Current Affairs – 09 December 2022

  • India’s largest Botanical Garden: Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, WB
  • AAP to become a National Party
    • Criteria for a National Party recognition:
      • Party should be recognised in at least 4 states or
      • Its candidates should have received at least 6 percent of total valid votes in any of the 4 or more states in the last Lok Sabha or State Assembly elections and has at least 4 MPs in the last Lok Sabha polls or
      • If the party has won at least 2 percent of the total seats in the Lok Sabha from at least 3 states
  • Genetically modified Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11) showed approximately 28% more yield than current variety ‘Varuna’
  • RBI signs Currency Swap Agreement (CSA) with Maldives
  • Around 6 Lakh Malaria deaths in the world in 2021 – WHO
  • Dina Boluarte becomes first female president of Peru