Published on: December 26, 2022

Snippets : 26 December 2022

Snippets : 26 December 2022

  • Ladakh  celebrated Losar Festival  on December 24, to mark the Ladakhi New Year. Ladakhi New Year is the major socio-religious festival of Ladakh celebrated in winter
  • Good Governance Day is observed in India annually on the 25th of December, the birth anniversary of former-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Day was established in 2014 to honor Prime Minister Vajpayee by fostering awareness among the Indian people of accountability in government.
  • Sitiveni Rabuka elected as new Prime Minister of Fiji
  • The Light We Carry is a book by Michelle Obama
  • Sania Mirza is the India’s  first Muslim woman fighter pilot
  • Former Supreme court judge Justice Hemant Gupta as the Chairperson of the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC).
  • Nominated Rajya Sabha member and athlete P.T. Usha is now on the panel of Vice-Chairman of the House
  • M K Pranesh elected as Deputy Chairperson of Karnataka Legislative Council
  • Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh had the highest number of “Priority 1” polluted river stretches in India
  • Government decided mark every year, 26th December shall be observed as ‘Veer Baal Diwas’ to mark the martyrdom of Sahibzada Zorawar Singh and Sahibzada Fateh Singh .
  • Right to repair portal and an NTH mobile app and opened new premises of the National Consumer Helpline centre. On the ‘right to repair’ portal, manufacturers would share the manual of product details with customers so that they could either repair by self, by third parties, rather than depend on original manufacturers. Initially, mobile phones, electronics, consumer durables, automobile and farming equipments would be covered.