Current Affairs (CONSOLIDATION) DECEMBER 2020 (PART – I) Drishti, 641, First Floor, Dr. Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi-110009 Phone: 87501 87501, WhatsApp: 92058 85200, IVR: 8010-440-440 Email: [email protected] Contents Polity and Governance ........................................................................................................1 z UP Ordinance on Unlawful Conversions ................................................................................................................. 1 z Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Scheme .............................................................................................................................. 2 z India’s Top 10 z Police Stations for 2020 .......................................................................................................................................... 3 z Tobacco Ban in Jharkhand ...................................................................................................................................... 3 z World Malaria Report 2020: WHO ......................................................................................................................... 4 z Export Promotion Council for Technical Textiles .................................................................................................... 5 z Right to Vote for NRIs ............................................................................................................................................. 6 z Centre’s Power for Land Acquisition for Highway: SC ............................................................................................ 7 z CCTV in Police Stations: SC ..................................................................................................................................... 9 z Waqf Boards in Jammu and Kashmir .................................................................................................................... 10 z Suggestions for Delimitation Exercise .................................................................................................................. 11 z Gender Gap and Sensitisation in Judiciary ........................................................................................................... 11 z Technical Education in Mother Tongue ................................................................................................................ 13 z Tharu Tribals ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 z Medicine Supplies and Make in India ................................................................................................................... 15 z Partners in Population and Development Initiative ............................................................................................. 16 z Scheme for Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure......................................................................... 17 z National Family Health Survey-5 .......................................................................................................................... 18 z Reducing Emissions from Coal-Based Power Sector ............................................................................................ 20 z Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India ................................................................................................... 21 z Formulation of Policy for 3D Printing ................................................................................................................... 23 z National Energy Conservation Day 2020 .............................................................................................................. 24 z Vehicle Insurance in India ..................................................................................................................................... 25 Economic Scenario ............................................................................................................27 z Minimum Support Price for Crops ........................................................................................................................ 27 z Monetary Policy: RBI ............................................................................................................................................ 28 z Fall in Manufacturing PMI .................................................................................................................................... 30 z Demand for Interest Waiver ................................................................................................................................. 30 z Municipal Bonds ................................................................................................................................................... 31 z Lottery, Gambling, Betting Taxable under GST Act: SC......................................................................................... 33 z Database of Migrants ........................................................................................................................................... 34 International Relations ......................................................................................................36 z Criticism of Policies on Kashmir: OIC .................................................................................................................... 36 z Countries of Particular Concern: US ..................................................................................................................... 37 z India Switzerland Relations .................................................................................................................................. 38 z SCO Online International Exhibition ..................................................................................................................... 39 z ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus .............................................................................................................. 40 z United Nations Investment Promotion Award 2020 ............................................................................................ 41 z SAARC Charter Day ............................................................................................................................................... 42 z Morocco Normalises Relations with Israel ........................................................................................................... 43 z India-Uzbekistan Virtual Summit .......................................................................................................................... 44 z Rohingyas at Isolated Bangladesh Island .............................................................................................................. 45 z Negotiations on UK’s Brexit Deadline ................................................................................................................... 47 z San Isidro Movement in Cuba .............................................................................................................................. 47 z Israel-Bhutan Ties ................................................................................................................................................. 48 Science and Technology .....................................................................................................50 z China’s Artificial Sun ............................................................................................................................................. 50 z Dust Samples from Hayabusa 2 ............................................................................................................................ 51 z Jupiter Saturn Great Conjunction ......................................................................................................................... 52 z Beresheet 2: Israel ................................................................................................................................................ 53 z Influenza and Bacterial Infection .......................................................................................................................... 53 z Rise in AI Adoption in India Amidst Pandemic ...................................................................................................... 54 z Honey Adulteration .............................................................................................................................................. 55 z The Cancer Genome Atlas 2020 Conference ....................................................................................................... 56 z P Ovale Malaria .................................................................................................................................................... 57 z Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians 2020 .............................................................................................. 58 z Cannabis Removed from Dangerous Substances: UN .......................................................................................... 59 z Robotic Surgery .................................................................................................................................................... 60 z Havana Syndrome ...............................................................................................................................................