The 5th India International Cherry Blossom Festival has been canceled due because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The festival is held annually in Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, to commemorate the unique autumn flowering of the Himalayan cherry blossoms and mark the beginning of India’s version of autumn.
The 2020 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting was conducted under the leadership of Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
The theme of the APEC Malaysia 2020 was “Optimising Human Potential Towards a Resilient Future of Shared Prosperity: Pivot. Prioritise. Progress”.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has outlawed the Manta Urban Cooperative Bank in Jalna district of Maharashtra for six months for payment of money and loan transactions.
The central bank has given some guidance to this bank, which will be active for six months since the bank closed on 17 November 2020.
Himachal Pradesh government has started ‘Him Suraksha Abhiyan’ to sensitize the people regarding the Covid-19 pandemic and also to gather information regarding symptoms of diseases like TB, Leprosy, sugar and blood pressure by the door to door campaign all over the state.
Union Food Processing Industries Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has virtually originated the Rs 107.83 crore mega food park at Phagwara in Kapurthala district of Punjab.
So far, 37 mega food parks have been approved across the country, of which 20 have started functioning.
The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) and the Uttar Pradesh Forest department have got the first-ever international award, “TX2” for doubling the number of tigers in four years against a target of 10 years.
Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP, Ahmed Patel passed away. He was Lok Sabha MP three times from 1977 to 1989 and Rajya Sabha MP since 1993 representing Gujarat.