News Headlines : 20th December 2022

  • Namami Gange has become a global programme like no other due to people-river connect, said Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat while presiding over a workshop of the Ganga Vichar Manch, GVM in New Delhi.
  • Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Goa adjudged best performers among States and Union Territories in Social Progress Index.
  • The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has added 12.94 lakh net members in the month of October, this year. The provisional payroll data released by EPFO shows an increase of 21,026 in net membership in October 2022 as compared to the corresponding month during last year in 2021.
  • Space sector emerging as major foreign exchange earner through launch of foreign satellites, says Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh.
  • The Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister (EAC-PM) along with Institute for Competitiveness and Social Progress Imperative released the Social Progress Index (SPI) for States and Districts of India as mandated by the EAC-PM.
  • Indian Navy receives fifth indigenously-built Scorpene-Class Submarine ‘Vagir’.
  • Usage of regional languages in banking sector : 9 Public sector Banks have already fully complied with RBI guidelines of providing Trilingual Services (Hindi, English and Local Language ): FM Nirmala Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha.
  • Steel Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia launches country’s first Green Steel Brand.
  • Atomic Energy and Space Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indian Space Sector is emerging as a major foreign exchange earner through the launch of a large number of foreign satellites.
  • A Millet food festival held in the Parliament to raise awareness about importance of millets.
  • Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologizes for the Netherlands’ historical role in slavery and the slave trade.By 1814, more than 600,000 enslaved African women, men and children had been shipped to the American continent, in deplorable conditions, by Dutch slave traders.
  • And in Women’s Cricket, Australia set a target of 197 runs for India in the fifth and final T-20 match in Mumbai.