DECEMBER

1.World AIDS Day, observed annually on December 1 since 1988.
HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus
2024 Theme: “Take the rights path: My health, my right“
India status: 3rd largest in the world.

2.Union government recently granted a geographical indication (GI) tag to the ‘Gharchola’,a traditional saree from Gujarath.
Chief Minister: Shri Bhupendra Patel
Governor :Shri Acharya Devvrat

3.Goverment proposed to raise the Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) limit for Indian insurance companies from 74% to 100%.
previously increased from 49 to 74 per cent in February 2021.
Goal: “insurance for all” by 2047

4. Indian Railway has launched the “Sanrakha” Mobile application to ensure passenger safety.
Goal: improve railway safety through capacity building of Indian railways
Satish Kumar is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board,

5.Megalaya hosted the two day MeGong festival 2024
This flower blooms in large quantities in the Garo hills.
The festival celebrates Garo culture,which include folk dance,music,handicrafts etc..

6. 43rd India international trade fair concluded at Bharath mandapam ,new Delhi
Theme:”viksit Bharath at 2047″

7.Prime minister Narendra modi will launch the “bima saki yojana” in panipath ,Haryana.

Aim: to empowering women by creating job opportunities in the insurance sector under the scheme by LIC(life insurance corporation)

8. Justice Murdu Fernando, the 2nd woman Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, was sworn in on December 2, 2024, succeeding Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya.

8. India-Malaysia Joint Military Exercise HARIMAU SHAKTI Commence

• The 4th edition of the joint military exercise HARIMAU SHAKTI began on December 2, 2024, at Bentong Camp, Malaysia
• The Indian contingent consists of 78 personnel from the MAHAR Regiment, and the Malaysian contingent includes 123 personnel from The Royal Malaysian Regiment.

9.Booker Prize 2024

• The Booker Prize is a literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.
• Reward: £50,000
• First winner: P. H. Newby in 1969 for his novel ‘Something to Answer For’.
• First woman: Bernice Rubens in 1970 for ‘The Elected Member’.
• 2024 Winner: British author Samantha Harvey won, her novel Orbital.