Current Affairs One-Liner: 25th December 2020

Published on December 25, 2020
  • Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0: Under this initiative, the Maharashtra government’s MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation) signed MoU with 25 Indian Companies for worth Rs 61,042 crores.
  • Static Part: 
    • Dance Forms of Maharashtra: Povadas, Dhangari Gaja, Koli dance, Lavani, Tamasha
  • Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs has extended the suspension of IBC (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code) by the next 3 months i.e. till 25th March 2021. This decision is taken to help businesses to deal with their financial difficulties arisen due to pandemic COVID-19.
Current Affairs One-Liner: 25th December 2020
  • Books and Authors: Title of Book: ‘Oh Mizoram’
    • Author of Book: P S Sreedharan Pillai (Governor of Mizoram)
    • Released by: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
    • Title of Book: ‘COVID-19: SabhyataKa Sankat Aur Samadhan’
    • Author of Book: Kailash Satyarthi
  • India and Israel entered into MoU to achieve the cooperation in health and medicine sector. Both nations will cooperate with each other to support the initiative of ‘Green Healthcare’.
  • Static Part: 
    • Capital of Israel: Jerusalem
    • Currency of Israel: Israeli Shekel
  • FRUITS Portal: it is launched by Karnataka Government. The portal is a project related to e-governance and in linked with BHOOMI package of the state government to display the details of the land. The portal will be managed by Canara Bank. FRUITS signifies Farmer Registration and Unified beneficiary Information System. 
  • Static Part: 
    • HQ of Canara Bank: Bangalore (Syndicate bank was amalgamated with Canara Bank)
    • Tagline of Canara Bank: Together We Can
    • CM of Karnataka: B DS Yediyurappa
    • Governor of Karnataka: Vajubhai Vala
  • Union Cabinet approved the 100% FDI in DTH (Direct-To-Home) services and also increased the license period to 20 years. 
  • Static Part: 
    • Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting: Prakash Javadekar
  • Important Days and Themes: 25th Dec 2020: Good Governance Day
  • Awards and Recognition: NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation Limited): It has won ‘Excellence award’ in CII-ITC Sustainability Awards 2020 for CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Domain.
  • Merger of 4 Government Film Media Units With NFDC
  • Telangana Government Signed MoU with SAP India
  • India Successfully Test Fired MRSAM
  • NMDC Ltd Signed MoU with MECL
  • DGNCC Digital Forum Launched by Defence Secretary

Question: 

Q.1 Which state government launched FRUITS portal to display the land details of farmers and which bank will be managing the portal?
a. Gujarat gov. and Bank of Baroda
b. Maharashtra gov. and SBI
c. West Bengal gov. and UCO Bank
d. Karnataka gov. and Canara Bank
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