Current Affairs 23 Dec 2020

Prime Minister Vajpayee:The Year That Changed India

  • Shakti Sinha written the book “Prime Minister Vajpayee:The Year That Changed India” about the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
  • Shakti Sinha had worked as Private secretary of Vajpayee in 1998-1999.

SEHAT

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the “PMJAY-SEHAT” scheme on 26 December for Jammu & Kashmir.
  • SEHAT scheme will be useful for social endeavor for heath and telemedicine.

LKHEP

  • Lower Kopili Hydroelectric Power Plant in Assam will be constructed by government of Assam and it has been funded by Asian Development Bank with loan of 231 million dollars.

Plant-Based Mock Egg

  • The innovation of Plant-based mock egg has been awarded first prize at Innovate 4SDG contest by United Nation Development Program.
  • Professor Kavya Dashora, Centre for rural development and technology at IIT Delhi invented this mock egg.

National Farmer's Day / Kisan Diwas

  • National Farmer’s Day or Kisan Diwas is observed on 23rd December every year to honour India’s farmer and to mark the birth date of former Prime Minister Choudhary Charan Singh.
  • Choudhary was 5th Prime Minister of India between 1979 and 1980 and he was country’s famous peasant leader.

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