Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal inaugurated the 10,000-bed Sardar Patel COVID care centre, the "largest" of its kind in the world, at the Radha Soami Satsang Beas. The centre has been set up in Chhatarpur for treating mild and asymptomatic patients.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police- nodal agency operating it.
Equitas Small Finance Bank has unveiled a video KYC account. With this facility, any person, anywhere in the country, can open a savings account with Equitas SFB, complete the full KYC through a video call with the bank.
Operations began in 2016; HQ: Chennai.
Electronics & IT Ministry in partnership with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog has launched a Digital India Aatmanirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge to build a strong ecosystem of Indian app.Govt will adopt suitable apps, list on Govt e-Marketplace.
The Innovation Challenge will have 8 broad categories.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension in central deputation tenure of Sandhu, chairman, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for a period of six months up to January 21, 2021.
NHAI was set up by an act of the Parliament, NHAI Act, 1988.
Asian Development Bank has joined the central banks & supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System as an observer, which is a group of central banks willing to contribute to the development of environment and climate change risk in finance sector.
HQ: Mandaluyong, Philippines; President: Masatsugu Asakawa.
French President Emmanuel Macron named Jean Castex, who coordinated France’s virus reopening strategy, as the country’s new prime minister replacing Edouard Philippe. Castex, 55, is a career public servant who has worked with multiple governments.
Capital: Paris; Currency: Euro.
The UK India Business Council has announced that Jayant Krishna has accepted the invitation of the Board to become its new Group Chief Executive Officer. He will be 1st UKIBC Group CEO to be based in India, will be replacing Richard Heald.
UKIBC founded in 2007 to foster trade relation b/w 2 countries.
Leading industrialist & former member of the board of Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Suraj Prasad Agarwal passed away recently. He was former President of Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry during 2008-09.
FICCI is the largest, oldest business organization in India.
Central government has approved an annual plan worth Rs 574.16 crore for national highway works in Jammu and Kashmir for 2020-21, including construction of 3.23 km 3 fly-overs in Srinagar on NH-44 (Jammu-Srinagar highway) at Bemina, Sanatnagar & Nowgam.
Union Highway Minister: Nitin Gadkari; MoS: Mansukh Mandaviya.
The world-class green stadium shall have modern grand pavilion stands, corporate boxes, plush sports field, modern club house and many other world class features for indoor games and sports training facilities, spread across over 100 acres of land.
It is to come up in Chonp village, 25 km from Jaipur.
Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) has roped in former India pacer and Mumbai ace, Aavishkar Salvi, as its head coach for the upcoming domestic season. In 2018 Ranji trophy, Salvi was appointed the head coach but in 2019 was replaced by J Arunkumar.
Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship .