Current Affairs News December - The Current Knowledge

Current AffairsLAUNCH AND EVENTGamesNational Current Affairs Current Affairs Let us have a brief outlook on certain recent affairs that have relevance to the candidates aspiring to get a government job LAUNCH AND EVENT PM Modi launches Developed India Youth Workshop:- The “Developed India@2047: voice of youth” scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 11 December. This scheme aims to transform India into an advanced nation one hundred years after the achievement of Indian sovereignty. Across the country, workshops will take place and enable youth participation in realizing this objective. India needs to attain four measures if it is to be considered among the developed countries. Such indicators as Gross National Income (GNI), Per capita income, Gross domestic production, and HDI. The UN had named 126 states of the world as developing until 2020. The UN list of developed countries included 36 such countries until 2020. Games Khelo India Para Games 2023' in Delhi:- On the 11th of December, Anurag Thakur, the Union Sports Minister launched ‘Khelo India para games’ at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in the national capital of Delhi. (Current Affairs ) These games have 1450 para-athletes drawn from 32 states, union territories, and service sports boards. Khelo India Para Games 2023 is scheduled between 10th Dec – 17th Dec, at three locations in Delhi. They are being staged at IG Stadium, Tughlakabad shooting range, and JLN Stadium respectively. Seven sports competitions will be held under ‘Khelo India Para Games 2023’ These include para athletics, para shooting, para archery, para football, para badminton, para table tennis, and para weightlifting. They have held the Khelo India Games on eleven occasions since 2018. They include five Khelo India Youth Games, three Khelo India University Games, and three Khelo India Winter Games. National Government bans onion:- On 8th December, the Federal Government directed that exportation of the onions was not allowed until 31st March 2024. This is because of the high demand and higher prices for onion. The government has requested NCCFI and NAFED to buy 60,000 tons of onion this season. The above figure translates into the purchase of 5.10 lakh tonnes of onion. A year later, at a conference in Nairobi, Kenya, the United Nations declared October 29, 2023, as World Food Day. The Central Government introduced a 40% export duty on onions in August 2023 and will continue till the end of December 2023. The government was not levying export duties on the Bengaluru Rose variety in that period. The name of this onion was recognized as geographic indication (GI) by the Indian government just two years ago, i.e., in 2015.