Current Affairs — 20 December 2024

🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Must know

CCEA ne 2025 season ke liye copra MSP tay kiya: milling copra ₹11,582 aur ball copra ₹12,100 per quintal

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs ne 20 December 2024 ko 2025 season ke liye copra ke Minimum Support Price ko manzoori di.

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🏛️ Parliament & Bills 📍 India Must know

Parliament ka Winter Session 2024 sine die adjourn; Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak pass, Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill JPC ko bheja gaya

25 November 2024 ko shuru hua Parliament ka Winter Session Lok Sabha ki 20 aur Rajya Sabha ki 19 sittings ke baad 20 December 2024 ko sine die adjourn hua.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 India Must know

Project 15B ka aakhri destroyer Surat aur Project 17A ka pehla frigate Nilgiri Indian Navy ko deliver

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders dwara bane do indigenously designed warships, destroyer Surat aur frigate Nilgiri, 20 December 2024 ko Indian Navy ko deliver hue.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Telangana Important

President Droupadi Murmu ne College of Defence Management, Secunderabad ko President's Colours diya

Telangana ke Secunderabad sthit College of Defence Management ko 20 December 2024 ko kisi defence institution ka sabse bada award President's Colours mila.

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💹 Markets & Finance 📍 India Important

CCI ne UltraTech Cement dwara The India Cements ke acquisition ko manzoori di

Competition Commission of India ne 20 December 2024 ko UltraTech Cement dwara The India Cements mein controlling stake ke acquisition ko manzoori di.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Rajasthan Important

International Year of Camelids 2024 ke tahat Bikaner mein camel milk value chain mazboot karne par workshop

Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, FAO aur ICAR-National Research Centre on Camel ne 20 December 2024 ko Rajasthan ke Bikaner mein stakeholder workshop ki.

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🛡️ Internal Security 📍 West Bengal Important

Sashastra Seema Bal ne Siliguri mein 61st Raising Day manaya; Amit Shah ne ICP Agartala ka e-inauguration kiya

Union Home Minister Amit Shah 20 December 2024 ko West Bengal ke Siliguri mein Sashastra Seema Bal ke 61st Raising Day mein Chief Guest ke roop mein shamil hue.

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💹 Economy 📍 India Important

India aur ADB ne SMILE logistics programme ke doosre subprogramme ke tahat $350 million ke policy-based loan par sign kiye

Government of India aur Asian Development Bank ne logistics reforms ke support ke liye 20 December 2024 ko $350 million ke policy-based loan par sign kiye.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India Important

Defence Ministry ne K9 VAJRA-T self-propelled tracked guns ke liye L&T ke saath ₹7,629 crore ka contract kiya

Ministry of Defence ne 20 December 2024 ko Buy (Indian) category ke tahat Indian Army ke liye 155 mm/52 calibre K9 VAJRA-T guns ke liye Larsen & Toubro ke saath contract kiya.

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🕯️ Obituaries 📍 Haryana Important

Haryana ke paanch baar CM rahe Om Prakash Chautala ka 89 saal ki umar mein nidhan

Haryana ke former CM Om Prakash Chautala ka 20 December 2024 ko Gurugram sthit ghar par cardiac arrest ke baad nidhan ho gaya.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Chhattisgarh Important

Foldscope microscopes Chhattisgarh ke 20 districts ke farmers ko plant diseases pehchanne mein madad kar rahe hain

PIB ne 20 December 2024 ko bataya ki ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management dwara chalaya ja raha DST-supported project Chhattisgarh ke farmers ko low-cost Foldscope se crop diseases pehchanne ki training de raha hai.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 India Important

TRAI ne Indian Railways ki safety applications ke liye 700 MHz band mein additional 5 MHz paired spectrum ki sifarish ki

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ne 20 December 2024 ko Indian Railways ke liye additional spectrum par apni recommendations jaari ki.

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