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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.