DAILY GK: 15 DEC 2020
1. BANGLADESH-INDIA COTTON FEST 2020
• 2nd
Bangladesh-India Cotton Festival 2020 was held at Hotel Radisson Blu Water
Garden in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• It
was jointly organized by Bangladesh Cotton Association (BCA), Bangladesh
Textile Mills Association (BTMA), Indian Cotton Association Ltd. (ICAL),
India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI).
• Bangladesh
is projecting an import of 9 million bales by the year 2021.
2.
EXIM BANK EXTENDS $ 448-M LOC TO UZBEKISTAN
• Export-Import
Bank of India (Exim Bank), on behalf of the Government of India, has extended a
Line of Credit (LOC) of $448 million to the Government of Republic of
Uzbekistan for financing the latter’s various projects in the Roads &
Transport, Water and Technology & Communication sectors.
• The
agreement for the same was inked by Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of
Investments and Foreign Trade, Sardor Umurzakov, Uzbekistan and Nirmit Ved,
General Manager, Exim Bank.
3.
SEBI FORMS CFID TO CHECK PROMOTER FRAUDS
• Market
watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has set up a specialised
department Corporation Finance Investigation Department (CFID) to tackle
initial public offering (IPO) proceed fraud, diversion of funds, bank loans and
resources by company promoters.
• The
new department will be headed by SEBI’s executive director.
• Nagendraa
Parakh, who is currently heading Market Intermediaries Regulation and
Supervision Department (MIRSD) is named for the same.
4.
RBI TO SETUP AUTOMATED BANKNOTE PROCESSING CENTRE IN JAIPUR
• RBI
has decided to set up an Automated Banknote Processing Centre (ABPC) in Jaipur,
Rajasthan for automated receipt, storage of fresh banknotes received from the
printing presses, and then retrieval and dispatch of these banknotes to the
identified issue offices (IOs)/currency chests (CCs).
• The
centre will also demolish destruction of soiled banknotes.
• This
all process will be done in an automated manner.
5.
SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
• The
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) in its
210th Executive Board has unanimously adopted the proposal to launch a USD
50,000 ‘UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize’ for the
Creative Economy.
• It
is UNESCO’s 1st award in
the field of
the creative economy.
• The
prize is named after Bangabandhu(Friend of Bengal) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman(Sheikh
Mujib or Mujib), the ‘Father of the Nation of Bangladesh’.
6.
ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX
• Dutchman
Max Verstappen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in a crucial race, making his
second win of the year.
• He
made his first win of the year at the special 70th Anniversary Grand Prix held
at the Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom.
7.
INTERNATIONAL ONLINE SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP (IOSC)
• Junior
Asian Champion Yash Vardhan won gold medal in the 10 m air rifle event at the
6th International Online Shooting Championship (IOSC), the event saw the
participation of Olympic bound Martin Strempfl of Austria who won the silver
medal and Oleksandr Halkin from Ukraine won the bronze.
