{"id":241,"date":"2026-08-04T16:08:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/current-affairs-notes-on-december-2020-html\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:08:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:08:56","slug":"current-affairs-notes-on-december-2020-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/current-affairs-notes-on-december-2020-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Current affairs notes on December 2020- Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-581282605352884152\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00a01.Chardham project, comprises improvement as well as the<br \/>\ndevelopment of 889 km length of national highways. The project will connect<br \/>\nBadrinath Dham, Kedarnath Dham, Gangotri, Yamunotri, and part of the route<br \/>\nleading to Kailash Mansarovar yatra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">2.The virtual edition of the Aadi Mahotsav \u2013 Madhya Pradesh<br \/>\nlaunched. Aadi Mahotsav is\u00a0a national tribal festival and a joint<br \/>\ninitiative\u00a0of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India &#038;<br \/>\nTribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">3. SCO Online Exhibition on Shared Buddhist Heritage was<br \/>\nlaunched at\u00a0the 19th Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation<br \/>\nCouncil of Heads of Government (SCO CHG),\u00a0held in New Delhi recently. It<br \/>\nis the\u00a0first ever of its kind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">4. WHO World Malaria Report 2020: India is the only high<br \/>\nendemic country which has reported a decline of 17.6% in 2019 as compared to<br \/>\n2018. In India, Implementation has been started in four states i.e. West Bengal<br \/>\nand Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">5. Chinese probe \u2018Chang\u2019e-5\u2019 lands on Moon to collect<br \/>\nsamples. The objective of the mission is\u00a0to bring back lunar rocks,\u00a0the<br \/>\nfirst attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from the moon in four decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">6. \u2018Bihar\u2019 is holding\u00a0a bird festival\u00a0for the<br \/>\nfirst time as part of its initiative to save migratory birds that arrive in the<br \/>\nstate in large numbers every year. The Vikramshila Dolphin Sanctuary is<br \/>\nsituated here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">7. December 3 is marked by the UN as International Day of<br \/>\nPersons with Disabilities\u00a0in a bid to promote a more inclusive and<br \/>\naccessible world for the differently-abled and to raise awareness for their<br \/>\nrights. 2.2% of India\u2019s population lives with some kind of physical or mental<br \/>\ndisability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">8. Himachal Pradesh wants GI status for five products:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">These include-\u00a0Karsog Kulth, Thangi of Pangi, Chamba<br \/>\nMetal Crafts, Chamba Chukh, and Rajmah of Bharmour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">9. On December 6, the country observed Mahaparinirvan Diwas,<br \/>\nwhich marks the death anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">10. National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited\u00a0will<br \/>\nbe adopting\u00a0Light Detection and Ranging Survey (LiDAR) technique\u00a0using<br \/>\nLaser enabled equipment\u00a0mounted on a Helicopter\u00a0for conducting ground<br \/>\nsurvey for the preparation of Detailed Project Report for the proposed<br \/>\nDelhi-Varanasi HSR corridor.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>LiDAR is a<br \/>\nremote sensing method that\u00a0uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to<br \/>\nmeasure ranges (variable distances) to the Earth. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">11. Ramnagar Forest Division in Nainital district,<br \/>\nUttarakhand, recently built its\u00a0first eco-bridge for reptiles and smaller<br \/>\nmammals. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">12. The Uttar Pradesh government has recently embarked upon<br \/>\na scheme to take the unique culture of its ethnic\u00a0Tharu tribe\u00a0across<br \/>\nthe world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">13. The Vadhavan port will be India\u2019s 13th major port. Its<br \/>\nlocated in Maharastra. It has been planned as an \u2018All Weather, All Cargo\u2019<br \/>\nsatellite port to enhance capabilities in handling deep draft ships and larger<br \/>\nvessels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">14. After Sikkim, Lakshadweep is the first Union Territory<br \/>\nto become 100 per cent organic\u00a0as all farming is carried out without the<br \/>\nuse of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">15. The Rajgir Zoo Safari in Nalanda,\u00a0Bihar and\u00a0Shaheed<br \/>\nAshfaque Ullah Khan Prani Udyaan\u00a0in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh were granted<br \/>\nrecognition by central govt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">16. Public Wi-Fi plan\u00a0\u2018PM Wani\u2019 gets cabinet approval. It<br \/>\nwas first recommended by\u00a0the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)<br \/>\nin 2017. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">17. Assam\u2019s Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary\u00a0is also known<br \/>\nas\u00a0\u2018Mini Kaziranga\u2019. It has\u00a0the highest density of one-horned rhinos<br \/>\nin the world and second highest concentration in Assam after Kaziranga National<br \/>\nPark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">18. \u00a0Submarine day is Celebrated on December 8th. It<br \/>\nwas on December 8 that the Indian Naval Ensign was unfurled on\u00a0INS<br \/>\nKalvari,\u00a0the first submarine to be inducted in the Indian Navy, at Riga in<br \/>\nLatvia, the erstwhile USSR, in 1967.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">19. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for\u00a0Atmanirbhar<br \/>\nBharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) to boost employment in formal sector and<br \/>\nincentivize creation of new employment opportunities\u00a0during the Covid<br \/>\nrecovery phase under\u00a0Atmanirbhar Bharat Package 3.0.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">20. Foundation stone of the new Parliament building. This<br \/>\ntook place nearly a hundred years after the foundation for the existing<br \/>\nParliament was laid by\u00a0Duke of Connaught on February 12, 1921.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">21. \u2018HelpAge India\u2019 has been presented\u00a0the UN<br \/>\nPopulation Award for 2020 (institutional category).For the first time\u00a0in<br \/>\nthe history of the UN Population Award,\u00a0the honour is being conferred on<br \/>\nan Indian institution. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">22. Koilwar Bridge constructed over Sone river in Bihar<br \/>\ninaugurated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">23. Fifteenth Finance Commission chairman N.K. Singh\u00a0has<br \/>\ncalled for a fresh look at\u00a0the Constitution\u2019s Seventh Schedule,\u00a0which<br \/>\nforms\u00a0the basis for allocating subjects to the Centre and States. This is<br \/>\nnecessary to give\u00a0more flexibility to States in implementing centrally<br \/>\nsponsored schemes\u00a0and\u00a0to reinforce trust in fiscal federalism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">24. ksham: It is the 5th and the last Offshore Patrol Vessel<br \/>\ndesigned and built by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for Indian Coast Guard. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">25. \u2018DakPay\u2019 is a new digital payment application launched<br \/>\nby the Department of Posts and the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB). The<br \/>\nMeghdoot award:It is given every year by the Postal Department for excellence<br \/>\nin postal service.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/currentaffairscircle.blogspot.com\/2021\/06\/current-affairs-notes-on-december-2020.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a01.Chardham project, comprises improvement as well as the development of 889 km length of national&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}