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The Hindu Review (December) Index No. of Chapter Topic Name Chapter 1 Appointment (National, International) Chapter 2 Awards (National, International) Chapter 3 Government Scheme/ campaign Chapter 4 Summit/ Conference Chapter 5 Partnership/ Agreement Chapter 6 Ranking Index Chapter 7 Mergers and Acquisitions Chapter 8 Loan Chapter 9 App/Website/Card Chapter 10 Important MoU Chapter 11 GDP Forecasting Chapter 12 Current Affairs (National) In Short Chapter 13 Current Affairs (International) Chapter 14 Banking & Financial Chapter 15 Committee Chapter 16 Defence News Chapter 17 Sports News Chapter 18 Book and Author Chapter 19 Important Day Chapter 20 Science Chapter 21 Obituary
Chapter 1: Appointment (December) (National) Organization Persons India ambassador to BAFTA's AR Rahman (Updated 1 Dec) New Director-General of 27th Director Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhary General of Border Roads Organisation (BRO). (Updated 1 Dec) Engineer-in-Chief of the Indian Army Gen. Harpal Singh
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‘Fit India’ Movement Ambassador Kuldeep Handoo Horlicks Protein Plus new brand Akshay Kumar ambassador FICCI new President Uday Shankar (Updated 7 Dec) MD of Kotak Mahindra Bank RBI re-appoints Uday Kotak (For 3 yr) New President of The Associated Vineet Agarwal Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) Vice-President of Assocham Sumant Sinha (Updated 21 Dec) New Chief Justice of Uttarakhand. Raghvendra Singh Chauhan (Updated 28 Dec) New Chief Justice of Sikkim Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari New Chief Justice of MP Mohammad Rafiq New Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh Arup Kumar Goswami
(International) Organization/ Country Persons Bata Shoe Organization Global CEO Sandeep Kataria (Updated 1 Dec) First CEO of The WHO Foundation Anil Soni (effect from 1st January 2021) Ghana president Nana Akufo-Addo (2nd term) Capital: Accra Currency: Ghanaian cedi Vice President of Asia Pacific CEO of Prasar Bharati, Shashi Shekhar Broadcasting Union (ABU) Vempati New PM of Romania Florin Citu Capital: Bucharest Currency: Romanian leu President: Klaus Iohannis Board member of the Global Alliance Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI). (Effect from Jan 1, 2021, and serve till Dec 31, 2023)
Chapter 2: Awards (December) National Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field Tansen Samman Pandit Satish Vyas Renowned Indian Santoor player “Eminent Engineer V K Yadav Former Chairman , Award” Railway Board Dr. Narendra Dabholkar Dr. Narendra Dabholkar The award was instituted Memorial Award Memorial Award in the memory of the
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Maharashtra-based rationalist Dabholkar. DRDO's 'Scientist of the Hemant Kumar Pandey For his contribution in Year' award-2018 developing several herbal medicines, including the popular drug Lukoskin meant for treatment of leucoderma. “Pandemic Category” in Bihar Chief Minister Secretariat Digital India Awards, of Bihar, National 2020 Informatics Centre and the Disaster Management Department have been jointly winner. “Excellence in Digital UP Uttar Pradesh Food and Governance” in Civil Supplies Department Digital India Awards, WON 2020 Prestigious CII-ITC NTPC NTPC has been honoured Sustainability Awards in the Corporate 2020 Excellence Category, Commendation for Significant Achievement. Golden Peacock SAIL For the year 2020 in the Environment Steel Sector by the Management Award Institute of Directors. 2020 2020 King Bhumibol Indian Council of The award was presented World Soil Day Award Agricultural Research annually by the Food and (ICAR) Agriculture Organization (FAO).
International Award Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field
‘Young Champions of Asia and The Pacific: Vidyut 2020 prize given by the the Earth’ by UNEP Mohan (India, 29 years) UN environment agency Africa: Nzambi Matee to global change-makers (Kenya, 29) using innovative ideas Asia and the Pacific: and ambitious action to Xiaoyuan Ren (China, 29) help solve some of the Europe: Lefteris Arapakis world’s most pressing (Greece, 26 years) environmental Latin America and the challenges. Caribbean: Max Hidalgo Quinto (Peru, 30) North America: Niria Alicia Garcia (USA, 28)
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West Asia: Fatemah Alzelzela (Kuwait, 24) UNEP "Champions of the Prime Minister Frank UN’s highest Earth" Bainimarama of (Fiji) environmental honour. Dr. Fabian Leendertz (Germany) Mindy Lubber (USA) Nemonte Nenquimo (Ecuador) Yacouba Sawadogo (Burkina Faso) Professor Robert D. Bullard (USA) “Player of the Century” Cristiano Ronaldo Footballer award ‘Legion of Merit’ PM Modi By Donald Trump, For his leadership in elevating strategic partnership of the two countries and emergence of India as a global power. BBC''s top sports prize 7-time F1 champion The BBC''s Sports Hamilton Personality of the Year prize. ‘Global Visionary of Ratan TaTa honoured by the Indo- Sustainable Business Israel Chambers of and Peace’ award Commerce for promoting innovation that supports sustainability and peace in the region, including with the Palestinians. The Best FIFA Men’s The Bayern Munich striker, Beating off Lionel Messi Player 2020 Robert Lewandowski has and Cristiano Ronaldo. been The Best FIFA Women’s Manchester City full-back, Becoming the first female Player 2020 Lucy Bronze English player to take the prize. The UNESCO Bangabandhu Sheikh international prize in Mujibur Rahman the field of ‘creative economy’ Carolina Araujo Ramanujan Prize Mathematician from the awarded 2020 for Institute for Pure and Young Mathematicians Applied Mathematics (IMPA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Time magazine names U.S. President-elect Joe 'Person of the Year' Biden and Vice President- elect Kamala Harris
Rabindranath Tagore Raj Kamal Jha 3rd Rabindranath Literary Prize Tagore Literary Prize for his novel, “The City and The Sea”. The winner of the $5,000 prize was announced online in Copenhagen, Denmark. Novel which is based on the December 2012 Nirbhaya rape and murder case. World Athletics Awards Mondo Duplantis, Yulimar World record-breakers 2020 Rojas Mondo Duplantis of Sweden and Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year respectively Fortune Businessperson Topped by Tesla CEO Elon Adobe CEO Shantanu of the Year 2020 Musk. Narayen (Rank 8th) and Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga (Rank 9th) have been named by Fortune among the Businessperson of the Year 2020. 2020 Global Teacher Indian village school The award, which is run by Prize teacher Ranjitsinh Disale the Varkey Foundation in partnership with UNESCO, celebrates "exceptional" teachers who have made an outstanding contribution to their profession. Time Kid of the Year Gitanjali Rao Aims to ‘solve world’s problems’ Organisation for Indo-Japan cooperation The Mutual Agreement Economic Co-operation Procedure 2019 Award for and Development highest agreement ratio (OECD) for a pair of jurisdictions for transfer pricing cases.
Mother Teresa Dr Anthony Fauci (USA) Harmony Foundation Memorial Awards For Fr Fabio Stevenazzi (Milan, hosted. The Awards in Social Justice Italy) its 16th year is the only
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Dr Pradeep Kumar award endorsed by (Chennai) Sister Prema, the Cristian Fracassi and Superior General of the Alessandro Romaioli (Italy) Missionaries of Charity, Sanjay Pandey, IPS (DG the organization started Home Guards, by Mother Teresa. Maharashtra) Vikas Khanna (Manhattan, USA) KK Shailaja (Minister of Health, Kerala)
ICC Awards of The Decade 2020 India captain Virat Kohli on 28th Dec headlined the ICC top honours for the decade, winning the Sir Garfield Sobers award for the best male cricketer of the past 10 years. Complete list: • Virat Kohli (Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade). • Virat Kohli (ICC Men''s ODI Cricketer of the Decade). • Steve Smith (ICC Men''s Test Cricketer of the Decade). • Rashid Khan (ICC Men''s T20I Cricketer of the Decade). • Ellyse Perry (ICC Women''s T20I Cricketer of the Decade). • Ellyse Perry (ICC Women''s ODI Cricketer of the Decade). • Ellyse Perry (Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for ICC Female Cricketer of the Decade). • Kyle Coetzer (ICC Men''s Associate Cricketer of the Decade) • Kathryn Bryce (ICC Women''s Associate Cricketer of the Decade) • MS Dhoni (ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade). Filmfare OTT awards 2020 The first ever Filmfare Awards for OTT platforms were given out on 19th Dec. This is the first edition of Filmfare OTT awards as this year streaming services came to their own due to complete shutdown of film production and closure of theatres because of the coronavirus pandemic. Complete List of Awards • Best Series: Paatal Lok • Best Director (Series): Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy (Paatal Lok) • Best Series (Critics): The Family Man • Best Director (Critics): Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru (The Family Man) • Best Actor in a Drama Series (Male): Jaideep Ahlawat (Paatal Lok) • Best Actor in a Drama Series (Female): Sushmita Sen (Aarya) • Best Actor in a Drama Series (Critics): Manoj Bajpayee (The Family Man) • Best Actress in a Drama Series (Critics): Priyamani (The Family Man) • Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Male): Jitendra Kumar (Panchayat) • Best Comedy (Series/Specials): Panchayat • Best Film (Web Original): Raat Akeli Hai
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Chapter 3: Government Scheme/ campaign (December) SCHEME PURPOSE Honey FPO Programme The Honey FPO Programme aims to address the issues (Union Minister of Agriculture faced by the beekeeping industry and also promote and Farmers’ Welfare) honey production in the country. This will also help in achieving the goal of increasing farmer’s income. These 5 FPOs will be set up by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED). They will be set up at East Champaran (Bihar), Morena (Madhya Pradesh), Bharatpur (Rajasthan), Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) and Sunderbans (West Bengal). Orundoi Scheme It will support the family to buy by 4 kg of pulses (Assam) worth 200 rupees, medicines worth 400 rupees per month, sugar for 80 Rupees and fruits and vegetables for 150 Rupees. 'Jagananna Thodu' Scheme Benefit: Scheme would benefit lakhs and several more (Andhra Pradesh) schemes would be started for the interests of the poor. "Vegetables, small tiffin shops, flowers, motorcycle vendors, teeth, groceries, loom work, cloth and handlooms, lacework, steel shops, pottery, kitchen and plastic goods, electronic goods, and several other items will be made available for beneficiaries of the scheme. Swasthya Sathi scheme It provides basic health cover for secondary and (West Bengal) tertiary care up to 5 lakh INR per annum per family. Atmanirbhar Women Scheme Aims: This scheme aims to target the self-reliant (Bank of Baroda) woman in India. Under the scheme, the bank is offering loans at 0.50 per cent concession for women. The bank under the gold loan scheme is offering agri- gold loan at 0.25 per cent concession and for a retail loan at 0.50 per cent concession. “Varasat” campaign In first of its kind campaign to end the nagging (UP) land related issues in the rural areas, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched the special 'varasat' (natural succession) drive. It is aimed at eradicating the exploitation of the villagers in the name of Varasat of land and property. ‘SEHAT’, Health Insurance Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch ‘SEHAT’ Scheme – Health Insurance Scheme for the entire Union (PM Modi) Territory of Jammu and Kashmir .This scheme will cover the remaining One crore population which was not covered under Ayushman Bharat Scheme. Under Ayushman Bharat PM Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY),
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eligible beneficiaries were covered under Health Cover of Rs 5 Lakh. Pedalandariki Illu Navaratnalu ‘Pedalandariki Illu,’ (housing for (Andhra Pradesh) poor) at Komaragiri layout of Pithapuram Assembly constituency in East Godavari district.
Chapter 4: Summit/ Conference Summit/ Conference Location About World Economic Forum Singapore The World Economic Forum 2021 (WEF) has decided to host its 2021 annual meeting in Singapore, which earlier was scheduled to take place in Lucerne-Burgenstock, Switzerland from 13-16 May 2021. First India Water Impact The Summit is being organised by Summit the National Mission for Clean Ganga and the Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies. 20th IORA Council of UAE Indian Ocean Rim Association Ministers Meeting (IORA) Council of Ministers (COM) Meeting via video conferencing under the Chairmanship of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Indian delegation was led by V. Muraleedharan, MoS, Ministry of External Affairs. Sri Lanka has assumed the charge of Vice-Chair of IORA for the period 2021-23. Theme- “Promoting a Shared Destiny and Path to Prosperity in the Indian Ocean”. Sixth India-Japan Samwad Video conferencing. The Prime Minister Narendra Conference Modi recently addressed the sixth India-Japan Sanwad Conference through video conferencing. Global Film Summit in India India will host a global media 2021 and film summit next year and will also set up a special pavilion at Cannes in 2022 on the occasion of the Cannes Film Festival's 75 years celebrations. 6th India International New Delhi The 6th India International Science Festival (IISF 2020) Science Festival (IISF 2020) was
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held on-line from December 22 till 25. IISF 2020 was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi.
Chapter 5: Partnership/ Agreement (Dec,2020) Partnership/ Agreement Aims AU Small Finance, ICICI Pru Life tie up The tie-up aims to deliver “paperless, secure, and hassle-free life insurance”. Google Pay and ICICI Bank join hands For issuance of FASTag through Google Pay. This will enable Google Pay users to order, track and recharge ICICI Bank FASTag conveniently and completely digitally on the payments platform itself. Indian Army signs MoU with Bank of For new 'Baroda Military Salary Package' Baroda India, Qatar to set up Task force on energy, The task force will be represented by a senior officer from petroleum Ministry of India and the vice president of Qatar petroleum. The task force is to identify projects in the Indian energy sector for Qatari investments. RBL Bank and ICICI Prudential Life Forge bancassurance partnership to offer Insurance an array of life insurance products to the Bank's customers. Chapter 6: Ranking Index, Dec 2020 Index Index released by India’s 1st Rank Rank US Air Quality Index The United States 2nd –New Delhi 1st- Lahore Environmental 3rd - Kathmandu Protection Agency Fortune 500 list of Fortune Rank 1: Reliance Indian firms Industries Ltd (Update-5th Dec) Rank 2: IOC Rank 3: ONGC Rank 4: SBI Rank 5: BPCL QS Asia University QS Quacquarelli IIT Bombay Rank 1:National Rankings 2021 Symonds, global (Rank 47), University of higher education IIT Delhi (Rank Singapore (NUS), think-tank 50), Singapore IIT Madras Rank 2: Tsinghua University, China (Rank 56) (Mainland) Rank 3: Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
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Global Terrorism 8th Afghanistan Index 2020 Best performing Ministry of Home Nongpok Sekmai police station in the Affairs -Manipur country 2020 Climate change Germany 10TH None of the Index 2020 countries were in (Updated-8Dec) top three ranks. Rank 4: Sweden Rank 5: UK Rank 6: Denmark Most powerful Forbes Sitharaman is 1st- Angela Merkel woman Index ranked 41st 2nd Christine Lagarde 3rd - Kamala Harris Human United Nations 131st 1st -Norway Development Index Development 2nd - Ireland 2020 Program (UNDP) 3rd - Switzerland Highest-paid Forbes Kylie Jenner -590 celebrities million dollars Rank 2- Kanye West, USD 170 million Human Freedom American think tank 111th New Zealand, Index 2020 Cato Institute and Switzerland and (Updated-17th Dec) Fraser Institute in Hong Kong top 3. Canada. Banking, Financial Wizikey 1st- HDFC 2nd Rank: ICICI Services and Bank Insurance (BFSI) 3rd Rank: State Index 2020 Bank of India (SBI)
Chapter 7: Merger and Acquires No New In Dec
Chapter 8- Loan (Dec,2020) ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE Asian Development Bank $430 million to improve the quality and (ADB) reliability of electricity supply in Uttar Pradesh in India.
ADB $190 million for modernisation and upgradation of power distribution system in Karnataka’s capital city of Bengaluru. ADB $2.5 million Technical assistance to support (18Cr.) advanced biofuel development in India.
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ADB $300 million Strengthen and improve access to comprehensive primary health care in urban areas in India. ADB $300 million Upgrade power distribution network in Uttar Pradesh ADB $4.21 million Project readiness financing (PRF) facility for the preparation of infrastructure development projects to improve urban amenities and develop tourism infrastructure in Tripura. ADB $231 million Lower Kopili Hydroelectric Power (LKHEP) facility in Assam. ADB 2100 Cr. Rs 1600 crore will be for urban development and Rs 500 crore for the tourism sector. World Bank $500 million Build safe and green national highway corridors in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. World Bank $400 million Second Accelerating India's COVID- 19 Social Protection Response Programme project will support India's efforts at providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households, severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. World Bank $250 million Second Dam Improvement and Rehabilitation Project (DRIP-2) will improve the safety and performance of existing dams across various states of India.
World Bank $100 million CHIRAAG project will develop sustainable production systems that allow tribal households in remote areas of Chhattisgarh to practice round-the-year production of diversified and nutritious food. World Bank $68 million Nagaland Enhancing Classroom Teaching and Resources Project ($68 million) will improve classroom instruction; create opportunities for the professional development of teachers United States $54 million Support the development of International critical infrastructure projects in Development Finance the country in the wake of the COVID- Corporation (DFC) 19 pandemic.
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Chapter 9: APP/Website/Card (Dec,2020) APP/ Website/Portal Company/ Purpose Department Digital Ocean Developed by INCOIS. launched by the Ministry of Earth Applications Sciences to share information on marine data and forecast services “Digital lending Bank of Baroda (BoB) Digital Lending Platform, which platform” enables prospective retail loan seekers to get loans digitally through a paperless process at the convenience of their place and time of choice. Farmer Registration Karnataka government An e-governance portal, to create a and Unified beneficiary repository of farmland information Information System and farm loan details on a single (FRUITS) Portal platform. All farmers will be registered and given an identification number on the portal. The FRUITS Portal is integrated into the BHOOMI Package of the Karnataka State for fetching and validating the land details. 'Infinite India' ICICI Bank For foreign firms looking to set up or expand their business in India. iMobile Pay’ app ICICI Bank Offers payments and banking services to customers of any bank. This launch marks the private lender bank’s entry to the ‘FinTech’ space. Economic diplomacy Foreign Ministry To provide a vast repository of portal resources on economic opportunities and news and facilitate two-way economic engagement. ‘Pareshram’ Portal Odisha The Portal and the Online Services shall be helpful in “Ease of Doing Business” and contribute significantly to the industrial development of the State. “FX 4 U" Canara Bank "FX 4 U" through internet banking helping users to manage and handle their forex transactions seamlessly. BEAM Bombay Stock Exchange “BSE E-Agricultural Markets Ltd (BSE) (BEAM)”, for agricultural commodities through its subsidiary BSE Investments Ltd. Money Mitra Ujjivan Small Finance A new channel to make banking Bank services accessible to customers in their neighbourhood.
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Chapter 10: Important MoU MoU Between Two Countries Intellectual Property Cooperation India and US Technology cooperation in road India & Austria infrastructure sector Capacity building & renewable energy India and Uzbekistan sectors Understanding on emergency medical World Health Organization and IFRC teams (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) High Impact Community Development India and Bangladesh Project (HICDP), protocol on 7 MoUs, agreements transborder elephant conservation, an MoU on the supply of equipment and improvement of Garbage and solid waste disposal, MoU in the field of agriculture, an MoU between National Museum Delhi and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial museum, Dhaka and terms of reference for India Bangladesh CEO forum. Cooperate in the fields of health and India and Israel medicine, including sharing of expertise in building climate resilient infrastructure and support to 'green healthcare'.
Chapter 11: GDP Forecasting (Last Update 4th Jan) Organization 2019-20 2020-21 Fitch 4.9% (-)9.4% (Update-8 Dec) HDFC Bank 6% (-)7.5% (Update 24 JULY) RBI forecasted 5% (Updated 4 dec) (-)7.5%(Update-4 Dec) Moody 4.9% (-)8.9%(Update-14 Nov) Asian Development Bank 5.1% (-)8%(Update-15 Dec) (ADB) World Bank 4.8% (-)9.6%(Update-6 Oct) World Economic Outlook 4.2% (-)10.3% (Update-13 released by International Oct) Monetary Fund (IMF) FICCI 5% (-)4.5%
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Organisation for Economic 4.9% (Updated 3 march (-)9.9% (Update-2dec) Co-operation and 2020 ) Development (OECD) DBS Bank (-)6% (Update 22 July) Goldman Sachs 5.3% (-)10.3% (Update 18 Nov) CRISIL 5.1% (-)7.7%(Update 15 Dec) UN (United Nation) 5% 1.2% Confederation of Indian between (-)0.9 per cent Industry (CII) and 1.5 per cent India Ratings & Research 5% fY 2020. (-)11.8% (Update-8 Sep) Economy Survey 6-6.5% 2-3% National Council of Applied 4.9% (Updated- 21 Feb (-)7.3(Update-26 Economic Research 2020) Sept) (NCAER) Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 6.3% (-)7.7% Update-14 Dec) ICRA (-)7.8% (Update-29 Sept) State Bank of India (SBI) 4.2% (-)7.4(Update-16 Dec) UBC (Updated 23 March 4% 2020) CARE Ratings (-)8% (Update-14 sept) Normura -6.1% (Update-20 July) UBS -8.6% (Update-17 sept)
Chapter 12: Current Affairs (National) In Short Nagaland’s Hornbill Festival to begin on December 1 Dubbed as the ‘Festival of Festivals’, the Hornbill Festival, which has put the state on the global tourist map, is a 10-day annual cultural and tourism extravaganza that elaborately showcases the rich and diverse Naga ethnicity through folk dances, traditional music, local cuisine, handicrafts, art, craft workshops highlighting indigenous textiles and designs, among various other Naga experiences. PM Modi participates in Dev Deepawali Mahotsav in Varanasi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 30, 2020 participated in the 'Dev Deepawali Mahotsav' in Varanasi and congratulated the people of Kashi for getting back the stolen Mata Annapurna's idol. Cyclone Burevi to Cross Sri Lanka and Hit India’s Southern Tamil Nadu, Kerala Cyclone Nivar drenched several parts of north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh. Cyclone Burevi is set to cause torrential downpour over southern Tamil Nadu
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These twelve officers went for training to the South Asian wing of INTERPOL. The unit has been named TRACE. TRACE is Tactical Response Against Cyber Child Exploitation. Gwalior, Orchha in UNESCO world heritage cities list The historical fort cities of Gwalior and Orchha in Madhya Pradesh have been included in the list of UNESCO's world heritage cities under its urban landscape city programme. Lakshadweep declared 100% Organic The Union Territory of Lakshadweep has been declared as Organic Agricultural Area by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s welfare. The UT is second after Sikkim to achieve the status of 100% organic region. It is first in the Union Territories of India to achieve the status. Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the Koliwar Bridge Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the Koliwar Bridge over the Sone river in Bihar On December 10, 2020. The bridge was constructed at an expense of 256 crores of rupees. PM Narendra Modi addresses International Bharati Festival 2020 virtually Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed the International Bharathi Festival 2020 through video conferencing. The festival was organised by Vanavil Cultural Centre in Chennai to celebrate the 138th birth anniversary of Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathi, an eminent writer, poet and journalist from Tamil Nadu. Maharashtra cabinet approves death punishment for crimes against women The Maharashtra state cabinet has approved two draft bills that propose death penalty for heinous cases of rape, acid attack and child abuse. BSNL launches 'world's first' satellite-based narrowband-IoT network BSNL on 10th Dec announced the launch of a satellite-based internet of things (IoT) device service that can be used across India where mobile towers are not present, including the seas within the country's jurisdiction. NITI Aayog releases ‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’ NITI Aayog has released a white paper titled ‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’ on 14 December 2020. The ‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’ is a continuation of the work on Health Systems Strengthening. The building blocks for this vision are an interdependent federated system of governance between the Centre and states. GOI launch Brand India Mission The Government of India is to launch Brand India Mission to promote quality of products that are manufactured in the country. This mission is being piloted by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The mission is based on similar policies in other countries such as Switzerland, United States, Germany and France. Maharashtra Government Introduces Unified Development Control Rules for Real Estate The Government of Maharashtra has approved the Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations, (UDCPR), to strengthen and bring uniformity in the real estate construction laws of the state. Ladakh Buddhist Association celebrates 'Losar' festival in Leh 'Losar' is celebrated to mark the beginning of the new year of the Buddhist community. Since then, the Losar festival is celebrated in the 11th month of Tibetan calendar which continues on 15th Dec.
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Museum on Subhash Chandra Bose to be set up in Kolkata The Government of India is to open a museum on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on January 23, 2022. The museum is to be set up in Kolkata. The museum is to be inaugurated on the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji. PM Modi inaugurates world’s largest renewable energy park in Gujarat Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the 30,000 megawatts (MW) capacity hybrid renewable energy park in Kutch district of Gujarat. It will be the largest renewable energy park of its kind in the world. It is expected to play a major role in fulfilling India’s vision of generating 450 GW (4,50,000 MW) of power by 2030. Nehru Zoological Park Hyderabad 1st India's Zoo gets ISO certifications Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad, with its standard working procedures, has acquired ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Standards Certification from ASCB, UK. India’s 1st CoE for Skill Development in Power Sector inaugurated in Gurugram The Minister of State for Skill Development, Raj Kumar Singh has inaugurated the first Centre of Excellence (CoE) for ‘skill development in the power sector’ in Gurugram. The CoE has been established in the campus of National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurugram, Haryana. India celebrate 400th prakash parv of Guru Tegh Bahadur Guru Tegh Bahadur (1 April 1621 – 19 December 1675) was the ninth of ten Gurus who founded the Sikh religion and he was head of the followers of Sikhism from 1965 until his beheading in 1675. Kerala’s Gender Park to sign MoU with UN Women The Gender Park, an autonomous body under the Kerala government, is all set to partner with UN Women to further the cause of women empowerment and function as a South Asia hub for gender equality. Srinagar’s Amar Singh College conservation project recognised with UNESCO award The Srinagar-based Amar Singh College’s building, built nearly 80 years ago, is one of the seven conservation projects to be recognised with the 2020 UNESCO Asia- Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. The Amar Singh College was recognised with the ‘Award of Merit’ in the 2020 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. Cabinet Allows 100% FDI In Direct To Home Broadcasting Services The Union Cabinet on 23RD Dec approved revised guidelines for Direct-to-Home (DTH) broadcasting services, allowing 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) as well as increasing the licence period to 20 years. Ladakh's Startsapuk Tso, Tso Kar lake complex added to list of Ramsar site One more wetland in India has been added to the list of recognised sites of international importance under the treaty of Ramsar Convention, taking the number of such wetlands in the country to 42, the highest in South Asia. PM to flag off 100th Kisan Rail on 28 December Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will flag off the 100th Kisan Rail from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar in West Bengal on 28th December 2020. PM Modi to inaugurate India’s First Driverless Train The first driverless train operations in India were initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 28, 2020. The train is operated on the Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line.
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PM Modi to inaugurate New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of eastern freight corridor Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ‘New Bhaupur - New Khurja section’ of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) on December 29. 21-year-old Arya Rajendran becomes youngest mayor of Thiruvananthapuram Arya Rajendran, the 21-year-old college student who successfully contested the recent civic body polls in Kerala, was on 28th Dec elected the next mayor of state capital Thiruvananthapuram. India’s First Hot Air Balloon Safari in MP The Forest Minister of Madhya Pradesh recently launched the first hot air balloon safari of India in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve of India in MP. Harsh Vardhan inaugurates India’s highest meteorological centre at Leh Union Minister of Earth Sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the meteorological centre (MC) of the India Meteorological Department at Leh in Ladakh via video conferencing.
Chapter 13: Current Affairs (International) Arab Gulf’s first coal-based power plant being developed in Dubai The first coal-based power plant of Arab Gulf country is being developed in Saih Shuaib, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The 2,400MW Hassyan clean coal power station will be built at an estimated cost of $ 3.4 billion. The project will comprise four units of 600MW each, which are expected to start operations in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 respectively. Mount Everest declared 86 cm taller by Nepal and China The world’s highest mountain peak ‘Mount Everest’ has become taller by 86 cm, as per a survey conducted jointly by Nepal and China. The Government of Nepal and China jointly conducted an exercise to measure the world’s highest peak. The new height of Mt Everest has been calculated at 8,848.86 metres, which is 0.86m more than the previous measurement done by India in 1954. Sonu Sood tops 50 Asian Celebrities in The World list 2020 Indian actor, Sonu Sood has topped the first-of-its-kind ’50 Asian Celebrities In The World’ 2020 list, published by UK based Eastern Eye newspaper. The 47-year-old talented Bollywood star has been honoured for his inspiring philanthropic work throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, especially helping migrant workers reach their hometowns. • Rank 5: Indian singer Armaan Malik • Rank 6: Priyanka Chopra Jonas • Rank 7: Pan-Indian star Prabhas India-Bangladesh to reopen Chilahati-Haldibari rail link after 1965 India and Bangladesh are going to reopen the Chilahati-Haldibari rail link after it was cut off during the 1965 war, nearly 55 years ago. Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Yasa hits Fiji Landslides, flooding, strong gusts and large swells are adding to the “destructive” Cyclone Yasa, which hit Fiji UK becomes world's first nation to approve AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid vaccine
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Britain on 30th Dec became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca as it battles a major winter surge driven by a new, highly contagious variant of the virus.
Chapter 14: Banking & Financial YES Bank launches ‘SMS Pay’ on POS Terminals Private lender YES Bank has launched an ‘SMS Pay’ functionality on POS terminals, which would allow merchants to accept contactless and remote payments from their customers. YES Bank has collaborated with French payment services company Worldline to launch the new facility. PFC, REC to provide Rs 8,520 cr loan to SJVN's power project in Bihar State-owned PFC and REC have signed an initial pact with SJVN to provide Rs 8,520 crore worth loan for a thermal power plant in Buxar, Bihar. RBI ban on HDFC Bank digital launches & selling new credit cards The Reserve Bank of India move to temporarily halt all digital launches and sourcing new credit card customers for HDFC Bank could stay for three to six months. RBI Monetary Policy on 4th Dec 2020 The RBI recently held its Monetary Policy Committee meet. During the meet, the Reserve Bank of India has kept the repo rate unchanged at 4%. Repo rate is the rate at which RBI lends to banks. The Reverse Repo Rate is to continue at 3.35%. Repo Rate 4%
Reverse Repo Rate 3.35%
Marginal Standing Facility(MSF) Rate 4.25%
Bank Rate 4.25%
Cash reserve Ratio(CRR) 3%
Statutory Liquidity Ratio(SLR) 18%
RBI to introduce digital payment security control directions The RBI is to introduce digital payment security control directions for regulated entities to improve the security of digital payment channels and also to improve the consumer service. This announcement comes after the central bank temporarily barred the largest private bank, HDFC, from selling new credit cards or launching new digital banking initiatives due to service outages at the bank for over the past two years. About the Digital Payment Security Control Directions: The Directions propose the setting up of robust governance structure. It includes digital payments, implement common minimum standards of security controls such as mobile banking, internet, card payments. It will bring upon standards on channels such as mobile banking, internet and card payment. Benefit: There will be no change in how customers use the online payment applications Currently, there are no security protocols and authentication methods added to the
Best Online Test Series Site for Bank | JAIIB | CAIIB | RRB NTPC | SSC and State Government 20 Jobs ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series credit card, debit card or mobile wallet payments. Therefore, the Digital Payment Security Controls Direction will help boost the security in these areas. PNB launches loan management solution ‘LenS-The Lending Solution’ Punjab National Bank (PNB) on 6th Dec launched a tech-based loan management solution called 'LenS-The Lending Solution', to speed up and maintain accuracy in online loan processing and sanctioning of credit proposals. RTGS system to be available on 24×7 basis from December 14 The Reserve Bank of India has announced that the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system will be made available round the clock on all days of the year with effect from 00:30 hours on December 14, 2020. RBI cancels licence of Maharashtra-based Karad Janata Sahakari Bank The Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the licence of Karad Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd in Maharashtra, as it does not have adequate capital and earning prospects. As such, it does not comply with the provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. Tamil Nadu signs 18 MoUs worth Rs 19,955 cr, projects to create 26,500 jobs Tamil Nadu government on 14th Dec signed 18 MoUs worth Rs 19,955 crore with an employment potential of 26,509 persons. Companies which signed the MoU include the Crown Group Of Companies, representing a Russian defence organisation, Ola Electric and Mahindra CIE among others. RBI to set up Automated Banknote Processing Centre in Jaipur The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to set up an Automated Banknote Processing Centre (ABPC) in Jaipur for the receipt, storage and dispatch of currency notes. Export-Import Bank of India extends USD 448 million line of credit to Uzbekistan Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) on 13th Dec has extended a USD 448- million line of credit (LOC) for various infrastructure projects in Uzbekistan. The LOC has been extended on behalf of the Indian government. RBI cancels the Licence of the Subhadra Local Area Bank, Maharashtra The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, vide order dated December 24, 2020 cancelled the banking licence issued to Subhadra Local Area Bank Ltd., Kolhapur, Maharashtra under Section 22 (4) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to carry on banking business in India. The order is made effective from close of business on December 24, 2020. “Maintaining Inflation Target at 4% is appropriate”-RBI The Reserve Bank of India recently released a paper “Measuring Trend Inflation in India”. The paper says that inflation target at 4% is appropriate. In 2016, RBI introduced Inflation Target of 4% with an upper tolerance limit of 6% and lower limit of 2%.
Chapter 15: Committee No News in Dec
Chapter 16: Defence News Indian Navy successfully test-fires Navy in the Bay of Bengal on 1 Dec as naval version of BrahMos missile part of a series of trials being carried out A naval version of the BrahMos by the three services. supersonic cruise missile was GRSE Kolkata launches ‘Himgiri’, its successfully test-fired by the Indian 1st Ship of Project 17A
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Himgiri, which is the first of the three India on 23rd Dec successfully test- Project 17A ships being built at fired a medium range surface-to-air Garden Reach Shipbuilders and missile (MRSAM) from Odisha coast. Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata was The DRDO has jointly developed the launched. missile in collaboration with Israel Goa Shipyard Limited launched the Aerospace Industries. fifth and final Offshore Patrol Vessel DRDO and Indian Navy conduct ICGS "Saksham" maiden test trial of ‘SAHAYAK-NG’ – The Goa Shipyard Limited recently India’s first Air Dropped Container launched the fifth and final Offshore The Defence Research and Patrol Vessel ICGS (Indian Coast Development Organisation (DRDO) Guard Ship) Saksham. It is to be along with Indian Navy carried a commissioned by October 2021. successful maiden test trial of The Project was launched by PM ‘SAHAYAK-NG’ India’s first indigenously Narendra Modi in 2016. Under the designed and developed Air Dropped project, five Indian Coast Guard Ships are Container from IL 38SD aircraft (Indian to be launched. Two Offshore Patrol Navy) off the coast of Goa. Vessels have already been commissioned Mission Sagar III : INS Kiltan arrives at namely ICGS Sachet, ICGS Sujeet, ICGS Sihanoukville, Cambodia Sajag, ICGS Sarthak. Indian Naval Ship Kiltan arrived at Rajnath Singh inaugurates India's Sihanoukville Port, Cambodia on 29 first hypersonic wind tunnel test December 2020 as part of ongoing facility Mission Sagar-III. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on The ship will deliver 15 Tons of 20th Dec inaugurated the advanced Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (HWT) test Relief (HADR) Stores for the flood- facility here, making India the third affected people of Cambodia, which will country after the US and Russia to be handed over to Cambodia’s National have such a facility. Disaster Management Committee India successfully test-fires medium (NDMC). This assistance is reflective of range surface-to air missile the deep people-to-people connect "MRSAM"off Odisha coast between the two friendly countries. Defence Exercise Between About Passage Exercise (PASSEX) India & Russia (Navy) Aimed at enhancing interoperability, improving understanding and imbibing best practices between both the navies. 35TH Coordinated Patrol Indian Navy and the (IND-INDO CORPAT) Indonesian Navy PASSEX "Passage Indian and Vietnamese Two-day passage Exercise Navy exercise in the South China Sea as part of efforts to boost maritime cooperation between the two countries.
Chapter 17: Sports News
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Lewis Hamilton won Bahrain GP The Union Minister of Youth Affairs Lewis Hamilton powered to his and Sports Kiren Rijiju on December 8, record-increasing 95th victory at the 2020, announced that the government Bahrain Grand Prix on 29th Nov in a will be starting 1000 Khelo India race overshadowed by a horrific crash centres all over the country to help for Romain Grosjean, from which the retired sportspersons get Frenchman escaped relatively employment and to encourage the unscathed. followed by Max Verstappen sports culture in the country. and his Red Bull teammate Alex Parthiv Patel retires from all forms of Albon. cricket Japan to host seven-team Club World An 18-year-long illustrious career Cup in 2021 came to an end, on 9th Dec, as FIFA extended the smaller Club World wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel Cup format for one more year after a announced his retirement from all forms 24-team revamp scheduled for China in of the game. June 2021 was delayed because of the Zena Wooldridge Elected As World coronavirus pandemic. Japan was Squash Federation President chosen to host a traditional, seven- Zena Wooldridge from England has team Club World Cup in December been elected as the World Squash 2021. Federation President. She will become Sergio Perez takes first F1 won at the 10th WSF President to serve since Sakhir Grand Prix the Federation’s inception in 1967. Sergio Perez (Mercedes), who may be The is the second female President after out of work next season, took New Zealand’s Susie Simcock. She advantage of his rivals' misfortunes replaces outgoing President Jacques on 6th Dec to drive from last position to Fontaine, from France. claim his first Formula One victory in a Madagascar replaces the Maldives as chaotic and crazy Sakhir Grand Prix. host of 2023 Indian Ocean Island New Zealand all-rounder Corey Games Anderson retires from all forms of Madagascar has replaced the Cricket Maldives as the host of the 2023 New Zealand all-rounder, Corey Indian Ocean Island Games due to Anderson has announced his concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. retirement from international The event had been awarded to the cricket. Maldives last year, but members of the Sri Lanka to host Asia Cup in 2021 Indian Ocean Island Games Federation Sri Lanka will host the Asia Cup in voted to move the Games to Madagascar. June 2021 while Pakistan has earned The Maldives had requested pushing the rights to host the tournament in back the 2023 Games to 2025. 2022. Bajrang Punia, Elavenil Valarivan bag Jehan Daruvala becomes first Indian top honours at FICCI India Sports to won F2 race Awards Jehan Daruvala created history, as he Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes – became the first Indian to win a wrestler Bajrang Punia and shooter Formula 2 race at the 2020 Sakhir Elavenil Valarivan – bagged the top Grand Prix, Bahrain. honours at the FICCI India Sports Government to start 1000 Khelo India Awards 2020 held virtually this year Centres to encourage sports culture owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Award Personality Serbia, grabbing a silver in the 57kg category. Sportsperson of the Year Elavenil India end Cologne World Cup (Female) Valarivan campaign with 9 medals Sportsperson of the Year Bajrang India finished the competition at the (Male) Punia second spot overall after claiming Best State Promoting Sports Madhya three gold, two silver and four bronze Award Pradesh medals Cologne World Cup in Best Company Promoting Anil Kumble Germany. Sports (Private Sector) Gold medals
• Indian women boxers Simranjeet Max Verstappen ends F1 season with Kaur (60kg), processional win in Abu Dhabi • Manish (57kg) Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch, • Amit Panghal (52kg). Redbull) brought the curtain down on Silver Medals the 2020 Formula One season with a lights-to-flag cruise to victory on • Veteran Satish Kumar (+91kg) Sunday in the year-ending Abu Dhabi • Amit Panghal (52kg). Grand Prix. Bronze Medals India’s Yash Vardhan won gold online • Sonia Lather (57kg) 10m air rifle shooting event • Pooja Rani (75kg) Junior Asian champion Yash Vardhan • Gaurav Solanki (57kg) and clinched the 10m air rifle event at the 6th • Mohamed Hussamudin (57kg) International Online Shooting Championship (IOSC) on 13TH Dec. FIFA cancels men's 2021 U-20, U-17 Qatar to host 2030 Asian Games, 2034 World Cups edition in Saudi Arabia The Bureau of the FIFA Council has The 2030 Asian Games were awarded decided to cancel the 2021 editions of to Doha, Qatar and the 2034 event the men's U-20 World Cup and U-17 went to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after a World Cup and gave the hosting rights deal was struck between the rival to Indonesia and Peru respectively for nations. the 2023 editions. Doha beat Riyadh for the 2030 Games in The two host countries, Australia and the vote at the Olympic Council of Asia’s New Zealand will automatically (OCA) general assembly. qualify for the FIFA Women's World Pakistani Mohammad Amir retires Cup 2023, and their slots have been from international cricket taken directly from the quotas allocated Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad to their confederations, namely the AFC Amir has retired from international and the OFC respectively. cricket, the PCB has confirmed. Amir Dhoni Captain of ICC T20I, ODI Team represented Pakistan in 36 Tests, 61 of the Decade; Kohli for Tests ODIs and 50 T20Is, and recently played The ICC on 27th Dec announced the in the inaugural Lanka Premier League men's and women's teams for the for runners-up Galle Gladiators. T20Is, ODIs and Tests from the last Anshu Malik grabs silver in Wrestling, decade. India's first medal at Individual World Former India captain MS Dhoni was Cup named captain of the T20I and ODI Indian wrestling star Anshu Malik Teams while current India captain clinched the country's first medal at Virat Kohli was picked to lead the Test the Individual World Cup in Belgrade, side. The T20I side comprises four
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Indian players, three in the ODI side and The Badminton World Federation two in the Test side. (BWF) has imposed a 5-year ban on BWF bans Russian badminton player Russian shuttler Nikita Khakimov for Nikita Khakimov for 5 years charges of “betting, wagering and irregular match results.
Chapter 18: Books/ Author (Dec) Books Author ‘On the Move: My Journey as a Entrepreneur Hari Khemka’s Relentless Entrepreneur’ autobiography “40 Years with Abdul Kalam- Untold The Vice President of India, M Stories” Venkaiah Naidu has released the book. Authored by Dr A.Sivathanu Pillai. ‘Pregnancy Bible’ Kareena Kapoor Khan ‘The Light of Asia’ Former Union minister Jairam Ramesh’s The Light of Asia that has shaped people’s thinking of the Buddha and his teachings. ‘Oh Mizoram’ Written by Governor of Mizoram, Shri P S Sreedharan Pillai. ‘Ayodhya’. Written by Madhav Bhandari ‘Covid-19: Sabhyata ka Sankat aur Written by Kailash Satyarthi Samadhan’ “Sutranivednachi sutra- ek anbav” by Dr Roopa Chari "Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Parliament" PM Modi releases book to mark his 96th birth anniversary
Chapter 19: Important Day (December) Dates Day Theme Theme 2020: Global Solidarity December 1 World AIDS Day and Shared Responsibility • National Pollution Control Day 2nd December • World Computer Literacy Day Theme 2020: “Building Back International Day of Persons with Better: Towards a disability- December 3 Disabilities inclusive accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World”. December 3 Dr Rajendra Prasad Jayanti Theme 2020: Indian Navy December 4 Indian Navy Day Combat Ready, Credible and Cohesive. December 4 International Day of Banks
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Theme 2020: Keep Soil Alive, December 5 World Soil Day Protect Soil Biodiversity 2020 Theme: “Together We December 5 International Volunteer Day Can Through Volunteering”. The death anniversary of Dr December 6 Mahaparinirvana Divas Babasaheb Ambedkar December 07 Armed Forces Flag Day Theme 2020: “Advancing December 07 International Civil Aviation Day Innovation for Global Aviation Development”. International Anti-Corruption Day Theme 2020: RECOVER WITH December 9 2020 INTEGRITY Human Rights Day Theme 2020: Recover Better- December 10 Stand Up for Human Rights UNICEF Day 11th December
Theme 2020: Mountain 11th December International Mountain Day Biodiversity 12 December International Day of Neutrality International Universal Health Theme 2020: ‘Health For All: 12 December Coverage Day PROTECT EVERYONE’ 14 December National Energy Conservation Day 15th December International Tea Day International Day to End Violence 17th December Against Sex Workers 18 December - Minorities Rights 18 December Day in India Theme 2020: Reimagining 18 December International Migrants Day Human Mobility Theme 2020: 'Arabic Language 18 December World Arabic Language Day Academies: Necessity or Luxury?' December 19 Goa Liberation Day International Human Solidarity December 20 Day Birthday Date Srinivasa December 22 National Mathematics Day 2020 Ramanujan. Birthday Date fifth Prime December 23 Rashtriya Kisan Diwas Minister of India, Choudhary Charan Singh Theme 2020: The Sustainable December 24 National Consumer Rights Day Consumer Birthday Date of Atal bihari 25 December Good Governance Day Vajpayee served India as the 10th Prime Minister.
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Chapter 20: Science ISRO launches country's 42nd ISRO releases Chandrayaan-2 communications satellite mission’s initial data The Indian Space Research The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on 17th Dec Organization recently released the launched the country’s 42nd first set of data from Chandrayaan-2. communication satellite named CMS- The data was prepared by Planetary 01. This is the second satellite launched Data System (Version 4). The first by the space organisation. data set was released through ISRO sets up a dedicated control PRADAN portal. centre ‘NETRA’ for SSA The PRADAN portal is hosted by ISSDC The Indian Space Research (Indian Space Science Data Centre). Organization (ISRO) has set up a ISRO developing "Green Propulsion dedicated Space Situational Technology" Awareness (SSA) Control Centre ISRO is developing “Green Propulsion named “NETRA”, at its ISTRAC campus Technology”. The technology is being at Peenya, Bengaluru. The ISRO SSA developed for the Human Space Flight Control Centre ‘NETRA’ was formally Mission of India, Gaganyaan, that is to inaugurated by ISRO Chairman K Sivan. be launched in December 2021. NASA selects Raja Chari as About: Propulsion means push forward commander of SpaceX Crew-3 mission or drive an object forward. In rockets NASA and the European Space Agency and airplanes, the propulsion is (ESA) have selected Indian-American generated through the application of Raja Chari to be the Commander of the Newton’s third law, “for every action, SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the there is an equal and opposite reaction”. International Space Station. Presently A working fluid or a gas accelerates the Raja Chari is a colonel in the US Air Force. engine.
Chapter 21: Obituary –December Persons About SL Dharme Gowda Karnataka council deputy chairman Mir Sajjad Ali Former Indian footballer John F. Reid Former New Zealand batsman Sunil Kothari Padma Shri dance historian and critic Robin Jackman Former England Bowler & Cricket Commentator Shamsur Rahman Faruqi Renowned Urdu writer Sugathakumari Eminent Malayalam poet, conservationist and women’s rights activist Motilal Vora Veteran Congress leader Roddam Narasimha Padma Vibhushan awardee and eminent aerospace scientist UA Khader Renowned Malayalam writer
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Sripati Khanchanale 'Hind Kesari’-winning wrestler Bannanje Govindacharya Eminent Sanskrit scholar Paolo Rossi Paolo Rossi, Italy's goalscoring hero from their victorious 1982 World Cup campaign Football. Astad Deboo Contemporary Indian dancer Manu Mukherjee Veteran Bengali actor Narinder Singh Kapany Father of Fibre Optics “Unsung Heroes” by Fortune in their ‘Businessmen of the Century’ issue of November 1999 Ravi Patwardhan Actor Zafarullah Jamali Former Pakistan PM ‘Mahashay’ Dharampal Gulati MDH owner David Prowse British Actor
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