Current Affairs December 2021

ADB approves Rs 2,645-crore loan to improve urban services in India

Asian Development Bank said it has approved a Rs 2,644.85 crore (USD 350 million) loan for India to help improve its urban services. The loan supports the policies established by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to accelerate universal coverage of piped water supply and improved sanitation. This is part of the recently launched national programme AMRUT 2.0 and […]

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Saudi Arabia bans Tablighi Jamaat, calls it ‘gate of terror’

Saudi Arabia has banned the Tablighi Jamaat, terming it a “danger to society” and “one of the gates of terrorism”. The country’s Minister of Islamic Affairs made an announcement on social media directing the mosques to warn people against associating with them. The government has also warned people against associating with the Tablighi Jamaat which has been banned

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Himachal Govt constitutes ‘Samanya Varg Aayog’

Himachal Pradesh govt announced setting up a Commission for upper castes, on the lines of Madhya Pradesh. The Commission, to be named as ‘Samanya Varg Aayog’, will be formalized through a legislative enactment in three months. A Scheduled Caste Commission is already in operation in Himachal Pradesh and is chaired by former Shimla MP Virendra Kashyap. The Commission is being formed considering the long-pending demand of

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Azim Premji receives Dr. Ida S. Scudder Oration award

Azim Premji, founding president of Wipro Limited and founder of Azim Premji Foundation is this year’s recipient 10th Annual Dr. Ida S. Scudder Humanitarian Oration, Established jointly by Christian Medical College Vellore (CMC) and US-based Vellore CMC Foundation. This award is given to Shri Premji in recognition of his contribution to society through the foundation. Established in 2001, the Foundation

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Karnataka Bank won 2 DigiDhan Awards by MeitY

Karnataka Bank has been awarded Two DigiDhan Awards established by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The awards were given during the Digital Payments Festival in New Delhi. The award recognized banks for achieving the target with the highest percentage in BHIM-UPI transactions under the private sector bank category consecutively for two years 2019-20 and 2020-21. Karnataka Bank has always

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Daily Current Affairs – 12 & 13 December 2021 | Gkseries

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NITI Aayog To Launch 1,000 Atal Tinkering Labs in Jammu and Kashmir

NITI Aayog has planned to establish 1,000 Atal Tinkering Laboratories in Jammu and Kashmir. Out of these, 187 will be established by the end of this financial year. It was conveyed at a high-level meeting headed by Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta to take stock of arrangements for opening Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATL) in various

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National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Bill 2021

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Bill 2021 – The Rajya Sabha has passed a National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The Bill declares six additional National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research as Institutions of National Importance. These institutes are located in: (i) Ahmedabad, (ii) Hajipur, (iii) Hyderabad, (iv)

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Indian Mathematician Neena Gupta receives Ramanujan Prize 2021

Indian Mathematician Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Kolkata was awarded the ‘Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries 2021’ for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra, the Ministry of Science and Technology informed, adding that Professor Neena is the third woman to receive the Ramanujan Prize since

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International Day of Neutrality: 12 December 2021

Every year on December 12th, the International Day of Neutrality promotes the importance of peaceful, friendly, and mutually beneficial relations between countries. It was officially declared by a UN General Assembly resolution adopted in February 2017 and first observed on December 12, 2017. History of the Day: On 2 February 2017, the UN General Assembly adopted without

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