Current Affairs – 08 December 2021 - IAS Coaching

 

Current Affairs – 08 December 2021



·       CDS Gen. Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others killed in Chopper Crash in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu:

Chief of Defense Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, and 12 others including his wife died in Mi-17V5 helicopter crash in Connor, Tamil Nadu. Mr. Rajnath Singh has conveyed the news of Gen Bipin Rawat’s Demise. People all over the world paid tributes to the India’s Top Military Commander. Gen Rawat was appointed as India’s Chief of Defence Staff in the year 2019, he not only brought the Army but also Navy and Air force.

 

·        IDEA the top International Democracy body invited Sunil Arora to join as Board of Advisors:

Sunil Arora the former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) has been invited by IDEA (International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance)  for joining the board of Advisers. It has a 15 member board of advisers, in which all the personalities are from a well known background. Idea was established in 27th February1995. It is an intergovernmental organization based in Stockholm, Sweden, while India is one of the founding members of this Institute.

 

·        Sanjiv Mehta is appointed as President at FCCI:

Sanjiv Mehta has been announced as President, who is the Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) by FCCI also known as Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. FCCI was founded in 1927, while its headquarters is located in New Delhi.

 

·        ‘ON-the-Go’ wearable Keychain is launched by City Union & NPCI:

For Debit Card customers of City Union Bank (CUB), CUB ha initiated a plan  in collaboration with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and its manufacturing partner Seshaasai, has announced the launch of RuPay On-the-Go contactless wearable keychain, this Keychain will enable customers to tap and make cashless payments securely. Its name, On-the Go Solution allow the customer to carry payment cards on their Key chains & make a payment up to ₹5,000 without entering a PIN. To enable the faster check out and shorter queue time, in every possible generation, this On-the-Go wearable Keychain are introduced by City Union Bank

 

·        Jnanpith Awarad to be received by Nilmani Phookan Jr  and Damodar Mauzo:

The Country’s highest literary award, the Jnanpith is bestowed on writers Damodar Mauzo & Nilmani Phookan Jr . Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr won the 56th Jnanpith Award while, Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo won the 57th Jnanpith Award. This Award was instituted in 1961 and is given only to Indian writers who write in Indian languages & English. This is a literary award presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization to Indian writers every year.


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