Vision IAS Current Affairs 2022 : December Current Affairs 2022
1. TurtleFin, India’s leading insurtech platform, has partnered with which of the following bank to create a comprehensive technology platform ‘EasyNsure’ to offer a bouquet of holistic insurance solutions on a single platform?
1. ICICI Bank
2. Bank of Baroda
3. HDFC Bank
4. Union Bank of India
5. Yes Bank
Option “5” is correct. TurtleFin, India’s leading insurtech platform, has partnered with YES BANK, one of the leading private sector banks in India, to create a comprehensive technology platform EasyNsure. EasyNsure is the first-of-its-kind proposition for YES BANK that will bring multiple insurance partners onto a common platform.
2. Who has inaugurated ‘Doctor Apke Dwar’ mobile health clinics to facilitate operational expenditure for three years for smooth functioning at Sadar Hospital, Aarah, Bhojpur District Bihar?
Option “2” is correct. Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh inaugurated REC’s CSR initiative for procurement, operation and maintenance of 10 Mobile Health Clinics (MHC) ‘Doctor Apke Dwar’ at Sadar Hospital, Aarah, Bhojpur District Bihar. The project aims to facilitate operational expenditure for three years for smooth functioning. The total cost of the project is Rs. 12.68 crore.
3. Every year, on 1 December, the world commemorates World AIDS Day to raise awareness and to unite people worldwide in the fight against the global health issue of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. What is the theme of World AIDS Day 2022?
1. Global solidarity, resilient services
2. End inequalities. End AIDS
3. Equalize
4. Achieving Equality to End HIV
5. Know Your Status
Option “3” is correct. The World AIDS Day theme for 2022 is “equalize”. The day provides an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness.
4. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the top six engineering institutes of India for introducing Indian standards as an integral part of the curriculum. Where is the headquarters of Bureau of Indian Standards is located?
1. Hyderabad
2. Delhi
3. Allahabad
4. Pune
5. Mumbai
Option “2” is correct. Delhi is the headquarter of BIS. The MoU was signed with the Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and National Institute of Technology Trichy on 28 November 2022.
5. Which bank has planned to raise Rs 10,000 crore worth of infrastructure bonds during the current financial year for 10 years’ tenure according to the plans?
1. State Bank of India
2. Indian Bank
3. Canara Bank
4. HDFC Bank
5. Kotak Mahindra Bank
Option “1” is correct. State Bank of India plans to raise Rs 10,000 crore worth of infrastructure bonds during the current financial year. SBI confirmed the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Central Board of State Bank of India to seek approval for raising infrastructure bonds to Rs 10,000 crore through public issues or private placement.
6. The United Nations informed that the world’s biggest coral reef ecosystem was significantly impacted by climate change and the warming of oceans so it should be listed as a World Heritage site. In which country world’s biggest coral reef ecosystem lived?
1. New Zealand
2. South Africa
3. Indonesia
4. Sweden
5. Australia
Option “5” is correct. UN panel has recommended that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef should be listed as a World Heritage site that is in danger. Frequent bleaching events are threatening the reef, including four over the last seven years and the first during a La Nina phenomenon.
7. Padma Shri awardee Prasoon Joshi is currently the Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (Censor Board). Which state government has recently appointed Prasoon Joshi as the state’s brand ambassador?
Option “2” is correct. CEO & CCO of McCann Worldgroup India, Prasoon Joshi has been appointed by Uttarakhand Government as the state’s brand ambassador. Padma Shri awardee Prasoon Joshi is currently the Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (Censor Board).
8. A study report, titled ‘Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage Policy Framework and its Deployment Mechanism in India’, was released. Which of the following organization has released study report on ‘Carbon Capture to Achieve Net Zero Emission Target by 2070’?
1. World Bank
2. United Nations
3. NITI Aayog
4. NASA
5. IIT Madras
Option “3” is correct. NITI Aayog Releases Study Report on ‘Carbon Capture to Achieve Net Zero Emission Target by 2070. The report explores the importance of Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage as an emission reduction strategy to achieve deep decarbonization from the hard-to-abate sectors.
9. Who received Para Sports Person of Year award at the Turf 2022 and India Sports Awards of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)?
Option “1” is correct. At the Turf 2022 and India Sports Awards of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), former Ranji cricketer Sarkar Talwar was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement of the Year award. Apart from Talwar, Avani Lekhara, who won two medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, was recognized as the Para Sports Person of the Year.
10. Select the name of Iranian film which has won the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the 53rd edition of International Film Festival of India which reflects Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of peace, tolerance and non-violence.
1. Golden Peacock
2. Erhat
3. The Kashmir Files
4. Love to the islands
5. Nargesi
Option “5” is correct. Iranian film Nargesi by Director Payam Eskandari has won the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the 53rd edition of International Film Festival of India, given for a film that best reflects Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of peace, tolerance and non-violence.
