MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS FACTS COMPILATION (DECEMBER 2020) Important Days of December ■ World AIDS Day - December 1 (observed every year since - 1988) ■ National Pollution Control Day - December 2 ■ International Day of Persons with Disabilities - December 3 ■ World Soil Day - December 5 ■ International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development - December 5 ■ Armed Forces Flag Day - December 7 ■ International Civil Aviation Day - December 7 ■ International Anti-Corruption Day - December 9 ■ Human Rights Day - December 10 ■ International Animal Rights Day - December 10 ■ UNICEF Day - December 11 ■ International Mountain Day - December 11 ■ International Day of Neutrality - December 12 ■ Universal Health Coverage Day - December 12 ■ National Energy Conservation Day - December 14 ■ Vijay Diwas (or Victory Day) - December 16 ■ International Migrants Day - December 18 facebook.com/kasmentor 9061474766/9061484877 www.kasmentor.com ■ Goa Liberation day - December 19 ■ International Human Solidarity Day - December 20 ■ Shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere (Winter Solstice) - December 21 ■ National Mathematics Day - December 22 ■ National Farmer’s Day - December 23 ■ National Consumer Rights Day - December 24 ■ National Good Governance Day - December 25 ■ International Day of Epidemic Preparadness - December 27 National ■ Which organisation has launched the initiative named “Meri Saheli”?- Indian Railways ■ Ambassador of the BAFTA Breakthrough initiative in India - A R Rahman ■ Ambassador of Fit India movement - Kuldeep Handoo ■ Which police station topped the list of best police stations in India? - Nongpok Sekmai Police Station, Manipur ■ “Child-friendly” police station was recently established by NCPCR in - Pune ■ Which is the venue of the International Sand Art Festival 2020? - Chandrabhaga beach, Odisha ■ ‘Delhi Chalo’ is the name of the protest being held by which category of people in India? - Farmers ■ The newly built “Majerhat bridge” in Kolkata is named as ‘Jai Hind’ bridge to commemorate the 125th Birth Anniversary of - Subash Chandra Bose facebook.com/kasmentor 9061474766/9061484877 www.kasmentor.com ■ Which cities have been included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Cities? - Orchha and Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) ■ The metro project recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi which connect major tourist attractions like Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Sikandra with railway stations and bus stands. - Agra Metro Project ■ Union territory that has been declared as Organic Agricultural Area by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s welfare? - Lakshadweep ■ Agency which approved a USD 2.5 million technical assistance to support advanced biofuel development in India? - Asian Development Bank (ADB) ■ The 1.5 km long Koilwar bridge over Sone river is inaugurated in - Bihar ■ The newly launched PM-WANI scheme stands for - Prime Minister’s Wi-Fi Access Network Initiative ■ Association of Buddhist Tour Operator (ABTO) International Convention 2020 was inaugurated at - New Delhi ■ E-agricultural spot market platform ‘BEAM’ was launched by - BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) ■ BEAM launched by BSE stands for - BSE E-Agricultural Markets Ltd ■ Which state recently launched a scheme for ethnic Tharu tribe? - Uttar Pradesh ■ ‘Jagananna Jeeva Kranthi’ scheme was launched in - Andhra Pradesh ■ The ninth edition of the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit (SMDS) commenced in - Dehradun facebook.com/kasmentor 9061474766/9061484877 www.kasmentor.com ■ “Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India” is released by - NITI Aayog ■ Amma Mini Covid-19 clinics are inaugurated in the state of - Tamil Nadu ■ Ola to set up world’s largest scooter factory in - Tamil Nadu ■ Indian Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) commissioned at the Goa Shipyard - Sujeet ■ Which institute signed an MoU with cGanga, a think-tank of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for development of sludge management framework in Indi? - Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) ■ The foundation stone of the 30,000 megawatt (MW) capacity hybrid renewable energy park is laid in - Kutch district of Gujarat ■ Which practice has been formally recognized as a competitive sport by the Sports Ministry? - Yogasana ■ Kisan Kalyan Mission was launched in the state of - Uttar Pradesh ■ Indian Institute of Heritage is a proposed institute under - The Ministry of Culture ■ Which metro got the first driverless train in the country? - Delhi Metro ■ India’s 1st CoE for Skill Development in Power Sector inaugurated in - Gurugram ■ Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has launched a multilingual call centre for aqua farmers at - Vijayawada ■ Venue of International Gita Maholsav 2020 - Kurukshetra (Haryana) facebook.com/kasmentor 9061474766/9061484877 www.kasmentor.com ■ ‘SEHAT’, Health Insurance Scheme was launched in the Union Territory of - Jammu and Kashmir ■ Cloud Storage Service launched by Niti Aayog - DigiBoxx ■ India’s first Lithium refinery to be set up in - Gujarat ■ An 18-feet tall statue of late former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was unveiled at - Shimla ■ India's first hot air balloon safari in a tiger reserve launched in - Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh) ■ E-Sampada web portal and mobile app has been launched by the - Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs ■ A Monpa handmade paper making is a vibrant culture of - Arunachal Pradesh ■ Tso Kar Basin, which is recently recognised as a Ramsar wetland site is in - Ladakh ■ The target group of ‘Main Bhi Digital (me too digital)’ drive programme - Street vendors ■ The scheme run by India Post for personalised sheets of postage stamps - My Stamp Scheme ■ The web-based application launched by Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) for information sharing - “Digital Ocean” app ■ India's rank in the Climate Change Performance Index 2021 - 10th ■ India's rank in Human Development Index 2020 - 131 ■ India's rank in Human Freedom Index 2020 - 111 ■ In the 2020 Trace Bribery Risk Matrix listing, India is ranked - 77th position facebook.com/kasmentor 9061474766/9061484877 www.kasmentor.com Kerala ■ Keralite who got the patent for a machine that classifies postal items based on pincodes - P J Varghese ■ Mobile application launched by the Kerala Govt. to make local body election results available to public in real time - PRD Live ■ The youngest candidate who is on the local self govt. election in Kerala - Reshma Mariam Roy (Pathanamthitta) ■ Which university in Kerala is setting up a plant to generate electricity from waste? - Calicut University ■ Kasaragod district judge who will be appointed as the state commissioner for the differently abled - S. H. Panchapakesan ■ The person who has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of Kerala - V P Joy ■ The winner of ONV Literary award - Dr. M Leelavathi ■ State which has been selected as the fully hearing friendly state in India - Kerala ■ Heritage site from Kerala which is selected for UNESCO Asia- PAcific Awards 2020 - Koothambalam at Guruvayoor Temple ■ Keralite honoured with 2020 Mother Teresa award by Harmony Foundation - K K Shailaja ■ Bacterial disease recently reported in Kozhikode district - Shigella ■ Which state govt. has collaborated with the UN Women to establish India’s first Gender Data Hub? - Kerala ■ Renowned Malayalam poet and activist who passed away on 23rd December, 2020 - Sugathakumari ■ Sugathakumari was honoured with Padma Shri in the year - 2006 facebook.com/kasmentor 9061474766/9061484877 www.kasmentor.com ■ Port of Kerala to become International Crew Change and Bunkering hub - Vizhinjam ■ New Scheme implemented by Kerala State Health Dept. for the eradication of leprosy - ELSA (Eradication of Leprosy Through Self Reporting and Awareness) ■ Mollywood actor who won the best actor award at Ahmedabad International Children's Film Festival - Guinness Pakru (Ajayakumar) ■ The person who became the youngest Mayor in India - Arya Rajendran (Thiruvananthapuram) ■ Person honoured with Harivarasanam Award 2021 - M R Veeramani Raju ■ The book ‘Oh Mizoram’ is written by - P S Sreedharan Pillai ■ Self employment scheme launched by the Govt. of Kerala for senior citizens - Navajeevan ■ Venue of 33rd Kerala Science Congress 2021 - Thiruvananthapuram ■ The route of the first Tejas Express (private train) which the Railways decided to run through Kerala - Mangalore - Coimbatore ■ Airport in Kerala Internationally recognized for its efforts in reducing carbon emissions - Trivandrum International Airport ■ The first state to pass a resolution against the National Citizenship Amendment Bill - Kerala ■ Institution established in Kerala to make the operations in the real estate sector transparent - K-RERA (Kerala real Estate regulatory authority) ■ Venue of 2020 - Global Investors meet (ASCEND 2020) - Kochi (Lulu Bolgatty International Convention Centre) ■ Fastest growing urban area in the world according to Economist Magazine - Malappuram ■ Barrier free project of Kerala Tourism is awarded by UNWTO ■ The Malayalee who was the Vice President of the International Chess Federation has recently passed away - P.T.Ummer Koya facebook.com/kasmentor 9061474766/9061484877 www.kasmentor.com ■ ‘The Cuckoo’s Nest’ is the novel of - A. SethuMadhavan (Sethu) ■ Emergency Response Support System launched jointly for Police, Fire, Medical emergency - 112 ■ Venue of International conference on Climate Change and Ocean Health - CLIMFISH-CON-2020 - Kochi ■ Mobile app to curb drug abuse launched by Kochi City Police -