Current Affairs: 1st DECEMBER 2022

                                    Current Affairs: 1st DECEMBER 2022

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                              Current Affairs: 1st DECEMBER 2022

1) Which country has clinched “2022 Davis Cup title”?

A. Canada
B. Australia
C. France
D. United States

 

A. Canada

• Canada has clinched their first 2022 Davis Cup title defeating Australia by 6-3, 6-4 in Malaga, Spain.
• In final, Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) had defeated Alex de Minaur (Australia).
• The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men’s tennis and run by the International
  Tennis Federation (ITF).
• Most titles: United States (32 titles)

2) Which is the first Indian state to get Jio 5G services in all districts?

A. Uttar Pradesh
B. Gujarat
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Madhya Pradesh

 

B. Gujarat

• Jio announced on November 25, 2022, that it has rolled out its True 5G network in every headquarters
  of Gujarat’s 33 districts.
• This makes Gujarat the first state in India to have 100 per cent coverage of Jio True 5G.
• Jio ‘True 5G’ is now present across 46 cities and towns in India.
• Reliance Jio provides the most varied selection of 5G spanning the 700MHz, 3500MHz, and 26GHz bands
  since it acquired the most spectrums at the 5G auction earlier this year.

 

3) Who has won the 34th Under-13 National Badminton Championships?

A. Akhil Reddy Boba
B. Pankaj Sharma
C. Nishanth Bhukya
D. Rahul Shrivastav

 

C. Nishanth Bhukya

• Telangana’s Nishanth Bhukya and Odisha’s Tanvi Patri have won in the boy’s and girls’ singles respectively
  at the 34th Under-13 National Badminton Championships.
• 34th Under-13 National Badminton Championships was held at the UP Badminton Academy, Lucknow on
  23 November.

 

4) India retained the lead as a top tourism market of which country in 2022?

A. Thailand
B. Indonesia
C. Maldives
D. Singapore

 

C. Maldives

• India has retained its lead as the top tourism market of Maldives in 2022.
• Notably, close to two lakh Indian tourists visited the Maldives in 2022 so far.
• India has been the biggest contributor to tourism in Maldives since 2020.
• The High Commission of India in Male also congratulated Maldives on securing the world’s leading destination       title  for 2022 at the World Travel Awards.

 

5) Who is set to acquire “Bisleri”, for an estimated Rs 6,000-7,000 crore?

A. TATA
B. Amul
C. Britannia
D. Nestlé

 

A. TATA

• Tata Consumer Products is set to acquire India’s largest packaged drinking water company, Bisleri, for
  an estimated Rs 6,000-7,000 crore.
• Chairman Ramesh Chauhan is aiming to disinvest Bisleri International to Tata Consumer Products three
  decades after selling soft drink brands Thums Up, Gold Spot, and Limca to Coca-Cola.
• The Indian bottled water market was valued at over USD 2.43 billion (around Rs 19,315 crores) in FY2021,
  said a report from market research and advisory TechSci Research.

6) Which Ministry has won “Gold Award” Under the National Awards for e-Governance?

A. Ministry of Panchayati Raj
B. Ministry of Culture
C. Ministry of Rural Development
D. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

 

A. Ministry of Panchayati Raj

• e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (eGramSwaraj and AuditOnline) of Ministry of Panchayati Raj has won the   GOLD AWARD under the category “Excellence in Government Process Re-engineering for Digital
• Transformation” of the National Awards for e-Governance.
• The award is a recognition of the excellent and exemplary work done by Team eGovernance and supported by   Team  NIC-MoPR.
• The prestigious National Award was handed over to Shri Alok Prem Nagar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj Union by Union Minister of State, and Dr. Jitendra Singh during the25th National Conference on e-Governance at Jammu on 26 November 2022.

 

7) Bihar CM Nitish Kumar launched the “Har Ghar Gangajal project” in

A. Rajgir
B. Bihar Sharif
C. Bhagalpur
D. Muzaffarpur

 

A. Rajgir

• Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched at 27th Nov 2022 the “Har Ghar Gangajal project” in Rajgir.
• It is a unique and ambitious initiative to provide Ganga water on tap in the parched areas of the state.
• The scheme will help to harvest the excess water of the Ganga during the monsoon season.
• Har Ghar Gangajal is part of the Bihar government’s Jal, Jeevan, Hariyali scheme.
• Under the scheme about 7.5-lakh households of Rajgir (Nalanda), Gaya and Bodhgaya will start getting piped     Ganga water.

8) “Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare” is held every year on –

A. 27th November
B. 28th November
C. 29th November
D. 30th November

 

D. 30th November

• The United Nation recognised Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare is held every year
 on November 30.
• The day marks a tribute to the victims of chemical warfare, as well as to reaffirm the commitment of
 the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to the elimination of the threat of
 chemical weapons, thereby promoting the goals of peace, security, and multilateralism.
• The first Day of Remembrance for all Victims of ChemicalWarfare was held in 2005.

9) Which Indian-origin has been appointed to State Presidium of CDU in Germany?

A. Gurdeep Singh Randhawa
B. Harwant Singh
C. Abhijeet Gupta
D. Aravindh Chitha

 

.A. Gurdeep Singh Randhawa

• Indian-origin German citizen Gurdeep Singh Randhawa has been appointed to the Thuringia state
 Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party presidium in Germany.
• Randhawa has been an active member of the CDU and has served in the party for several years now.
• Earlier in August, Gurdeep Singh Randhawa was elected as the first representative of the Indian
 community in Germany.
• It is the first time that an Indian-origin German national has been appointed to a state presidium in
 Germany by the CDU.

10) Who has been selected for the “Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar 2022”?

A. Perumal Murugan
B. Imayam aka V Annamalai
C. Charu Nivedita
D. C. S. Lakshmi

 

B. Imayam aka V Annamalai

• Tamil writer and novelist Imayam aka V Annamalai has been selected for the Kuvempu Rashtriya
  Puraskar 2022.
• The award is instituted in memory of the late Kannada writer Kuvempu.
• The award will be presented to Imayam on Kuvempu’s 118th birth anniversary on December 29.
• Imayam has brought new sensibilities to Tamil literature through his writings. His novels Koveru
 Kazhudaigal and Pethavan, have been translated into English and several other languages.
• The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh, a silver medal and a citation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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