ state will arrive in eastern Nagaland on December 16.
The committee headed by adviser, northeast, MHA, AK Mishra will be in eastern Nagaland till December 18.
Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta was administered the oath of office as a Supreme Court judge by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud. With the swearing-in of Justice Datta, the total number of judges in the apex court has reached 28 against the sanctioned strength of 34, including the CJI.
The Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region (MoDoNER) has in collaboration with North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC) under the department of space has developed a project-monitoring mobile application.
The physical progress of the projects supported by MoDoNER is monitored in three modes viz mobile apps, satellite images and drone images.
Alternative Investment Funds in India will now be able to raise money from Foreign Portfolio Iinvestors. While onboarding investors, the manager of an AIF will have to ensure that FPIs are residents of a country, the securities market regulator of which is a signatory to the International Organisation of Securities Commission’s MoU or signatory of bilateral MoU with SEBI.
Former Union minister and eminent economist Yoginder K Alagh passed away at his home in Ahmedabad. Alagh was also an emeritus professor at the Ahmedabad-based Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research.From 1996-98, Alagh served as the minister of power, planning,&programme implementation in the Government of India.He was also a member of the Planning Commission
Finance Ministry has informed that over 37.76 crore loans are disbursed since the inception of the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) in April 2015. It said that the loan amounts to over 20.43 lakh crore rupees as of November 2022. The Finance Ministry also stated that in three years between 2015 and 2018, helped in generating 1.12 crore net additional employment.
Parliament has passed the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 with Rajya Sabha approving it. Lok Sabha has already passed the Bill. The Bill seeks to amend the Energy Conservation Act, 2001. It promotes energy efficiency and conservation. The Bill empowers the Centre to specify a carbon credit trading scheme.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried into space the first ever Arab-built lunar spacecraft. It was launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Rashid Rover was built by Dubai’s Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), in the United Arab Emirates (UAE),& is being delivered by the HAKUTO-R lander, engineered by Japanese lunar exploration company ispace.
Dalmia Bharat’s wholly owned subsidiary – Dalmia Cement has entered into an agreement to acquire the cement, clinker and power plants of Jaiprakash Associates having a total cement capacity of 9.4 million tonnes (along with a Clinker capacity of 6.7 million tonne and Thermal Power plants of 280MW). The plants are situated in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh.
The plants have been bought for an enterprise value of Rs 5,666 crore.
Divya TS beat Sanskriti Bana 16-14 to clinch the women’s air pistol gold in the 65th National shooting championship that concluded at the Madhya Pradesh Academy in Bhopal. In centre fire pistol, Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar won the gold with a score of 583, ahead of Anish Bhanwala, Gurpreet Singh and Vijayveer Sidhu. Manu Bhaker won the gold medal in junior category
The Reserve Bank of India announced penalties against 13 cooperative banks on Monday for breaking various regulatory standards. According to the RBI, fines are based on regulatory compliance shortcomings and are not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the banks with their customers
Central Government announced that it has extended the Rooftop Solar Programme till 31 March, 2026. The subsidy under the programme will be available until the target under the Programme is achieved now. On the National Portal, any consumer willing to install rooftop solar from any part of the country can apply and track complete process.
Former vice president Venkaiah Naidu has been conferred with the 25th Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence Award (SIES). The awards are given in the fields of public leadership, community leadership, science and technology, and social thinkers who have made outstanding contributions in their respective fields.
Country's largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) wrote off loans worth Rs 1.65 lakh crore in last four fiscal years followed by Punjab National Bank (PNB) which wrote off Rs59,807 crore, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Parliament. Banks typically write off loans where there is no scope of recovery .
For conservation and development of art, culture and crafts across the country, the Ministry of Culture, Government of India has set up seven Zonal Cultural Centres with headquarters at Patiala, Nagpur, Udaipur, Prayagraj, Kolkata, Dimapur and Thanjavur. These ZCCs organize various cultural activities & programmes on regular basis in their member States throughout the years
ZCCs are provided regular annual grant-in-aid by the Government.
Young India batter Ishan Kishan raced away to a record-smashing knock in the third and final ODI match of the series against Bangladesh in Chattogram as he notched up a double century off just 126 balls. He became the seventh batter in the world to achieve the feat and fourth from India after Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Virender Sehwag.