Wednesday, 20 December 2017

ONE LINER OF THE DAY 20TH DEC.


1.The Dubai Camel Hospital is a hospital for camels in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. It is the first hospital in the world that exclusively treats camels.This Hospital has been built at a cost of $ 10.9 m.

2.Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 60 MW (megawatt) Tuirial hydropower project in Aizawl, Mizoram. It is first large hydropower central government project to be commissioned in Mizoram. It is expected to boost socio-economic development of the state. It made Mizoram third power-surplus state in North-East after Sikkim and Tripura.

3.The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, and commonly known as Beijing 2022, is a multi-sport event that will take place in Beijing and towns in the neighboring Hebei province, China from 4 to 20 February 2022. Emblems : Winter Olympic : Winter Dream / Paralympic : Flight.

4.The government has set up a high-level committee headed by NITI Aayog chief executive Amitabh Kant to address the problem of stressed assets in India's power sector.Non-performing assets (NPAs) in power generation accounted for around 5.9% of the banking sector’s total outstanding advances of Rs4.73 trillion, according to the second volume of the Economic Survey 2016-17 released in August.

5.Kacheguda has earned the distinction of being the first energy-efficient 'A1 Category' railway station in the country, the South Central Railway (SCR) said.Kacheguda railway station in Hyderabad division of the SCR, has achieved 100 per cent energy efficiency.

6.In an apparent move to rebuild its presence in China, Google announced that it will open a research lab focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Beijing, China. It will be its first such center in Asia.

7.The first ever International Wheelchair Cricket Tournament was organised in Nepal's Kathmandu.The hooting for each of the team was heating the Tribhuwan University ground here where the teams from different nations are involved in T20 series.

8.The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) launched Public Procurement Portal ‘MSME Sambandh’ for Public Procurement Portal for MSMEs.The objective of the portal is to monitor the implementation of the Public Procurement from MSEs by Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs). It will help MSMEs in participating in the procurement process.

9.Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been voted the Time magazine readers’ Person of the Year, despite spearheading the continued bombardment of Yemen, leading to the starvation of its citizens.The award goes to those who “for better or worse” influenced the year.

10.The G-to-G Umbrella Agreement  Signed between the Government of India and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany concerning Financial Cooperation in form of loan for the project ‘Climate Friendly Urban Mobility III’ and Euro 11 million Accompanying measures in form of grant for four projects.










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