In December 2020, Pope Francis is set to release his book “Let Us Dream” in which he explains how a crisis can teach an individual to deal with problems they face in their lives.
Saudi Arabia will host the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Meeting virtually. India proposed the setting up of voluntary ‘G20 Principles on Coordinated Cross-Border Movement of People’. India will be represented by the External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar.
Punjab & Sind Bank named S Krishnan as its new MD & CEO. He will replace S Harishankar. Previous to this, S Krishnan was an Executive Director at Canara Bank.
The All India Management Association (AIMA) Chanakya (Business Simulation Game) National Management Games (NMG) 2020 won by the team of NTPC Limited (Chennai).
The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd (APIIC) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CSIR-IICT for setting up a Bulk Drug Park (BDP).
The Union Cabinet has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Finland for the cooperation in the field of geology and mineral resources.
ICICI Bank has launched a virtual property exhibition under the name ‘Home Utsav’ to digitally showcase real estate projects by renowned developers across India. The exhibition can be accessed on www.homeutsavicici.com.
IIT Guwahati collaborates with a university in Czech Republic for a data protection project that can protect the Nation’s digital data from cyber-attacks by advanced computers.
The Jammu and Kashmir government set up a 10-member biodiversity council to document the biodiversity of the union territory. This council will maintain a Peoples Biodiversity Register (PBR) with the help of representatives from local governance bodies.
The Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Tribal Affairs, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) organised 2-days long “National Tribal Research Conclave”. The inaugural session of conclave was addressed by the Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Shri Arjun Munda.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of the current chairman of the Railway Board VK Yadav as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Japan on Cooperation in Textile.
Two more Union Territories(UTs) named Ladakh & Lakshadweep have been included in the ‘One Nation-One Ration Card’ scheme on ‘Integrated Management of Public Distribution System’(IM-PDS).
After the integration of these two UTs, a total of 26 States /UTs Connected with the Scheme and will benefit about 65 crore people.
J&K official languages Bill 2020 approved by the Union Cabinet.
According to the J&K official languages Bill 2020, the official languages in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi along with Urdu and English.
Madhya Pradesh government has launched a 15-day campaign named ‘Gandagi Bharat Chhodo’ under which awareness programmes were organized in seven thousand 178 settlements.