Current Affairs December 2020

Health Secretary briefs the Vice President on latest health situation in Eluru

Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Shri Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary (H&FW) called on the Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas and apprised him of the latest health situation in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh in the backdrop of many people being hospitalized with an undiagnosed illness. Daily Current

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Socio-Economic profiling of PM SVANidhi beneficiaries & their families

Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra launched a programme of Socio-Economic Profiling of PM SVANidhi beneficiaries and their families, as an additional component of PM SVANidhi Scheme, in the presence of representatives of various Central Ministries and State officials. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Under this, a complete profile of each PM

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RBI issued draft circular on declaration of dividend by NBFCs

Reserve Bank of India has issued draft circular on declaration of dividend by non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) in pursuance to the announcement made in the monetary policy declared. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Accordingly, deposit-taking NBFCs and systemically important non-deposit-taking NBFCs must have their net non-performing assets below 6 percent and a capital adequacy

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9th edition of Sustainable Mountain Development Summit

The ninth edition of the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit (SMDS) in Dehradun has begun. The theme for this year is Emerging Pathways for Building a Resilient Post COVID-19 Mountain Economy, Adaptation, Innovation and Acceleration. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Organised by Indian Mountain Initiative (IMI), the four-day-long summit seeks to deliberate on issues such

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India’s ‘Fitness Ka Dose Aadha Ghanta Roz’ campaign

The clarion call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to all Indians of Fitness Ka Dose, Aadha Ghanta Roz has received praise from the World Health Organisation. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The campaign was launched as part of the nation-wide Fit India Movement by Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Kiren Rijiju

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RTGS to be available 24x7 from December 14

RTGS to be available 24×7 from December 14

Just within a year of operationalising NEFT 24×7, the Reserve Bank has announced that the Real Time Gross Settlement System or the RTGS facility will now be available for round the clock transactions. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Round the clock availability of RTGS will provide extended flexibility to businesses for effecting payments. The

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High-speed Wide Area Network (WAN)

As many as 2927 Court complexes across India have been connected so far by a high-speed Wide Area Network (WAN) under e-Courts Project. It has led to completion of 97.86 % sites out of 2992 sites conceived to be connected with high speed WAN under the project. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Department of

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Indian Ports Bill 2020

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways circulated the draft of Indian Ports Bill 2020 for public consultation which will repeal and replace the Indian Ports Act, 1908. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Bill also seeks to create an enabling environment for the growth and sustained development of the ports sector in India through

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Hospital Management Information System Trial Project

Indian Railways has launched another major IT initiative towards according priority for the well-being of its work force. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The HMIS in Railways has been developed by Indian Railways in coordination with RailTel Corporation Limited. The objective of the HMIS is to provide a single window of clearance of hospital

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International Bharathi Festival 2020

The International Bharathi Festival is being organised by Vanavil Cultural Centre to celebrate the 138th birth anniversary of Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Subramania Bharati (1882 – 1921) was a Tamil poet, Indian independence activist and a social reformer from Tamil Nadu. He is also known as ‘Bharathiyar’ and ‘Mahakavi Bharati’.

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