Current Affairs — 17 December 2024

🚄 Infrastructure & Energy 📍 Rajasthan Must know

PM inaugurates and lays foundation for 24 projects worth over ₹46,300 crore in Rajasthan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 24 energy, road, railway and water projects worth over ₹46,300 crore in Jaipur on 17 December 2024.

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🏛️ Parliament & Bills 📍 India Must know

Bills for 'One Nation, One Election' introduced in Lok Sabha

The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 were introduced in the Lok Sabha on 17 December 2024.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 India Must know

Kisan Kavach, India's first anti-pesticide bodysuit for farmers, launched

Union Minister Jitendra Singh unveiled Kisan Kavach, a first-of-its-kind anti-pesticide bodysuit for farmers, on 17 December 2024.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Delhi Important

CSIR and AIIMS New Delhi sign MoU for collaborative healthcare research

CSIR and AIIMS New Delhi signed an umbrella MoU for collaborative research in healthcare at AIIMS New Delhi on 17 December 2024.

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🔬 Space 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

Technology Development Board supports Agnikul Cosmos to develop and commercialise Agnibaan

The Technology Development Board of DST sanctioned financial assistance to Chennai-based Agnikul Cosmos for its Agnibaan launch vehicle, the ministry said on 17 December 2024.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Kerala Important

Keel laid for Magdala (BY 528), sixth Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, at Cochin Shipyard

The keel of Magdala (BY 528), the sixth ship of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft project, was laid at Cochin Shipyard, Kochi on 17 December 2024.

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💹 Economy 📍 India Important

CBIC launches four citizen-centric initiatives including revised Citizen's Charter and CBIC Archives

CBIC Chairman Sanjay Kumar Agarwal launched four initiatives to improve taxpayer services on 17 December 2024.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

C-DOT signs TTDF agreement with Silizium Circuits for LEO satellite components and GNSS RF front-end chip

C-DOT signed an agreement with Silizium Circuits Pvt Ltd, a startup under IIT Hyderabad's fabless chip design incubator, for LEO satellite components and a GNSS RF front-end ASIC, as announced on 17 December 2024.

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🎓 Education 📍 Punjab

IIT Ropar opens Dr Ranbir Singh Tinkerers' Lab for round-the-clock student innovation

IIT Ropar opened the Dr Ranbir Singh Tinkerers' Lab, a maker space open to all students round the clock, as announced on 17 December 2024.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 India

Central Zoo Authority begins consultations on a National Wildlife Health Policy

The Central Zoo Authority held a stakeholder consultation workshop on 17 December 2024 to develop a National Wildlife Health Policy.

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