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December 15 , 2020 1395 days 983 0
  • Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid al-Sabah was appointed as the 8th Prime Minister of Kuwait.
    • It came after the resignation of his predecessor Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.
  • The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the Koliwar Bridge over the Sone river in Bihar.
  • The Andhra Pradesh government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Survey of India to start the India’s largest land and house ownership surveys in the state.
    • It was named as “‘YSR Jagananna Saswatha Bhoomi Hakku-Bhoomi Rakshana”.
  • Molnupiravir has been shown to stop the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in 24 hours.
    • This is the first oral drug to rapidly block SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the inaugural address at FICCI's 93rd Annual General Meeting and annual convention on December 12, 2020.
    • This year's theme of the Annual Convention is "Inspired India".
  • Indian-American, Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari is among the 18 astronauts who have been selected by NASA for its Artemis moon-landing programme.
    • This programe aims to land the first woman and next man on the Moon in 2024.
  • Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja informed that a new genus of malaria called 'plasmodium oval' has been detected in the state.

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