Indian chess player Gukesh D became the youngest world champion by defeating the Chinese player. Ilon Musk became the first person with a net worth of 400 billion dollars. 'Khelo India Winter Games 2025' will start in Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir. At the same time, 'Reporters Without Borders (RSF)' said in its annual report that in the year 2024, 54 journalists were killed all over the world.
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Sports
1. 18 year old Gukesh D becomes world chess champion: In the last game of the World Chess Championship, Gukesh D has defeated Ding Liren of China. 18 year old Gukesh has become the youngest world champion. The last game lasted about 5 hours, in which Ding made a big mistake and the game was out of their hands.
Gukesh defeated China's defending champion Ding in the 14th game with a score of 7.5-6.5. On Wednesday, in the 13th game of the World Chess Championship, Gukesh had to play a draw after 68 moves. Then the score was tied at 6.5-6.5. Gukesh won the 3rd, 11th and 14th games. Whereas Liren won the first and 12th games. All the remaining games were draws. Gukesh became the second player from India to become the world champion of chess. Before him, Vishwanathan Anand had become the chess champion in 2012. Before this, Gukesh had also won the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament at the age of 17. Then he also became the youngest player to do so.
NATIONAL
2. Cabinet approves 'One Nation, One Election' bill: The Union Cabinet has approved the One Country, One Election Bill on December 12. This bill can be presented in Parliament during this winter session next week.
A panel was formed on 2 September 2023 under the chairmanship of former President Ramnath Kovind to consider 'One Nation, One Election'. This panel, after discussion with all parties and experts and 191 days of research, presented its proposal to President Draupadi Murmu on 14 March. Had submitted its report to.In September, the Central Government had approved the recommendations of the High Level Committee formed for 'One Nation, One Election', In which there was a proposal to hold the Lok Sabha, State Assembly and local body elections simultaneously in a phased manner. According to the recommendations, the first bill will amend Article 82A of the Constitution, so that the tenure of the Lok Sabha and the Legislative Assemblies can expire simultaneously. This bill Consent will not be required from the states for implementation, but to conduct the local body elections along with the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, it will need to be approved by at least 50% of the state assemblies. According to the report of the committee, To implement 'One Nation, One Election', the tenure of many state assemblies will be reduced. In the states where assembly elections have been held at the end of 2023, their tenure can be extended. If all the parties agree on the proposal of the Law Commission, then it will be from 2029. Only this will apply. For this, assembly elections will have to be held in 25 states by December 2026.
BUSINESS
Musk's net worth has increased due to the recent internal sale of shares in SpaceX and the rise in Tesla shares.
Shares worth $1.25 billion have been purchased from employees and insiders in the share sale. With this transaction, their net worth has increased by approximately $50 billion. At the same time, the total valuation of SpaceX has increased to approximately $350 billion. With this valuation, SpaceX remains the most valuable private company in the world. Musk's wealth is not limited to SpaceX and Tesla. His artificial intelligence company, xAI, has also seen its valuation rise. The company's valuation has doubled to $50 billion since its last funding round in May. Apart from electric car company Tesla and space company SpaceX, Elon Musk also owns many companies. Musk also has stake in Neuralink, Boring Company and Starlink. Musk's Human Computer Interface Company – Neuralink has been working for a long time on such a plan, with the help of which a neural chip can be implanted in the brain of people. With this chip, humans can He will also be able to control the machine just by thinking without moving. Through this, Musk wants to solve problems like paralysis, hearing, blindness. Musk formed The Boring Company on December 17, 2016. This company works to build tunnels to deal with road traffic jams, rains and storms. The Boring Company is building a high-speed hyperloop for urban transportation in the coming years. With the help of Hyperloop, travel from one city to another can be done at high speed without any hassle. At the same time, Musk's another company Starlink Satellite Communication i.e. Satcom provides high speed internet. This internet service reaches your home directly through satellite.
REPORT
3. 54 journalists killed across the world in the year 2024: In 2024, 54 journalists were killed worldwide in the course of their work or because of their profession. The Israeli army is responsible for killing one-third of these journalists. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an organization that monitors press freedom, gave this information in its annual report published on December 12.
The annual report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) covers data as of 1 December.
According to Reporters Without Borders, Israeli armed forces were responsible for the deaths of 18 journalists in 2024. Of these, 16 journalists died in Gaza and two in Lebanon. RSF has said in its annual report, 'Palestine is the most dangerous country for journalists. There have been more deaths of journalists here in the last 5 years than any other country. The organization has filed 4 complaints with the International Criminal Court (ICC) for 'war crimes committed against journalists by the Israeli military'. A total of 'more than 145' journalists have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since the war began in October 2023, 35 of whom were practicing journalism at the time of their deaths. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is a non-governmental NGO headquartered in Paris. RSF works to protect the freedom of the press. This organization considers freedom of information as a fundamental human right and democratic right. RSF , brings to the fore the challenges faced by journalists. RSF releases the World Press Freedom Index every year, an index on freedom of journalism, reporting, and functioning of the media. Ranks 180 countries on the basis of .India ranks 159th in the World Press Freedom Index for the year 2024.
International
4. Donald Trump was chosen as TIME's 'Person of the Year': America's newly elected President Donald Trump has once again been chosen as 'Person of the Year' by the prestigious Time magazine. Earlier, he had also become 'Person of the Year' in 2016 during his presidential tenure.
Trump will be seen on the cover page of the magazine this year too.
Trump will come to Wall Street and open the stock market by ringing the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). During this time, he will be formally declared 'Person of the Year'. Trump has been a reputed businessman of America and has been doing business for decades. Although living in New York, he has not had the privilege of ringing the opening bell of the NYSE. Ringing the opening bell of the NYSE is considered a powerful symbol of American capitalism. In 1985, Ronald Reagan was the first US President to ring the opening bell of the NYSE. During Trump's first term, his wife Melania rang the opening bell under the B-Best initiative. Trump was named Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year' in 2016. When he was formed, he did not ring the opening bell. This time Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris, Elon Musk, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and He was on Time's list along with Kate, Princess of Wales, from which he was selected. Taylor Swift was declared 'Person of the Year' in 2023. Time Magazine is America's weekly news magazine. It was started in 1923 and is published from New York City.
Sport
5. The 2034 Football World Cup will be held in Saudi Arabia: The 2034 Football World Cup will be played in Saudi Arabia. At the same time, the 2030 World Cup will be hosted jointly by Spain, Portugal and Morocco.
FIFA, the leading football governing body in the world, announced this on December 11.
Only Saudi Arabia had proposed to organize the 2034 World Cup. In such a situation, after a special meeting of the world body in Zurich, President Gianni Infantino declared Saudi Arabia as the official host. The next football World Cup will be held in 2026. It is being hosted by the United States of America, Canada and Mexico. The last season of the Football World Cup was held in Qatar in 2022. It was won by the Argentinian team. The team defeated France 4-2 in the penalty shootout in the final match. Due to this the match was tied 3-3. Lionel Messi scored 2 goals in the match, while France's Kylian Mbappe scored 3 goals. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the largest football governing organization in the world. FIFA was established in Paris in the year 1904. .
6. Khelo India Winter Games 2025 will be held in Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir: Khelo India Winter Games-2025 will be held in two different phases in Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir. Ice event will be organized in Ladakh from 23 to 27 January. Whereas, snow events will be played in Jammu and Kashmir between 22 to 25 February.
The Sports Ministry announced this on 11 December.
Snow competitions like ice hockey and ice skating will be held in the Union Territory of Ladakh from January 23 to 27. In Jammu and Kashmir, alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, ski mountaineering (skimo) and snow-shoeing will be held from January 22 to 25. Snow competitions like boarding will be organised. This will be the second consecutive year that Ladakh will be a part of the Khelo India Winter Games. Before 2024, Jammu and Kashmir had hosted all the events. In Feb-2024, Leh had successfully hosted events like ice skating and ice hockey, while Gulmarg had hosted events like skiing and snowboarding. The Khelo India season will begin with the Youth and Para-Games to be held in Bihar in April next year. After this, the Khelo India Youth and Para Games will be held in Bihar in April. Besides, Khelo India University Games will also be organised. Khelo India Winter Games was started in 2020. In the first year, around 1,000 players (306 women) participated. Subsequently, this number increased to 1,350 in 2021 and more than 1,500 players participated in 2022.
TODAY'S HISTORY
History of 12 December: On this day in 1911, the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Delhi. This was announced by Britain's King George V in front of a crowd of more than 80 thousand. King George-V was the first king of Britain who visited India. Queen Mary also came with him. On this day all the houses all over Delhi were decorated grandly.
The court was decorated at the Red Fort in honor of King George-V and Queen Mary.
Washington DC was made the capital of America in 1800. In 1882, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bengali novel 'Anand Math' was published. In 1884, the first cricket test match was played between Australia and England. In 1950, South Indian cinema became popular. Actor Rajinikanth was born. Rajinikanth is his film name, his real name is Shivaji Rao Gaekwad. Kenya became a republic a year after independence from Britain in 1964. With the victory of Democratic leader Anne Parker in 2009, Houston became the largest city in America at that time. , which elected a homosexual as its mayor. The historic agreement on climate change during the UN conference in Paris in 2015, in which 195 countries agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This agreement replaced the Kyoto Agreement.
1. Current Affairs 11 December: 'Champion of the Earth' award to Madhav Gadgil; Guinness record of Geeta recitation made in MP; Railway Amendment Bill passed
2. Current Affairs 10 December: Sanjay Malhotra will be the 26th RBI Governor; 'INS Tushil' inducted into Indian Navy; Former Union Minister SM Krishna passes away
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