Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of Dec 01st to 07th Dec 2022. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2022 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• WORLD AIDS Day 2022 is observed on the 1st of December 2022.
• World Computer Literacy Day 2022 is observed on the 2nd of December 2022.
• International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2022 is observed on the 2nd of December 2022.
• National Pollution Control Day 2022 is observed on the 2nd of December 2022.
• International Day of Persons with disabilities 2022 is observed on the 3rd of December 2022.
• Indian Navy Day 2022 is observed on the 4th of December 2022.
• World Soil Day 2022 is observed on the 5th of December 2022.
• International Volunteer Day 2022 is observed on the 5th of December 2022.
• National Microwave Oven Day 2022 is observed on the 6th of December 2022.
• BR Ambedkar Death Anniversary 2022 is observed on the 6th of December 2022.
• International Civil Aviation Day 2022 is observed on the 7th of December 2022.
• Armed Forces Flag Day 2022 is observed on the 7th of December 2022.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• A program for the Ministry of Power's SHAKTI Policy has been initiated to acquire a total of 4500 MW of power over five years.
• 'Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Policy Framework and its Deployment Mechanism in India' is the title of a study report that was published.
• Union Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy, K. Singh, launched REC's CSR effort for the procurement, operation, and maintenance of ten 'Doctor Apke Dwar' Mobile Health Clinics (MHC) at Sadar Hospital, Aarah, Bhojpur District, Bihar.
• The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying held Animal Quarantine Certification Services in Bengaluru as part of the National Milk Day celebrations.
• The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has recognized the Himalayan Yak as a "food animal"
• The global economy may be faltering, but India's wealthiest have become considerably wealthier this year.
• The government of India's Ministry of Culture and Vijnana Bharati organized an "International conference on the contributions of J C Bose: A Satyagrahi Scientist" at the Inter-University Accelerator Center in New Delhi on the occasion of the 164th anniversary of the birth of eminent Indian scientist Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava.
• The first Innovation Lab (SIL) in India, focused on the debt collection sector of the banking sectors in India and the Middle East, was opened with the help of the world's top full-stack debt assistance and risk mitigation platform.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• China organized the first high-level China-Indian Ocean Region Forum on Development Cooperation  (IORFDC), with representatives from 19 countries including all countries from South Asia except India attending this event.
• The world’s largest active volcano, Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years.
• According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Globally one in eight or over one billion people are migrants with 281 million international migrants and many million individuals who are stateless.

• The G-20 presidency will officially transition to India on December 1, 2022.
• The World Bank (WB) report, titled “Climate Investment Opportunities in India’s Cooling Sector" finds that as temperatures steadily rise in India due to climate change, keeping spaces cool using alternative and innovative energy-efficient technologies can open an investment opportunity of $1.6 trillion by

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• The Rajasthan Cabinet approved the Rajasthan Rural Tourism Scheme, 2022, to boost rural tourism and generate employment.

• Meghalaya has become the first state in the Northeast to pass the first-ever Mental Health and Social Care Policy.
• A first-of-its-kind Tribal Winter Festival was held in the Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
• The 23rd Edition of the Hornbill Festival 2022 is set to begin at Naga Heritage Village Kisama from 1st December to 10th December. 
• Uttar Pradesh (UP), Chief Minister Shri Yogi Adityanath has launched One District One Sport (ODOS), modelled after the government's highly successful One District One Product (ODOP) scheme.
• Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) is developing an app-based networking platform called "Patentkart".
• The Haryana government has launched the Nirogi Haryana project across the state.
• India’s First permanent pathway for persons with disability and senior citizens at Chennai’s Marina beach, Tamil Nadu (TN) will be inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.

• The Ministry of Culture, Government of India in collaboration with “Swar Dharohar Foundation,” inaugurated a 3 day “Swar Dharohar Festival” under Kalanjali.
• The Ministry of External Affairs, in association with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and the Government of Goa, will organise the International Lusophone Festival in Goa from 3-6 December, 2022.
• Indian School of Business (ISB) and the Department of Mission Shakti, Government of Odisha signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enable women’s economic empowerment & rural prosperity through a robust forest economy.
• Maharashtra, which accounts for around 20% of India’s pharmaceutical output, plans to set up a bulk drug park in Raigad district at an initial investment of ₹2,442 crore.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• According to information provided by the finance ministry, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) receipts for November 2022 were Rs 1,45,867 crore.
• According to the World Bank, India will be the first nation in the world to receive $100 billion in remittances in 2022.
• The third wind-solar hybrid power plant has been put into operation in Jaisalmer in Rajasthan by Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL), the Adani Group's renewable energy division.
• NSE Indices, a division of the National Stock Exchange, announced the introduction of a new index in the Nifty Bharat Bond Index series.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND ECONOMY

• The  Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has amended rules on registering insurance companies and investments in them.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is working with the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) to develop a food inflation projection framework as the central bank looks to depend more on a consultative approach to collect first-hand data and improve policy responses.
• The Indore Municipal Corporation, Madhya Pradesh (MP) is planning to issue the nation’s first local government bond targeting individual investors, with proceeds used to fund a solar power project.
• The government has approved the continuation of the interest subvention scheme (ISS) with modification for the financial years 2022-23 and 2023-24 & the applicable lending rate to farmers will be 7% and the rate of interest subvention to lending institutions will be 1.5%.
• BSE Ltd has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for Sundararaman Ramamurthy as the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of the exchange.
• Old private sector lender Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited (TMBL) has entered into bancassurance partnerships with Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Ltd, part of the Chennai-based Murugappa Group, and Max Life Insurance Company 
• Star Health and Allied Insurance Co Ltd, a standalone health insurance company, has launched the Star OutPatient Care Insurance Policy.
• The mutual fund industry has urged the government to increase the threshold for withholding tax (TDS) on the dividend to ₹50,000 per annum from the current level of ₹5,000 per annum.
• Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has put in place a revised framework for seeking its prior approval for changes in control of stock brokers, depository participants, and other market intermediaries which will be effective from December 1, 2022.
• YES, Bank has signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) with JC Flowers Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC), purchasing a 9.9% interest in the ARC for Rs 11.43 per share.

• TurtleFin, India’s leading insurtech platform, has partnered with YES BANK, to create a first-of-its-kind comprehensive technology platform – EasyNsure.
• The Reserve Bank of India’s first pilot for a retail e-rupee, its version of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), will be launched.
• State Bank of India (SBI) approved raising Rs 10,000 crore (including a green shoe option of Rs. 5,000 crores) through infrastructure bonds during the financial year 2023 
• Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has restructured its advisory committees about foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and social stock exchange.
• India has allowed Sri Lankan citizens to hold up to $10,000 (8.14 lakh Indian rupees) in Indian rupees (INR) in the physical form.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a four-tiered regulatory framework for the categorization of Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs).
• IIFL Mutual Fund has launched India's first passive tax saver fund, IIFL ELSS Nifty 50 Tax Saver Index Fund (IN50) will be on sale through a new fund offer (NFO).
• India handed over USD 100 million to the Maldives to ease the financial challenges faced by the archipelagic state in the Indian Ocean.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Financial Services Agency (FSA), Japan exchanged letters of cooperation in the field of Central CounterParties (CCPs) to improve
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 1.25 crore on Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank, Mumbai.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given conditional approval to private equity investors Carlyle Group and Advent International to acquire up to 9.99% each in private lender Yes Bank.

• The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has extended the deadline for Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to meet the market cap deadline of 30% to December 31, 2024.
• Canara Bank received the “Banker’s Bank of the Year Award 2022” for the India segment at the Global Banking Summit held in London, United Kingdom (UK).
• Fino Payments Bank has partnered with Protean eGov Technologies (formerly NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited), a market leader in universal, citizen centric and population scale e-governance solutions, to expand PAN card issuance services in India, especially in rural areas.
• Private sector lender Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited (TMBL) has been authorised by the Reserve Bank of India to undertake government business on behalf of the banking regulator.
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and ABIS Exports India Private Limited (ABIS) entered into an agreement on sustainability-linked and blue-debt facility non-convertible debentures for $16 million (in equivalent Indian rupee).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• The ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal, awarded at the 53rd International Film Festival of India for a film that best exemplifies Mahatma Gandhi's principles of nonviolence, tolerance, and peace, was awarded to the Iranian film Nargesi, directed by Payam Eskandari.
• Sarkar Talwar, a former Ranji cricketer, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement of the Year award at the Turf 2022 and India Sports Awards of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).
• During the pageant's coronation at Cove Manila, Okada Hotel, Paraaque City, South Korea's Mina Sue Choi was named Miss Earth 2022.
• The National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) won the Champion of Champions Award and fourteen Corporate Communication Excellence Awards at the 16th PRCI Global Communication Conclave in 2022.
• The Best Director Award went to director SS Rajamouli for his work on RRR at the 2022 New York Film Critics Circle.
• The Prince of Wales, Prince William, unveiled the five winners in Boston, Massachusetts, and one of them was India's Greenhouse-in-a-Box.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• Senior Odia bureaucrat Manoj Kumar Sahoo has been appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre.
• The government has extended the term of Mr. Vinay Mohan Kwatra as Foreign Secretary till April 30, 2024.
• Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, the first Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO), will resign from her post after a five-year stint and return to India.
• Sanjeev Bisht has been elected as the chairman of the All India Spices Exporters Forum (AISEF) for the year 2022-23.

• Top Andhra Pradesh cadre Indian Administrative (IAS) officer and former health secretary Mrs. Preeti Sudan took the oath of office and secrecy as a member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
• The Uttarakhand government has named Prasoon Joshi, the CEO, and CCO of McCann Worldgroup India, the state’s brand ambassador.
• India assumed the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in December 2022.
• The Government of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has appointed the IPS Officer Laxmi Singh as the new Noida Police Chief, making her the first woman officer to head a Police Commissionerate in
• Prasanth Kumar, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), South Asia of GroupM Media (India) Pvt Ltd, has been elected as the President of the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) for fiscal 2022-23.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of M Paramasivam as the executive director of the government-owned Punjab National Bank for three years.

• India will assume the chairmanship of the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA), a multilateral technology control agreement, on 1 January 2023, for a period of 1 year.
• Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of state-owned Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL) Mahua Acharya, has resigned from the top post.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India's top six engineering colleges to include Indian standards in the curriculum.
• The top six engineering schools in India and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to integrate Indian standards into the curriculum.
• A comprehensive agreement on migration and mobility was inked by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, making it simpler for people to work, study, and travel in both nations.
• Airtel has announced a collaboration with Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) to promote the expansion of India's digital ecosystem.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• The Indian Army and Australian Armies began their joint military exercise Austra-Hind 2022 at Rajasthan’s Mahajan Field Firing Ranges (MFFR) in Bikaner, Rajasthan which will end on December 11, 2022.
• India–Malaysia annual joint military exercise “Harimau Shakti 2022” commenced at Pulai, Kluang, Malaysia.
• Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have jointly inaugurated a corvette warship built by Turkey for the Pakistani Navy under a strategic cooperation project·        
• Indian Air Force is conducting the Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise “Samanvay 2022” at Air Force Station in  Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh co-chaired the 4th India-France Annual Defence Dialogue with French Minister of Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu in New Delhi.

• An Indian Coast Guard Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mk-III squadron was commissioned by D G V S Pathania at ICG Air Station, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN) in a major boost to further strengthen the Coast Guard Region East, 840 Sqn (CG).
• The 12th Edition of Exercise Agni Warrior (XAW) 2022, a bilateral exercise between the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) & Indian Army (IA), concluded at Field Firing Ranges, Devlali (Maharashtra).

• Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane inaugurated the first Coastal Security Conference organised by the Indian Coast Guard under the aegis of Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) at Chennai.
• The Ministry of Defence has approved the extension of pension payment for 3 months for banks’ pensioners, who migrated to SPARSH, {System for Pension Administration (Raksha)} and whose identification was due in November 2022.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Chennai-based space tech startup AgniKul Cosmos Private Limited has inaugurated its first-ever launchpad designed and operated by a private player at Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC).
• The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) students have launched the first electric formula racing car to have come from the institute.
• Airline EasyJet and British aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce had successfully tested a hydrogen-powered aircraft engine, the world's first modern aircraft engine for the aviation industry.
• International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) scientists in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have developed high-resolution spatial maps that enable cropland mapping for insurance claims and agriculture policy decision-making on targeting regenerative agriculture (RA).

• Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL), a leading vaccine manufacturer, has announced a partnership with the Central Institute of Fisheries Education  (CIFE), Mumbai, an Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Institute for the commercial development of India’s first fish vaccine.
• Japanese Space Agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully used steam to propel its CubeSat spacecraft, EQUilibriUm Lunar-Earth point 6U (EQUULEUS) was launched on its way by NASA's Orion spacecraft.
• Western Sydney University, The Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), The Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bangalore and the Indian Institute for Spices Research (IISR), Calicut, and the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University have come together to launch a Centre in High Tech Protected Cropping Systems.
• China launched its six-month Shenzhou 15 mission, carrying 3 astronauts to Tiangong, the country's newly completed space station.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITION AND MERGERS

• YES, Bank has signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) with JC Flowers Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC), purchasing a 9.9% interest in the ARC for Rs 11.43 per share.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING & INDEX

• According to Knight Frank, Mumbai was ranked 22nd in a global index that analyzes the annual price appreciation of luxury residential properties.
• India, according to DGCA officials, has moved up to position 48 in the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) evaluation of the world's aviation safety.
• India is ranked eighth among the nations with the highest danger of mass murder in 2022 and 2023, according to a new analysis by the US think tank Early Warning Project.
• The first edition of the World Meteorological Organization's State of Global Water Resources Report 2021 has been published.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS AND AUTHORS

• It is based on former space chairman Padma Bhushan Dr. K. Radhakrishnan's autobiographical book "My Odyssey: Memoirs of the Man Behind the Mangalyaan Mission."
• The Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2022 has been awarded to a book by historian and activist Shekhar Pathak about the well-known Chipko Movement for forest conservation.
• The "Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne" biography by British author Katherine Rundell was awarded the 50,000 pounds ($59,000) Baillie Gifford Prize at a ceremony in London.
• A book by Vikram Sampath called "Brave Hearts of Bharat, Vignettes from Indian History," an anthology of 15 tales of men and women and their unyielding spirit of freedom and bravery, was released in Delhi.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• The FIFA World Cup Man of the Match award has been given out following each game since 2002.
• Stephanie Frappart of France will be the first woman to referee a men's World Cup match, according to FIFA.
• The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA India) is hosting an Inclusion Conclave for the first time to put a greater emphasis on anti-doping processes and education for athletes with impairments.
• India will host the third T20 World Cup Cricket Tournament for the Blind from December 5–17, 2022.
• At the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Saurashtra defeated Maharashtra by five wickets to win the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
• Indian captain Rohit Sharma has surpassed former batsman Mohammed Azharuddin to become his country's sixth-highest ODI run-scorer.
• Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr on a two-and-a-half-year contract worth 200 million euros each season.
• The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) President's Cup was won by Indian shooter Rudrankksh Patil in Cairo, Egypt.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

• The vice chairman of Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd, Vikram S Kirloskar has passed away at the age of 64.

• Former President of China Jiang Zemin, who supported economic reforms leading to years of growth in the country, Passed away at the age of 96.

• Veteran Odia film actress Jharana Das Passed away at the age of 77 in Cuttack, Odisha.
• Veteran documentarian, Julia Reichert, who won an Oscar in 2020 for her feature ‘American Factory', has passed away at the age of 76.