current affairs 25 December 2021

India successfully test-fired "Pralay" missile off Odisha coast.

India has successfully test-fired a short-range, surface-to-surface guided ballistic missile Pralay off the Odisha coast in Balasore on December 22, 2021.
The test was conducted from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.
The missile achieved the desired quasi ballistic trajectory and successfully reached the specified target with a high degree of accuracy, validating the control, guidance and mission algorithms.
The Pralay missile has been developed by the Defense Research Development Organization and is based on the Prithvi defense vehicle of the Indian ballistic missile programme.
Equipped with a solid-propellant rocket motor and several new technologies, also has a state-of-the-art navigation system and integrated avionics.
It has a range of 150-500 km.
The missile can be fired from a mobile launcher.

A WADA report has ranked India among the top three biggest doping violators in the world.
Indian athletes engaged in dope-related activities 152 times in the year 2019, with bodybuilding, weightlifting and athletics making major contributions to the country's embarrassing record.
The report reveals the latest report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which has put India in the top three of the world's biggest violators behind Russia (167) and Italy (157).
Brazil (78) is in 4th place and Iran (70) in 5th place.
In Olympic sports around the world, athletics leads the way in dope offenders with 227 (18 percent), followed by weightlifting with 160.
Bodybuilding is ahead overall with 272.

The book covers the story of the actor who became a single father to son Lakshya Kapoor in 2016 through surrogacy.
Actor Tusshar Kapoor shares his journey of being a single father in a new book.
The actor shares his journey of a slightly unconventional road to fatherhood in his first book, Bachelor Dad.
On the cover page of the book, he can be seen carrying his son.
The book is published by Penguin India.

This year's Padma Bhushan awardee environmentalist Dr Anil Prakash Joshi has been honored with the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice 2021.
Vidyut Mohan, winner of the Prithvi Shot Award, and Ridhima Pandey, a young environmental activist from Uttarakhand, were also recipients of the award.
Dr Joshi was given the award for his efforts as a changemaker in the environmental sustainability sector by impacting over 10,000 villages in the Himalayan region through his Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organization.
Vidyut was awarded for his original and ingenious efforts in combating air pollution through his social enterprise Takachar.
Ridhima, on the other hand, received the award for her stellar courage and indomitable spirit as a young environmental activist who has made national partnerships to stop climate change.

India beat Pakistan 4-3 to clinch the bronze medal, while Korea beat Japan 4-2 in the Asian Champions Trophy men's hockey tournament held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The five-nation tournament ended with two matches being played on the last day of play.
Japan's Kanta Tanaka was adjudged the player of the tournament while India's Suraj Karkera was adjudged the best goalkeeper.
Korea's Jang Jonghyun was the top scorer in the tournament with 10 goals.