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Current affairs notes on December 2020- Part 1

 1.Chardham project, comprises improvement as well as the development of 889 km length of national highways. The project will connect Badrinath Dham, Kedarnath Dham, Gangotri, Yamunotri, and part of the route leading to Kailash Mansarovar yatra. 2.The virtual edition of the Aadi Mahotsav – Madhya Pradesh launched. Aadi Mahotsav is a national tribal festival and a joint initiative of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India & Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED). 3. SCO Online Exhibition on Shared Buddhist Heritage was launched at the 19th Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Heads of Government (SCO CHG), held in New Delhi recently. It is the first ever of its kind.  4. WHO World Malaria Report 2020: India is the only high endemic country which has reported a decline of 17.6% in 2019 as compared to 2018. In India, Implementation has been started in four states i.e. West Bengal and Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and M

Current affairs notes on November 2020- Part 2

 1.we celebrate National Education Day on November 11, the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad to honor his contributions to education in India. 2.Indian astronomers collaborated with Nobel laureate on Thirty Meter Telescope Project. 2020 Physics Nobel Laureate Prof. Andrea Ghez had worked closely with Indian astronomers. It is an astronomical observatory with an extremely large telescope (ELT). It is an international project being funded by scientific organisations of Canada, China, India, Japan and USA. 3. Birth anniversary of Birsa Munda was observed on November 15th. In recognition of his impact on the national movement, the state of Jharkhand was created on his birth anniversary in 2000. 4. Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar has been elected as Chief Minister of the State for the fourth consecutive term. The Chief Minister is appointed by the governor. 164 of the Constitution provides that there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at its

Current affairs notes on November-2020, Part 1

1. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas: Observed on 31st October across the nation. Observed on 31st October across the nation. It marks the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The government, in 2014, decided to observe Sardar Patel Jayanti Day as Ekta Diwas. 2. Typhoon Rolly or Goni has hit Philippines. In the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific, they are called hurricanes. But if the same type of disturbance takes place in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, it is known as a typhoon. And in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, cyclone is the correct term. 2. Himachal Pradesh is vying for the allotment of a bulk drug park under a central government scheme. The Central Government is planning to setup three such parks across the country. A bulk drug is also called an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). It is the key ingredient of a drug or medicine, which lends it the desired therapeutic effect or produces the intended pharmacological activity. 3. The Union Home M