Dear Aspirants, Here I provide the Monthly Current Affairs of December 2022 Current Affairs PDF covers important new appointments, important Days with their themes, Awards and honors, Books and Authors, important government schemes, app, campaigns, MoU, Summit and conferences, Obituaries, etc. These December 2022 Current Affairs PDFs help aspirants for all competitive examinations like Railway NTPC, Group D, RRB JE, SSC, Banking, and State PSU, etc.
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December 2022 Days with Themes
| Date | Observation Day with Theme |
| 1st December | AIDS Day
Theme- “Equalize” |
| 1st December | Nagaland Statehood Day |
| 2nd December | International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Theme- “Stories of Courage: Resistance to Slavery and Unity against Racism” |
| 2nd December | National Pollution Control Day |
| 2nd December | World Computer Literacy Day |
| 3rd December | International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Theme- “Transformative solutions for inclusive development: The role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world.” |
| 4th December | Indian Navy Day
Theme- “Swarnim Vijay Varsh” |
| 5th December | World Soil Day
Campaign – “Soils: Where food begins” |
| 5th December | International Volunteer Day (IVD)/ International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
Theme- “solidarity through volunteering” |
| 6th December | Mahaparinirvan Diwas (Death Anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar) |
| 7th December | International Civil Aviation day
Theme- “Advancing Innovation for Global Aviation Development” |
| 7th December | Armed Forces Flag Day |
| 9th December | International Anti-Corruption Day
Theme- “Uniting the World Against Corruption”. |
| 10th December | Human Rights Day (HRD)
Theme- “Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for all” |
| 11th December | UNICEF Day |
| 11th December | International Mountain Day
Theme- “Women Move Mountains” |
| 12th December | International Universal Health Coverage Day
Theme- “Build the world we want: A healthy future for all.” |
| 13th December | World Choral Day |
| 14th December | World Monkey Day |
| 14th December | National Energy Conservation Day |
| 15th December | International Tea Day |
| 16th December | Vijay Diwas (Victory Day) |
| 17th December | International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers |
| 18th December | International Migrants Day
Theme- “Harnessing the potential of human mobility” |
| 18th December | Minorities Rights Day |
| 18th December | World Arabic Language Day |
| 19th December | Goa Liberation day |
| 20th December | International Human Solidarity Day |
| 22nd December | National Mathematics Day |
| 23rd December | Kisan Diwas (Farmer’s Day) |
| 24th December | National Consumers Day / National Consumers Right Day |
| 25th December | Good Governance Day |
| 20th-25th December | Good Governance Week
Campaign-“Prashasan Gaon Ki Ore” |
| 27th December | International day for Epidemic Preparedness |
List of Appointments in December 2022
| Name of the Person | Designation |
| Abdullah Abdul Samad Dashti | Organization’s new coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative |
| Anil Kumar Lahoti | CEO & Chairman of Railway Board |
| Anjali Pandey | Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Cummins Group in India |
| Anushka Sharma | New Brand Ambassador of Puma India |
| Ashwini Vaishnaw | Chancellor of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya |
| Baskar Babu Ramachandran | MD & CEO of Suryoday Small Finance Bank (SFB) |
| Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister of Israel |
| Bhupendra Patel | 18th Chief Minister of Gujarat |
| Bobby Kinnar | First Transgender councilor of Delhi |
| Cindy Hook | CEO of the 2032 Olympic and Para olympic Games Organizing Committee |
| Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra | First Female President of the Latin American nation |
| Dinesh Kumar Shukla | New Chairperson of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) |
| Dr. Jeremy Farrar | Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO) |
| Dr. PC Rath | President of the Cardiological Society of India (CSI) for 2023-24 |
| Dwayne Bravo | Bowling coach of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) |
| Ganji Kamala V Rao | CEO of the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) |
| Hansraj Gangaram Ahir | Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) |
| Hemant Gupta | Chief of the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre |
| Hrishikesh Kanitkar | Batting Coach of the Indian Women’s Cricket Team |
| Justice Dipankar Dutta | Judge of the Supreme Court (SC) of India |
| Justice Tashi Rabstan | Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh |
| Kamlesh Mehta | Secretary General of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) |
| KV Suresh Kumar | Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD) of the Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI) |
| Legendary PT Usha | First woman president of Indian Olympic Association |
| Leo Varadkar | New Prime Minister of Ireland |
| Lieutenant General Arvind Walia | New Engineer in Chief of the Indian Army |
| Manasi Tata | Director on the board of KSPL’s joint venture (JV) firms by Kirloskar Systems Pvt. Ltd. (KSPL) |
| Meenesh C Shah | MD of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) |
| Meghna Ahlawat | President of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) |
| Mette Frederiksen | Prime Minister of Denmark |
| Mukesh Agnihotri | Deputy CM of HP |
| N Chandrasekaran | Chair of B20 India |
| Nihar Malaviya | Interim CEO of the New York based Penguin Random House |
| PN Vasudevan’s | MD & CEO of Equitas Small Finance Bank (SFB) |
| Prasanth Kumar | New President of AAAI |
| Prasoon Joshi | Brand Ambassador of the Uttarakhand Government |
| Praveen Kumar Srivastava | Acting Central Vigilance Commissioner by the Indian government |
| Pushpa Kamal Dahal | New PM of Nepal |
| Rajeev Kumar Vishnoi | CMD of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Ltd |
| Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar | Part time Chairperson of the National Statistical Commission (NSC) |
| Rakesh Bhalla | Vice President of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) for 2022 23 |
| Rohit Jain | Chairperson of the Digital Entertainment Committee by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) till 2024 |
| Sanjay Kumar | Secretary of the Department of School Education and Literacy |
| Santosh Kumar Yadav | Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways |
| Shamsher Singh | MD & CEO of SBI Fund Management |
| Sheikh Hasina | Chief Executive of the German sportswear brand, Adidas |
| Shenu Agarwal | MD & CEO of the automotive manufacturing company |
| Suhel Ajaz | Next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom to Saudi Arabia |
| Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu | CM of Himachal Pradesh |
| Sunil | Vice President of the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) |
| Sushmita Shukla | First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) |
| Tim Southee | Captain of the New Zealand Test Team |
| Vijender Sharma | President of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) for 2022-23 |
| Virat Kohli | New brand ambassador for its smart watches |
Awards and Honours in December 2022
| Awards | Winners |
| Atal Samman Award | Prabhu Chandra Mishra(for his excellence in field of science & research) |
| Baillie Gifford Prize 2022 | “Super_Infinite:The Transformations of John Donne” by Katherine Rundell |
| Banker’s Bank of the Year Award 2022 | Canara Bank |
| Best Globally Competitive Power Company of India | NHPC Limited |
| Data Security Council of India (DSCI) Excellence Award 2022 | Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) |
| Dun & Bradstreet Business Excellence Awards 2022 | Best Tech Initiative of the Year Award: Manthan Platform |
| EAG Laureate Award 2022 | Bank of Baroda |
| Ekalabya Puraskar for the year 2022 | Swasti Singh(Indian cyclist) |
| GRIHA Exemplary Performance Award 2022 | The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) |
| IEI Industry Excellence Award 2022 | National Miner NMDC |
| Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2022 | “The Chipko Movement: A People’s History”Book by Shekhar Pathak |
| KR Gouri Amma national award | Cuban social worker Aleida Guevara |
| Miss Earth 2022 | South Korea’s Mina Sue Choi |
| Mrs. World 2022 | Sargam Koushal |
| Nadoja Award | C.N. Manjunath, Krishnappa G. and S. Shadakshari |
| Person of the Year 2022 by PETA | Sonakshi Sinha |
| Pride of Central India Award 2022 | The CEO of Farmkart Online Services Private Limited, Atul Patidar |
| Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching 2022 | Veena Nair |
| Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2021 | Sudeep Sen |
| Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2022 | Shobhana Kumar |
| Safety Performer of the Year 2022 Award | SpiceJet |
| The Wharton_QS Reimagine Education Awards, also known as “the Oscars of Education,” | Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT_M). |
| US Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award | Indian American Krishna Vavilala |
| VinFuture Special Prize 2022 | Prof. Thalappil Pradeep |
List of Books & Authors in December 2022
| Book Name | Book Name |
| “Brave Hearts of Bharat, Vignettes from Indian History” | Vikram Sampath |
| “Fit at Any Age: A Practitioner’s Guide” | Retired Air Marshal PV Iyer |
| “Forks in the Road: My Days at RBI and Beyond” | C Rangarajan(19th Governor of RBI) |
| “Miracles of Face Yoga” | Mansi Gulati |
| “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times” | Michelle Obama |
| “The Indian Navy@75 Reminiscing the Voyage” | Commodore Ranjit B Rai (Retd) and defence journalist Aritra Banerjee |
- British writer Katherine Rundell’s biography “SuperInfinite: The Transformations of John Donne” was named winner of the 50,000 pound ($59,000) Baillie Gifford Prize at a ceremony in London.
- A book on the popular forest conservation campaign Chipko Movement, written by historian-activist Shekhar Pathak, was named the winner of the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2022. Translated from Hindi by Manisha Chaudhry, is “The Chipko Movement: A People’s History”
List of Summits and Conferences in December 2022
| Name of the Summit | Venue | Aim/Theme |
| 15th Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo | Kochi, Kerala | Theme: “Azadi@75 – Sustainable AatmaNirbhar Urban Mobility” |
| 19th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP19) | Panama Convention Center, Panama | To the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). |
| 1st ASEAN India Start up Festival 2022 | Bogor, Indonesia | The 1st ASEAN India Start up Festival will further strengthen the ASEAN India cooperation to accelerate the start up economy. |
| 22nd Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers’ | Dhaka in Bangladesh | To strengthening IORA to promote peace, security and prosperity in the Indian Ocean Region as well as in the Indo Pacific. |
| 42nd International Congress of the INCA | Dehradun | Theme: Digital Cartography to Harness Blue Economy |
| 4th India-France Annual Defence Dialogue | New Delhi | To strengthen maritime cooperation and increase the scope and complexity of bilateral exercises. |
| 59th Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) General Assembly | New Delhi | Theme: “Serving the People: Media’s Role in Times of Crisis” |
| 9th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Plus | Cambodia | It resolute global efforts to counter transnational and cross-border terrorism, terming it as the gravest threat to regional and global security. |
| 9th Ministerial Meeting of the India-US Economic and Financial Partnership | New Delhi | To cover the discussion on various economic issues including global macroeconomic outlook, climate finance, supply chain resilience, international taxation, anti-money laundering, combating terrorism financing, India’s upcoming G20 presidency, and MDB’s reforms. |
| ASEAN-India Summit | Cambodia | To boost cooperation in sectors of public health, renewable energy, and smart agriculture, India announced an additional contribution of US dollar 5 million to the ASEAN-India Science and Technology Fund. |
| Bengaluru Tech Summit | 20220Virtual meeting | Theme: “Tech4NexGen” |
| Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) | Virtual meeting | To turn the Complete Air Traffic System (CATS) Global Council’s vision for the skies of 2045 into a reality. |
| G20 leaders | Indonesia’s capital city, Bali | To promote Himachal Pradesh’s art and culture so that it travels in wide countries. |
| G20 Sherpa Meeting | Darbar Hall at the City Palace Udaipur | At fostering growth and building bonds amongst the member nations. Among the highlights will be the depiction of Indian culture with wall paintings and illumination of heritage sites across the city. |
| GeoSmart India 2022 Summit | Hyderabad, Telangana | The country is advancing towards an era of sustainable development right from the grassroots level and aimed at eradicating poverty, combating climate change, and improving business and living standards. |
| India Norway Joint Working Group Maritime Meeting | Mumbai, Maharashtra | To increase the cooperation between the two countries in the field of the green maritime sector. |
| India US CEO Forum | Virtual meeting | To strengthening our strategic partnership in various sectors of our respective economies. |
| Invest Karnataka 2022 | Video Conferencing | Aimed at attracting prospective investors and setting up development agenda for the next decade. |
| Investors’ Conclave on Commercial Coal Mines Auction and Opportunities in Mining Sector | Bengaluru | To enhance this contribution to 2.5% by 2030 indicating that there is a huge potential in the mining sector and the investors are invited to participate in this opportunity. |
| National Natural Farming Mission Meeting | Virtual meeting | To coordinate with the State government and central departments and enable market linkage so that farmers can easily sell their products. |
| PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit | Varanasi | To bring together greater awareness about the PM Gati Shakti National Masterplan with a focus on infrastructure development in the waterways. |
| TELEMEDICON 2022 | Kerala | To build platforms involving healthcare regulators, health funding authorities, service providers, and international experts. |
| UNESCO-India-Africa (UIA) Hackathon | Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh | Nearly 600 young innovators come together to find solutions for social, environmental and technical problems during the event. |
| Virtual Global Skill Summit (VGSS) | Virtual meeting | This shall be achieved by creating world-class training infrastructure in the destination countries, propelling international mobility, and strengthening ties with foreign countries in specific areas to boost job opportunities for the youth. |
List of Agreement/MoUs in December 2022
| Signed Between | Purpose |
| Airbnb and the Department of Tourism, Government of Goa | To jointly promote Goa as one of the most sought after high potential tourism destinations in India and around the world. |
| Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) with MSMEs | For incubation of newer technologies into commercial products. |
| Bandhan Bank with Ministry of Defense for Defense Pension | SPARSH is known as the System for Pension Administration Raksha, a platform to deal with all defense pensioners’ activities. |
| Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) with six engineering institutes | Towards institutionalizing engagement of BIS with eminent institutes to secure active participation of academia. |
| CAG of India with the Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile | To strengthen institutional and professional capacities and learn from each other’s best practices at Santiago, Chile. |
| Cognizant with Garuda Aerospace | To have better drone_based management and monitoring services for various industries. |
| HDFC bank with Kerala Startup Mission | To help startups in Kerala by providing financial services through KSUM’s Smart Solution SmartUp. |
| IIT Ropar with the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) | For setting up a centre of excellence for studies and applied research in defence and security at the premier institute. |
| India and Nepal | To increase the wide ranging and multi sectoral cooperation between the two nations. |
| India with Germany | Signed a comprehensive migration and mobility partnership. It will facilitate easier access for people to study, research and work in both countries. |
| Ministry of Power with DRDO | Working together to create an appropriate mitigation strategy for avalanches, landslides, glaciers, glacial lakes, and other geo_hazards. |
| National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC) with the Walmart Global Sourcing India Private Limited | To various advantages of gaining working capital, bulk procurement support etc. under various opportunities offered by NSIC. |
| NTPC Ltd and GE Power Sign | To reduce carbon emissions from coal based power plants. |
| Russian companies enter Indian e-trade platforms | This will enable Russian products to be promoted and sold on platforms like Flipkart. |
| SIDBI with Monsha | To develop MSMEs and their ecosystem in both countries. |
| Tata Steel and TuTr Hyperloop signed MoU at IIT Madras | To collaborate on the development and wide scale use of Hyperloop technology. |
| The Ministry of Power with DRDO | To implement an early warning system for vulnerable hydro projects and power stations in hilly regions. |
List of Sports Events & Winners in December 2022
22nd FIFA World Cup 2022
- Edition-22nd edition
- Host Country- Lusail, Qatar
- Winner- Argentina
- Runners up- France
T20 World Cup for the Blind 2022
- Held at-MChinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Winner-Team India
- Runnersup-
- India won the title winner for the 3rdConsecutive time led by Ajay Kumar
Tata Steel Chess India Open Blitz 2022
- Held at-Kolkata, West Bengal
- Winner- Arjun Erigaisi
World Athlete of the year awards 2022:
- Men- Mondo Duplantis(Swedish pole vaulter)
- Women-Sydney McLaughlin Levrone (American hurdler)
Vijay Hazare Trophy:
- Held at- Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
- Winner- Saurashtra
- Runners- Maharashtra
- Player of the match in the final: Sheldon Jackson (133 runs in 135 Balls)
- Player of the tournament: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Games: 5; Runs: 660; Avg: 220)
- Most Runs: N Jagadeesan (Tamil Nadu): 830runs, 8 innings
- Highest Score: N Jagadeesan – 277 off 141 balls vs Arunachal Pradesh
- Most Fours: N Jagadeesan – 73 in 8 innings
- Most Sixes: Ruturaj Gaikwad – 34 in 5 innings
- Most Wickets: Vasuki Koushik (Karnataka) – 18 wickets in 9 matches
77th chess Grandmaster:
- Sixteen-year-old Aditya Mittal has become India’s 77th chess Grandmaster during an Ellobregat Open tournament in Spain against Spain’s No.1 Francisco Vallejo Pons.
ICC Player of the Month award for November 2022
- Men’s Player of the Month -Jos Buttler (England)
- Women’s Player of the Month- Sidra Ameen (Pakistan’s)
FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Champion 2022
Held at-Almaty, Kazakhstan
| Gold Medalist | Men’s-Magnus Carlsen |
| Gold Medalist | Women’s-Tan Zhongyi |
| Silver Medalist | Koneru Humpy |
| Bronze Medallist | Savitha Shri B |
ITF World Champions 2022
International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Champion 2022
| Category | Men | Women |
| Singles | Rafael Nadal(Spanish) | – |
| Doubles | Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury | Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova |
| Wheelchair | Shingo Kunieda(Japan) | Diede de Groot(Netherlands) |
| Junior | Gilles Arnaud Bailly( Belgium) | Lucie Havlickova of Czech Republic |
The winners will be honoured at the annual ITF World Champions Awards event which will be held on 8th July 2023 at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom(UK).
FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup 2022
- Held at-Valencia, Spain
- Dates-11th to 17th December 2022
- Winner-Indian
- Runnersup-Spain
9th Pro Kabaddi League
The tournament was played across Bengaluru, Pune, and Hyderabad while the playoffs were played in Mumbai.
Jaipur Pink Panthers won the Pro Kabaddi League Season 9 Final against a hard-fighting Puneri Paltan by a score of 33-29 to win their second PKL championship.
Kabaddi League Award winners from the Final
- WINNERS: Jaipur Pink Panthers
- RUNNERS UP: Puneri Paltan
- Perfect Player of the Final: Sunil Kumar (Pink Panthers)
- Game Changer of the Final: V Ajit Kumar (Pink Panthers)
- Moment of the Final: Ankush Rathee (Pink Panthers)
- Move of the Final: V Ajit Kumar (Pink Panthers)
- Perfect Moment of the Final: Sunil Kumar (Pink Panthers)
- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Viacom18 Media Private Limited (Viacom18) has secured the exclusive media rights to broadcast the Olympic Games Paris 2024, plus nonexclusive rights to the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024, in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
- Belgium captain Eden Hazard has announced his retirement from international football after the FIFA World Cup 2022.
- France footballer Karim Benzema has announced his retirement from International football.
- FIFA has announced that Stephanie Frappart of France will be the first woman to referee a men’s’ World Cup match. She will officiate the match to be played between Germany and Costa Rica in Group E on 2 December 2022.
- Tata Steel Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hockey India on December 13, 2022 to become an Official Partner of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar – Rourkela.
- Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said one thousand Khelo India centres will be opened by the 15th of August next year across the country.
Scheme, App & Campaign in December 2022
- Tamil Nadu Government has announced the ‘Nilgiri Tahr Project’, India’s first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at restoring the state animal’s original habitat and stabilizing its population.
- ‘Doctor Apke Dwar’ : A Mobile Health Clinics (MHC) ‘Doctor Apke Dwar’ inaugurated by Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh at Sadar Hospital, Aarah, Bhojpur District Bihar. The project aims to facilitate operational expenditure for three years for smooth functioning.
- The Uttar Pradesh government’s ambitious One District One Product (ODOP) scheme has received praise at the national level for helping in the revival of traditional crafts in the state.
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the second version of ‘Orunodoi’, the flagship scheme of the state government aimed at providing financial security to financially disadvantaged families.
- The Ministry of Ayush issued a notification regarding the status of the centres of excellence scheme ‘AYURSWASTHYA Yojana’. Financial assistance is provided to eligible individual organizations/institutes for establishing and upgrading their functions & facilities and/or for research & development activities in AYUSH under the scheme.
- The Forest department in association with Noolpuzha grama panchayat has launched the ‘Vanikaran’ (afforestation) project to root out invasive plants, especially Senna spectabilis, and restore natural forests.
- HDFC Bank announced the launch of its sixth annual grants program for social startups in partnership with the Government of India’s flagship initiative ‘Startup India’. Known as Parivartan SmartUp Grants aims to identify startups working in the social impact space and support them through monetary grants to their incubators.
- The Meghalaya government, which has adopted a ‘Jan Andolan’ (people’s movement) against Tuberculosis received an award for best practices in controlling the disease that affects 2.6 million people in India every year.
- The Ministry of Education (MoE) approved a new scheme “New India Literacy Programme” for the next five years to cover all the aspects of adult education to align with new National Education Policy (NEP).
- To enhance the insurance force in India, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) will soon introduce “Bima Vahaks” in each Gram Panchayat to sell and service simple parametric bundled insurance products, Bima Vistar, covering health, property, life and personal accident.
- Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, one of the leading private general insurers of India, announced the launch of its unique health insurance rider ‘Respect Senior Care Rider’. This rider helps one fulfill their parental responsibility smoothly.
- Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Platform: During both disasters and non-disasters, the Department of Telecom (DoT) requested that Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) provide a tariff for SMS and cell broadcast alerts and messages that TSPs will distribute via the CAP platform.
- President Murmu inaugurated the project “Development of Srisailam Temple in the State of Andhra Pradesh” at Srisailam Temple Complex, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh under PRASHAD scheme.
- The ‘Friends of Library’ programme introduced by the Tamil Nadu government. The project will be helpful to people with disabilities, seniors, kids, and hospital inpatients, among others, who are unable to visit a library.
List of Obituaries in December 2022
| Name of the Personality | Field |
| Arata Isozaki | Japanese architect |
| Edson Arantes do Nascimento
(famously called Pele) |
Brazil footballers |
| Gen Miroslaw Hermaszewski | Poland’s only cosmonaut |
| Grant Wahl | American soccer journalist |
| Heeraben Modi (Hiraben Modi) | Mother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi |
| Jiang Zemin | The former President of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) |
| Justice MK Mehrotra | Former Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh (UP) |
| Lance Naik Bhairon Singh Rathore | BSF and hero of the 1971 India-Pakistan War |
| Nagnath Kotapalle | Eminent Litterateur, Educationist, and Critic |
| Prof Yoginder K Alagh | Economist, academic and a former Union minister |
| Sulochana Chavan | Marathi Lavani singer |
| Vikram Gokhale | Bollywood actor(movies like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Mission Mangal, Aiyaary, Bhool Bhulaiya) |
| Vikram Kirloskar | Eminent industrialist and the Vice-Chairperson of Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) |
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