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Annika Sorenstam appointed as president of the International Golf Federation

December 10, 2020
Annika Sorenstam
  • The International Golf Federation (IGF) designated Annika Sorenstam as its new president effective January 1, 2021.
  • IGF President, Peter Dawson, is stepping down after 10  years of leadership and service.  Sorenstam, a 72-time winner on the LPGA Tour and former No. 1 from Sweden.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stands at 41 on Forbes 2020 list

December 10, 2020
Nirmala Sitharaman
  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has stood on the 41st spot in the 2020 list of Forbes 100 most powerful women in the world.
  • This is the second time she features in the list, in 2019 stood at 34 and ranked 41st in 2020.
  • India’s leading Businesswomen, Kiran Mazumdar-shaw, Chairman of Biocon Limited also featured in the list at 68th position.

World Economic Forum 2021 to be held in Singapore

December 10, 2020
World Economic Forum
  • The World Economic Forum (WEF) has finalized to host its 2021 yearly meeting in Singapore, which earlier was planned to take place in Lucerne-Burgenstock, Switzerland from 13-16 May 2021.
  • The decision to shift the yearly forum from Switzerland has been taken in view of the Covid-19 situation in Europe.

Madagascar substitutes Maldives as host of 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games

December 10, 2020
Indian Ocean Island Games
  • Madagascar has taken place the Maldives as the host of the 2023 Indian Ocean Island Games because of concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The event had been conferred to the Maldives last year, but members of the Indian Ocean Island Games Federation voted to move the Games to Madagascar.

World Human Rights Day: 10 December

December 10, 2020
World Human Rights Day

  • Human Rights Day is observed on 10 December every year across the world. This Day came into existence on December 10, 1948, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations.
  • This year theme of Human Rights Day: Recover Better – Stand Up for Human Rights.

Cabinet allows Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana

December 11, 2020
Nirmala Sitharaman
  • The Union Cabinet has given its permission for Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) to encourage employment in the formal sector by boosting the businesses to do fresh hiring amid the pandemic.
  • ABRY will also incentivize the creation of new employment openings under Atmanirbhar Bharat Package 3.0.

National Centre for Divyang Empowerment initiated in Telangana

December 11, 2020
National Centre for Divyang Empowerment
  • The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy has initiated the National Centre for Divyang Empowerment (NCDE) at the CRPF Group Centre in Hakimpet near Hyderabad, Telangana.
  • The NCDE is the first of its kind establishment to re-skill and improves the Divyang Warriors of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) who suffered life-threatening injuries in the line of duty.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari introduces Koilwar bridge in Bihar

December 11, 2020
nitin gadkari
  • The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has initiated the 1.5 km long Koilwar bridge over the Sone river in Bihar via Video Conferencing.
  • This newly introduced bridge is a part of the six-lane bridge being made in place of the existing two-lane bridge, for both rail and road traffic, which is 138 years old.

Union Cabinet allows historic PM-WANI Scheme

December 11, 2020
PM Modi
  • The Union Cabinet has permitted a scheme called the Prime Minister’s Wi-Fi Access Network Initiative (PM-WANI), to enhance wireless connectivity and pave the way for free wireless internet in public spaces across the country.

Romanian PM Ludovic Orban resigns

December 11, 2020
Ludovic Orban
  • The Prime Minister of Romania, Ludovic Orban has resigned from his post after his ruling National Liberal Party (PNL) lost in the 2020 parliamentary election.
  • Following this, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis designated the Minister of National Defense, Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca as the interim prime minister of the country.

ADB predicts the GDP of India at -8% in 2020

December 11, 2020
GDP
  • The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has predicted India’s economy to contract 8 percent in 2020, as against (-)9.0 percent previously forecast.
  • In its latest Asian Development Outlook report published on 10 December 2020, ADB also expects the GDP of India to bounce back with growth of 8.0 percent in 2021.

Sonu Sood tops 50 Asian Celebrities in The World list 2020

December 11, 2020
Sonu Sood
  • Indian actor, Sonu Sood has topped the first-of-its-kind ’50 Asian Celebrities In The World’ 2020 list, issued by UK based Eastern Eye newspaper.
  • The 47-year-old talented Bollywood star has been honored for his inspirational philanthropic work during the Covid-19 pandemic, especially helping migrant workers reach their hometowns.

Carolina Araujo wins the 2020 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians

December 11, 2020
Carolina Araujo
  • The year 2020 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians was won by Dr. Carolina Araujo, Mathematician from the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Her work area concentrates on birational geometry, which strives to classify and describe the structure of algebraic varieties.

Bajrang Punia, Elavenil Valarivan get Sportsperson of the Year awards

December 11, 2020
Bajrang Punia, Elavenil Valarivan
  • Indian athletes, Bajrang Punia (Freestyle-Wrestling) and Elavenil Valarivan (Shooting) won the top honors at the virtually held FICCI India Sports Awards 2020 on the back of the 10th Global Sports Summit.
  • The two athletes, who have had an extraordinary 2019-20 season, won the Sportsperson of the Year awards in their respective categories.

IOC provides Olympic status to Breakdancing

December 11, 2020
Breakdancing
  • The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has designated ‘Breakdancing’ as the newest entry into the Olympics and an official Olympic sport, with the purpose to lure a new and younger audience.
  • Breakdancing will be known as ‘Breaking’ in the Olympics event.

UNICEF Day: 11 December

December 11, 2020
UNICEF Day
  • Every year the UNICEF Day is commemorated on December 11.
  • The United Nations General Assembly formed UNICEF on December 11, 1946, as the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund to enhance the health, nutrition, education, and general welfare of children devastated due to World War II.

International Mountain Day: 11 December

December 11, 2020
International Mountain Day
  • International Mountain Day is commemorated all over the world on December 11 annually.
  • The day is observed to spread awareness about the significance of mountains to life, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development and to build alliances that will bring positive change to mountain peoples and environments around the world.
  • “Mountain biodiversity” is the theme of this year’s International Mountain Day, so let’s keep their rich biodiversity, as well as address the threats they face.

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris jointly entitled Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ 2020

December 12, 2020
time
  • US President-elect, Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been together named Time magazine’s 2020 “Person of the Year”.
  • The TIME magazine releases the annual list since 1927, to recognize a person or organization who affected the news or influenced the country and world the most, for better or worse, during the calendar year.

ADB starts $9 bn “APVAX” for Developing Countries

December 12, 2020
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has started an initiative called, the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX), for its developing member countries. The bank has allocated USD 9 billion for APVAX.

RBL Bank, ICICI Prudential ties up for Bancassurance partnership

December 12, 2020
RBL Bank
  • RBL Bank and ICICI Prudential have tied up under a bancassurance partnership. 398 RBL Bank branches across 28 states will distribute ICICI Prudential Life’s protection and savings products.
  • The protection products of ICICI Prudential Life will support the bank’s customers to promote a strong financial plan and its long-term savings products will help the customers of the bank to achieve their financial goals.

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