Brief Current Affairs of December 2022

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2022 Jamnalal Bajaj Awards

Awarded by: Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation

  1. Category: Constructive Work
    • Nilesh Desai (Madhya Pradesh): Founder of the Sampark Samaj Sevi Sansthan
  2. Category: Application of Science & Technology for Rural Development
    • Mansukhbhai Prajapati (Gujarat) : Founder of the Mitticool, which manufactures clay products
  3. Category: Development & Welfare of Women & Children
    • Sophia Saik (Odisha) : Activist for women beedi workers in Odisha
  4. Category: International Award for Promoting Gandhian Values outside India
    • Dr Ogirat Younan and Dr Walid Slyabi of Lebanon : Academic University College for Non-Violence and Human Rights

Sahitya Akademi Awards 2022

#LanguageWorkAuthor
1.AssameseBhool Satya (Short stories)Manoj Kumar Goswami
2.Bengali To be declared later--
3.Bodo Sansrini Modira (Poetry)Rashmi Choudhury
4.Dogri Chhe Roopak (Drama)Veena Gupta
5.English All the Lives We Never Lived (Novel)Anuradha Roy
6.Gujarati Gher Jatan (Autobiographical Essays)Gulam Mohammad Shaikh
7.Hindi Tumadi Ke Shabd (Poetry)Badri Narayan
8.Kannada Bahutvada Bhaarata mattu Bouddha Taatvikate (Collection of Articles)Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy
9.Kashmiri Zael Dab (Literary Criticism)Farooq Fayaz
10.Konkani Amrutvel (Novel)Maya Anil Kharangate
11.Maithili Pen-Drive Me Prithvi (Poetry)Ajit Azad
12.Malayalam Ashaante Seethayanam (Literary Criticism)M. Thomas Mathew
13.Manipuri Leironnung (Poetry)Koijam Shantibala
14.Marathi Ujavya Sondechya Bahulya (Novel)Praveen Dashrath Bandekar
15.Nepali Saino (Drama)K.B. Nepali
16.Odia Dayanadi (Poetry) Gayatribala Panda
17.Punjabi Main Aynghosh Nahi (Short Stories) Sukhjit
18.Rajasthani Alekhun Amba (Play)Kamal Ranga
19.Sanskrit Deepmanikyam (Poetry) Janardan Prasad Pandey ‘Mani’
20.Santhali Sabarnaka Balire Sanan’ Panjay (Poetry) Kajli Soren (Jagannath Soren)
21.SindhiSindhi Sahit Jo Mukhtasar Itihas (Literary History)Kanhaiyalal Lekhwani
22. TamilKaala Paani (Novel)M. Rajendran
23.Telugu Manodharmaparagam (Novel)Madhuranthakam Narendra
24.UrduKhwab Saraab (Novel)Anis Ashfaq

Football legend Pele

Original name: Edson Arantes do Nascimento

Born: 23 Oct 1940

Expired: 29 Dec 2022

Nationality: Brazil

FIFA World Cups won by Brazil during his career: 1958, 1962 & 1970

Goals in international matches: 77 in 92 matches

Club teams played for: Santo and New York Cosmos

Autobiography is titled: Pele: The Autobiography


Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2021-22

1. Sudeep Sen for Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation

2. Shobhana Kumar for A Sky Full of Bucket Lists


New Prime Ministers

Ireland: Mr. Leo Eric Varadkar since 17 Dec 2022

Peru: Mr. Alberto Otarola since 21 Dec 2022

Fiji: Mr. Sitiveni Rabuka since 24 Dec 2022

Nepal: Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal since 26 Dec 2022


2022 FIFA World Cup

Held from 20.11.2022 to 18.12.2022

Host: Qatar

No of teams: 32

Opening ceremony and first match: Al Bayt Stadium

Final match and closing ceremony: Lusail Stadium

Trophy unveiled by Deepika Padukone and Iker Casillas (former Spanish footballer)

Prize money: $42 million for winners

Mascot: La'eeb (meaning skilled player)

Official match ball named: Al Rihla

Official match ball for final: Adidas Al Hilm

Winners: Argentina (3rd title - 1978, 1986 and 2022)

Runners-up: France

Final score in the final match; 3 - 3 (4 - 2 penalty shoot-out)

3rd and 4th Position: Croatia and Morocco

Awards

Golden Boot: Kylian Mbappe

Golden Ball: Lionel Messi

Golden Glove: Emiliano Martinez

Young Player Award: Enzo Fernandez

Fair Play Award: England

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Global Food Security Index 2022

Released by: The Economist

#Country#Country
1.Finland25.China
2.Ireland68.India
3.Norway74.Nepal
4.France79.Sri Lanka
5.Netherlands80.Bangladesh


Books in News

The Chipko Movement - A People's History by Shekhar Pathak (Won the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2022)