current affairs 12 December 2021

India's maiden space mission "Gaganyaan" will be launched in 2023.

India's first space mission, Gaganyaan will be launched in 2023, making the country the fourth country in the world after the US, Russia, China to launch a manned spaceflight mission.
Test vehicle flight to verify the performance of the crew escape system and Gaganyaan's first uncrewed mission is scheduled for early second half of 2022.
It will be followed by 2nd uncrewed mission at the end of 2022 carrying Vyommitra spacefaring human-robot developed by ISRO.

The Haiderpur Wetland adjoining the Madhya Ganga Barrage, about 10 km from Bijnor in western Uttar Pradesh, has been recognized under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of 1971.
Uttar Pradesh is now home to 9 Ramsar wetlands.
Wetlands have also been identified under the Namami Gange, which has a central head, as a model wetland along the Ganges.
With this, there are now a total of 47 such designated areas in the country.
The site supports more than 25,000 waterfowl, serves as a breeding ground for near-endangered Indian grass birds and shelters populations of the northern subspecies of vulnerable swamp deer during their seasonal flood-driven migrations.
The site regularly supports over 1% of the population of Grayleg Goose and Bar-headed Goose.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has launched Milk Price Promotion Scheme in Dehradun.
The objective of this scheme is to provide incentives to benefit about 53,000 people of Uttarakhand.
The state government has set a target of spending Rs 444.62 crore to open 500 milk sales centers in Uttarakhand.
It is a Direct Bank Transfer (DBT) scheme, under this scheme the amount will go directly into the accounts of the beneficiaries through their linked bank accounts.
The government has been making various attempts for enhancing milk production in the state, some of which include:

Ganga cow scheme: Ganga cow scheme and incentive amount of Rs 3-4 per liter of milk were also announced by the government to boost milk production and meet the consumption on time.
Kamdhenu Scheme: The scheme was started in Uttarakhand on the lines of UP. Although there was a provision in Uttarakhand for a 25% subsidy for general farmers and a 33% subsidy for SC-ST on loans up to Rs.6 lakh for dairy under NABARD, farmers did not take advantage of it owing to a lack of knowledge.

Bank of Maharashtra (BOM) has tied up with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch its first RuPay credit card BoM Platinum RuPay Contactless Credit Card.
It offers users 100 reward points as welcome benefits on their first retail spend of ₹1,000 or more and a complimentary annual subscription fee for the first year.
It also offers fuel surcharge waiver of up to ₹200 on fuel transactions between ₹500 and ₹4,000.

India claimed 41 medals (12 gold, 15 silver, 14 bronze) at the 4th Asian Youth Para Games (AYPG), the biggest event in Asia held in Rifa city, Bahrain.
The event is organized by the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Bahrain in collaboration with the local government.
More than 700 athletes from around 30 countries participated in the event from 2 to 6 December 2021.
The 5th edition of Asian Youth Para Games 2025 will be hosted by Tashkent, Uzbekistan.