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Srinagar’s Amar Singh College conservation project recognised with UNESCO award.
Srinagar based Amar Singh College’s building, built nearly 80 years ago, is one of the seven conservation projects to be recognised with ‘2020 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation’. It was recognised with the ‘Award of Merit’.
Did you Know
INTACH chapter in the UT carried out the conservation.
5th edition of the annual Global Technology Summit (GTS): December 14 to 18, 2020
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in collaboration with Carnegie India (CI) organized the 5th edition of the GTS. The theme of the 2020 GTS was “The Geopolitics of Technology”. External Affairs Minister,S. Jaishankar participated in it.
Did you Know
It is one of four flagship annual conferences organized by MEA.
Sports Ministry includes Gatka, Kalaripayattu, Thang-Ta & Mallakhamba in Khelo India Youth Games 2021.
The Sports Ministry has approved the inclusion of four Indigenous Games to be a part of Khelo India Youth Games 2021, scheduled to take place in Haryana. The games are: Gatka, Kalaripayattu, Thang-Ta and Mallakhamba.
Did you Know
Yogasana was included as a competitive sport recently.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries signs a Joint Communique and 5 MoUs.
MoFPI signed a Joint Communique with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs & 5 MoUs with TRIFED, ICAR, NSFDC, NAFED and NCDC for implementation of PM FME scheme. Agreement with Union Bank of India as nodal bank for the PM FME scheme was signed as well.
Did you Know
FME – Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises.
‘Oh Mizoram’, a collection of English poems by Governor of Mizoram, P S Sreedharan Pillai released.
VP Venkaiah Naidu virtually released the book ‘Oh Mizoram’, written by Governor of Mizoram, Shri P S Sreedharan Pillai. Pillai is a lawyer, an orator, a prolific writer, a philanthropist, and a thinker. He has written 125 books in Malayalam & English.
Did you Know
Oh, Mizoram is his first poetry collection in English
20th Indian Ocean Rim Association(IORA) Council of Ministers(COM) Meeting hosted by UAE virtually.
UAE hosted 20th IORA COM Meeting on December 17, virtually. Discussed ways in coordinating efforts to achieve IORA’s vision for a peaceful, stable & prosperous Indian Ocean region as outlined in the Jakarta Concord & IORA Action Plan.
Did you Know
IORA HQ at Ebene, Mauritius.
5 states complete reforms in ease of doing business; eligible for Rs 16,728 cr. extra borrowing
Five states have so far completed the stipulated reforms in the Ease of Doing Business. Among these states, Tamil Nadu has received maximum Rs 4,813 crore; followed by Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana & Madhya Pradesh.
Did you Know
Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman.
Indian pugilists bag nine medals including 3 golds in Cologne, Boxing World Cup championship
Indian boxers won three gold medals, besides two silver and four bronze, at the recently concluded Cologne Boxing World Cup held in Koln, Germany. Amit Panghal won gold in men’s category while Manisha Moun and Simranjit Kaur won gold in Women’s category.
Did you Know
The Cologne World Cup is the new name of the Chemistry Cup.
Sarod maestro, Rajeev Taranath, to receive SVN Rao National Award
Sri Ramaseva Mandali Trust will confer the Sri S.V. Narayanaswamy Rao Memorial National Award 2020 on sarod maestro Pandit Rajeev Taranath.Taranth, is a Padma Shri awardee (2019) and is a disciple of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
Did you Know
The first SVN Rao awarded to M S Subbulakshmi.
ONGC begins production in Bengal basin, making it India’s eighth functional basin.
ONGC has commenced oil production from the Asokenagar-1 well, Bengal Basin in West Bengal’s 24 Paragana districts.Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday dedicated the Bengal Basin to the nation.It was completed under Early-Monetization Plan.
Did you Know
Union Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan
Wrestler Anshu Malik clinches silver, India’s first medal at Individual World Cup
Anshu Malik clinched India’s first medal at the Individual World Cup with her silver in the 57kg category. She lost the gold medal bout 1-5 to Moldova’s Anastasia Nichita. She had won a bronze at the Asian Championship early this year.
Did you Know
Indian Wrestler & Gold Medallist Pawan Kumar is her uncle.
NHAI chairman Sukhbir Singh Sandhu gets second extension of six months.
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) chairman Sukhbir Singh Sandhu has received a six months extension in his central deputation. He was due to end his second extension term on January 21 next year. He has been Chairman since Oct 2019.
Did you Know
NHAI:
HQ – New Delhi
Established – 1988.
PMC Bank restrictions extended by 3 more months; RBI says bank needs more time for reconstruction
Stating the need to examine proposals received for the Expression of Interest (EoI) from investors, RBI extended restrictions on PMC period from December 23, 2020 to March 31, 2021.PMC bank was placed under restrictions from 23 September 2019.
Did you Know
Restrictions imposed – Section 35A of Banking Regulation Act.
Reserve Bank of India extended KYC to legal entities(LEs) on the Central KYC Registry(CKYCR).
Regulated entities should upload KYC data pertaining to accounts of LEs opened on or after April 1, 2021 on CKYCR.Data pertaining to all individual accounts opened on or after January 1, 2017 are already uploaded. KYC is required by rule 9 of PML rules.
Did you Know
RBI:
Governor – Shaktikanta Das.
HQ – Mumbai.
KKR’s IndiGrid has acquired Indian solar portfolio of Madrid-based Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV); deal worth Rs 660 crore.
IndiGrid has fully acquired FRV Andhra Pradesh Solar Farm-I & FRV India Solar Park II – from FRV Solar Holdings for Rs.660 crore. IndiGrid is an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) backed by KKR, an equity firm.
Did you Know
IndiGrid is only publicly listed InvIT in power sector.
