29 December 2022 Current affairs by Westbengaljob.in 

1) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin inaugurated an industrial park at Eraiyur in Tamil Nadu’s Perambalur district.

➨ He also laid the foundation stone for the Phoenix Kothari Footwear Park.

▪️Tamil Nadu :-

➨ CM - M K Stalin
➨ Guindy National Park 
➨ Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park
➨Sathyamangalam tiger reserve  (STR)
➨Mudumalai National Park 
➨Mukurthi National Park 
➨ Indira Gandhi (Anamalai) National Park 
➨Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve (KMTR)



2) Prasanth Kumar has been elected as the President of the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) for fiscal 2022-23.

➨Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) is the official, national organization of advertising agencies, formed in 1945, to promote their interests.

3) India's first launchpad and mission control centre has been inaugurated at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota.

➨It has been developed by space startup Agnikul Cosmos.

4) iNCOVACC, the world's first intranasal vaccine by Bharat Biotech has received both primary series and Heterologous booster approval.

5) The Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has approved the Himalayan Yak as a "food animal".

▪️Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) :-

Founded - 5 September 2008
Headquarters - New Delhi
Chairperson - Rajesh Bhusan


6) The US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster has announced its word of the year 2022.

➨ The word "Gaslighting" has been named Merriam-Webster Dictionary's Word of the year 2022.

➨ The word is defined as "the act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage".




7) Prasoon Joshi has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Uttarakhand state.

➨ Padma Shri awardee Prasoon Joshi is a native of Uttarakhand and is currently the Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (Censor Board).

▪️Uttarakhand

 CM :- Pushkar Singh Dhami
Governor :-  Gurmit Singh
➠Asan Conservation Reserve
➠Country's first moss garden
➠Country's first Pollinator Park
➠Integrated Model Agriculture Village Scheme
➠Rajaji Tiger Reserve  🐅
➠Jim Corbett National Park

8) Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, started erupting in the U.S. island state of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The volcano last erupted 38 years ago.



9) South Korea’s Mina Sue Choi was crowned Miss Earth 2022 during the pageant’s coronation night at Cove Manila, Okada Hotel, Parañaque City.

10) Union Health Ministry designated the President of the Paralympic Committee of India Dr. Deepa Malik as Nikshay Mitra ambassador in New Delhi.
➨ It is an initiative under Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan.

11) Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer and former health secretary Preeti Sudan took the oath of office and secrecy as Member, UPSC.
➨ The oath was administered to her by the UPSC chairman Dr Manoj Soni.

▪️Andhra Pradesh :-

➨CM -  Jaganmohan Reddy
➨Governor - Biswabhusan Harichandan
➨ Venkateswara Temple
➨Sri Bhramramma Mallikarjuna Temple

12) The Aurangabad unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) named a star after the "Bharat Ratna" recipient Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary.

13) Union Minister RK Singh inaugurated the Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd’s (REC) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative for the procurement, operation and maintenance of ten Mobile Health Clinics (MHC) "Doctor Apke Dwar" in Bhojpur, Bihar.

▪️Bihar 

CM - Nitish Kumar
➨ Governor - Phagu Chauhan
➨Mangala Gowri Temple
➨Mithila Shakti Peeth Temple
➨Valmiki National Park