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December – 24 | Daily Current Affairs 2020

IMPORTANT DAYS

1. National Consumer Rights Day is observed on which date?
A) December 24
B) December 21
C) December 22
D) December 23
Answer: A) December 24
National Consumer Rights Day:

• National Consumer Rights Day is observed on 24 December every year in India.
• The day aims to highlight the importance of the consumer movement as well as the need to make them aware and informed of their rights and responsibilities. On this day in the year 1986, the Consumer Protection Act 1986 came into force after receiving the presidential assent.
• The Department of Consumer Affairs has also launched Jago Grahak. Jago programme to make consumers aware of information and rights.
• Theme : “New Features of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019” .
• It is to be noted that the World Consumer Rights Day is observed on 15 March every year.

SPORTS

2. Suyash Mehta is related to which sports?
A) Basketball
B) Baseball
C) Volleyball
D) Football
Answer: A) Basketball

• The National Basketball Association (NBA) League of the US has got its first-ever full time Indian-origin referee in Suyash Mehta.
• Mehta, who hails from Baltimore, Maryland, has been included on the roster for the 2020-21 season.
• Jelks joins Lauren Holtkamp-Sterling, Ashley Moyer-Gleich, Natalie Sago and Jenna Schroeder as full-time female officials for the 2020-21 season.

Suyash Mehta – First full-time Indian-origin referee in NBA.

3. BCCI Approves 10 Team IPL From 2022 at 89th BCCI Annual General Meeting in Ahmedabad. The IPL is currently contested between how many teams?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 8
D) 6
Answer: C) 8

• In a big decision that would see the world’s most popular T20 league expand, the Board of Control for Cricket in India’ general approved a 10-team IPL from the 2022 edition at its Annual General Meeting in Ahmedabad.
• The IPL is currently contested between eight teams.

BCCI – Approve 10-team IPL from 2022 edition.

4. The National Anti-Doping Agency has imposed a how many year ban on basketball player Satnam Singh Bhamara for doping?
A) 4
B) 3
C) 1
D) 2
Answer: D) 2
National Anti-Doping Agency:
Headquarters: New Delhi, India
CEO : Navin Agarwal

NADA – Impose Two-Year Ban On Basketball Player Satnam Singh For Doping.

OBITUARY

5. Yasala Balaiah passed away. He was related to which field?
A) Artist
B) Columnist
C) Businessman
D) Sports
Answer: A) Artist

• Renowned Batik artist Yasala Balaiah passed away.
• His nickname ‘Batik Balaiah’.
• He won a number of laurels for his contribution to the art field which included the honour by the AIFACS (All India Fine Arts & Crafts Society) in 2003 and the National Award for Teachers by the President of India in 1994.

Yasala Balaiah – Renowned Batik artist .

BANKING AND FINANCE

6. Which insurance company has introduced a first-of-its-kind video-based Digital Life Certification for its policyholders to ease the annuity pension claim process?
A) Aegon Life Insurance
B) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
C) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
D) Bharti AXA Life Insurance
Answer: C) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance

• Bajaj Allianz Life, one of India’s leading life insurers, introduced a first-of-its-kind video-based Digital Life Certification for its policyholders to ease the annuity pension claim process.
• With this new service, senior citizens can now submit their Certificate of Existence (COE) or Life Certificate digitally to the Company representative through a simple video call.
• This new service is available for Bajaj Allianz Life policyholders via its i-SERV video calling facility on WhatsApp.

Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance:
Hq: Pune, Maharashtra
MD & CEO : Tarun Chugh

Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance – Help Senior Citizens by introducing Digital Life Certification.

ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS

7. SBI Life Insurance acquires how much amount stake in Paisalo Digital?
A) 2.99 per cent
B) 3.99 per cent
C) 4.99 per cent
D) 8.99 per cent
Answer: D) 8.99 per cent

• SBI Life Insurance had acquired 8.99 per cent stake in Paisalo Digital.
• The transaction was for cash consideration of about ₹186.20 crore.

Acquired Company	Company	Percentage
SBI Life Insurance	in Paisalo Digital	8.99 per cent
Tata Communications	Oasis Smart SIM Europe SAS	58.1 per cent

SBI Life Insurance:
Headquarters : Mumbai, Maharashtra
CEO: Mahesh Kumar Sharma

SBI Life Insurance – Acquire 8.99% stake in Paisalo Digital.

AWARDS

8. Which national organisation has been conferred “Excellence” in the prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Awards 2020 in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Domain?
A) NTPC
B) NHAI
C) NMDC
D) CBDT
Answer: A) NTPC

• Country’s largest power producer NTPC ltd has been conferred “Excellence” in the prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Awards 2020 in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Domain.
• Also, it has been honoured in the Corporate Excellence Category, Commendation for Significant Achievement.
• This is the highest award conferred by CII-ITC in CSR domain. NTPC is the only PSU to receive the award in the Corporate Excellence category.
• NTPC wins the prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Awards in Corporate Excellence category second time in a row i.e. in the year 2019 and 2020.

NTPC Limited:
Hq : New Delhi, India
Chairman : Shri Gurdeep Singh

NTPC – The prestigious CII-ITC Sustainability Awards 2020.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

9. Which research institution develops first indigenous vaccine against pneumonia?
A) Biocon
B) SCTIMST
C) JNCASR
D) Serum Institute of India
Answer: D) Serum Institute of India

• The first indigenous vaccine against pneumonia, developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII), is slated to be launched by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.
• As per UNICEF data, more than one lakh children under the age of five years die every year in India due to the pneumococcal disease.

Serum Institute – Develop first indigenous vaccine against pneumonia.

10. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will set up its Regional Academic Center for Space (RAC-S) at which IIT?
A) IIT Varanasi
B) IIT Bhuvaneshwar
C) IIT Delhi
D) IIT Kharagpur
Answer: A) IIT Varanasi
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will set up its Regional Academic Center for Space (RAC-S) at IIT-BHU here under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which IIT-BHU and ISRO signed to pave the way for advanced research in the future technology of the Indian space program.
ISRO:
Headquarters : Bangaluru, Karnataka
Head: Kailasavadivoo Sivan

ISRO – Set up its regional centre at IIT-BHU.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

11. Odisha govt renames North University as Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University. In below option, which is National Park of Odisha?
A) Balphakram National Park
B) Ranthambore National Park
C) Harike Wetland
D) Simlipal National Park
Answer: D) Simlipal National Park

• Odisha Government renamed North Odisha University after Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo, the erstwhile Maharaja of Mayurbhanj.
• Odisha government is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Maharaja this year who has contributed a lot for the development of Odisha.

Odisha:
Capital : Bhubaneswar
Chief Minister – Naveen Patnaik
Governor – Ganeshi Lal

Odisha – North University as Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University.

12. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for 18 highway projects in Rajasthan. How much amount allocated to this project?
A) Rs 7,341 crores
B) Rs 6,341 crores
C) Rs 5,341 crores
D) Rs 8,341 crores
Answer: D) Rs 8,341 crores

• Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for 18 highway projects in Rajasthan.
• The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, these projects carry a road length of nearly 1,127 kilometres, involving a construction value of Rs 8,341 crores.
• Earlier, Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation for 14 national highway (NH) projects in Telangana through video conferencing.
• As per an official release, these projects include 765.663 kilometres long roads worth Rs 13,169 crores.

Rajasthan:
Capital : Jaipur
CM: Ashok Gehlot
Governor :Kalraj Mishra
Road Transport and Highways and Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises:
Minister : Nitin Gadkari
Constituency : Nagpur. Maharashtra

Nitin Gadkari – Inaugurate, lay foundation stone for 18 highway projects in Rajasthan.

13. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced a new world-class hockey stadium in which place?
A) Bhubaneswar
B) Rourkela
C) Cuttack
D) Berhampur
Answer: B) Rourkela

• Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced a new world-class hockey stadium in Rourkela city which is set to host the 2023 FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup.
• The showpiece event will be hosted by Odisha, for a second consecutive time, at two venues, Bhubaneswar and Rourkela.

Odisha:
Capital : Bhubaneswar
Chief Minister – Naveen Patnaik
Governor – Ganeshi Lal

Odisha – India’s largest hockey stadium in Rourkela.

14. Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju flagged off “Brahmaputra Aamantran Abhiyaan” a river rafting expedition and public outreach programme in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. What is the length of this expedition?
A) 217 km
B) 917 km
C) 417 km
D) 717 km
Answer: B) 917 km

• Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju flagged off the 917 km long “Brahmaputra Aamantran Abhiyaan”, a river rafting expedition and public outreach programme in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.
• “The biggest river of our country, the mighty Brahmaputra, is known as Siang in Arunachal Pradesh. It enters our motherland India near Gelling.
• Joined ‘Brahmaputra Aamantran Abhiyaan’ at Tuting organised by the Ministry of Jal Shakti with the Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & NDRF.
• The mighty Brahmaputra, one of the longest rivers in the world, flows from Tibet into Arunachal Pradesh, down to Assam and eventually Bangladesh.

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports:
Minister: Kiren Rijiju
Constituency: Arunachal Pradesh West, Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh:
Capital : Itanagar
CM : Pema Khandu
Governor : B.D. Mishra
Assam:
Capital : Dispur
CM : Sarbananda Sonowal
Governor : Jagdish Mukhi

Kiren Rijiju – Flag off 917 km rafting expedition ‘Brahmaputra Aamantran Abhiyaan’.

15. Tso Kar Wetland Complex is situated in which state/UT?
A) Ladakh
B) Jammu & Kashmir
C) Chandigarh
D) Delhi
Answer: A) Ladakh

• India has added Tso Kar Wetland Complex in Ladakh as its 42nd Ramsar site, which is a second one in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
• The complex is a notable example of two connected lakes, the freshwater Startsapuk Tso and the hypersaline Tso Kar.

Ramsar convention:

• Ramsar convention is an inter-governmental environmental treaty established by UNESCO and came into force in 1975.
• A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.

Ladakh:
Capital : Ladakh
Lt Governor : Radha Krishna Mathur

India – Add Tso Kar Wetland Complex in Ladakh as its 42nd Ramsar site.

16. FASTags will be mandatory for vehicles from January 1, 2021. As per which act, FASTag had been made mandatory for registration of new four-wheelers?
A) Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989
B) Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1983
C) Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1982
D) Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1986
Answer: A) Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989

• FASTags will be mandatory for vehicles from January 1, 2021, Union minister Nitin Gakdari said.
• FASTags, which facilitate electronic payment of fee at toll plazas, was introduced in 2016.
• FASTag was launched in 2016 and four banks together issued nearly a lakh of them. By 2017, their numbers went up to seven lakh and more than 34 lakh FASTags were issued in 2018.
• In November this year, the ministry issued a notification also making FASTag mandatory from January 1, 2021 for old vehicles or that were sold before December 1, 2017.
• As per the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, since December 1, 2017, FASTag had been made mandatory for registration of new four-wheelers.
• It was also mandated that the renewal of fitness certificate of a transport vehicle will be done only after the vehicle concerned has a FASTag.
• For National Permit vehicles, the fitment of FASTag was mandated since October 1, 2019.
• A valid FASTag would be made compulsory for getting a new third party insurance. This would come into force from April 1, 2021.

Road Transport and Highways and Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises:
Minister : Nitin Gadkari
Constituency : Nagpur. Maharashtra

FASTag – Mandatory for all vehicles from January 1, 2021.

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