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 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

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 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.

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.