Current Affairs – 15 December 2022

  • India completes development of its first quadrivalent HPV vaccine ‘Cervavac‘ for prevention of cervical cancer
  • UN ECOSOC decides to remove Iran from UN-CSW (Commission on Status pf Women)
  • State of Finance for Nature 2022 report by UNEP:
    • Spends on Nature-based solutions is now $154 Billion per year
    • Target spend by 2025: $384 Billion
  • GI tag issued to ‘Gamcha’ (handkershief like cloth) for Assam
  • Gond community to be classified as ST instead of SC in some parts of UP
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina granted membership of EU
  • Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh
    • Recent clashes between Indian and Chinese troops along LAC in Tawang
    • Situtaed along Sela ranges; Bordered with Tibet-China and Bhutan
    • Tawang Monastery is largest monastery in India