Current Affairs 6.12.20 English

                                                  

                                                   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 1^st “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.

Kamatham Ram – Telangana Politician.