Current affair Dec Jan 2024

1. BJP leader (a)   was sworn in as Maharashtra CM for the 3rd time.

3. (a)   won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for McLaren, helping them secure their first constructors' championship since 1998.

4. NASA’s latest Centennial Challenge programme, (a)   , encourages innovative ways to recycle materials on the Moon.

5. (a)   won the pink-ball Test in the Border Gavaskar Trophy at Adelaide, leveling the series at 1-1.

6. A pair of ruby red slippers worn by (a)   in The Wizard of Oz was auctioned for $28 million.

Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest-ever world chess champion by defeating (a)   in Singapore.

The United Nations awarded ecologist (a)   the Champions of the Earth award for his work in the Western Ghats.

(a)   replaced Shaktikanta Das as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

Time Magazine named (a)   as "Person of the Year" for the second time in 2024.

Russian President (a)   expressed willingness to negotiate over Ukraine with Donald Trump.