UN Assembly designated 9 December as International Anti-Corruption Day, to raise awareness of corruption and the role of the Convention in combating & preventing it. Governments, the private sector, NGO, UNDP, UNODC are at the forefront of these efforts
UNODC:United Nation Office on Drugs & Crime;HQ:Vienna, Austria
On liquidation, every depositor is entitled to repayment of his/her deposits up to a monetary ceiling of Rs 5,00,000 from the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) as per usual terms and conditions.
Karad Janata Bank Sahakari bank at karad , Maharashtra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on his re-appointment as Kuwait''s Prime Minister and expressed confidence that the excellent relations between the two countries will continue to expand and flourish.
Capital: Kuwait City;
Currency: Dinar
Scheme of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India(VISVAS) Yojana for financial empowerment of economically marginalized OBC/SC SHGs & Individuals.benefit on the basis of Pan india.It benefit OBC/SC SHGs with loans/borrowings up to 4 L
VISVASYojana:Vanchit Ikai Samooh aur Vargon ki Aarthik Sahayta
Under the scheme, the bank is offering loans at 0.50 per cent concession for women. The bank under the gold loan scheme is also offering agri-gold loan at 0.25 percent concession and for retail loan at 0.50 per cent concession.
HQ: Alkapuri, Vadodara
Founder: Sayajirao Gaekwad III
year:1908
It marks as the 72nd anniversary of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the "Genocide Convention"), the first human rights treaty adopted by the UN General Assembly.
First international legal definition of "genocide," in 1948.
Fitch said the coronavirus recession has inflicted severe economic scarring and the country needs to repair balance sheets and increase caution about long-term planning.Projected contraction of 10.5 per cent due to a sharp economic rebound in the July-Sep
The GDP had grown 4.2 per cent in FY 2019-20
Historical fort cities of Gwalior and Orchha in Madhya Pradesh have been included in the list of UNESCO's world heritage cities under its urban landscape city programme,UNESCO,an agency of the United Nations, aims at promoting world peace and security.
UNESCO HQ: Paris, France;
Head: Audrey Azoulay;
Founded: 1945
Dennis Ralston, a Tennis Hall of Famer who won five Grand Slam doubles championships, approached individual glory in the 1966 Wimbledon finals and went on to a distinguished career as a coach and teacher, died .The cause was brain cancer.
American professional tennis player; career spanned 1960-70s
The 2,000MW Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric Project is the biggest hydroelectric project undertaken in India and is a run of river scheme on the Subansiri.Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP) at Gerukamukh along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border.
Subansiri River is a tributary of the Brahmaputra River
West Bengal cabinet approves construction of 'state's first deep sea port in Tajpur'.It will be built at a cost of Rs 15,000 crore and will generate employment for 25,000 people. It will be the West Bengal's first deep seaport.
CM:Mamta Banerjee;
Governor:Jagdeep Dhankhar
The CCPI is developed by not-for-profit organisations Germanwatch & New Climate Institute (Germany) together with the Climate Action Network (CAN International). Sweden topped in the list, India got 10th rank.
Biggest current emitter of greenhouse gases China ranks 53rd
Two new zoos the Rajgir Zoo Safari in Nalanda, Bihar and Shaheed Ashfaque Ullah Khan Prani Udyaan in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh were granted recognition.U.P, Bihar was granted recognition during the General Body meeting of the Central Zoo Authority.
CZA: Body of the GOI for oversight of zoo; formed:1992.
Dandupur railway station situated between Pratapgarh and Badshahpur on Lucknow-Varanasi rail section will now be named Maa Barahi Devi Dham.a temple of Maa Barahi Devi in Parasrampur village 6 kms from the railway station & an annual fair attract devotees
CM:Yogi Adityanath
Governor: Anandiben Patel
Vi CSR deployed Nokia’s Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) to provide smart agriculture solutions to 50,000 farmers in India to help achieve better yields. Data to be collected & analysed in 100 locations in Madhya Pradesh,Maharashtra initially.
CEO:
Nokia - Pekka Lundmark; Vi - Ravinder Takkar
Austria's Sabrina Filzmoser and Brazil's Flavio Canto have been appointed as International Judo Federation (IJF) climate ambassadors by IJF.Filzmoser is a two time world bronze medallist and Canto has won bronze at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
IJF
HQ: Budapest, Hungary;
President: Marius Vizer
Break Free From Plastic's audit said Coca-Cola, PepsiCo & Nestlé top the list of biggest plastic polluters globally based on how often their packaging turns up discarded on beaches,rivers,parks.Cola's branding found on 13834 plastic pieces in 51 countries.
Other top polluters were Unilever and Mondelez International.
Annika Sorenstam was elected president of the International Golf Federation replacing the outgoing Peter Dawson. Sorenstam, a 72-time winner on the LPGA Tour and former No. 1 from Sweden, will take up the position on Jan 1.
Golf became an olympic sport again in 2016 after 112 years.
Zena Wooldridge from England has been elected as the WSF President. Wooldridge is the second female President after New Zealand's Susie Simcock, since inception in 1967. She replaces outgoing President Jacques Fontaine, from France.
Emeritus President, WSF - Jahangir Khan
Raj Kamal Jha won Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize for his book, The City and the Sea. The book is based on the Nirbhaya case. He will get $5000 (usually $10000) and Rabindranath Tagore statuette. There is a Tagore Prize for Social Achievement as well.
The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize Founder - Peter Bundalo
Kinuko Idogawa, the main attacker of Japan's 1964 Olympic gold medal winning women's volleyball team has passed away. Japan won in straight sets against Soviet Union.The team was called the "Witches of the Orient" due to their diving and tumbling saves.
Hirobumi Daimatsu was the coach of that team.
Former Argentina player and manager Alejandro Sabella has died at the age of 66. The ex-midfielder played eight times for his country and later led Argentina to the 2014 World Cup final, when they were beaten in extra-time by Germany in Brazil.
Sabella played for Leeds United in England.
Anindya Banerjee has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Anindya Banerjee is presently an Assistant High Commissioner in the Assistant High Commission of India, Chittagong.
Atul M. Gotsurve was the previous ambassador of DPR Korea.
Madagascar to host IOIG replacing Maldives, due to coronavirus concerns. IOIG is a multi-sport tournament for athletes from Islands of the Indian Ocean. The participating nations are Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, Réunion & Maldives.
First Island Games in 1979 was held at Reunion.
