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ICC bans America’s National Cricket League. Former Chief Minister of Puducherry M.D.R. Ramachandran passed away. At the age of 9, Arit Kapil became the first Indian to defeat a 66-year-old grandmaster.
Information about some major current affairs, which are important for students preparing for government jobs…
Appointment
1. Sanjay Malhotra will be the new Governor of RBI: The Union Cabinet on December 9 appointed Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra as the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He will replace the current Governor Shaktikanta Das. Das’s term ends on December 10, 2024.
Sanjay Malhotra will be the 26th Governor of RBI.
- Shaktikanta Das was made the Governor on 12 December 2018.
- His tenure was later extended for three years. He had replaced Urjit Patel.
- Sanjay Malhotra will take over as RBI Governor from December 11.
- Sanjay Malhotra is a 1990 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Rajasthan cadre.
- Sanjay holds an engineering degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and a master’s degree in Public Policy from Princeton University, USA.
- Malhotra has worked in various sectors including power, finance and taxation, information technology and mines.
- He has more than 33 years of work experience.
- Before serving as Secretary (Revenue) in the Ministry of Finance, he held the post of Secretary in the Department of Financial Services under the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
- Malhotra has expertise in finance and taxation at both the state and central government levels.
DEATH
2. Former Union Minister SM Krishna passed away: SM Krishna, former External Affairs Minister and Chief Minister of Karnataka, died at around 2:45 am on the late night of 9 and 10 December. He was 92 years old. Krishna breathed his last at his residence in Bengaluru. He was suffering from age related diseases.
His last rites were performed with state honors at 4 pm.
- The Karnataka government has declared 3-day state mourning on the death of the former Chief Minister. No function or celebration will be held in the state during this period.
- SM Krishna was born on 1 May 1932 in Somanahalli, Mandya district of Karnataka.
- He graduated from Maharaja’s College, Mysore and then completed his LLB from Government Law College.
- After this he got Fulbright Scholarship to study in America. Krishna obtained a post graduation degree in Law from America.
- After returning to India, Krishna started practicing law in Karnataka and Delhi High Court. After some time he joined politics.
3. Former Chief Minister of Puducherry M.D.R. Ramachandran passed away: Former Chief Minister of Puducherry M.D.R. Ramachandran died on 9 December. He was 90 years old and was suffering from health issues caused by old age.
Ramachandran was twice the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry when he was in Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
- Ramachandran’s political career started at an early age. At the age of 39, he was elected MLA from Nettapakkam constituency of Puducherry.
- He was the Chief Minister of Puducherry from 1980–1983 and 1990–1991.
- He first served as Chief Minister in 1980 and led the then DMK-Congress coalition government, which lasted for three years.
- Ramachandran again became Chief Minister in 1990 and led the DMK-Janata Dal coalition government for a year.
- Ramachandran left the DMK to join the Congress in 2000 and became the Speaker of the Puducherry Assembly in 2001, when the Congress replaced N. Cabinet formed under the leadership of Rangasamy.
- After this Ramachandran became the Vice President of Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee.
- He also promoted the cooperative movement in the Union Territory.
Defense
4. New warship ‘INS Tushil’ commissioned in Indian Navy: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh commissioned the Indian Navy’s new warship INS Tushil in Russia on December 9. This warship is an advanced stealth class missile frigate. INS Tushil is equipped with many advanced weapons, including a large number of indigenous missiles.
The Russian-built warship INS Tushil for the Indian Navy was commissioned in the Russian coastal city of Kaliningrad on Monday (9 December 2024).
- This includes BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, high range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft gun.
- Apart from this, this warship also has many advanced rockets including controlled close-range rapid fire gun system, submarine-killing torpedoes.
- The design of the warship gives it the ability to evade radar and better stability.
- In 2016, a deal worth 2.5 billion dollars (about Rs 21 thousand crore) was signed between India and Russia for 4 stealth frigates. Out of these, 2 warships are to be built in Russia (Yantar Shipyard) and 2 in Goa Shipyard.
- After delivery of Tushil, Russia will hand over Tamal to India in June-July 2025.
- INS Tushil was launched at Russia’s Yantar Shipyard in October 2021 in the presence of the then Indian Ambassador to Russia D. Bala Venkatesh Varma and Indian Navy officials.
- During the ceremony, Datala Vidya Verma named the ship ‘Tushil’.
- The Sanskrit word Tushil means ‘impenetrable armor’ in Hindi i.e. protector shield.
- INS Tushil is part of the Talwar Class Stealth Guided Missile Frigate.
- The displacement of this warship is 3850 tons and its length is 409.5 feet, beam is 49.10 feet and draft is 13.9 feet.
- INS Tushil can move at a maximum speed of 59 kilometers per hour in sea.
- This warship can remain deployed at sea for 30 days carrying 180 soldiers including 18 officers. After that logistics and fuel have to be added to it.
- There are mainly two types of warships – frigate and destroyer.
- Frigate warships are usually small in size, light and fast. It is used for surface attack, anti-submarine warfare (war against underwater ships) and anti-air warfare (defense against air attacks).
- Destroyers are large and powerful warships. They are more armed and stronger than frigates. The main role of destroyers is to destroy major enemy warships such as aircraft carriers and cruisers. These ships are equipped with best-in-class technical capabilities for anti-air, anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare and heavy missiles, long-range radar systems and air-to-air and air-to-ground attack capabilities. Known for.
SPORTS
5. ICC bans America’s National Cricket League: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned America’s National Cricket League (NLC). The ICC wrote a letter to the United States of America Cricket (USAC) informing them of its decision not to sanction future editions of the league.
It was written in the letter that the playing eleven rules were not followed in the league. 6-7 foreign players were played in this T-10 format tournament.
- According to ICC rules, every team playing in the league should have at least 7 American players in its playing eleven, but in many matches 6-7 foreign players were fielded.
- Drop-in pitches were used in the matches, which were very poor. The pitches were so bad that Wahab Riaz and Tymal Mills had to bowl spin so that the batsmen did not get hurt.
- League officials also broke US immigration rules to give foreign players a chance. For sports category visa in America, it costs at least 2 lakh US dollars for 6 teams. Many players did not come on sports visa to save money.
- The first season of the NCL took place between 4 and 14 October. Chicago CC, captained by Robin Uthappa, won the title by defeating Atlanta Kings by 43 runs. Sachin Tendulkar gave him the trophy.
- Former Indian cricketers Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik and Pakistan’s legendary all-rounder Shahid Afridi participated in this league.
6. Arit Kapil became the first Indian to defeat a 66-year-old grandmaster at the age of 9: Delhi-based chess player Arit Kapil has become the first Indian to defeat the 66-year-old grandmaster. He is just 9 years, 2 months and 18 days old and has defeated American Grandmaster Rashed Ziyatdinov, who is 57 years older than him.
Arit defeated the American grandmaster in the ninth and final round at the KIIT International Open tournament on 9 December.
- He is the third youngest player in the world to defeat a Grandmaster in Classical Time Control.
- In this case, Ashwath Kaushil of Indian origin from Singapore has defeated the Grand Master at the age of 8 years 6 months and Leonid Ivanovic from Serbia has defeated the Grand Master at the age of 8 years 11 months.
- Ziyatdinov is the master of the white pieces, but Arit countered his every move and defeated on the 63rd move.
- He was also a part of the 61st National Championship held in Gurugram in August. Although at that time his rank was 183rd.
TODAY’S HISTORY
History of 10 December: Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on 10 December. This is the day when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights highlights that every person is entitled to fundamental freedoms and protections, regardless of race, sex, religion or nationality. The theme of Human Rights Day 2024 is ‘Our Rights, Our Future, Now’. It looks at how human rights affect our everyday lives. It is a reminder to speak out against hate, misinformation and lies. The UN emphasizes that now is the time to take action and revitalize the global movement for human rights. It was officially established in 1950 by a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly. The date was chosen in honor of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on December 10, 1948, following World War II. Its purpose was to prevent future atrocities and protect human dignity.
- In 1868, the world’s first traffic light was installed in London. It was invented by JP Knight, who was a railway signal engineer.
- Freedom fighter C Rajagopalachari was born in 1878.
- Alfred Nobel, the scientist who discovered dynamite, died in 1896.
- In 1950, the UN declared today as Human Rights Day.
- In 1958, America’s first domestic jet passenger flight, the Boeing 707, flew from New York to Miami. There were 111 passengers on board the two and a half hour flight.
- In 1982, 117 countries of the world signed the treaty laying down the laws related to the sea.
- In 2000, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif was exiled from Pakistan for ten years. At that time Sharif was serving sentence in kidnapping, hijacking and corruption cases.
- Ashok Kumar, one of the veteran actors of Indian cinema, passed away in 2001.
- In 2002, America’s second largest airline company United Airlines was declared bankrupt.
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