Current Affairs : 21 December 2024

1. Recently, astronauts of China have created a new world record by doing the longest spacewalk of nine hours .

2. ‘Sanjeevani Yojana’ has been started in Delhi for free treatment of the elderly.

3. 03 Indian women are included in the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women list.

4. The controversial “burqa ban” will be officially implemented in Switzerland from January 1, 2025.

5. The Central Government has signed a $42 million loan agreement with ADB for coastal and river bank protection in Maharashtra.

6. Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has launched the National e-Vidhan Sabha Application (NEVA), he is currently the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.

7. Poetess Gagan Gill will be awarded the ‘Sahitya Akademi Award 2024’ for Hindi literature.

8. Gujarat is at the forefront in installing rooftop solar energy in India.

9. Recently, writer Suryabala has been awarded 34th Vyas Samman 2024 for the novel “Kaun Des Ko Vasi”.

10. ‘Goa Liberation Day’ is celebrated on 19 December in the memory of the Indian Armed Forces who liberated India from Portuguese rule.

11. Swapan Chaudhary has recently been honored with the “National Tansen Award” for the year 2023.

12. Recently Bhutan has given royal honor to Indian citizen Arun Kapoor, he is Educationist.

13. Salman Khan has been announced by the Indian Kho-Kho Federation as the brand ambassador of the Kho-Kho World Cup 2025.

14. Recently, Masali village of Gujarat has become the country’s ‘first border solar village’.