current affairs 20 December 2022

Argentina wins 2022 FIFA World Cup championship.

• Argentina has defeated France by 4-2 on penalties to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup, held at the Lusail Stadium in Doha, Qatar.
• This is third-ever World Cup victory of Argentina and first since 1986.
• Kylian Mbappé (France) has won the 2022 FIFA World Cup Golden Boot award with 8 goals.
• Lionel Messi won Golden Ball (best player award) at the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar.
• Best goalkeeper (golden glove): Emiliano Martínez (Argentina)
• Fair play award: England

Jaipur Pink Panthers wins Pro Kabaddi League 2022 title.

• Jaipur Pink Panthers has defeated Puneri Paltan by 33-29 in the summit clash to emerge champions of the 2022 Pro Kabaddi League.
• The tournament was played across Bengaluru, Pune and Hyderabad while the playoffs were played in Mumbai.
• V Ajith, Sunil Kumar and Arjun Deshwal emerged as the best players for Jaipur side with six points each.
• Jaipur Pink Panthers team is currently led by Sunil Kumar Malik and coached by Sanjeev Baliyan.
• The team is owned by Abhishek Bachchan

IIT Madras gets $1 million from Google to develop "Responsible AI Centre".

• Google has granted a fund of $1 million to IIT Madras to build India’s 1st Responsible AI center.
• In addition, Google has also planned to collaborate with Indian Institute of Science (IISC) for project Vaani.
• Furthermore, under the partnership, Google aims to build an artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) model to collect language samples from 773 districts across India.
• Project Vaani aims to ensure the collected and produced data will be open-source.

PM Modi launches "Grih Pravesh" programme in Agartala.

• PM Modi has visited Tripura and Meghalaya to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of projects worth over Rs 6,800 crore.
• During his visit, he has launched the Grih Pravesh programme in Agartala, under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban and Rural schemes.
• He has also inaugurated connectivity projects for the widening of the Agartala bypass (Khayerpur – Amtali) NH-08.
• He has inaugurated spawn laboratory at the Mushroom Development Centre in Meghalaya.

Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurates "Prashasan Gaon ki Ore" campaign.

• Dr Jitendra Singh (Union Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions) has inaugurated a nationwide campaign, Prashasan Gaon ki Ore.
• This campaign was launched under the Good Governance Week 2022 in New Delhi.
• He has also launched the Good Governance Week portal, www.pgportal.gov.in.
• In the 5 days campaign, over 300 New Services identified by District Collectors across the country will be added for Online Service Delivery.