Current Affairs 3.12.20 English

 

NATIONAL

1.     Government constituted High level committee under CK Mishra, Secretary of Environment Ministry for implementation of Paris Agreement.

2.     Education Ministry setup task force under Amit Khare for preparing roadmap on Technical Education in Mother Tongue.

STATE

3.     Odisha launched unified Emergency Helpline Number 112 to provide all forms of police assistance to people in distress.

INTERNATIONAL

4.     New Zeland PM Jacinda Ardern declared Climate Emergency to take action for sake of future generations. 

APPOINTMENTS

5.     Sandeep Kataria – CEO, Bata.

6.     Lt Gen Rajeev Chaudhary – Director General Border Roads.

BANKING & ECONOMY

7.     SBM Bank India partnered with Finin to launch personalised Smart Banking Platform.

8.     Paytm partnered with Suryoday Small Finance Bank to provide instant digital loans to MSMEs.

9.     Karnataka regional office of NABARD & SBI signed MoU to extend Refinance Facility to Tribal development projects.

BUSINESS

10. Kaspersky partnered with CERT-In (Computer Emergency Response Team) to create secure cyberspace.

11. Indian Oil launched India’s 1^st 100 Octane Petrol XP100 Fuel. 

INVESTMENTS & LOANS

12. India signed $50 million loan agreement with ADB to boost West Bengal’s Digital platforms for public finance reforms.

DEFENCE

13. BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile developed by DRDO & NPOM, Russia has successfully test fired from Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

DAYS

14. International Day of Persons with Disabilities – December 3, Theme “Building Back better: towards an inclusive, accessible & sustainable post COVID-19 world”.