Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of Dec 08th to 14th 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

• International Anti-Corruption Day 2022 is observed on the 9th of December 2022.
• Human Rights Day 2022 is observed on the 10th of December 2022.
• Nobel Prize Day 2022 is observed on the 10th of December 2022.
• International Mountain Day 2022 is observed on the 11th of December 2022.
• UNICEF Foundation Day 2022 is observed on the 11th of December 2022
• Universal Health Coverage Day 2022 is observed on the 12th of December 2022.
• National Energy Conservation Day 2022 is observed on the 14th of December 2022.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• On December 6, Dhaka commemorated the 51st anniversary of "Maitri Diwas," which commemorates India's recognition of Bangladesh in 1971.
• Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) have created an "Ocean Wave Energy Converter" that can produce power from waves in the ocean.
• The World Ayurveda Congress & Arogya Expo 2022 will take place in Goa from December 8–11 to give industry leaders, practitioners, traditional healers, educators, students, medicine manufacturers, etc.
• Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur launched India's first Drone Skilling and Training Virtual E-Learning Platform at the Chennai manufacturing site of Garuda Aerospace, an Indian business that uses agri-drones to empower and mobilize farmers throughout the country.
• PM Kisan Status 2022: On December 20, 2022, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi may introduce PM Kisan.gov.in for the 13th Installment Payment.
• The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will hold a two-day convention in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, on December 10 and 11, 2022, with the subject "Universal Health Coverage Day (UHC) 2022."
• The Rooftop Solar Program will now run through March 31, 2026, according to a statement from the central government.
• The government has contributed an extra Rs 5,000 crore to the SWAMIH Invest Fund-I to assist the strained real estate investment platform in reaching its final close of Rs 15,530 crore.
• The Telecom Tariff (69th Amendment) Order 2022 on Tariff for SMS and Cell Broadcast Alerts Disseminated Through Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Platform During Disasters/Non-Disasters was issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
• At the Cochin International Airport, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan opened the country's first chartered gateway and a business jet terminal.
• Jammu & Kashmir won first place in the category for creating Ayushman Bharat health account IDs and second place in the category for conducting teleconsultations in honour of Universal Health Coverage Day in 2022.
• India's sixth Vande Bharat Express between Bilaspur (Chattisgarh) and Nagpur (Maharashtra) has been launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• The Government of India has extended the PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme beyond March 2022 with the following provisions:
• The Ministry of MSME launched SAMADHAAN Portal in 2017 (http://samadhaan.msme.gov.in/MyMSME/MSEFC/ MSEFCWelcomer.aspx.) for monitoring the outstanding dues to the MSEs from the buyers of goods and services.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) to establish a global delivery centre in Cairo, Egypt.
• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has signed a six-year contract with an opportunity for extension with the United Kingdom-headquartered Rail Delivery Group to build and run the UK government’s Rail Data Marketplace (RDM).
• According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report “Turning the tide on internal displacement: A development approach to solutions”, for the first time, more than 100 million people were forcibly displaced in 2022, most of them within their own countries

• The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has unanimously adopted a resolution to develop an international tax cooperation framework or instrument based on a UN intergovernmental process. 
• The  4 days long 9th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) was inaugurated at Panaji, Goa in the presence of Union Minister of State for Tourism and Shipping, Ports and Waterways Shripad Naik, and the Chief Minister of Goa  Dr. Pramod Sawant.

• The United Kingdom, Japan, and Italy have announced a partnership to build a sixth-generation warplane scheduled to be ready for deployment by 2035 & it will be called the “Tempest”.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• The first Sylhet-Silchar Festival celebrating the close cultural ties between the neighbouring regions of India and Bangladesh was inaugurated in Assam’s Barak Valley, Silchar, Assam.
• Goldsikka with technology support from Hyderabad-based startup, OpenCube Technologies has launched its first Gold ATM at Begumpet and described it as India’s first Gold ATM and the world’s first Real Time Gold ATM.
• On International Day of Disabled Persons (Dec 03), Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced the setting up of a separate Divyang department for the welfare of differently-abled people with a fund allocation of Rs 1,143 crore.
• The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has invited proposals for its draft tender on leasing out seabed areas for a 4 gigawatt (GW) equivalent offshore wind capacity project off the coast of Tamil Nadu (TN).
• Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a loan with German bank KFW to implement phase two of the Green Energy Corridor (GEC) in TN.
• Delhi Police is set to design, install and supply the ‘Open Standard Digital Trunking Radio System’ (OS-DTRS) and will phase out the current tetranet wireless network services. 
• The Kashmir Tourism Department organized a houseboat festival in Srinagar At Dal Lake.
• Delhi, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh have the highest penetration of electric two-wheelers, passenger vehicles, and three-wheelers respectively.
• Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), a Maharashtra-based organization, has been awarded the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) Local Adaptation Champions Awards at the ongoing COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
• The Odisha government and Epic Foundation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for designing and manufacturing chips and electronics products in Odisha. 
• Kerala Chief Minister Shri Pinarayi Vijayan declared the State Seed Farm Aluva near Kochi has become the first seed farm in the country to achieve a carbon-neutral farm in India.
• The Tamil Nadu (TN) Shri Chief Minister (CM) MK Stalin launched the Sanitation Workers Development Scheme in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
• The 27th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala has started at Nishagandhi auditorium in
• The Assam Cabinet led by Chief Minister (CM), Himanta Biswa Sarma has approved a bill to set up a Safai Karamchari Commission.
• The Chief Minister of Assam Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the Nalbari Science Centre and Planetarium at Milanpur, Nalbari. 
• The Assam government will soon introduce a scheme under which all female students pursuing post-graduate (PG) courses in Assam will be provided a yearly stipend of Rs 10,000 each.
• The Chief Minister of  Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the India Climate and Development Partners’ Meet and announced that Kerala aspires to become a 100% renewable energy-based State by 2040 and net carbon neutral by 2050.
• Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma arrived at Nalbari on a day-long visit during which he launched as many as 12 projects with a cost of  Rs 680 crore.
• Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched ‘Bikashar Babe Eta Poshek’, a development initiative of the Assam government at a function held at Bongaigaon, Assam.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• The world economy appears to be heading for a catastrophic recession, with analogies being drawn between the 2008 global financial crisis and the 2020 slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
• The total amount of coal produced in India increased by 11.66% from 67.94 million tonnes in November 2021 to 75.87 million tonnes in November 2022.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND ECONOMY

• NSE Indices Limited (formerly known as India Index Services & Products Limited (IISL), a subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has launched an index Nifty Bharat Bond Index - April 2033 under the Nifty Bharat Bond Index series 
• A nine-member expert committee, headed by MS Sahoo, has drafted a legal framework for allowing Variable Capital Company (VCC) structure in the International Financial Centres (IFSCs).
• Razorpay, India’s Leading Full-Stack Payments and Banking Platform for Businesses announced the platform’s readiness to support Credit Card Transactions on Unified Payments Interface (UPI). 
• The 7th edition of the Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2021-22 is released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). 
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $3 million project readiness financing (PRF) facility to support preparatory activities for designing a project to improve municipal infrastructure in priority areas of Agartala city, Tripura.
• According to a government clarification, the Indian government will allow a consortium of foreign funds and investment firms to own more than 51% of IDBI Bank Ltd.
• The World Bank in its latest India development update titled ‘Navigating the Storm’ revised upwards its GDP growth forecast for India to 6.9% for 2022-23 from 6.5% in its Oct 2022 Update
• The Government of India has allowed Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to invest up to 15% of its surplus funds into equity through exchange-traded funds (ETFs), in a bid to accrue better returns on its surplus funds.
• State-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) has bagged an EAG Laureate Award in the International Olympiad on Financial Security held in Sochi, Russia.

• Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a uniform format for reporting over-the-counter (OTC) trades in listed non-convertible securities (NCS)
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $250 million policy-based loan to support India’s wide-ranging reforms 
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed a Currency Swap Agreement with the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) under the SAARC Currency Swap Framework.
• Digital marketplace for consumer credit and free credit score platform Paisabazaar and RBL Bank launched a new co-created credit card ‘Duet’.
• The non-banking finance company SV CreditLine and the private sector lender IndusInd Bank have signed a co-lending collaboration for a ₹500 crore loan targeted solely towards women borrowers.
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) introduced a credit rating-based single issuer limit for investment for most actively managed debt mutual fund schemes.
• IDFC FIRST Bank and the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) Centre of Excellence (COE) has partnered to grow the innovation ecosystem through an exclusive range of banking solutions.
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $780 million multi-tranche financing facility (MFF) to build new lines and improve the connectivity of the metro rail system at Chennai, the capital of India’s Tamil Nadu, with the city’s existing bus and feeder services.
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has amended norms to bring buying and selling of mutual fund units under the ambit of insider trading rules.
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $300 million loan to upgrade more than 300 kilometres of state highways and major district roads in Assam, including six road sections in the state’s western, central, and southern regions.

• Edelweiss Mutual Fund has launched the fourth tranche of BHARAT Bond ETF – India’s second corporate bond ETF (exchange-traded fund).
• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has notified increased limits for corporate agents (banks) and insurance marketing firms (IMFs).
• in, an internet unlisted securities portal, has launched India’s first private market index often known as StocX Private Market Index (SPMI).
• According to the data released by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), the government’s fiscal deficit in end-October touched 45.6% of the full year's Budget Estimate.
• Edelweiss Mutual Fund has launched the fourth tranche of BHARAT Bond ETF – India’s second corporate bond ETF (exchange-traded fund).
• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has notified increased limits for corporate agents (banks) and insurance marketing firms (IMFs).
• in, an internet unlisted securities portal, has launched India’s first private market index often known as StocX Private Market Index (SPMI).
• According to the data released by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), the government’s fiscal deficit in end-October touched 45.6% of the full year's Budget Estimate.
• PNB Housing Finance (HFC) unveiled a low-cost home loan program Roshni which enables individuals to apply for loans under this scheme ranging from 5 lakh to Rs. 30 lakh.
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $250 million policy-based loan to support the Government of India’s wide-ranging reforms.
• Private sector lender Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) has partnered with life insurance firm Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance to sell term, annuity, and other value-packed products of the private life insurer across its over 500 branches.
• Asian Development Bank (ADB) and IIFL Home Finance (IIFL HFL) organized ‘Kutumb’ in Delhi to discuss the scope of green affordable housing in
• The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is set to launch India’s first-ever surety bonds insurance product for highway contractors on December 19, 2022, to boost liquidity in the infrastructure sector.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that banks should not ask for verifications/updates at the branch level in case a customer has done e-KYC or those who have completed the KYC (know-your-customer) process on the C-KYC portal.
• The finance ministry in an office memorandum allowed public sector undertakings (PSUs) to invest in debt schemes of all mutual funds.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• Four senior diplomats and a US senator were honoured here with this year's annual 'Diwali- Power of One award for their efforts toward a peaceful and safe world.
• Author Krishnappa G., social activist S. Shadakshari, and physician and head of the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research C.N. Manjunath have all been chosen to receive the Nadoja Award from Kannada University in Hampi.
• Time magazine picked President Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as "the spirit of Ukraine," as the 2022 person of the year for the country's resistance to Russia's invasion.
• The Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation announced the 44th Jamnalal Bajaj Award 2022 winners in December 2022.
• Former vice president Venkaiah Naidu has been conferred with the 25th Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence Award (SIES).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• Two-time Commonwealth Games singles champion Sharath Kamal Achanta and China’s Liu Shiwen were named co-chairpersons of the International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) Athletes’ Commission in Amman, Jordan,
• Shri K.V. Suresh Kumar, a Distinguished Scientist of the Department of Atomic Energy has assumed charge as Chairman and Managing Director of BharatiyaNabhikiyaVidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI) at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu.
• Former Union Minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir assumed charge as Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).
• N Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons, has been appointed as the chair of Business 20 (B20) India to lead the business agenda during India's G20 Presidency.
• Former chairman of oil refining and marketing company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL ), Shri Arun Kumar Singh appointed the Chairman and managing director (MD) of the central public sector undertaking Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) by the Search-cum-Selection Committee (SCSC) of the Government of India.

• Vice President of Peru, Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra was sworn in as the new president of Peru after her predecessor, Pedro Castillo, was impeached by Congress following his attempt to dissolve the legislative body.

• Meghna Ahlawat has been elected as the first-ever woman president of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI)  & she succeeded Kamlesh Mehta.
• Shaji K V has become the Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
• Bangladesh Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina was named the "Global Ambassador for Diabetes" by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) at the opening ceremony of the World Diabetes Congress 2022 held in Lisbon, England.
• Indian-origin Sushmita Shukla, a veteran of the insurance industry, has been appointed as the First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 
• American furniture retailer Pottery Barn announced a global partnership with actor Deepika Padukone who has been signed as a brand ambassador to promote the company’s international expansion.
• Congress leader Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu was sworn in as the 15th Chief Minister (CM) of Himachal Pradesh (HP) at a mega swearing-in ceremony held at historic ridge ground in Shimla, HP & he will Succeed Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur.
• The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade publisher, Markus Dohle stepped down from his role.
• An Indian-origin publishing executive, Nihar Malaviya, has been named interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International publishing group Penguin Random House.
• Hinduja group flagship Ashok Leyland has appointed Shenu Agarwal as the company's managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) with immediate effect.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• The National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. and Walmart Global Sourcing India Private Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate services for MSMEs in the Walmart Vriddhi program.
• Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Power between the signatories Mr. Ravinder Singh Dhillon, CMD, Power Finance Corporation, and Alok Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Power.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• The Hon’ble President of India has approved the introduction of a new design for the President’s Standard and Colour and Indian Navy Crest for the Indian Navy, which was unveiled at Visakhapatnam on Navy Day on 04 Dec 2022.
• The 7th edition of Exercise Sangam, a joint Naval Special Forces exercise between Indian Navy Marine Commandos (MARCOs) and United States (US) Navy Sea, Air & Land (SEALs) commenced at
• The Indian navy’s plan to build 6 modern conventional submarines that can stay underwater for a long time is still having trouble and delays.
• Indian Navy ships Kochi, Kavaratti, and Sumedha arrived in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh to participate in the maiden International Fleet Review (IFR) being conducted by the Bangladesh Navy (BN).
• The 39th edition of India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (IND-INDO CORPAT) between the Indian Navy and the Indonesian Navy is being conducted from December 8 to 19, 2022.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Researchers at IIT Madras have developed and deployed an ‘Ocean Wave Energy Converter’ to generate electricity from sea waves.
• Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has approved the formation of an advisory group to streamline the development of the bamboo sector.
• India's first open-source satellite 'InQube' will be launched in Dec 2022 with the help of Indian Space Agency- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) & Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (In-Space) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Gurugram, Haryana-based private space firm, Vyom Space Exploration and Services Private Limited, for its “human and cargo transportation capsule program".

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITION AND MERGERS

• Alipay Singapore, an arm of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, sold a 3.07% stake in online food delivery giant Zomato for ₹1,631 crores via an open market transaction.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING & INDEX

• The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has issued a list of the world's 100 most influential women, which includes women from politics, science, sports, entertainment, and literature.
• India is anticipated to surpass Brazil and take over as the eighth-largest advertising market in 2023, according to GroupM's worldwide end-of-year prediction.
• Google has published its "Year in Search 2022" report, which highlights the topics that sparked the most interest and were the most often searched on the website this year.
• Gautam Adani, Shiv Nadar of HCL Technologies, and Ashok Soota of Happiest Minds Technologies are the three Indians chosen for the 16th edition of the yearly list.
• Six Indians made it onto Forbes' annual list of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women," including Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Biocon Executive Chairman Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, and Nykaa Founder Falguni Nayar.
• The Passport Index 2022, produced by Arton Capital, assessed the world's strongest and weakest passports.
• India has risen to fifth place among nations that are home to the top 500 corporations in the globe, boasting 20 of the most valuable companies in the world.
• The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the 2022 edition of its annual World Malaria Report, emphasizing the cumulative impacts the prolonged pandemic continued to weigh on the economies and health systems of malaria-endemic countries across the globe.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS AND AUTHORS

• The president of India, Droupadi Murmu, has praised Mansi Gulati, the founder of Manasvani, for her book, "Miracles of Face Yoga."

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• According to speculations, Deepika Padukone will showcase the FIFA World Cup trophy in Qatar later this month.
• Sukant Kadam, world No. 3, smashed his way to gold at the recently ended Peru Para-Badminton International, defeating Singapore's Chee Hiong Ang.
• Mirabai Chanu, an Olympic silver medalist, earned silver in the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Colombia.
• Anurag Thakur, the minister of youth affairs and sports, stated that 1,000 Khelo India centres will be operational nationwide by August 15th, 2023.
• The World Athlete of the Year honours went to Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis and American world champion hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.
• The Chinese Taipai Association's 24-hour ultramarathon saw Air Warrior Cpl Amar Singh Devandar finish in sixth place after running 204.47 kilometres.
• The FIFA World Cup trophy will reportedly be unveiled by Deepika Padukone in Qatar later this month.
• The legendary athlete Pilavullakandi Thekkeraparambil Usha, also known as PT Usha, was chosen to lead the Indian Olympic Association as its first female president.
• Jos Buttler, the captain of England that won the T20 World Cup, received the ICC men's Player of the Month award for the first time for his outstanding performance in November.
• Ishan Kishan becomes the fourth Indian to score a double century in one-day international cricket.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

• Renowned economist, academic and former Union minister Yoginder K. Alagh passed away at the age of 83 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• Dominique Lapierre, the French author and well-known in India for his ode to the city of Kolkata titled 'The City of Joy', passed away at the age of  91.
• Renowned Indian artist, writer, and Padma Shri awardee Manohar Devadoss passed away at the age of 86 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN).