1. K.S Sethumadhavan no more
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- K.S. Sethumadhavan, who died in Chennai at the age of 90, was one of Malayalam cinema’s finest directors of all time.He played a key role in bridging the gap between commercial and artistic cinema.
- He won 10 national and eight State awards.
- His Marupakkam (1990) became the first Tamil film to win the National Award for the Best Film.
2. Junior US Open Squash title winner
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- Indian teenager Anahat Singh has won the prestigious Junior US Open Squash tournament in the Under-15 girls' category.
- The 13-year-old Delhi girl defeated Jayda Marei of Egypt.
- The US Junior Squash Open was held at the Arlen Spectre Centre in Philadelphia from 18th to 21st December 2021.
United States Junior Open Squash Championship
The United States Junior Open Squash Championship is the largest individual junior squash tournament in the world and is considered the third most prestigious junior open squash championship after the World Junior and the British Junior Open squash championship.
3. Professional Squash Association’s (PSA) new president
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- India’s Saurav Ghosal has been named as the Professional Squash Association’s (PSA) men’s president.
- Ghosal replaced World No.1 Ali Farag who had stepped down after four years in the role.
- Sarah-Jane Perry will begin another term as PSA women’s president.
Professional Squash Association’s (PSA):
- The Professional Squash Association (PSA) is the governing body for the men's and women's professional squash circuit.
- Over 800 players from all the 5 continents (over 60 different countries represented) are registered with the PSA and rankings are updated monthly based on players' performances.
- Founded in 1975.
- Chairman: Ziad Al-Turki
- Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom
4. Zverev named Germany’s Sportsman of the Year
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World’s No. 3, Alexander Zverev (24 years old tennis player) of Germany was awarded with the German’s Sportsman of the year at the 2021 German Athlete Awards.
- He became the first tennis player, since 1991, to win the award.
- The 75th edition of the awards was organized by the Internationale Sport-Korrespondenz (ISK), a sports journalist agency in Germany.
- It was held on 19th December 2021 at the prestigious Kurhaus Baden-Boden.
5. Uzra Zeya appointed U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibet
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- US’s Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Usra Zeya has been appointed by American President Joe Biden as the country’s new Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues.
- This position was established by U.S.’s Tibetan Policy Act (2002)
- The coordinator’s role involves-
- Promoting “substantive dialogue” between the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Dalai Lama.
- Promote the unique identity of Tibet and safeguard the human rights of Tibetans.
- Coordinate U.S. policy on Tibet.
6. French Defence Minister’s visit to India
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- French Defence Minister, which also called as Minister for Armed Forces Mrs. Florence Parly visited India on 17th December 2021.
- She held the “Annual Defence Dialogue” with her Indian counterpart Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh.
7. Gita Gopinath calls on PM Modi
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Gita Gopinath, an Indian-American economist, was recently promoted by the IMF and will replace Geoffrey Okamoto as the organisation's First Deputy Managing Director in 2022.
- Gita Gopinath, who is the chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited India and met the Prime Minister on 15 December 2021.
- She will take over the post of the First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF from 1 January 2022.
8. Elon Musk named Time Person of the year 2021
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- New-York based Time magazine has named Tesla founder and space entrepreneur Elon Musk as the Time person of the year 2021.
- The tradition of selecting a "Man of the Year" began in 1927. Charles Lindbergh, who completed the first solo transatlantic flight in May 1927 by piloting his monoplane Spirit of St. Louis from Garden City, New York to Paris, France is the first Time Person of the Year.
- Mahatma Gandhi is the only Indian till date to have won the Time Person of the Year in 1930 (then called Time Man of the Year) for his Salt Satyagraha (Dandi march).
- US President Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only person to have won Time Person of the Year 3 times in 1932, 1934 and 1941.
- Time magazine also holds an online poll for the readers to vote for who they believe to be the Person of the Year. While many mistakenly believe the winner of the poll to be the Person of the Year, the title, as mentioned above, is decided by the editors of Time. Time continues to annually run an online poll for the "People's Choice", but stresses the decision on whom the magazine recognizes is not made by the poll, but by the magazine's editors.
- Indian PM Narendra Modi has won this “People’s Choice Person of the Year” twice in 2014 and 2016
- Elon Reeve Musk is an entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; Tesla, Inc.; The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI.
9. Gothic novelist Anne Rice passes away
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- Anne Rice, the Gothic Novelist who is best known for her best-selling book “Interview with the vampire” passed away.
- She was an American author of gothic fiction, and Christian literature.
- She was best known for her series of novels The Vampire Chronicles. Books from The Vampire Chronicles were the subject of two film adaptations—Interview with the Vampire (1994 starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt) and Queen of the Damned (2002).
- Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror in the 20th century, is a genre of literature and film that covers horror, death, and at times, romance.
10. Indian Mathematician receives 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries
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Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, has been awarded the 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from developing countries for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra.
- Professor Gupta is the third woman to receive Ramanujan Award.
ICTP Ramanujan Prize The ICTP Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries is a mathematics prize awarded annually by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy.
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