SUMMITS & CONFERENCE
1. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman virtually
addressed Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2020 with Theme “Roadmap for
Take-off: Driving a People-Centric Economic Revival”.
BANKING
& ECONOMY
2. RBI proposed
to enhance limit for contactless card transactions from Rs.2000 to Rs.
5000 from Jan 1, 2021.
3. RBI asked
HDFC Bank to temporarily stop new digital business & providing new
credit card to customers.
4. Yes Bank launched Yes Premia premium banking services to customers.
BUSINESS
5. NHPC will commission 2,000 MW Hydropower project on Subansiri, Assam by March 2022.
INVESTMENTS
& LOANS
6. ADB approved $190 million loan for upgradation of Bengaluru Power Distribution system.
AWARDS
7. Ranjitsinh Disale bagged prestigious Global Teacher Prize
2020.
8. 15 year old Indian-American Gitanjali Rao
has been named as 1st “Kid of the Year” by Time Magazine.
9. Myanmar activist Paul Sein won 2020
Goldman Environmental Prize also known as Green Nobel Prize.
RANKS
& REPORTS
10. Union Home Ministry announced 10 best
performing police stations, Nongpok Sekmai, Manipur, Salem, Tamil
Nadu & Kharsang, Arunachal Pradesh occupied top 3 spots.
OBITUARIES
11. Narinder Singh – Father of Fibre optics.
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