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Daily Current Affairs 23 December 2020

Kisan Diwas is celebrated on December 23
On December 23, to celebrate the birthday of Chaudhary Charan Singh, the 5th Prime Minister of India, Kisan Diwas or National Farmers Day is observed across the country. From 2001, the government decided to observe the day as Kisan Diwas.

India’s first indigenous digital asset management platform launched by DigiBoxx
CEO of NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant virtually launched India’s first digital asset management platform DigiBoxx. The platform provides an easy and secure way to store all the files in one centralised location.

Cabinet approves merger of Films Division, Directorate of Film Festivals, NFAI, and Children’s Film Society with NFDC
The Cabinet approved merger of Films Division, Directorate of Film Festivals, National Film Archives of India, and Children’s Film Society, India with National Film Development Corporation. Briefing media in New Delhi after the Cabinet Meeting, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar informed about it.

Centre and World Bank sign USD 500 million project to build Green National Highway Corridors
The Centre and the World Bank signed a USD 500 million project to build safe and green national highway corridors in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. The project will also enhance the capacity of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in mainstreaming safety and green technologies. The Green National Highways Corridors Project will support the Road Transport and Highways Ministry to construct 783 kilometres of highways in various geographies by integrating safe and green technology designs such as local and marginal materials, industrial byproducts and other bioengineering solutions.

CSIR-NISCAIR, MoES, Vijnana Bharati jointly organise inaugural session of International Science Literature Festival
CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (CSIR-NISCAIR), Ministry of Earth Sciences and Vijnana Bharati jointly organised the inaugural session of the International Science Literature Festival, Vigyanika. The literature festival was organised on the opening day of the India International Science Festival 2020 to mark the birth anniversary of renowned Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan.

US President confers ‘Legion of Merit’ award to PM Modi
The President of the United States of America conferred the highest decoration, The Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday. In a statement Ministry of External Affairs said, the award is in recognition of the Prime Minister’s steadfast leadership and vision for India’s emergence as a global power and exemplary contribution made by him for the advancement of the India-United States strategic partnership and promoting global peace and prosperity.

Telegram to launch ‘pay-for’ services in 2021
Telegram is set to launch pay-for services in 2021, its Russian-born founder Pavel Durov said, as the growing company needed “at least a few hundred million dollars per year”. “Telegram will begin to generate revenue, starting next year,” Durov said in a statement on his Telegram channel.

Devendra Fadnavis releases book ‘Ayodhya’ written by Madhav Bhandari
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Devendra Fadnavis released the book ‘Ayodhya’ written by BJP’s State Vice President Madhav Bhandari in Mumbai. He said that the fight to build a Ram temple is a fight to awaken the Hindu community and the book will be used as a reference book.

Godrej Appliances plans to launch -70 degree Celsius freezer
Godrej Appliances plans to launch in January a -70 degree Celsius ultra-low temperature freezer for storing vaccines. The ultra-low temperature freezers are crucial for storage of Pfizer’s messenger RNA vaccine against covid-19, which requires conditions of -70 degree Celsius.

ISRO to open Regional Academic Centre for Space at IIT Varanasi
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will establish a Regional Academic Centre for Space at IIT-Varanasi to facilitate short and long term projects at the institute. ISRO and the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday and the move can help propel the culture of research and development among students.

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju virtually inaugurates 8 Khelo India State Centres of Excellence across India
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju virtually inaugurated 8 Khelo India State Centres of Excellence across India in the presence of State Sports Ministers. The 8 States include Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Kerala, Telangana, Nagaland, Karnataka and Odisha.

Two-time Congress MP from J&K Madan Lal Sharma passes away
Two-time Congress MP from Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, Madan Lal Sharma passed away at the age of 68. He represented Jammu-Poonch constituency in the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha.

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