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5th India – Myanmar bilateral meeting on Drug Control Cooperation

December 14, 2020
India and Myanmar
  • The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), India and the Central Committee on Drug Abuse Control, Myanmar carried out the 5th edition of the India- Myanmar Bilateral Meeting on Drug Control Cooperation.

India and Austria sign MoU on Technology Cooperation

December 14, 2020
India and Austria
  • The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology of the Republic of Austria on Technology Cooperation in the Road Infrastructure Sector.

Ashraf Patel gets Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award – India 2020

December 14, 2020
Ashraf Patel
  • Ashraf Patel, the founder member and Board member of Pravah and ComMutiny – The Youth Collective (CYC) has been announced as the winner of the Social Entrepreneur of the Year (SEOY) Award – India 2020.
  • The award was conferred by the Union Minister of Women & Child Development & Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani.

Max Verstappen clinches 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

December 14, 2020
Max Verstappen
  • Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands) clinched the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2020, held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  • This was his second victory of the season and the 10th victory of his career. The race was the 17th and final round of the 2020 Formula One World Championship.

National Energy Conservation Day: 14 December

December 14, 2020
National Energy Conservation Day
  • The National Energy Conservation Day is observed every year on 14 December by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under the Ministry of Power to spread awareness among the general public about the significance of energy conservation and energy efficiency, as well as holistic development for overall effort towards climate change mitigation.

NITI Aayog publishes ‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’

December 15, 2020
NITI Aayog
  • NITI Aayog has published a white paper named ‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’ on 14 December 2020.
  • The ‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’ is a continuation of the work on Health Systems Strengthening. The building blocks for this vision are an interdependent federated system of governance between the Centre and states.

Ola to set up world’s largest scooter factory in Tamil Nadu

December 15, 2020
Ola
  • The SoftBank-backed mobility platform, Ola has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu government, to set up its first factory in the state, at an investment of Rs 2,400 crore.
  • Upon completion, the Ola factory in Tamil Nadu will be the largest scooter production facility in the world. Initially, the factory will have a yearly manufacturing capacity of 2 million units.

Odisha to organize 2023 FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup

December 15, 2020
International Hockey Federation
  • The International Hockey Federation (FIH) had declared that the 2023 FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup will be organized in Odisha, for a second consecutive time.
  • The tournament will be held at two venues, Bhubaneswar and Rourkela. The Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018 was also hosted by Odisha.

GRSE Kolkata starts ‘Himgiri’, its 1st Ship of Project 17A

December 15, 2020
GRSE Kolkata starts ‘Himgiri’, its 1st Ship of Project 17A
  • Himgiri, which is the first of the three Project 17A ships being built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata was started.
  • The launch of ‘Himgiri’ has displayed GRSE’s commitment towards the building of three state-of-the-art warships of P17A for the Indian Navy.

CRISIL lowers contraction rate for India at -7.7% in FY21

December 15, 2020
GDP
  • Rating agency CRISIL has lessened the contraction rate of India’s GDP and now expects the growth rate of the Indian economy to decline 7.7% in the ongoing fiscal 2020-21, compared to the 9% forecast in September 2020, due to “faster-than-expected” recovery in the second quarter.

9th Sustainable Mountain Development Summit organized in Dehradun

December 15, 2020
9th Sustainable Mountain Development Summit
  • The 9th edition of the Sustainable Mountain Development Summit (SMDS) organized in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
  • The four-day-long summit was organized by Indian Mountain Initiative (IMI) and hosted by Sustainable Development Forum Uttaranchal (SDFU), Dehradun.
  • The theme for 2020 SMDS was ‘Emerging Pathways for Building a Resilient Post COVID-19 Mountain Economy, Adaptation, Innovation and Acceleration’.

Myanmar’s Paul Sein Twa wins Goldman Environmental Prize 2020

December 15, 2020
Paul Sein Twa
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Asia Regional Office bestowed Paul Sein Twa, for Goldman Environmental Prize 2020 for Asia.
  • This award is presented to him for his efforts in promoting the self-determination of the Karen people in managing their natural resources.

A book named ‘Dharma’ authored by Amish Tripathi

December 15, 2020
Dharma
  • The 2nd non-fiction book by author Amish Tripathi is named “Dharma: Decoding the Epics for A Meaningful Life”.
  • The book gives practical, philosophical lessons drawn from ancient Hindu epics. It is co-written by his sister Bhavana Roy. It is to be published by Westland. His last non-fiction book ‘Immortals India’ was released in 2017.

‘Hind Kesari’-winning wrestler Sripati Khanchanale passes away

December 15, 2020
Sripati Khanchanale
  • Famous Indian wrestler, Sripati Khanchanale, who had won the esteemed ‘Hind Kesari’ title in 1959, passed away.
  • In 1959, Khanchanale won the ‘Hind Kesari’ title by defeating wrestler Rustam-e-Punjab Battasingh at the New Railway Stadium in Delhi.

Maharashtra Govt starts the Unified Development Control Rules for Real Estate

December 16, 2020
Building
  • The Government of Maharashtra has introduced the Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations, (UDCPR), to strengthen and bring uniformity in the real estate construction laws of the state.
  • This uniform set of regulations will designate everything from the height of buildings to the width of roads and the size of amenity spaces.

Norway inks MoU with Clean Ganga Mission in India

December 16, 2020
Norway
  • The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) has inked an MoU with cGanga, a think-tank of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) for the development of sludge management framework in India.
  • Through this initiative, Norway intends to strengthen the relationship with India especially in the prevention of climate change and conservation of the environment.

Indian Coast Guard’s OPV ‘Sujeet’ commissions in Goa

December 16, 2020
Sujeet
  • Indian Coast Guard’s (ICG) Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) ‘Sujeet’, which is second in the series of 5 OPVs was employed at the Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) in Vasco Town, Goa by Raj Kumar, Secretary (Defence Production).

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