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December 7 , 2020 1398 days 947 0
  • SCO Online Exhibition on Shared Buddhist Heritage was launched at the 19th Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Heads of Government.
    • It is the first ever of its kind.
  • The Indian skipper Virat Kohli became the fastest cricketer to score 12,000 ODI runs (in 251 innings) breaking the record held by Sachin Tendulkar.
  • The Karnataka High Court ruled recently that the right of any major individual to marry the person of his/her choice is a fundamental right that is enshrined in the Constitution of India.
    • The ruling was given by a bench comprising Justices S Sujata and Sachin Shankar Magadum.
  • China has begun to import rice from India for the first time in at least three decades.
    • India is the world's biggest exporter of rice and China is the biggest importer of rice.
  • Singapore becomes the first country to allow the sale of cultured meat.
    • The meat is created from animal cells without slaughtering chickens.
  • The 10th edition of National science film festival held at Tripura in a virtual mode.
    • It has been jointly organized by Vigyan Prasar, an autonomous agency under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and Tripura State Government.
  • The Ministry of Communications noted that all fixed to mobile calls will be dialled with prefix ‘0’ from January 15, 2021.
  • The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed the AP Gaming (Amendment) Bill 2020 banning online gaming in the state.
  • The Varanasi Annapurna idol is being brought back to India after a century from Canada.
  • GIFT City’s regulator International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has become an International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) member.
    • Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City is India's first operational smart city and international financial services centre.
  • The Reserve Bank of India recently asked the HDFC bank to temporarily stop all its launches under its Digital 2.0 programme.

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