Nation news

Government Medical College, Nagpur

• The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Government Medical College, Nagpur at Nagpur, Maharashtra on December 1, 2023.

 Maharashtra

Armed Forces Medical College at Pune

• The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu presented the President’s Colour to Armed Forces Medical College at Pune on December 1, 2023. She also virtually inaugurated the Armed Forces Centre for Computational Medicine ‘Prajna’.

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Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra

• Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah addresses the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra in Gir Somnath, Gujarat.

Gujarat : 

SARAS Food Festival

• MoS, Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste inaugurated the hugely popular SARAS Food Festival at New Delhi.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Visa Ban on Israeli extremist settlers

• The Biden administration has informed Israel that Washington will impose visa bans in the next few weeks on Israeli extremist settlers engaged in violence against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank according to media reports.

Israel: 

LeadIT 2.0

• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi together with H.E. Mr. Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Sweden, co-launched the Phase-II of the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT 2.0) for the period 2024-26, at COP-28 in Dubai.

Sweden : 

Economy

MOU between RBI and BoE

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Bank of England (BoE) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation and exchange of information related to Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL)

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Environment

COP28 climate summit 

• United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, whose country is hosting the COP28 climate summit, announced a $30 billion climate fund that aims to attract $250 billion of investment by the end of the decade.

COP-28 : 

Defence News

Tejas light combat aircraft

• The Union government approved defence acquisition projects worth ₹2.23 lakh crore that included procurement of 97 Tejas light combat aircraft and 156 Prachand combat Helicopters.

Appointment

Air Marshal Makarand Ranade

• Air Marshal Makarand Ranade appointed as Director General (Inspection and Safety) [DG (I&S)] at Air Force HQ New Delhi on 01 December 2023.

Indian Air Force : 

Sport News

National Boxing Championship

• Jaipal Singh knocked out Commonwealth Games silver medallist Sagar Ahlawat to claim the +92kg ctegory crown in the National Boxing Championship at the SAI Indoor Hall in Shillong .

National shooting championship

• Bishal Shrestha won the men's 50-metre free pistol Gold with a score of 563 in the 66th National Shooting Championship at the Madhya Pradesh Academy.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)

• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the squad for the Indian cricket team's tour of South Africa beginning from December 10.

Board of Control for Cricket in India : 

Person in News

Sandra Day O'Connor

• Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the US Supreme Court, has died at age of 93.

Miscellaneous

 Pharmacy Council of India (PCI)

• The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) is set to unveil the revamped “DIGI-PHARMed” application on December 1, featuring four integrated services. The primary objective is to regulate pharmacy education across India by facilitating the enrollment and registration of pharmacy institutions.

Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) 

World Computer Literacy Day

• World Computer Literacy Day is marked on 2nd December every year.
• World Computer Literacy Day was launched by Indian computer company NIIT to mark its 20th anniversary in 2001, in response to research which suggested that the majority of computer users around the world were men.