TNPSC 5th DECEMBER 2022 CURRENT AFFAIRS ENGLISH PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS

 

Cyclone MANDOUS forms in the Bay of Bengal

• The low pressure area that has formed over the Bay of Bengal is likely to move from west to north-west direction and strengthen as a low pressure area by tomorrow. According to the Meteorological Department, it is likely to intensify into a storm by December 8.
• The storm will be named MANDOUS as suggested by the United Arab Emirates. In this case, the Chennai Meteorological Center has informed that there is a possibility of moderate rain in 7 districts of Tamil Nadu in the next 3 hours.

The Iranian government eventually bowed to women's protests against the compulsory hijab

• In Iran, the country's morality police strictly enforced the law requiring women to wear the hijab, which covers the head, neck and head of hair. A young woman named Mahsa Amini fought against this and was imprisoned in the jail where she was arrested. 
• Due to this, many women and men in Iran started protesting against the mandatory hijab law since last September. Accordingly, the Iranian government has disbanded the morality police unit that enforces the wearing of the hijab in public. But whether they were dissolved permanently or temporarily has not been announced by the Iranian government.

G20 delegations meeting on technology transfer started in Rajasthan

• India assumed the presidency of the G20 organization on December 1. India, who has been in this position for a year, is going to host the G20 summit in Delhi in September next year. Before that, it is planned to hold 200 meetings in 55 cities in the country in the next one year. Accordingly, the first meeting began in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
• The 4-day meeting will be attended by representatives of leaders from G20 member countries, officials from the UN, World Bank and 9 guest countries. Indian representative Amitabh Kant will chair all the sessions of the meeting.
• In this meeting, a detailed consultation will be held on important issues including technology transfer, green development, sustainable development goal (SDG).
• The first session discussed technological change, healthcare and education in the digital economy. The second session discussed Green Growth and Life for India's Environment (LIB).

PM Narendra Modi advises on G20 Summit - Chief Minister Stalin and others participate

• The G20, which was launched in 1999 to promote economic cooperation between developed and developing countries, includes the United States, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, There are South Africa, Turkey, England and European countries.
• The conference is held annually on a rotating basis among the 20 countries that are members of the G20 organization. Accordingly, India has taken the responsibility of hosting the G20 summit in the next year (2023).
• The G20 summit will be held on September 9 and 10, 2023 in Delhi. The central government has also decided to hold promotional meetings in more than 200 places across the country for this conference.
• In this case, a consultative meeting of all parties was held in the evening under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the President's House in Delhi to discuss this.
• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Andhra Chief Minister Jaganmohan Reddy, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal participated in this.
• BJP National President JP Natta, Congress President Mallikarjuna Kharge, Former Prime Minister Deve Gowda, Communist Party National General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, Communist Party of India National General Secretary T. Raja, Telugu Desam Party President Chandrababu Naidu, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal and others were also present.
• The meeting discussed the arrangements for the G20 summit. A report on the conference plans was also submitted by the Ministry of External Affairs.
• Prime Minister Modi held consultations with state chief ministers, political party leaders and Union ministers regarding the proper conduct of the conference. The comments of Chief Ministers and party leaders were also recorded in the meeting.

French bread with UNESCO heritage status

• UNESCO is an international organization that aims to promote peace and cooperation among nations through education, art, science and culture. Currently baguette bread has been selected as one of the world heritage foods. Baguette is a type of bread made by mixing flour, water, salt and yeast.
• It is a staple food in France. It was invented in 1839 by August Zhang, a baker and entrepreneur from Vienna. He introduced the world to the taste of soft bread using a steam oven. It got the official name 'Bagette' in 1920.
• The 400 bakeries that made and sold this bread were operating at a loss due to a decline in baguette sales. As a result, these were closed little by little from 1970 onwards. Local bakeries were affected by the proliferation of supermarkets in France.
• As more and more city dwellers began to eat pizza and burgers, baguette bread was forgotten over time. To change this situation, the French government made a request to add baguette bread to UNESCO's list of cultural heritage foods at the beginning of 2021. That request has now been accepted.

The new design of the President's standard and flag and the emblem of the Indian Navy were unveiled

• The Hon'ble President has approved the introduction of the new design for the Presidential Standard and Flag and the Indian Navy Emblem for the Indian Navy issued on Navy Day (December 04, 2022) in Visakhapatnam.
• Echoing the national effort to move away from the colonial past, the Navy's flag was changed to a new design that draws inspiration from our history.
• The white flag has red horizontal and vertical stripes replaced by a clear double anchor in gold within a blue octagon with the national emblem above them, the national motto 'Satyameva Jayate' below the anchor and the national flag in the upper left corner.