17 exam-relevant headlines, written simply. Read the bold fact in each — that's what exams ask.
India assumed the G20 presidency on December 1, 2022, holding it until November 30, 2023, after taking over from Indonesia at the Bali summit. The theme was 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - One Earth, One Family, One Future', and the 18th G20 Leaders' Summit was set for New Delhi in September 2023.
Voting for the unified 250-member Municipal Corporation of Delhi was held on December 4, 2022, with results on December 7. The Aam Aadmi Party won 134 seats to end the BJP's long control of Delhi's civic body; the BJP got 104 and Congress 9.
The G7, EU and Australia put a US$60-per-barrel price cap on Russian seaborne crude from December 5, 2022. Western shippers and insurers could serve Russian oil cargoes only if they were priced at or below the cap.
At the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Bogota, Colombia (December 5-16), India's Mirabai Chanu won silver in the women's 49 kg with a 200 kg total. China topped the medal table.
The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee on December 7, 2022 raised the repo rate by 35 basis points to 6.25 percent - the fifth straight increase, taking cumulative tightening to 225 basis points since May 2022. It was the smallest hike of that cycle.
On December 7, 2022, China announced a sweeping loosening of its strict zero-COVID rules - dropping compulsory PCR tests and quarantine - after nationwide protests and heavy economic costs. It was the last major economy to abandon the approach.
On December 7, 2022, Peru's President Pedro Castillo announced the dissolution of Congress in a self-coup attempt; Congress impeached and removed him the same day by 101 votes to 6. Vice President Dina Boluarte was sworn in as president and Castillo was arrested.
Results on December 8, 2022 gave the BJP 156 of Gujarat's 182 seats with 52.5% votes - the best tally any party has ever won in the state. Congress collapsed to 17 seats, while the Aam Aadmi Party opened its account with 5. Bhupendra Patel continued as Chief Minister.
The December 8, 2022 results for Himachal Pradesh's 68-seat assembly gave the Congress 40 seats against the BJP's 25, continuing the hill state's trend of voting out incumbent governments since 1985. Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu became Chief Minister, with Mukesh Agnihotri as Deputy CM.
NASA's Artemis 1 uncrewed Moon mission ended on December 11, 2022 when the Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific after a 25-day flight. It was the first integrated flight of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion, and Orion set a record for the farthest distance travelled by a human-rated spacecraft (over 432,000 km).
Argentina won their third FIFA World Cup on December 18, 2022, beating holders France 4-2 on penalties after a 3-3 extra-time thriller at Lusail Stadium, Qatar. Lionel Messi won the Golden Ball as player of the tournament; Kylian Mbappe took the Golden Boot with 8 goals including a final hat-trick.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a joint session of the US Congress on December 21, 2022 - his first trip outside Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion began - pressing for continued American military and financial aid.
National Mathematics Day was observed on December 22, marking the birth anniversary of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. The day was declared in 2011 to honour Ramanujan on his 125th birth anniversary.
At the IPL 2023 mini-auction in Kochi on December 23, 2022, England all-rounder Sam Curran became the most expensive player in IPL history when Punjab Kings bought him for Rs 18.5 crore.
Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as Israel's Prime Minister on December 29, 2022, heading the country's 37th government after his Likud-led bloc won the November 2022 Knesset election.
Brazilian great Pele, the only player to win three FIFA World Cups (1958, 1962, 1970), died in Sao Paulo on December 29, 2022 at the age of 82.
Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Ratzinger, died on December 31, 2022 at 95. He led the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013 and became the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign when he stepped down citing health reasons.
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