Daily Current Affairs

National: TROPMET-2020: Indian Meteorological Society (IMS) in collaboration with North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), Shillong, organized a four-day Virtual Symposium on Tropical Meteorology (TROPMET-2020) from December 14 to December 17, 2020 at NESAC, Shillong. The Symposium was on the theme of “Weather and Climate Services over Mountainous Regions”. During the Symposium, Speakers discussed the

National: Himgiri is the first of the three ships of Project 17A built at M/s Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata. The ship was launched on 14 December 2020 in the Hooghly River. P17A ships are the first gas turbine propulsion and largest combat platforms ever built at GRSE. IPPB new digital payment

National: ‘Jagananna Jeeva Kranthi’ scheme: Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched “Jagananna Jeeva Kranthi” scheme, on December 10, 2020. This scheme is another step towards women empowerment. This aims to ensure better livelihood of women by providing them a stable source of income. Under this scheme, 2,49,151 sheep and goat units

National: Foundation Stone of several development projects in Gujarat: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited to Dhordo in Kutch, Gujarat on 15th December, 2020 and laid the Foundation Stone of several development projects in the State. These are: Desalination Plant at Mandvi, Kutch: The capacity of Desalination Plant will be 10 crore litre per day

National: 5th India Water Impact Summit: The 5th India Water Impact Summit (IWIS) was inaugurated by the Jal Shakti Minister, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. This summit is organised by the National Mission for Clean Ganga and Center for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (cGanga). This was begun on December 10, 2020 and continued till December

National: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government has announced the ‘Sharad Pawar Rural Prosperity Scheme’ named after NCP president Sharad Pawar. Under this scheme, target is to double the farmer income, and ensure prosperity in gram panchayats and villages. Worlds’ first, satellite-based NB-IoT: BSNL announced on December 10, 2020, it will introduce worlds’

National: FICCI’s 93rd Annual General Meeting and Annual Convention: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed at FICCI’s 93rd Annual General Meeting and Annual Convention on December 12, 2020 via video conferencing. He was also inaugurated the virtual FICCI Annual Expo 2020.FICCI’s Annual Convention is being held virtually on 11, 12 & 14 December 2020. This

National: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY). This is to boost employment in formal sector and incentivize creation of new employment opportunities during the Covid recovery phase under Atmanirbhar Bharat Package 3.0. The Cabinet has approved an expenditure of Rs 1,584 crore

National: Under the Preparatory activities for roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine being carried by Central Government in collaboration with States/UTs, Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said a new digital platform for COVID 19 Vaccination Delivery called “CO-WIN” is being used for this purpose.  This is user friendly mobile app for recording

National: Union Sports Minister Shri Kiren Rijiju recently launched the second edition of Fit India Cyclothon via social media. The 25 days mega cycling event was started on December 7, 2020 & it will end on December 31, 2020. International Bharati Festival 2020: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address the International Bharati Festival, 2020