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December 2020 Visit: www.civilstaphimachal.com For Any Query Mail us: [email protected] or call us at - (+91)-7814622609 1 Contents National News ............................................................................................................................................................ 16 1.1 ‘Ramayan Cruise Service’ to be launched in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh ....................................................... 16 1.2 Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launches world-class premium grade Petrol- XP100 ....................................... 16 1.3 Shri Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates MNGL’s 100th CNG station .......................................................... 17 1.4 IIT-Ropar & IIT Alumni Council partners to set up Global Centre of Excellence ......................................... 17 1.5 Nagaland celebrates Hornbill Festival 2020 ............................................................................................... 17 1.6 Oman issues directive to establish Oman-India Friendship Association .................................................... 17 1.7 Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launches India’s first mobile CNG dispensing unit .......................................... 17 1.8 Bengaluru to host India’s first AI-enabled conversational digital persona ................................................ 17 1.9 RIL tops Fortune 500 list of Indian companies ........................................................................................... 17 1.10 India signs MoU with USA on Intellectual Property cooperation ............................................................... 18 1.11 India’s Top 10 Police Stations for 2020 ...................................................................................................... 18 1.12 Mizoram enters India’s solar map with 2-megawatt power plant ............................................................. 18 1.13 Two new Zoos granted recognition by Central government ...................................................................... 18 1.14 ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal tops ICAR Ranking ............................................................ 18 1.15 IIT-2020 Global Summit organized by PanIIT USA ...................................................................................... 18 1.16 Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurates Koilwar Bridge over Sone river in Bihar..................................................... 19 1.17 Association of Buddhist Tour Operators International Convention inaugurated ...................................... 19 1.18 Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addresses International Bharathi Festival 2020................................ 19 1.19 Gwalior & Orchha in MP included in UNESCOs world heritage cities list................................................... 19 1.20 Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses IMC 2020 ................................................................................. 19 1.21 Indian Embassy launches Bollywood 'cinemaSCOpe' series for SCO diplomats ........................................ 19 1.22 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention 2021 ........................................................................................... 19 1.23 Lok Sabha Speaker releases book on 19th anniversary of Parliament attack ............................................ 19 1.24 UK PM Boris Johnson accepts India’s invitation for Republic Day Celebrations ........................................ 20 1.25 International Corona virus Short Film Festival held in New Delhi .............................................................. 20 1.26 Cattle, Buffalo meat residue found in Indus Valley vessels ........................................................................ 20 1.27 India’s first mRNA vaccine candidate HGCO19 received approval from India’s Drug Regulator ............... 20 1.28 IMS and NESAC organized a four-day virtual Symposium on Tropical Meteorology (TROPMET-2020) .... 20 1.29 CBI gets a new crime manual ..................................................................................................................... 20 1.30 A high-level panel for commemoration of Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th Birth anniversary ............. 20 1.31 Ministry of Tourism organized a webinar on ‘Birding in India’ .................................................................. 21 1.32 Union Cabinet approved an MoU between CERC, India and FERC, USA .................................................... 21 1.33 5th meeting of IONS Working Group on HADR held virtually ..................................................................... 21 Visit: www.civilstaphimachal.com For Any Query Mail us: [email protected] or call us at - (+91)-7814622609 2 1.34 Yogasana formally recognized as a Sport ................................................................................................... 21 1.35 India contributed US $ 1 million to World Anti-Doping Agency to ensure clean sport .............................. 21 1.36 4th Bilateral Joint Working Group meeting between India and Indonesia held ......................................... 21 1.37 2nd Conference on Good practices in CCTNS/ICJS organized by NCRB ....................................................... 22 1.38 Haldibari-Chilahati rail link inaugurated between India and Bangladesh. ................................................. 22 1.39 Union Cabinet approved the merger of four government film media units with NFDC ............................ 22 1.40 Government approved revised DTH guidelines .......................................................................................... 22 1.41 PM Narendra Modi lit the ‘Swarnim Vijay Mashaal’ .................................................................................. 22 1.42 Bengal Basin became the 8th producing basin of India ............................................................................... 23 1.43 NPCI introduced new RuPay Contactless features ..................................................................................... 23 1.44 APEDA organized a Virtual Buyer Seller Meet in Thailand ......................................................................... 23 1.45 MoPSW identifies new routes for ferry services through Inland Waterways ............................................ 23 1.46 Visva Bharati University, a central university completed its 100 years ..................................................... 23 1.47 Nehru Zoological Park, first zoo to get ISO certification ............................................................................ 23 1.48 Reliance & BP announced the start of production from R cluster ............................................................. 23 1.49 Jewar Airport to be named as the Noida International Airport ................................................................. 24 1.50 First picture of Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train released ....................................................................... 24 1.51 First driverless train started in Delhi Metro ............................................................................................... 24 1.52 A statue of Atal Bihari Vajpayee unveiled at Assam’s Silchar .................................................................... 24 1.53 International Sports University (ISU) to be set up at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune .................. 24 1.54 Dekho Apna Desh Webinar Series titled “Secrets and Delights of Indian Cuisine” held ............................ 24 1.55 Several Development projects inaugurated in Manipur ............................................................................ 24 1.56 Production of first coach shell by Marathwada Rail Coach Factory, Maharashtra .................................... 24 1.57 FASTag made mandatory from 1st January, 2021 ....................................................................................... 24 1.58 Foundation stone of TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad laid. ......................................................................................... 25 1.59 Giant Rock Bee Honey by Malayali Tribe added to Tribes India Collection................................................ 25 1.60 Shri Narendra Modi approved an MoU between India and Bhutan on outer space ................................. 25 1.61 India’s first-ever driverless train operations inaugurated on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line ....................... 25 1.62 Brahamputra Aamantran Abhiyaan organized in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh ........................................ 25 1.63 Ministry of Railways releases booklet with title “Building an Aatmanirbhar Bharat” ............................... 26 1.64 India’s first hot air balloon tiger safari launched in Madhya Pradesh ........................................................ 26 1.65 Madhya Pradesh approves Anti-Conversion Bill ........................................................................................ 26 1.66 Assam Assembly passed a bill on Madrasa conversions. ........................................................................... 26 1.67 Union Health Minister e-Inaugurates First Ever Virtual Aadi Mahotsav in Madhya Pradesh .................... 26 1.68 AYUSH Day Care Therapy Centres for Central Government employees approved .................................... 26 Visit: www.civilstaphimachal.com For Any Query Mail us: [email protected] or call us at - (+91)-7814622609 3 1.69 15th edition of Global Mining Summit ......................................................................................................
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