Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of Dec 01st to 07th Dec 2023. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBIClerk 2023 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

Weekly Current Affairs December 01st to 07th PDF Download

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• World AIDS Day 2023 is observed on the 1st of December 2023
• National Pollution Control Day 2023 is observed on the 2nd of December 2023.
• International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2023 is observed on the 2nd of December 2023
• World Computer Literacy Day 2023 is observed on the 2nd of December 2023
• International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2023 is observed on the 3rd of December 2023.
• Indian Navy Day 2023 is observed on the 4th of December 2023.
• International Volunteer Day 2023 is observed on the 5th of December 2023.
• World Soil Day 2023 is observed on the 5th of December 2023.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• Defence Acquisition Council headed by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh approved capital acquisition proposals worth 2 lakh 23 thousand crore rupees to enhance the operational capabilities of the Armed Forces
• Union Minister for Mines Pralhad Joshi has launched the first-ever tranche auction of critical mineral blocks at a function in New Delhi.
• The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Terms of Reference for the Sixteenth Finance Commission.
• Centre has approved the recovery and reconstruction plan of over 1658 crore rupees for Joshimath which was affected by landslide and ground subsidence early this year
• Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy Shri R.K. Singh inaugurated a two-day National Conference on “Energy Transition in India - Road Travelled and Opportunities Ahead” in Gandhinagar
• According to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), the unemployment rate in urban areas has decreased from 7.2% in July-September, 2022 to 6.6% in July–September 2023.
• Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, participated in the 42nd India International Trade Fair (IITF) – 2023 held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 14 to 27 November, 2023
• The World's first portable hospital, 'Aarogya Maitri Aid Cube' was unveiled in
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Green Credit Initiative,' a pathbreaking program aimed at reshaping global environmental policies
• Union Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi launched the first-ever critical minerals auction process
• India's ability to deploy automatic train collision avoidance systems - Kavach - is expected to get a fillip with global companies getting approvals to install it on the national transporter.
• Ministry of Tourism has launched National Best Tourism Village Competition 2024 and the National Best Rural Homestay Competition 2024 to strengthen the promotion and development of Rural Tourism in the country
• In elections held at its assembly for the 2024–25 biennium, India was re-elected to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council with the highest tally.
• India has been unanimously elected as a member representing Asian region in the Executive Committee of Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) during its 46th meeting being held at FAO Headquarters at Rome.
• According to the Union Minister for Textiles Commerce and Industry, India will strive to become the largest cotton producer globally.
• Prime Minister (PM) Shri Narendra Modi calls on countries to prioritise global interests over self-interest and fulfil all climate obligations.
• 'India Internet Governance Forum 2023' will be held in New Delhi.
• The New Broad Gaugeline between Krishna – Devarkadra has been completed and recently commissioned as part of Mahabubnagar – Munirabad new line project.
• PM Modi announced that the ranks of the Navy personnel and officers will be renamed as per the Indian culture.
• India has emerged as a major contributor to the organic and natural products market globally and its share in the market was 17 thousand 8 hundred 53 crore Rupees in the last three years.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India is organising the 11th edition of International Tourism Mart at Shillong, Meghalaya.
• Nepal has become the first South Asian country to officially register same-sex marriage.
• 18 countries endorsed new global guidelines, developed by the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK), to make artificial intelligence (AI) “secure by design” and “raise the AI cybersecurity bar.
• Pakistan secured a significant victory over India in the UNESCO executive board election for the post of vice-chair.
• India and Sweden launched Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) 2.0 during the COP28 World Climate Action Summit, hosted in Dubai for the period 2024-26, at COP-28 in Dubai.
• Pakistan has filed an application to join the BRICS group of nations in 2024 and is counting on Russia’s assistance during the membership process.
• The UAE announced a US$30 billion commitment to the newly launched catalytic climate vehicle, ALTÉRRA.
• Madagascar's Constitutional Court has confirmed President Andry Rajoelina re-election following a controversial election a fortnight ago.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• The Bihar government will launch a programme in December 01, 2023 for nearly 2.5 million children lagging woefully behind their peers in schools with some of them incapable of reading simple Hindi words despite having reached upper primary classes.
• The Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh is focusing on connecting the proposed Bulk Drugs Park in Lalitpur with technology along with research and innovation to provide high-quality and affordable medicines and medical devices.
• A Delhi government school has established the first-of-its-kind biodiversity park to promote the ecosystem and provide students with hands-on learning experiences in agriculture, farming, nature, and greenery.
• The 24th edition of the Hornbill Festival has commenced at Naga Heritage Village Kisama.
• Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has entered into a two-year partnership with the Karnataka government with an aim to focus on digital education and online user safety for students in Karnataka.
• Odisha Chief Minister (CM) Shri Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated Ama Bank, a banking initiative aimed at providing services through Customer Service Points (CSP).
• Delhi Government has introduced the Delhi Motor Vehicle Aggregator and Delivery Service Provider Scheme.
• The Tamil Nadu (TN) government has planned to set up a footwear manufacturing park at an outlay of Rs 400 crore on a 250-acre land.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• The Coal production from commercial coal mines remained around 12 million tonnes in November this year, with a growth of 37 per cent compared to last year.
• The gross Goods and Services Tax, GST revenue collection in the month of November this year stood at around one lakh 68 thousand crore rupee
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India's foreign exchange reserves increased by 2.538 billion US dollar to 597.935 billion US dollar for the week ended 24th November
• Following a subdued performance post listing, LIC shares experienced a notable upswing in November, concluding with a substantial gain of 12.83%, marking the most significant monthly increase for the stock since its debut in May 2022. In the previous trading session, the stock crossed the ₹700 mark after 11 months, finishing the trade at ₹719.
• The full market capitalisation of Bharti Airtel (partly plus fully paid-up) hit ₹6 lakh crore for the first time on

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND ECONOMY

• India's banking system liquidity deficit has widened to the highest in nearly 5 years on monthly goods and services tax payments.
• Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), has launched a new individual, savings, and Whole Life Insurance plan called Jeevan Utsav.
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan package worth USD 500 million to improve access to quality and affordable tertiary health care and medical education in Maharashtra, India.
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a significant loan of USD 170 million for the modernization of water supply services in Kochi, Kerala.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Bank of England (BoE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation and information exchange regarding the Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIL).
• Jana Small Finance Bank, backed by TPG Capital, has received approval from the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for its initial public offering (IPO).
• Fintech major BharatPe turned Ebitda-positive in October and clocked an annualised revenue of Rs 1,500 crore, up 31% from the year-ago period, on the back of a significant growth in lending and payments business.
• TATA AIG General Insurance Company Limited introduced “Health Supercharge" with the aim of offering a fivefold enhancement in health insurance coverage, addressing the dynamic nature of health-related uncertainties.
• Amazon Pay has launched a video sign language Know Your Customer (KYC) service for hearing and speech impaired customers, which involves communication through sign languages, a pioneering initiative in the digital payments sector in India.
• The promoter of CSB Bank erstwhile Catholic Syrian Bank Limited in India has obtained approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to maintain a 26% stake in the bank.
• The insurance ombudsman disposed of over 92% of the complaints it received from the insured during 2022-23.
• The Financial Stability Board removed Italy's UniCredit from its list of Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) and moved 3 banks up a category.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permitted banks to open additional current accounts for export proceeds in addition to special rupee vostro accounts with a view to providing greater operational flexibility to exporters.
• Private general insurers increased their combined market share to 53.58% in gross direct premium underwritten in the first half of the current financial year from 50.81% in the year-ago period.
• Mutual funds have set aside ₹3,100 crore as part of the Corporate Debt Market Development Fund (CDMDF) created by the capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as a backstop arrangement to bailout specified debt schemes in times of crisis in the market.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• The National Metallurgist Award was announced.
• Suganthy Sundararaj received the PRSI National Award for Outstanding Contributions to Healthcare Communications
• Abdullahi Mire of somalia has been named the winner of the UNHRC’s prestigious Nansen Award
• The prestigious WISE Award was honoured to Safina Hussain at the WISE 11 Summit (World Innovation Summit for Education).
• After over 30,000 language lovers around the world got involved to help refine our shortlist of eight words, we are pleased to announce that the Oxford Word of the Year 2023 is rizz.
• Sheetal Devi win best young athlete award in APC conference
• National Capital Region Transport Corporation(NCRTC) bagged the award in “Environmental Initiatives of Tunnelling” category at the 4th edition of the prestigious TAI Tunnelling Awards 2023, organised by the Tunnelling Association of India.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• The Board of Directors of HDFC Bank has approved the appointment of Harsh Kumar Bhanwala as an Additional Independent Director of the Bank for 3 years from January 25, 2024.
• Mumbai-based Fino Payments Bank has received approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the appointment of former managing director of Xerox India and Walt Disney India, Rajat Kumar Jain, as its part-time chairman.
• AS-IT-IS Nutrition, a trusted leader in the fitness and sports nutrition sector, has signed Ravindra Jadeja, the celebrated Indian cricketer, to their distinguished brand ambassador lineup.
• Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Veera Rana, from the 1988 batch, has been appointed the Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh (MP) as an additional charge.
• Mizoram Governor Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati has appointed a woman Indian Air Force officer from Odisha, squadron leader Manisha Padhi, as India's first Woman Aide-De-Camp (ADC) from the Indian Armed Forces at a brief ceremony held at the Raj Bhawan in Aizawl.
• Pradeep Kumar Pal, an officer from the Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) of the 2009 batch, has been selected for the position of Director in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
• Microsoft’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella, stated that the company has hired OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to lead a new advanced AI research team.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• An MoU has been signed between Nasscom and NRW Global to establish a launchpad in Germany
• Government of India and Government of Manipur signed a Peace Agreement with United National Liberation Front (UNLF), the oldest valley-based armed group of Manipur in New Delhi
• NLC India Limited, a Navratna PSU under the Ministry of Coal, entered into a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)in Chennai with Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation (TNSDC), the  Nodal Agency of Government of Tamil Nadu for skill development and M/s Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF), Bengaluru, a pioneer institution on providing skill training to unemployed youth, to meet the present industry demands.
• NLC India Limited, a Navratna PSU under the Ministry of Coal, entered into a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Chennai with Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation (TNSDC), the Nodal Agency of Government of Tamil Nadu for skill development and M/s Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF), Bengaluru, a pioneer institution on providing skill training to unemployed youth,  to meet the present industry demands.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING AND INDEX

• The World Health Organisation (WHO) published a report titled ‘World Malaria Report 2023
• Novak Djokovicearned the year-end 1 spot in the ATP rankings for the eighth time, adding to a record he already held.
• With an average three rapes a day, Delhi is still among the most unsafe metropolitan city for women in the country, according to data shared by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), with 14,158 crimes against women reported in 2022.
• The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world's richest people.South African-born Elon Musk is the new richest person in the world, having recently surpassed United States Jeff Bezos

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• The crest of Yard 12706 (Imphal), the third amongst the four Project 15B stealth guided missile destroyers, was unveiled by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, in the presence of Manipur Chief Minister Shri N Biren Singh, in New Delhi.
• The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with M/s Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Haridwar for procurement of 16 Upgraded Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM) along with associated equipment/ accessories for Indian Navy under Buy (Indian) category at a total cost of ₹2956.89 Cr.
• The 14th Edition of the Indo-US Joint Special Forces exercise, "VAJRA PRAHAR 2023," has commenced at the Joint Training Node in Umroi, Meghalaya spanning from 21st November to 11th December 2023.
• Indian Coast Guard conducted the 9th National Level Pollution Response Exercise (NATPOLREX-IX) near Vadinar, Gujarat.
• In a significant leap forward in the realm of Indian aviation, IndiGo, the country’s largest airline, has unveiled a cutting-edge AI chat assistant, 6Eskai, powered by GPT-4 technology.
• The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a contract with Agnit Semiconductors Private Limited for design and development of advanced Gallium Nitride (Gan) semiconductors essential for the next generation of wireless transmitters in defence applications ranging from radars to electronics warfare jammers.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• In 2025, Saturn's rings will seemingly disappear from Earth's view due to the phenomenon known as the "Saturnian equinox."
• China has established the world's first near-space command, which is the fifth branch of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), focusing on the development of hypersonic weapons.
• Indian aerospace company Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) and Satellogic have signed a deal to develop local space technology capabilities in India and manufacture Earth observation (EO) satellites.
• US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to train an Indian astronaut for a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by the end of 2024.
• Mahe, Malvan and Mangrol, the first three ships of 08 x ASW Shallow Water Craft (CSL) project being built by CSL, Kochi for the Indian Navy, were launched CSL, Kochi.
• India is preparing to launch its inaugural X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
• Google has quietly pushed back the launch of next-gen AI model Gemini until 2024.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given its approval to SBI Mutual Fund (SBI MF) for acquiring an aggregate holding of up to 9.99% of the paid-up share capital or voting rights of private sector lender Karur Vysya Bank Limited.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• In a historic achievement for Indian chess, Vaishali Rameshbabu secured her grandmaster title by crossing 2,500 International Chess Federation (FIDE) ranking points during the IV El Llobregat Open in Spain

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES     

• American diplomat and Nobel winner Henry Kissinger passed away at the age of 100 years.