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Current Affairs 15.12.20 English


STATE

1.     Kutch, Gujarat will get India’s largest Renewable Energy Park with capacity of 30 GW.

APPOINTMENTS

2.     Sonu Sood – Brand Ambassador, Spice Money to empower 1 crore Rural Entrepreneurs.

3.     Sanmoy Chakrabarti – Chief Risk Officer, HDFC Bank.

4.     RBI approved appointment of Uday Kotak as MD, Kotak Mahindra Bank for 3 years.

SUMMITS & CONFERENCE

5.     India, Iran & Uzbekistan hold 1st Trilateral working group meeting on use of Chabahar port.

6.     Indian Infotainment Media Corporation organised International Corona Virus Short Film Festival. 

MOU

7.     NIBIO (Norwegian Institute of Bio economy Research) signed MoU with cGanga for development of sludge management framework in India.

8.     Tamil Nadu signed 18 MoU worth Rs 19,955 crore to create employment for 26,509 people.

BUSINESS

9.     Star Alliance partnered with TCS to deliver enhanced customer experiences.

RANKS & REPORTS

10. NITI Aayog released vision document “Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India” to strengthen public health surveillance. 

SPORTS

11. MGNREGA helps in creating Ice Hockey Infrastructure in Ladakh.

ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

12. Reddit acquired short-form video social platform Dubsmash.

13. Twitter acquired screen-sharing social media app Squad.

14. Sony acquired Animation-streaming service Crunchyroll for $1.175 billion. 

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