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  Current Affairs DECEMBER -26 Housing and Urban Affairs Minister,  Hardeep Singh Puri   has launched   E-Sampada,   a new web portal and mobile app on   Good Governance Day. Punjab Chief Minister Captain,  Amarinder Singh  has launched Mobile Application and web portal called   ‘PR Insight’,   to improve the delivery of citizen-centric services, based upon the feedback of its citizens on government policies. The  Reserve Bank of India   has cancelled the   banking licence   issued to   Subhadra Local Area Bank Ltd., Kolhapur, Maharashtra   to carry on banking business in India. India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra)   has revised India’s GDP estimate for the current financial year 2020-21 (FY21) to   -7.8 per cent   from   -11.8 per cent   estimated earlier. The  United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)   has announced to invest   $54 million   in India to support the development of   critical infrastructure projects   in the country in the wake of the  COVID-19

  Current Affairs DECEMBER -24 The  Government of India   and the   World Bank   signed a   $500 million project   to build safe and green national highway corridors in the states of   Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. The  Union Cabinet   approved revised guidelines for   Direct-to-Home (DTH)   broadcasting services, allowing   100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI)   as well as increasing the licence period to  20 years. Karnataka government   has unveiled the   Farmer Registration and Unified beneficiary Information System (FRUITS),   an e-governance portal, to create a repository of farmland information and farm loan details on a single platform. PayU   with   Google Pay   has introduced tokenised payments flow for   Indian merchants.   With the digital token linked to the phone and card information tokenised, Google Pay users can make repeat payments seamlessly and securely. Srinagar based  Amar Singh College   has been recognized with the  ‘Awar

  Current Affairs DECEMBER -23 Union Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister,  Dharmendra Pradhan   has dedicated West Bengal’s first oil and gas reserve,   ‘Bengal Basin’,   to the nation. The  12th GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) Summit  was held virtually. It was inaugurated by Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu virtually. The theme of the Summit was   “Rejuvenating Resilient Habitats”. The  Asian Development Bank (ADB)   has announced to provide   Rs 2,100 crore loan   to the   Tripura   government for the development of urban areas and tourism in the northeastern state. Managing Director of logistics major Transport Corporation of India Limited,  Vineet Agarwal   has taken over as the new President of   The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham).  He replaces   Niranjan Hiranandani,   Co-Founder and MD, Hiranandani Group of Companies. Senior IPS officer,  Satyendra Garg   has assumed  Andaman and Nicobar DGP charge.   Garg, a 1987-

  Current Affairs DECEMBER -22 Prime Minister  Narendra Modi   will launch  ‘SEHAT’ – Health Insurance Scheme   for the entire Union Territory of   Jammu and Kashmir   on 26th December. The Union Power Ministry,  R. K. Singh   has framed the new   ‘Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020. Prime Minister  Narendra Modi   has addressed the sixth edition of the   India-Japan SAMVAD conference 2020,   via virtual conferencing. Prime Minister  Narendra Modi   and the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,   Nguyen Xuan Phuc,   jointly addressed the  India-Vietnam Virtual Summit,   via video conferencing. The  Central Bank of India   has launched a unique variant of a contactless debit card under the name ‘RuPay Select’, in association with the  National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The Union environment minister,  Prakash Javadekar   has released a report titled the  ‘Status of Leopard in India 2018’. Formula 1 world champion,  Lewis Hamilton   has won the   BBC

  Current Affairs DECEMBER -21 The Minister of State for Skill Development,  Raj Kumar Singh  has inaugurated the first Centre of Excellence (CoE) for   ‘skill development in the power sector’ in Gurugram. The  Hawker Culture of street food in Singapore   has been inducted by  UNESCO   in its prestigious   ‘Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’. Reserve Bank of India   has further extended the restrictions on crisis-ridden   Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank   by three months till   31 March 2021.   The bank has also received four   Expression of Interest (EoI)   for its revival. Union Minister of Defence,  Rajnath Singh   has inaugurated the   advanced Hypersonic Wind Tunnel (HWT)   test facility of the   DRDO in Hyderabad, Telangana. The  20th edition   of the   Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)   Council of Ministers (COM) Meeting via video conferencing under the Chairmanship of the   United Arab Emirates (UAE). The  5th edition   of the

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      Current Affairs DECEMBER -19 Mega leather park   to come up in   Ramaipur village of Kanpur   with an investment of   Rs 5,850   crores.    The park, part of the mega leather cluster project will create 50,000 direct jobs & indirect employment for 1.5 lakh people. Goa Liberation Day   is observed on   19 December   every year in India and it marks the day Indian armed forces freed Goa in   1961   following   450 years of Portuguese rule. The  Reserve Bank of India (RBI)   has imposed a monetary penalty of   Rs 50.00 lakh   on   The Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd in Kerala. This fine is imposed for non-compliance with directions issued on  Income Recognition and Asset Classification (IRAC)   norms and on Management of Advances-UCBs. The  Government of India   and the   Asian Development Bank (ADB)   have signed a   US $4.21   million   project readiness financing (PRF) facility   for the preparation of infrastructure development projects to improve urban amenities and develop tou