Daily Current Affairs December 30

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December 30 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

Sports – Daily Current Affairs December 30

1. Ross Taylor announces retirement from international cricket. He was related to which country?
A) India
B) Iraq
C) Iran
D) Australia
E) New Zealand
Answer: E) New Zealand

• Taylor hence will play his final appearance in the second Test against Bangladesh, where will will equal Daniel Vettori’s record of 112 tests for New Zealand.
• Taylor, who made his Test debut back in 2008 against South Africa and played the first of 233 ODIs against the West Indies in 2006, will bid adieu to the game as New Zealand’s top-scorer in Test and one-day international cricket.
• His 21 ODI centuries also are a New Zealand record.

Ross Taylor – Retirement from International cricket.

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Ranking – Daily Current Affairs December 30

2. Which institute is topped in Institute of National Importance, Central Universities & CFTIs category in Atal Innovation Rankings 2021?
A) IIT, Kanpur
B) IIT-Bombay
C) IIT-Roorkee
D) IIT-Delhi
E) IIT-Madras
Answer: E) IIT-Madras

• The Ministry of Education’s innovation cell released the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021 on December 29.
• This is the third time that IIT Madras has secured the first rank.
• IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi were placed at the second and third ranks respectively.

Institute of National Importance, Central Universities & CFTIs:

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Institute of National Importance, Central Universities & CFTIs (non-technical):

General (Non-Technical): Top 5 Ranks

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs December 30

3. Which organisation extends deadline for periodic KYC update till March 31 2022?
A) IFSCA
B) IRDAI
C) RBI
D) SEBI
E) SIDBI
Answer: C) RBI

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the last date for periodic KYC update till March 31, amid Omicron uncertainties and has advised banks and other regulated entities not to take restrictive action against customers till the fiscal end.
• Earlier in May, the RBI had extended the last date for updation of KYC by regulated entities till December-end because of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Business and Economy – Daily Current Affairs December 30

4. ITC partners with which organisation to crowdsource innovative ideas for single-use plastic substitution?
A) Amazon
B) Facebook
C) Bimaplan
D) Airtel
E) Invest India
Answer: E) Invest India

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5. Which company and Bajaj Finance partner to provide financing to used car buyers?
A) Mahindra
B) Tata Motors
C) Hero
D) Honda
E) Cars24
Answer: E) Cars24

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Appointments – Daily Current Affairs December 30

6. Durga Shankar Mishra assumes charge as chief secretary of which state?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Kerala
D) Uttarakhand
E) Assam
Answer: A) Uttar Pradesh

• Newly-appointed Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Durga Shankar Mishra assumed charge and said he would work diligently to take various schemes of the government to people.
• Mishra, a 1984-batch IAS officer who was due to retire on December 31, was given the important responsibility ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
• He took over from Rajendra Kumar Tiwari, a 1985-batch IAS officer who is due to retire in February 2023.
• Mishra has been given a one-year extension in service.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs December 30

7. Which country launches satellite-carrying rocket into space?
A) Australia
B) Guinea
C) Iran
D) China
E) USA
Answer: C) Iran

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International Affairs – Daily Current Affairs December 30

8. Which country is selected as member of New Development Bank of BRICS?
A) Egypt
B) Guinea
C) Iran
D) China
E) USA
Answer: A) Egypt

• India welcomed Egypt’s entry as the fourth new member of the New Development Bank (NDB) that was established by the BRICS countries six years ago.
• The NDB admitted Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Uruguay as its new members in September.
• The BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) set up the bank with an aim to mobilise resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in emerging economies.

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9. Which country has launched a new nuclear powered icebreaker ‘Sibir’?
A) Egypt
B) Russia
C) Iran
D) China
E) USA
Answer: B) Russia

• During the 21st edition of the India-Russia summit held on December 6, the Indian Side also expressed its interest in collaborating with Russia on the Northern Sea Route.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs December 30

10. PM Modi inaugurates and lays foundation stone of 23 projects worth over Rs 17500Cr in which state?
A) Karnataka
B) Maharashtra
C) Kerala
D) Uttarakhand
E) Assam
Answer: D) Uttarakhand

• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Lakhwar Multipurpose Project which was first conceived in 1976 and was pending for many years.
• He inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of Rs 8700 crore road sector projects.
• These road projects would realise PM’s vision to improve connectivity in remote, rural and border areas.

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11. Which state government has renamed Jhansi Railway Station as ‘Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station’ after Rani Laxmibai?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Kerala
D) Uttarakhand
E) Assam
Answer: A) Uttar Pradesh

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12. Which organisation released a compendium of innovations focused on agriculture featuring 70 startups and a collection of 41 innovations in technology?
A) CII
B) CCI
C) ICAI
D) BEL
E) AIM, NITI Aayog
Answer: E) AIM, NITI Aayog

• According to an official statement, both books are a celebration of the success stories of young innovators of India.
• ”The ‘Innovations for You’– a compendium of innovations focused on agriculture featuring 70 startups supported by Atal incubation Centers (AICs) of AIM and ‘The Ingenious Tinkerers’ – a compendium on the innovations on technology featuring 41 innovations from Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) of India,” it said.

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13. Which state launches digital life certificate mechanism for pensioners?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Kerala
D) Odisha
E) Assam
Answer: D) Odisha

• Patnaik said the introduction of digital life certificates and E-dairy were part of his government’s 5T and ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiatives.
• The 5Ts include teamwork, technology, transparency, transformation, and time limit on which performance of government officials and projects are judged, while the ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative attempts to bring in professionalism and behavioural change in public offices through a direct random feedback system from citizens.

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