Daily Current Affairs – 17 December, 2024

The India Meteorological Department expects a La Niña to set in by late 2024 or early 2025, plus a milder winter due to this delay. 

Amidst all the political debates, an important issue has escaped attention – the practice of One Candidate Contesting from Multiple Constituencies (OCMC) for the same office. 

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met PM Modi during his first foreign visit after assuming office. 

The second India-Iran-Armenia Trilateral Consultations were held in New Delhi.

In a significant move to bolster the agricultural sector, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced an increase in the collateral-free agricultural loan limit from ₹1.6 lakh to ₹2 lakh per borrower, effective from January 1, 2025.

The researchers presented a new method to measure the properties of black holes by using the effects they have on light flowing around them (Light Echo).

Jharkhand's Birhor tribe participated in the movement against child marriage.