In Nagaland, the 10-day-long Hornbill Festival 2022 will begin today, December 1, at Naga heritage village Kisama

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will grace the inaugural function as the Chief Guest.

The Festival is held at the heritage village of Kisama, about 12 km from Kohima. Deputy Director of the Tourism Department Kakiye Ayemi said, in the ten-day festival, a visitor gets the opportunity to catch a ring-side view of all the Naga tribes, their culture, and distinctiveness in one place.

President Droupadi Murmu today gave away the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2022 at Rashtrapati Bhawan. She presented the Dronacharya award to wrestling coach Raj Singh and boxing coach Mohammad Ali Qamar at the ceremony. Para shooting coach Suma Siddharth Shirur and wrestling coach Sujeet Maan also received the Dronacharya award.

Badminton players Lakshya Sen and Prannoy HS were presented the Arjuna award. Chess player R Praggnanandhaa and boxer Nikhat Zareen also received the Arjuna award. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited students, their parents, and teachers to take part in interesting activities relating to Pariksha Pe Charcha 2023. In his message, he emphasised the need to collectively work towards creating a stress-free environment for students.

In a major boost to further strengthening the Coast Guard Region East, 840 Sqn (CG), an Indian Coast Guard Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mk-III squadron, was commissioned by DG Shri VS Pathania at ICG Air Station, Chennai on November 30, 2022. 

The commissioning of 840 Sqn (CG) is indicative of the leap towards self-reliance in the field of helicopter manufacturing, in line with the government's vision of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’. It will provide a major fillip to the abilities of the Indian Coast Guard in the security sensitive waters off Tamil Nadu and Andhra region.

Border Security Force is celebrating its raising day today, December 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted the Border Security Personnel and their families. 

In a tweet Mr. Modi said, this is a force with an outstanding track record of protecting India and serving the nation with utmost diligence. The Prime Minister added that he also appreciates the noble work of BSF during challenging situations like natural disasters.

Today, India commences its G20 Presidency.

Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

The previous 17 Presidencies of the G20 delivered significant results - for ensuring macro-economic stability, rationalising international taxation, relieving debt-burden on countries, among many other outcomes. We will benefit from these achievements, and build further upon them.

The Reserve Bank of India announced the launch of the first pilot for the retail digital Rupee on Ist December 2022. As per the RBI Press release, eight banks have been identified for phase-wise participation in this pilot. The first phase will begin with four banks including State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank and IDFC First Bank in four cities across the country. Four more banks, including Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India, HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank will join this pilot subsequently.

Niti Aayog today launched the carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) policy framework and its Deployment Mechanism in India.  The report was launched by Vice Chairman Niti Aayog Suman Bery, in the presence of Power secretary Alok Kumar, Dr V Saraswat, member Niti Aayog and other officials in New Delhi. The report was prepared on the valuable inputs provided by the various stakeholders from the  Energy and Power Sector (E&P).

Earlier the government had put the draft policy titled '2030 Roadmap for CCUS for Upstream E&P companies in the public domain for suggestions from all the stakeholder's holders in the country. The purpose of CCUS policy framework is to develop and implement a practicable framework to accelerate research and development on carbon capture, utilisation and storage in India.

President  Droupadi Murmu will confer the National Sports Awards 2022 and National Adventure Awards 2021 to the awardees at a function at  Rashtrapati Bhawan this evening. Table Tennis player Sharath Kamal Achanta has been chosen for Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award for 2022. 

This year Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games will be given to 25 sportspersons. They include athletes  Seema Punia and Eldhose Paul, shuttlers Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy, woman boxer Nikhat Zareen, Hockey player Deep Grace Ekka, weightlifter Vikash Thakur, Wrestlers Anshu and Sarita and Para-Badminton player Tarun Dhillon.

The Health and Family Welfare Ministry pavilion has won the Outstanding Contribution towards Public Communication and Outreach award at 41st India International Trade Fair 2022 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

The Health Pavilion conducted as many as 37 thousand 887 screenings, investigations, counseling and training. Nearly 5,530 visitors visited the National Health Authority (NHA) counter where 1,110 visitors got their Ayushman Bharat Health Account cards and benefits of getting ABHA ID were also provided.