Current Affairs : 18 December 2024

1. The 129th Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2024, popularly known as ‘One Nation, One Election’, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 17.

2. The ‘Remembering Ghalib’ ceremony has been organized in New Delhi on the birth anniversary of the famous Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.

3. Uttarakhand has unveiled India’s first yoga policy to become a global yoga hub.

4. The 16th session of the UNCCD ‘Conference of Parties’ (COP16) held recently in Riyadh to combat desertification.

5. The ’10th International Forest Festival’ has started recently in Bhopal.

6. The government has launched ‘Credit Guarantee Scheme for farmers and traders for eNWR based pledge funding.

7. Two bills related to One Nation, One Election have been introduced in the Lok Sabha recently.

8. United States of America has recently developed a new anti-missile system called ‘Dark Eagle’.

9. Preeti Lobana has been appointed by technology giant Google as the new country manager for India.

10. Pensioner’s Day’ is celebrated every year in India on 17 December.

11. According to the Ministry of Education, 620 ‘Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas’ will be developed by the government under ‘PM Shri Yojana’.

12. Britain has officially became the 12th member of the “Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement”.

13. Recently, on the completion of one year of Rajasthan government in Jaipur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects costing Rs 46,300 crores.

14. Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports has recently launched the ‘Fit India Cycling’ initiative in New Delhi.

15. It has been recently announced to build the country’s ‘largest air cargo hub’ in Noida.