TNPSC 12th DECEMBER 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS TNPSC SHOUTERS ENGLISH PDF

 

Formula 1 car racing 2021 - Verstappen World Champion

• Verstappen (1 hour, 30 minutes 17.345 seconds) topped the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (58 rounds) in the final match of the current season (26 rounds) with 26 points. Second-placed Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton (+2.256 seconds) scored 18 points. 
• With this victory, Verstappen scored a total of 395.5 points and won the Formula 1 World Championship for the first time. Hamilton (England), who is aiming to become the 8th world champion, finished 2nd with 387.5 points. Another Red Bull Racing player, Valteri Potas (226 points) finished 3rd.

New Caledonia decides to join France

• A referendum was held on Sunday in New Caledonia, the Pacific region of the country, in connection with France's independence. In this referendum, a majority of people voted in favor of continuing to be part of France.
• Corona boycotted the referendum by the pro-independence organization, claiming that the referendum was held at the time and that the true opinion of the majority of the population would be obscured. Due to the monsoon, the turnout was low. In this case, 9 out of 10 voters voted in favor of joining Poe.

Asian Rowing Championship 2021

• On Sunday, the last day of the Asian Rowing Championships, India won 4 medals, 1 gold and 3 silver. This brings the total number of medals won by Indians in the tournament to six. Including 2 gold and 4 silver burials.
• On the last day of the competition, India's Arvind Singh topped the lightweight Ottawa Singles Skills category with a time of 7 minutes 55.94 seconds. Uzbekistan won silver and China bronze in this category.
• Earlier in the day, Arvind, along with fellow Indian Ajon Lal, finished 11th in the lightweight double sculls category at the Tokyo Olympics. In the lightweight Ottawa Doubles Skills, India's Ashish Bukot / Sukjint Singh finished second with a time of 7 minutes 12.56 seconds.
• Similarly, in the Ottawa Quadruple Skulls category, the Indian team comprising Pittu Singh / Jack Khan / Manjeet Kumar / Sukmeet Singh finished second in 6 minutes 33.66 seconds. Finally, in the Ottawa Coxless category, the Indian team comprising Jasvee Singh / Puneet Kumar / Gomeet Singh / Saranjeet Singh came in 6 minutes 51.66 seconds and won the silver.
• Earlier in the day, India's Ajun / Ravi pair clinched the gold medal in the doubles sculls on Saturday with a time of 6 minutes 57.88 seconds, while Bammind Singh came in silver with a time of 8 minutes 07.32 seconds.

International Carol Day

• December 12 is International Carol Day. The aim of the festival is to take the Tamil fitness art Karalakattai around the world and to make Karalakattai a place in the Olympic Games.

Increase in bank deposit insurance up to Rs. 5 lakhs

• Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, the first depositors in New Delhi; He also addressed a function called Deposit Insurance Guarantee with a term of up to Rs 5 lakh. The Union Finance Minister, Finance Minister and RBI Governor were also present. The Prime Minister also issued checks to some depositors.
• State, Central and Primary Co-operative Banks operating in the States and Union Territories are also brought under this category. With this record reform, bank deposit insurance has been increased from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.
• As this insurance limit has been raised, at the end of the previous financial year, secured accounts stood at 98.1% of total accounts. This is more than 80% of the international code.

The Vice President of the Republic inaugurated the One India Noble Bharat Exhibition

• Republican Vice President Mr. M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the exhibition 'Ore Bharatham Unnatha Bharatham' at Potti Sriramulu Telugu University. Organized by the Regional Domain Public Relations Office of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the exhibition features a wide range of delicacies on the art forms, food, festivals, monuments, tourism and sports of the states like Haryana and Telangana.
• The Potti Sri Ramulu Telugu University campus in Hyderabad will be open to the public from the 12th to the 14th. Valuable books published by the Publishing Division will be on display at the exhibition.

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates the Golden Jubilee to commemorate the 50th anniversary of India's victory in the 1971 war

• Minister of Defense Mr. Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Victory Gold Ceremony on December 12, 2021 at the India Gate Meadow in New Delhi, an event commemorating the contribution of Indian soldiers in the 1971 war for the liberation of Bangladesh.
• The event was the culmination of a year-long celebration marking the 50th anniversary of India's victory in the war.