Important Day
International
- As per the World Bank’s 'Doing Business 2020’ report, India’s rank - 63rd.
National
- The Cabinet approved a MoU between India and the _____ to exchange information in areas of common interest in the electricity sector - United States.
- The first Center of Excellence (CoE) for skill development in power sector is opened at the campus of - National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Gwal Pahari, Gurugram (Haryana).
- On 18 December, Kisan Sammelan was held across - Madhya Pradesh.
- The Institute of Company Secretaries of India organised its 48th National Convention of Company Secretaries from 17 to 19 December in Indore (Madhya Pradesh), under the theme - “Governance: From Grassroots to Global”.
Persons in News
- Recipients of the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Telecom Skill Excellence Awards, instituted by Department of Telecommunications - Sreenivas Karanam (FIRST prize) & Prof. Subrat Kar (SECOND prize).
- Author of a book of English poems, titled “Oh Mizoram” - P.S. Sreedharan Pillai (Mizoram Governor).
- Author of a book, titled ‘Covid-19: Sabhyata ka Sankat aur Samadhan’ - Kailash Satyarthi.
State Current Affairs
- An autonomous body under the Kerala government, which is entering into a partnership with UN Women to further the cause of women empowerment and function as a South Asia hub for gender equality - Gender Park.
- Scheme launched by Punjab government with the distribution of smartphones to government schools class 12 students - Punjab Smart Connect Scheme.
Science & Technology
- India’s first hypersonic wind tunnel, a missile and aircraft testing facility, is located in - Hyderabad.
General Knowledge
- An asset which has remained in the substandard category for a period of 12 months - Doubtful Asset.
- A loss that has been identified by the bank or internal or external auditors or the RBI inspection but the amount has not been written off wholly - Loss Asset.
- Sum of interest/discount earned, commission, exchange, brokerage and other operating income - Total income.
- Sum of interest expended, staff expenses and other overheads - Total operating expenses.
- Net of total income and total operating expenses - Operating profit before provisions.
