Current Affairs One-liners — 12 December 2024

Thu, 12 Dec 2024

• The Ministry of Defence signed a contract with HAL on 12 December 2024 to procure 12 Su-30MKI aircraft with associated equipment for about ₹13,500 crore.
• Steel Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy released India's Green Steel Taxonomy at Vigyan Bhavan on 12 December 2024, making India the first nation to define green steel.
• India's gross foreign direct investment inflows have reached $1 trillion since April 2000, the Commerce Ministry said on 12 December 2024, with H1 FY2024-25 inflows up nearly 26% to $42.1 billion.
• India's D. Gukesh, 18, won the FIDE World Championship in Singapore on 12 December 2024 by beating China's Ding Liren 7.5-6.5, becoming the youngest world champion in history.
• DRDO's Indian Light Tank fired a number of rounds accurately at an altitude of more than 4,200 m during high-altitude trials, the Defence Ministry said on 12 December 2024.
• The Ministry of Coal issued Letters of Award to selected applicants under Categories I and III of the ₹8,500 crore Coal Gasification Incentive Scheme on 12 December 2024.
• President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Honorary Rank of General of the Indian Army on Nepali Army chief General Ashok Raj Sigdel at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 12 December 2024.
• The World Anti-Doping Agency approved the National Dope Testing Laboratory, New Delhi, as an Athlete Passport Management Unit on 6 December 2024; the Sports Ministry announced the approval on 12 December 2024.
• The 10th World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Expo, themed 'Digital Health: An Ayurveda Perspective', were inaugurated in Dehradun on 12 December 2024.
• India's Index of Industrial Production grew 3.5% in October 2024, up from 3.1% in September, according to quick estimates released on 12 December 2024.
• The third India-UK Financial Markets Dialogue was held at GIFT City, Gujarat, on 12 December 2024, hosted by the Department of Economic Affairs with HM Treasury.
• All-India CPI inflation eased to 5.48% in November 2024 from 6.21% in October, with food inflation at 9.04%, according to data released on 12 December 2024.
• The Indian Navy's seventh Missile cum Ammunition Barge, LSAM 14 (Yard 82), was launched at Mira Bhayandar, Maharashtra, on 12 December 2024.
• Dr Prem Kaushal and Dr Rajender Motiani of the Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, were among 11 life scientists named to the EMBO Global Investigator Network on 12 December 2024.