CURRENT AFFAIRS DEC 26:
Mizoram governor Dr.Hari babu kambhampati as governor of Odisha.
union minister general vijay kumar singh new governor of Mizoram.
Kerala governor arif mohammed khan now governor of bihar.
bihar governor rajaendra vishwanath arlekar as governor of keraka.
Former home secretary Ajay bhalla new governor of Manipur.
On the 100th birth anniversary of former prime minister atal Bihari Vajpayee.
About ken-betwa project:
Ken-betwa is tributaries of Yamuna
The KBLP envisages transferring water from the ken river to the betwa river,both tributaries of the Yamuna.
The ken-betwa link canal will be 221km length,including 2km tunnel
The ken-betwa link project has two phases.
On march 22,2021 a memorandum of agreement was signed among the ministry of jal Shakti and the governments of Madhya Pradesh and uttar Pradesh to implement the ken-betwa link project.
On 25th dec 2024 PM modi laid the foundation atone for the daudhan dam in Madhya Pradesh.
Pandit madan mohan malviya was born on dec 25,1861 Allahabad Uttar Pradesh.
In 2014 , pandit malviya was posthumously conferred with Bharat Ratna ,the Country highest civilian award.
In 2016 ,the indian railways started the varavasi-new delhi mahamana express in the leader’a honour.
Forbes has recently unveiled its 2024 list of the worlds’s 100 most powerful women , featuring three indian trailblazers:
Nirmala sitharaman (rank 28 overall) position :finance minister of india
Roshni nadir Malhotra( rank 81 overall) position: chairperson of HCL technologies and CEO of HCL corporation.
Kiran mazumdar shaw (rank 82 overall) position: founder and chairperson of Biocon.
Top 5 women in that list (2024)
Caudia sheinbaum – president of Mexico
Ursula vin der leyen- president of the European commission
Christine lagarde – president of the European central bank
Gioegia meloni – prime minister of Italy
Mary barran – CEO general motors.
British – indian novelist salman rushdie’s controversial book ‘ the satanic verses’ has returned to india 36 years after it was banned by the rajiv Gandhi government, the 1988 notification imposing the restriction .
Other books:
1. Midnight’s children
2. Shame
3. Victory city
4. The wizard of oz
55th GST council met under the chairpersonship of union minister for finance & corporate affairs Nirmala sitharaman Jaisalmer rajasthan.
NITI Aayog vice chairman suman bery has been given additional charge as the chairman of the economic advisory council to the prime minister (EAC-PM)
He replaced bibek debroy,who died on November
To commemorate the birth centenary of bharat ratna atal Bihari Vajpayee, defence minister rajnath singh and chief minister yogi Adityanath inaugurated the two – day atal health fair.
The bald eagle is indigenous to north America.
December 26th : veer bal diwas.
Veera bal diwas is observed on December 26th to pay homage the courage of the “sahibzadas”,four sons of guru gobind singh the last sikh guru.
Article 368 – power of parliament to amend the constitution.