Current Affairs 26 Dec 2020

ATP Player Of The Year

  • Serbian player Novak Djokovic has been awarded the ATP player of the year 2020 award, he has finished the year as No.1 in the ATP singles ranking.
  • Djokovik win this title 6th time, this record was achieved only by Pete Sampras as of now. 

 

100% FDI in DTH Services

  • The union cabinet approved 100 percent FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) for DTH (Direct To Home) services with increasing the license period to 20 years.

Digi Box

  • NITI Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant recently launched Indigenously developed India’s first digital asset management and storage platform called  Digibox.
  • Digi box offers 20 GB cloud storage space and 100 GB storage per month at rupees 30 only.

MRSAM Missile

  • India’s defense giant DRDO successfully tested surface to air missile MRSAM at Odisha coast.
  • MRSAM(Medium Range Surface to Air Missile) has been manufactured by Bharat Dynamics Ltd. with association of DRDO. The test was conducted at ITR(Integrated Test Range) and MRSAM successfully hit the unmanned air vehicle Banshee.

Tso Kar Wetland

  • Recently one more site of India has been added in Ramsar Wetland, “Tso Kar” wetland complex in Ladakh in its list of Ramsar sites, it is 42nd site of India and 2nd of Ladakh Union Territory.
  • Tso Kar basin is a high altitude Wetland complex, It has two water bodies, Starsapuk Tso a 438 hectares fresh water lake and Tso Kar itself a 1800 hectares hypersaline lake.

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