International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples / World Tribal Day is observed aimed at promoting & protecting the rights of the world’s indigenous population. 1st meeting of UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations took place in Geneva (1982).
Theme 2020: COVID-19 and indigenous peoples’ resilience.
PM Modi inaugurated the Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra, an interactive experience centre on Swachh Bharat Mission & "Gandagi Mukt Bharat" (dirt-free India) campaign on the occasion of centenary celebrations of Gandhiji's Champaran Satyagraha, at Raj Ghat.
Raj Ghat is the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi.
Main objective of the Webinar was to make the industries under MSME aware about the technologies developed by CSIR-CMERI, provide total engineering solution & the facilities available in CSIR-CMERI like Plasma Arc Medical Waste Disposal System.
CSIR CMERI is a public R&D institution in Durgapur, West Bengal.
Sri Lanka’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as prime minister for the 4th time after his party secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections. He took oath from Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a ceremony at Colombo
He was earlier president from 2005 to 2015;
Currency: SL Rupee
IIT-Delhi will set-up a Centre of Excellence on Advanced Data Management System for Highways at its campus as a result of a partnership with National Highways Authority of India. IIT will work on projects including project management and data management.
Chairman, NHAI: Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu.
FSSAI & CSIR will collaborate towards strengthening the quality assurance of laboratory networks across the country aimed at development & validation of methods for reliable reporting on quality and safety of food products.
Health Minister: Dr Harsh Vardhan.
Nitin Sethi of The Huffington Post India and Shiv Sahay Singh of The Hindu bagged the prestigious Asian College of Journalism’s Award for Investigative Journalism & the K. P. Narayana Kumar Memorial Award for Social Impact Journalism, respectively.
Awards presented by, Dr Soumya Swaminathan(Chief scientist WHO).
Under the 6th instalment of PM-Kisan scheme, ₹17,000 crore of PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi has been deposited into bank accounts of 8.5 crore farmers with a single click. Under PM-KISAN scheme, the government is providing annually ₹6,000 in 3 equal instalments.
PM-KISAN scheme was launched on 1st December 2018.
PM Modi launched a financing facility of ₹1 lakh crore under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund for agri-entrepreneurs, agri-tech players & farmer groups for nurturing farm assets & post-harvest management. Amount will be made available over period of 4 yrs.
Farmers will also receive a subsidy of 3 percent on interest.
Former India international footballer Laishram Manitombi Singh passed away, aged 40. He was from Manipur. Representing the Blue Tigers in 2002, he was part of the famous India U-23 squad that won the LG Cup. He also played in the Asian Games.
India football team captain: Sunil Chhetri; Coach: Igor Štimac.
Mukesh Ambani with a personal wealth of $80.6 billion in 2020 has surpassed Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Jeff Bezos, Bil Gates and Mark Zuckerberg rounded out the top three spots.
Jio Platforms has raised a combined 1.5 lac cr from companies.
Earthmoving and construction equipment major JCB Group has announced the appointment of Deepak Shetty as Deputy CEO & Managing Director of JCB India Ltd. He will take over as MD and CEO from Subir Kumar Chowdhury.
JCB is headquartered in Rocester, England.