Defence
- First state-of-the-art warship of Project 17A for Indian Navy, built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) - ‘Himgiri’.
Economy
- The ____ has launched the "communication between taxpayer" feature on its portal - GST Network (GSTN).
- New digital payment app of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) - ‘DakPay’.
International
- This nation observed the Martyred Intellectuals Day to mark the day of killing hundreds of intellectuals including teachers, doctors, journalists and others on 14 December 1971 - Bangladesh.
- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) has signed a MoU with this Indian institute for development of sludge management framework in India - Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (cGanga).
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) will establish the “Caucasus, Central Asia, and Mongolia Regional Capacity Development Center (CCAMTAC)” in - Almaty city, Kazakhstan.
National
- Total Fertility Rates (TFR) in 19 out of the 22 States/UTs, according to the first Phase of the 2019-20 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) - 2.1.
- Only 3 states which have TFR above replacement levels now - Manipur (2.2), Meghalaya (2.9) and Bihar (3.0).
- FSSAI’s initiative which is a certification system for food businesses supplying food directly to consumers, either on or off premise - ‘Food Hygiene Rating Scheme’.
State Current Affairs
- Ladakhi New Year “Losar” - 15 December 2020.
- The Prime Minister laid foundation stone for Desalination plant in - Mandvi, Gujarat.
Science & Technology
- The next-generation Angara-A5 rocket is developed by - Russia’s Roscosmos.
General Knowledge
- India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) was launched on - 1 September 2018.
- Equity contribution of owners - Capital Funds.
- A component of regulatory capital, which consists mainly of share capital and disclosed reserves (minus goodwill, if any) - Tier I Capital (also termed as Core capital).
- A component of regulatory capital, which consists of certain reserves and certain types of subordinated debt - Tier II Capital (also termed as Supplementary capital).
- Ratio of assets to capital - Leverage.
