Daily Current Affairs December 26

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December 26 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

Sports – Daily Current Affairs December 26

1. Which state Hockey win Junior National Championship 2021?
A) Kerala
B) Odisha
C) Assam
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: D) Uttar Pradesh

• Uttar Pradesh Hockey maintained their unbeaten record in the 11th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2021 in Kovilpatti in Tamil Nadu with a decisive 3 – 1 victory over Hockey Chandigarh in the final of the competition.

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Obituary – Daily Current Affairs December 26

2. Karolos Papoulias passed away. He was served as President of which country?
A) South Korea
B) Greece
C) Indonesia
D) Spain
E) Ireland
Answer: B) Greece

• Former Greek President Karolos Papoulias, who served two terms between 2005 and 2015, died at the age of 92, the presidency said.
• Papoulias, who was also foreign minister in 1985-89 and 1993-96, was a high-ranking member of socialist PASOK party and a close associate of its late leader and former prime minister Andreas Papandreou.

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3. Desmond Tutu passed away. He won Nobel Peace Prize in which year?
A) 1982
B) 1983
C) 1984
D) 1985
E) 1986
Answer: C) 1984

• Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his opposition to racial discrimination in South Africa, has died.
• He was 90.

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Appointments – Daily Current Affairs December 26

4. Rajeev Ahuja is appointed as interim Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in which bank?
A) Kotak Mahindra Bank
B) RBL Bank
C) Punjab National Bank
D) IndusInd Bank
E) HSBC India
Answer: B) RBL Bank

• RBL Bank’s Vishawvir Ahuja has stepped down as MD & CEO of the bank, and the bank has appointed Rajeev Ahuja as as the interim Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the bank with immediate effect.
• The Reserve Bank of India has also appointed its Chief General Manager Yogesh K Dayal as an additional director on the board of RBL Bank.
• The bank said it received a communication from the Reserve Bank on December 24, and appointed its Chief General Manager Yogesh K Dayal as an additional director on the board of RBL Bank for a period of two years, with effect from December 24, 2021 till December 23, 2023 or till further orders.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs December 26

5. Which country launches new camera satellite with high resolution to find resources?
A) South Korea
B) Greece
C) Indonesia
D) China
E) Ireland
Answer: D) China

• China launched a new satellite with a camera that can take pictures of the ground with a resolution of five meters, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said.
• The satellite, called ”Ziyuan-1 02E” or ”five-meter optical satellite 02,” was launched by a Long March-4C rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China’s Shanxi province.
• Ziyuan-1 02E weighs about 2.5 kilograms and is equipped with infrared, near-infrared and hyperspectral cameras.
• The cameras can take full-colour panchromatic images of the Earth, state-run CGTN-TV reported.

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6. Which organization launches revolutionary space telescope to give glimpse of early universe?
A) SpaceX
B) ISRO
C) CASA
D) ESA
E) NASA
Answer: E) NASA

• NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, built to give the world its first glimpse of the universe as it existed when the earliest galaxies formed, was launched by rocket from the north-eastern coast of South America, opening a new era of astronomy.
• The revolutionary $9 billion infrared telescope, described by NASA as the premiere space-science observatory of the next decade, was carried aloft inside the cargo bay of an Ariane 5 rocket that blasted off at about 7:20 a.m. EST (1220 GMT) from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) launch base in French Guiana.

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International Affairs – Daily Current Affairs December 26

7. Which state is to be one of the partner countries at the upcoming 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit scheduled in the Indian state of Gujarat from January 10-22, 2022?
A) South Korea
B) UK
C) Sri Lanka
D) USA
E) Ireland
Answer: C) Sri Lanka

• The 2022 event will see over 40,000 participants, including global business leaders, investors, fund managers and policymakers from 135 countries.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs December 26

8. Which state launched “free tablets and laptops distribution scheme” for one crore youths of the state?
A) Kerala
B) Odisha
C) Assam
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: D) Uttar Pradesh

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9. Which state has approved a three-year action plan to strengthen farmer producer organisations in the state?
A) Rajasthan
B) Odisha
C) Assam
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) Tamil Nadu
Answer: A) Rajasthan

• Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved a three-year action plan to strengthen farmer producer organisations in the state
• The state government has earmarked Rs 137.75 crore for the plan, which will be launched under the Mukhyamantri Krishak Sathi Yojana and aims at strengthening 120 farmer producer organisations (FPOs).
• About 96,000 progressive farmers will be benefited with this approval, the release said.

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10. Who inaugurates Brahmos missile manufacturing unit in Lucknow?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) Narendra Modi
C) Bhupendar Yadav
D) Rajnath Singh
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: D) Rajnath Singh

• BrahMos project is estimated to create 5,500 fresh job opportunities, while the ancillary supply chain would create an additional 10,000 employment.
• All the three wings of the Indian defence forces viz. Army, Air Force and Navy, have already inducted BrahMos advanced weapon system.

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