Daily Current Affairs December 17

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December 17 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

Sports – Daily Current Affairs December 17

1. Who won the Best Female Debut honour at the 2021 Paralympics Awards?
A) Varun Singh Bhati
B) Naresh Kumar. Sharma
C) Tek Chand
D) Deepa Malik
E) Avani Lekhara
Answer: E) Avani Lekhara

• Indian shooter Avani Lekhara won the Best Female Debut honour at the 2021 Paralympics Awards.
• Lekhara, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a car accident in 2012, is the first Indian to clinch gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics Games 2020.
• The 20-year-old achieved the record-breaking feat in the women’s 10m air rifle SH1, with score of 249.6 points in the final event and equalled the world record at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
• She also won bronze medal in women’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 and became the first Indian female to bag two medals in the Games’ history.
• Lekhara was also India’s flagbearer at the closing ceremony. India won an unprecedented 19 medals at the Paralympics Games.

Other winners at the award ceremony include:

• Diede de Groot (Netherlands) – Best Female Athlete.
• Marcel Hug (Switzerland) – Best Male Athlete.
• Adam Peska (Czech Republic) – Best Male Debut.
• Wheelchair Rugby (United Kingdom) – Best Team.
• Viktoriya Potapova (Russia) – BP Courage Award.
• Dr Anja Hirschmueller (Germany) – Best Official

Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs December 17

2. World Bank unveils ____ billion support aid for poorest nation to recover from Covid-19 crisis?
A) 33
B) 43
C) 53
D) 73
E) 93
Answer: E) 93

• The World Bank’s fund to help the world’s poorest nations got a $93 billion injection of cash to help scale up aid for pandemic recovery and other programs, the institution announced.
• It was the biggest replenishment ever for the International Development Association (IDA), which provides grants for 74 countries, most of which are in Africa, the Washington-based development lender said.
• The package includes $23.5 billion of contributions from 48 high- and middle-income countries as well as financing raised in the capital markets and the World Bank’s own contributions, according to a statement.
• Today’s generous commitment by our partners is a critical step toward supporting poor countries in their efforts to recover from the Covid-19 crisis, World Bank President David Malpass said.
• The IDA fund is replenished every three years, but because of the pandemic, the latest cash injection was pulled forward by a year and will be in place through June 2025.
• The World Bank said the funds will help countries better prepare for future crises, including pandemics, financial shocks, and natural disasters.
• While the funds will support countries globally, resources are increasingly going to Africa, which will receive about 70 percent of the funding.

Books and Authors – Daily Current Affairs December 17

3. The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh: How Yogi Aditynath Changed UP Waala Bhaiya’ abuse to a Badge of Honour is authored by whom?
A) Michael Wolff
B) Shantanu Gupta
C) Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad
D) Aditya R. Nighhot
E) Avtar Singh Bhasin
Answer: B) Shantanu Gupta

• A new book chronicles how Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath transformed the state in various aspects like law and order, connectivity, education, health infrastructure, and overall growth.
• Written by author Shantanu Gupta, ”The Monk Who Transformed Uttar Pradesh: How Yogi Aditynath Changed UP Waala Bhaiya’ abuse to a Badge of Honour”, is published by Garuda Prakashan.
• The author has previously written ”The Monk Who Became Chief Minister: The definitive biography of Yogi Adityanath” telling the BJP leader’s journey of becoming a politician.

National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs December 17

4. Who inaugurates Dhaka’s historic Kali Mandir destroyed by Pak Army in 1971?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Narendra Singh Tomar
C) Ram Nath Kovind
D) Giriraj Singh
E) Ashwini Vaishnaw
Answer: C) Ram Nath Kovind

• President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the renovated Sri Ramna Kali Mandir here, 50 years after it was destroyed by the Pakistani forces in 1971, and described the historic temple as the symbol of the cultural and spiritual bonding among the people of India and Bangladesh.
• President Kovind is in Bangladesh on his maiden state visit at the invitation of his counterpart M Abdul Hamid to attend the golden jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh’s independence from Pakistan in the 1971 Liberation War.
• The President and First Lady Savita Kovind offered prayers at the renovated temple.
• Bangladesh’s junior minister for religious affairs Faridul Alam Khan along with the temple’s priests received the President, the First Lady and their daughter Swati while they stayed at the venue for nearly 30 minutes.

5. Which ministry, MapmyIndia collaborate for road safety technologies?
A) Women & Child Development Ministry
B) Road Ministry
C) Corporate Affairs Ministry
D) Civil Aviation Ministry
E) Defence Ministry
Answer: B) Road Ministry

• The Union road transport ministry, IIT Madras and MapmyIndia signed a pact for collaboration in driver and road safety technologies space, and jointly launched free-to-use-navigation app service for people.
• In a statement, MapmyIndia, a provider of advanced digital maps, said that the MapmyIndia app provides road safety alerts to users about upcoming accident hazards while driving.
• By using this navigation app, users will get voice and visual alerts about upcoming accident-prone zones, speed breakers, sharp curves, potholes etc, to ensure they can drive carefully and avoid accidents, it added.
• Further through the app, users and authorities can also report and broadcast accidents, unsafe areas, road and traffic issues on the map to help benefit other users, which will be analysed by IIT Madras and MapmyIndia and will then be used by the government to improve road conditions in future.
• The statement said that the MapmyIndia had won the government of India’s Aatmanirbhar App Innovation Challenge in 2020.

6. Who inaugurated the All India Mayors’ Conference here via video conferencing?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Narendra Singh Tomar
C) Ram Nath Kovind
D) Giriraj Singh
E) Ashwini Vaishnaw
Answer: A) Narendra Modi

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the All India Mayors’ Conference here via video conferencing. As many as 120 mayors from various states are participating in the conference whose theme is ‘New Urban India’.
• Ahead of the conference, the PMO had said that it has been the constant endeavour of the prime minister to ensure ease of living in urban areas.
• The government has launched multiple schemes and initiatives to address the issues of dilapidated urban infrastructure and lack of amenities, it noted.
• A special focus of these efforts has been the state of Uttar Pradesh, which has witnessed tremendous progress and transformation of the urban landscape, especially in the last five years, the PMO said.
• An exhibition is also being organised from December 17 to 19 to showcase the key achievements of the government of India and government of Uttar Pradesh in the sphere of urban development.

7. Department of Posts releases special commemorative stamp to mark 75th anniversary of which company?
A) TCS
B) Facebook
C) L & T
D) Microsoft
E) Meta
Answer: C) L & T

• To mark the 75th anniversary of L&T Construction & Mining Machinery business, the Department of Posts released a special commemorative stamp.
• The corporate stamp was unveiled by Karnataka Circle Chief-Postmaster-General Sharda Sampath in the presence of Larsen & Toubro CEO and MD SN Subrahmanyan and others.

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