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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.

5th India Water Impact Summit starts

December 12, 2020
5th India Water Impact Summit
  • The 5th India Water Impact Summit (IWIS) started on 10th December 2020 virtually. The event was initiated by Ratan Lal Kataria, Minister of State for Jal Shakti. The objective of IWIS 2020 is Comprehensive Analysis and Holistic Management of Rivers and Water Bodies.

PM Narendra Modi addresses International Bharati Festival 2020 virtually

December 12, 2020
PM Modi
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed the International Bharathi Festival 2020 via video conferencing.
  • The festival was organized by Vanavil Cultural Centre in Chennai to commemorate the 138th birth anniversary of Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathi, an eminent writer, poet and journalist from Tamil Nadu.

BSNL launches World’s 1st Satellite-based Narrowband-IoT Network

December 12, 2020
BSNL
  • Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has tied up with Skylotech India (Skylo), a global machine connectivity solutions company, to launch satellite-based narrow band-Internet of things (NB-IoT).
  • This project is the world’s first satellite-based NB-IoT network.

International Day of Neutrality: 12 December

December 12, 2020
International Day of Neutrality
  • International Day of Neutrality is a United Nations recognized day held on December 12 every year to spread public awareness of the value of neutrality in international relations.

International Universal Health Coverage Day: 12 December

December 12, 2020
International Universal Health Coverage Day
  • International Universal Health Coverage Day is a United Nations’ recognized international day commemorated annually on December 12 to spread awareness of the need for strong and resilient health systems and universal health coverage with multi-stakeholder partners.
  • The theme of International Universal Health Coverage Day 2020 is ‘Health For All: PROTECT EVERYONE’. The theme indicates that to end this crisis (COVID-19) and build a safer and healthier future, we must invest in health systems that protect us all—now.

Italy’s 1982 World Cup hero Paolo Rossi passes away

December 12, 2020
Paolo Rossi
  • Paolo Rossi of Italy, who scored 6 goals in the 1982 World Cup, passed away.
  • He is the only male player in history to get the World Cup, the Golden Boot, the Golden Ball and Ballon d’Or in the same year.

Lakshadweep to be India’s 1st UT to be declared 100% Organic

December 12, 2020
Lakshadweep
  • The Ministry of Agriculture has announced Lakshadweep as India’s first Union Territory to become 100 percent organic.
  • All farming practice in the UT is carried out without using any synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, which provides access to safer food choices and making agriculture a more environment-friendly activity.

PM Modi addresses at FICCI’s 93rd Annual General Meeting

December 13, 2020
FICCI
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed FICCI’s 93rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual Convention through video conferencing.
  • Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has organized the convention from December 11 to 14, 2020.

RBI to set up Automated Banknote Processing Centre in Jaipur

December 13, 2020
Money
  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has resolved to set up an Automated Banknote Processing Centre (ABPC) in Jaipur for the receipt, storage and dispatch of currency notes.
  • The functions of the ABPC will also include processing of banknotes obtained from currency chests (CCs) and bank branches and destruction of soiled banknotes in an automated manner.

UNESCO starts Bangabandhu award on the creative economy

December 13, 2020
Bangabandhu award
  • UNESCO has started an international award named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman following Bangladesh’s proposal.
  • The UN agency’s executive board unanimously approved the proposal on UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the “Creative Economy” in its 210th session. This is the first time a UN agency launched an award named after Bangabandhu.

ISRO to release communication satellite CMS-01

December 13, 2020
cms-01 satellite
  • Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will release a communication satellite CMS-01, formerly called GSAT-12R, on December 17, using its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket’s XL variant numbered as PSLV-C50.

The first man to fly faster than the speed of sound Chuck Yeager passes away

December 13, 2020
Chuck Yeager
  • US Air Force officer and test pilot Chuck Yeager, who in 1947 became the 1st pilot in history to have surpassed the speed of sound in level flight, has passed away.
  • As a test pilot, on October 14, 1947, Yeager became the first human to officially break the sound barrier, when he flew the experimental Bell X-1 aircraft at Mach 1 (speed of sound) at an altitude of 45,000 ft (13,700 m). Level flight means flying at a constant altitude, not going up and down.

Famous Sanskrit Scholar Vidyavachaspati Govindacharya passes away

December 13, 2020
Vidyavachaspati Govindacharya
  • Famous Sanskrit scholar, Vidyavachaspati Bannanje Govindacharya has passed away.
  • He was well versed in Veda Bhashya, Upanishad Bhashya, Mahabharata, Ramayana and Puranas and had penned commentaries on Veda Suktas, Upanishads, Shata Rudriya, Brahma Sutra Bhashya, and Gita Bhashya.

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