News Headlines : 22nd December 2022

  • National Mathematics Day is bening celebrated today(December 22) on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the great mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs high level meeting to assess COVID-19 situation in the country; Advises States to audit Covid specific facilities to ensure operational readiness of Hospital Infrastructure.
  • Indian scientist, Prof. Thalappil Pradeep, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras received VinFuture special prize on 20th Dec. 2022 in Hanoi for innovation of a low-cost filtration system to remove arsenic and other heavy metals from groundwater.
  • Government to conduct random scanning of international passengers to minimise risk of entry of new variants into the country.
  • Government today said that it is monitoring the Global situation and the challenges posed by multiple variants of Covid-19 and undertaking required public health measures. RTPCR testing of all international passengers will start at all international airports to minimise the risk of the entry of new variants into the country.
  • Centre says, one Lakh 47 thousand persons appointed through Rozgar Melas in various Ministries.
  • The Task Force constituted for Promotion of AVGC – Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics Sector in India has submitted its report to the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur.
  • Parliament passes Bills to include Narikoravan and Kurivikkaran communities in list of Scheduled Tribes in Tamil Nadu and Betta Kuruba community in Karnataka.
  • Delhi Government has said that it is following the directions of Central government and conducting genome sequencing of all the Covid-19 cases.
  • Two thousand 841 athletes selected in 21 sports disciplines under Khelo India Scheme.