December 9th is the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime.
The same day marks the anniversary of the first human rights related treaty 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide known as the “Genocide Convention”.
West Bengal approved construction of its first deep sea port in Tajpur.
A deep-water port is usually made up for the usage of very large and heavily loaded ships.
The essential workers such as doctors, nurses, grocery store employees, delivery people who risk their lives in fighting against the covid-19 pandemic have won TIME’s 2020 Person of the Year.
On December 8, 2020, the Indian Navy observed the 53rd submarine day to commemorate the maiden unfurling of the naval ensign on INS Kalvari.