Daily Current Affairs | 18-12-2020

1-The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved revised cost estimate of North Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project for six States for strengthening of the Intra-State Transmission and Distribution Systems.

📝2-The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved assistance of three thousand 500 crore rupees for sugarcane farmers.

📝3-The Government of India and New Development Bank signed a loan agreement for one billion dollar to provide support to Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan through MGNREGA Scheme.

📝4-Extending support to J&K and Ladakh students, AICTE has decided to release the instalment of Rs. 20,000/- as maintenance allowance under Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS).

📝5-Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has been awarded with the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for the year 2020 in the Steel Sector by the Institute of Directors.

📝6-Union Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar laid the foundation stone of 6 squash courts at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in the presence of Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Kiren Rijiju in New Delhi.

📝7-Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has been named as Democratic Vice Chair of the Congressional India Caucus.

📝8-The Chinese lunar probe Chang’e will be returning to Earth with samples of rock and debris from the Moon.

📝9-In a first of its kind initiative, the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) launched a multilingual call centre (helpline number 1800-425-4648) for acquafarmers at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.

📝10-Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati was elected as the vice president of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, one of the largest broadcasting associations in the world.