Current Affairs 4.12.20 English

 

NATIONAL

1.     India’s 1^st Organ Donor Memorial inaugurated in Jaipur.

BANKING & ECONOMY

2.     Razorpay partnered with PayPal to enable seamless international payments for MSME.

BUSINESS

3.     HexGn partnered with AFC India to promote 1000 Agri-tech Start-ups over next 5 years in India.

AWARDS

4.     Football coach Louis Leo Holtz won Presidential Medal of Freedom of US, highest civilian honour. 

RANKS & REPORTS

5.     According to US Air Quality Index of top 3 world’s most polluted cities are Lahore, Delhi & Kathmandu.

6.     RBI predicts Economy to contract at 7.5% for FY2020-21.

7.     In QS Asia University Rankings, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay & IIT Madras entered into top 50 places.

8.     UK becomes 1^st country to approve Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.

BOOKS

9.     Jharkhand Police prepared handbook titled “Cyber Security Awareness Handbook” to educate people on cybercrime.

10. Amrit Raj write book Indian Icon: A Cult called Royal Enfield. 

OBITUARIES

11. Frank Carney – Pizza Hut Co-founder.

12. Valery Giscard d’Estaing – Founding Father of Euro. 

DAYS

13. Indian Navy Day – December 4, Theme “Indian Navy Combat Ready, Credible & Cohesive”.

14. International Day of Banks – December 4.

15. International Cheetah Day – December 4.