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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF DECEMBER 2020
Awards
The non-profit organisation which has been awarded 2020 UN Population Award in the institutional
category for raising awareness and devising solutions to the issues faced by the elderly population –
Help Age India
The British racing car driver who has been chosen the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020 –
Lewis Hamilton
The co-founder and CEO of social enterprise Takachar who has been conferred with the Young
Champions of the Earth 2020 award by the United Nations Environment Programme – Vidyut
Mohan
The Brazilian mathematician who has been awarded the 2020 Ramanujan Prize for Young
Mathematicians – Carolina Araujo
The well-known writer and editor who has been chosen for the 2020 Rabindranath Tagore Literary
Prize for his book The City and the Sea – Raj Kamal Jha
The Indian research institute which has been awarded the International King Bhumibol World Soil
Day Award 2020 – Indian Council of Agricultural Research
The Indian origin child scientist who has been named the Kid of the Year by Time magazine –
Gitanjali Rao
The government school teacher from Solapur district in Maharashtra who has been awarded the
2020 Global Teacher Award by UK based Varkey Foundation – Ranjitsinh Disale
Sports
The Indian cricketers who have been named captains of the ICC Test and ODI Team of the Decade by
ICC – Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni
The Serbian tennis player who has been named the ATP Player of the Year 2020 (for a record 6th
time) – Novak Djokovic
The English footballer who has been named the FIFA Women's Player of the Year 2020 – Lucy Bronze
The Polish footballer who has been named the FIFA Men's Player of the Year 2020 – Robert
Lewandowski
The athletic style of street dancing which has been included as a sport in Olympics from 2024 Paris
Games – Breakdancing (Breaking)
The Indian batsman cum wicket-keeper who has announced retirement from all forms of cricket –
Parthiv Patel
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The Venezuealan athlete who has been named the Female Athlete of the Year 2020 by World
Athletics (formerly IAAF) – Yulimar Rojas
The American born Swedish pole-vaulter who has been named the Male Athlete of the Year 2020 by
World Athletics (formerly IAAF) – Armand Duplantis
The number of ODI matches in which Virat Kohli has scored 12,000 runs to break the record of
Sachin Tendulkar who scored them in 300 matches – 242
Persons
The eminent Malayalam poet, conservationist and women's activist who passed away on 23
December 2020 – Smt Sugathakumari
The former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and former Governor of Uttar Pradesh who passed
away on 21.12.2020 – Shri Motilal Vora
The Administrator of Lakshadweep and former IPS officer who passed away on 04 December 2020 –
Dineshwar Sharma
The Indian-American physicist also considered the Father of Fibre-Optics who passed away on
04.12.2020 – Narinder Singh Kappany
The owner of leading spices brand MDH and recipient of Padma Bhushan (2019) who passed away
on 03.12.2020 – Mahashay Dharampal Gulati
Places
The place in Gujarat where the foundation stone of AIIMS was laid through video conferencing by
the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi – Rajkot
The place at which an advanced Hypersonic Wind Tunnel test facility with capacity to simulate Mach
5 to 12 speeds was inaugurated by Shri Rajnath Singh – Hyderabad
The city which has won the hosting rights for conducting 2030 Asian Games in the election
conducted by the Olympic Council of Asia – Doha, Qatar
The Indian state which has been chosen to be the venue of 2023 FIH (International Hockey
Federation) Men's Hockey World Cup for the second time in a row – Odisha
The historical fort cities in Madhya Pradesh which have been included in the list of World Heritage
Cities by UNESCO – Orchha and Gwalior
Railways
The railway station in Uttar Pradesh which has been renamed Ma Barehi Devi Dham – Dandupur

The stations between which Indian Railways' 100th Kisan Rail was flagged off via video conferencing
by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi – Sangola (MH) and Shalimar (W.B.)
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Miscellaneous
India's first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine developed by Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd is named
– Pneumosil
The theme of National Consumer Day being observed on 24 Dec 2020 – The Sustainable Consumer
The Indian business group which has been chosen for ASSOCHAM Enterprise of the Century Award
2020 – TATA Group
The digital payment service launched by India Posts Payment Bank is named – DakPay
The digital platform and mobile app launched by Central Govt for COVID-19 vaccine delivery is
named – CO-WIN
The company which has been accorded in-principle approval by IRDAI to acquire Bharti AXA General
Insurance – ICICI Lombard
The former Prime Minister of India, in whose honour a commemorative stamp was released on his
birth anniversary by the Vice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu – Shri I.K. Gujral
The tropical cyclone in Bay of Bengal which caused widespread rainfall in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu and
Kerala was named – Cyclone Burevi
ICC Awards of the Decade 2011-20
Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade - Virat Kohli
Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for ICC Female Cricketer of the Decade - Ellyse Perry
ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Decade - Steve Smith
ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade - Virat Kohli
ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade - Ellyse Perry
ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Decade - Rashid Khan
ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Decade - Ellyse Perry
ICC Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Decade - Kyle Coetzer
ICC Women’s Associate Cricketer of the Decade - Kathryn Bryce
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade - MS Dhoni
Launch of PSLV C-50
Launched from: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota
Launched on: 17.12.2020
Satellite launched: Communication satellite CMS-01
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Human Freedom Index 2020
Released by Cato Institute, USA and Fraser Institute, Canada
Rank Country Rank Country
1. New Zealand 92. Nepal
2. Switzerland 111. India
3. Hong Kong 129. China
4. Denmark 139. Bangladesh
5. Australia 140. Pakistan
Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for
Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) to boost employment in formal sector and incentivize
creation of new employment opportunities during the Covid recovery phase under Atmanirbhar
Bharat Package 3.0.
The salient features of the Scheme are as under:
1. Government of India will provide subsidy for two years in respect of new employees engaged on
or after 1st October, 2020 and upto 30th June, 2021.
2. Government of India will pay both 12% employees' contribution and 12% employers' contribution
i.e. 24% of wages towards EPF in respect of new employees in establishments employing upto 1000
employees for two years,
3. Government of India will pay only employees' share of EPF contribution i.e. 12% of wages in
respect of new employees in establishments employing more than 1000 employee for two years.
4. An employee drawing monthly wage of less than Rs. 15000/- who was not working in any
establishment registered with the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) before 1st
October, 2020 and did not have a Universal Account Number or EPF Member account number prior
to 1st October 2020 will be eligible for the benefit.
5. Any EPF member possessing Universal Account Number (UAN) drawing monthly wage of less than
Rs. 15000/- who made exit from employment during Covid pandemic from 01.03.2020 to 30.09.2020
and did not join employment in any EPF covered establishment up to 30.09.2020 will also be eligible
to avail benefit.
6. EPFO will credit the contribution in Aadhaar seeded account of members in electronic manner.

7. EPFO shall develop a software for the scheme and also develop a procedure which is transparent
and accountable at their end.
8. EPFO shall work out modality to ensure that there is no overlapping of benefits provided under
ABRY with any other scheme implemented by EPFO
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Important Days of December
World AIDS Day: 01 December 2020
Designated by: World Health Organisation
Theme: Global Solidarity, Resilient Services
First Observed in: 1988
International Day of Persons with Disabilities: 03 December 2020
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Building back better: towards an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 world
by, for and with persons with disabilities
First Observed in: 1992
International Volunteer Day: 05 December 2020
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Together We Can Through Volunteering
First Observed in: 1986
World Soil Day: 05 December 2020
First launched by : International Union of Soil Sciences (2002)
Endorsed by : Food and Agricultural Organisation (Jun 2013)
Accepted by : United Nations General Assembly (Dec 2013)
Theme: Keep soil alive, Protect soil biodiversity
International Civil Aviation Day: 07 December 2020
Established by : International Civil Aviation Organisation (1994)
Adopted by : United Nations General Assembly (1996)
Theme (upto 2023): Advancing Innovation for Global Aviation Development
International Anti Corruption Day: 09 December 2020
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2003
Theme: RECOVER with INTEGRITY
United Nations Human Rights Day: 10 December 2020
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Recover Better - Stand Up for Human Rights
First Observed in: 1948
International Mountains Day: 11 December 2020
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Mountain Biodiversity
First Observed in: 2003
International Universal Health Coverage Day: 12 December 2020
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Protect Everyone
First Observed in: 2017
International Migrants Day: 18 December 2020
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Reimagining Human Mobility
First Observed in: 2000
International Human Solidarity Day: 20 December 2020
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2006
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Indigenous Games included in Khelo India Youth Games 2021
# Games Native to State
1. Gatka Punjab
2. Kalaripayattu Kerala
3. Thang Ta Manipur
4. Mallakhamba Maharashtra
Note: The Sports Ministry has formally recognised Yogasana as a competitive sport which will enable
it to avail government funding.
Human Development Index 2020
As per Human Development Report released by UNDP
Rank Country Rank Country
1. Norway 85. China
2. Ireland 129. Bhutan
2. Switzerland 131. India
4. Hong Kong 133. Bangladesh
4. Iceland 142. Nepal
6. Germany 154. Pakistan
India Sports Awards 2020 by FICCI
Male Sportsperson of the Year 2020: Bajrang Poonia, Wrestler
Female Sportsperson of Year 2020: Elavenil Valarivan, Shooter
Best Sports Promoting State: Madhya Pradesh and Assam
Lifetime Achievement Award: Manjusha Kanwar, Badminton player
Best Company Promoting Sports (Public Sector): Air Force Sports Control Board
Forbes 2020 - World's 100 Most Powerful Women
Rank Country
1. Ms Angela Merkel, German Chancellor
2. Ms Christine Lagarde, President of European Central Bank
3. Ms Kamal Harris, US Vice-President elect
41. Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, Indian Finance Minister
55. Ms Roshni Nadar Malhotra, HCL Technologies
68. Ms Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Biocon
Time Magazine's Persons of the Year
Person of the Year 2020: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
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Athlete of the Year 2020: LeBron James, US basketball player
Entertainer of the Year 2020: BTS South Korean boy band
Books in News
40 years with Abdul Kalam by Dr. A. Sivathanu Pillai
The City and the Sea by Raj Kamal Jha
COVID-19: Sabhyata ka Sankat aur Samadhan by Kailash Satyarthi
Abbreviations in News
NETRA: NEtwork for space object TRacking and Analysis

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This article is listing some important certificates issued by the ISO in various fields.

S.N.

Certificate Name

Field

1.

ISO 9001

Quality Management

2.

ISO 14001

Environmental Management

3.

ISO 22000

Food Safety Management

4.

ISO 13485

Medical Devices

5.

ISO 20121

Sustainable Events

6.

ISO 639

Language Codes

7.

ISO 45001

Occupational Health and Safety

8.

ISO 4217

Currency Codes

9.

ISO 37001

Anti-Bribery Management Systems

10.

ISO/IEC 17025

Testing and Calibration Laboratories

11.

ISO 26000

Social Responsibility

12.

ISO 8601

Date and Time Format

13.

ISO 31000

Risk Management

14.

ISO 3166

Country Codes

15.

ISO 50001

Energy Management

16.

ISO/IEC 27001

Information Security Management

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List of Bharat Ratna Awardees:

Bharat Ratna Awardees Year Brief Description
C. Rajagopalachari 1954 Indian politician, independence activist, lawyer, writer, historian and statesman.
Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1954 Indian philosopher and statesman.
First Vice President of India

C. V. Raman 1954 Indian physicist who carried out ground-breaking work in the field of light scattering
Nobel Laureate(Physics)

Bhagwan Das 1955 Indian Theosophist and a part of Central Legislative Assembly of British India
M. Visvesvaraya 1955 Civil Engineer & Statesman
Jawaharlal Nehru 1955 Indian independence activist,
First Prime Minister of India

Govind Ballabh Pant 1957 Indian freedom fighter
One of the architects of modern India

Dhondo Keshav Karve 1958 A social reformer in India in the field of women’s welfare
Bidhan Chandra Roy 1961 An eminent Indian physician, educationist, philanthropist, freedom fighter and politician
He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1948

Purushottam Das Tandon 1961 A freedom fighter from Uttar Pradesh, India.
He has put enormous efforts into achieving the Official Language of India status for Hindi.

Rajendra Prasad 1962 First President of India
Zakir Husain 1963 Third President of India
Pandurang Vaman Kane 1963 Indologist and Sanskrit scholar
Lal Bahadur Shastri 1966 Second Prime Minister of India
Indira Gandhi 1971 The only female Prime Minister of India
V. V. Giri 1975 Fourth President of India
K. Kamaraj 1976 A leader of the Indian National Congress
Mother Teresa 1980 An Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary
Vinoba Bhave 1983 An Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 1987 A Pashtun independence activist
M. G. Ramachandran 1988 An Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
B. R. Ambedkar 1990 An Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer who was a part of the Dalit Buddhist movement
Nelson Mandela 1990 A South African revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa
Rajiv Gandhi 1991 An Indian politician who served as the 6th Prime Minister of India
Vallabhbhai Patel 1991 The First Deputy Prime Minister of India
Morarji Desai 1991 An Indian independence activist
4th Prime Minister of India

Abul Kalam Azad 1992 An Indian scholar, independence activist, and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress
J. R. D. Tata 1992 Chairman of Tata Group
Satyajit Ray 1992 Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, music composer, graphic artist, lyricist and author
Aruna Asaf Ali 1997 An Indian independence activist
First Mayor of Delhi

Gulzarilal Nanda 1997 Indian politician and economist who specialized in labour issues
Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam 1997 Missile Man of India
M. S. Subbulakshmi 1998 Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Chidambaram Subramaniam 1998 An Indian politician and Independence activist
Jayaprakash Narayan 1999 Indian independence activist, theorist, socialist and political leader
Amartya Sen 1999 Indian economist and philosopher
Gopinath Bordoloi 1999 First Chief Minister of Assam
Ravi Shankar 1999 An Indian musician and a composer of Hindustani classical music
Lata Mangeshkar 2001 Indian playback singer and music director
Bismillah Khan 2001 Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai
Bhimsen Joshi 2009 Indian vocalist from Karnataka
C. N. R. Rao 2014 Currently, the Head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India
Sachin Tendulkar 2014 Former captain of the Indian national team and one of the greatest batsman in the history of Cricket.
Madan Mohan Malaviya 2015 An Indian educationist and politician
Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2015 Indian politician, statesman and a poet.
He served three terms as the Prime Minister of India

Pranab Mukherjee 2019 13th President of India
Nanaji Deshmukh 2019 Social Activist
Bhupen Hazarika 2019 An Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-maker from Assam
List of Bharat Ratna Awardees 1954 to 2019:-

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