Daily Current Affairs – 16 December 2020
15 December : International Tea Day
* India Is The 2nd Largest Producer Of Tea In The World After China
* United Nations Recognised International Tea Day Is Observed On 21 May
* Ola Has Signed A MoU With The Tamil Nadu To Set Up Its 1st Factory In The State
* Ola Factory In Tamil Nadu Will Be The Largest Scooter Manufacturing Facility In The World
* Odisha To host 2023 FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup At Bhubaneswar & Rourkela
* The 2023 Tournament Will Be 15th Edition Of The Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup
* 2nd Bangladesh-India Cotton Festival 2020 Held At Dhaka , Bangladesh
* Trevor Gonsalves Appointed Coach Of Vidarbha Cricket Team
* Indian Navy’s Vice Admiral Srikant Passes Away Recently
* Eswatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini Passed Away Recently
* Ambrose Dlamini Had Been The PM Of Eswatini Since October 2018
* Edtech Startup Classplus Signs Sourav Ganguly As Its Brand Ambassador
* Spice Money Ropes In Sonu Sood As Brand Ambassador
*UK’s PM Boris Johnson To Be Chief Guest At India’s Republic Day 2021
*Boris Johnson Is The 6th From The UK To Be Republic Day Chief Guest – He Will Also Be The 1st British PM Since John Major In 1993 To Be Chief Guest
In The Past , Members Of The British Royalty Have Been Chief Guests – Prince Philip (1959) , Queen Elizabeth (1961) , Rap Butler (1956) , Lord Louis Mountbatten (1964)
* Niti Aayog Releases ” Vision Document 2035 ” On Strengthening Public Health Surveillance System
* Loksabha Speaker Om Birla Released ” The Shaurya Unbound-Tales Of Valour Of The CRPF ”
* A Collection Of 13 Most Exemplary Acts Of Valour Of CRPF Brave Hearts
* Pawan Singh Re-Elected As Member Of The Judges Committee Of ISSF
*ISSF : International Shooting Sports Federation
* US Has Decided To Remove Sudan From The List Of ” State Sponsors Of Terrorism ”
* UNESCO Announces 2021 As International Year Of Creative Economy For Sustainable Development
* UNESCO Adopts Proposal For The Establishment Of UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize
* UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize In The Field Of The Creative Economy
* Department Of Posts & IPPB Unveil New Digital Payment App ” DakPay ”
IPPB : India Post Payments Bank
Ministry Of Ayush Approves 200 AYUSH Health & Wellness Centres In Almora District Of Uttarakhand
UNWTO & Google Hosted Their 2nd Global Tourism Acceleration Program In The MENA Region
MENA : Middle East And North Africa
UNWTO : United Nations World Tourism Organization
* Former Cricket Player Of Australia Eric Freeman Passed Away Recently
* Guwahati To Host 3rd Edition Of Assam Downhill Championship On Dec19 , 20
* Itanagar To Host Indian National Rally Championship On December 16
* Organised By The Federation Of Motor Sports Clubs Of India (FMSCI)
* Tom Moody Appointed As The Director Of Cricket For SunRisers Hyderabad
*Justice Hima Kohli Appointed As New Chief Justice Of Telangana High Court
* Justice S Muralidhar Appointed As New Chief Justice Of Odisha High Court
* Anita Nair Appointed As UNHCR’s High Profile Supporter In India
* Marzouq Al-Ghanim Re-Elected As Kuwait’s Parliament Speaker
* Indore To Host 48th National Convention Of Company Secretaries On Dec 17-19
* Indore Will Be The 1st City Of MP To Host This Convention For The 1st Time
* RBI To Establish 1st Automated Banknote Processing Centre In Jaipur .
