DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 8 DECEMBER 2020*
1. The department at the University of Cambridge where Indian scientist Yusuf Hamied, chairman of pharma major Cipla, studied has been named the Yusuf Hamied department of chemistry until 2050
2. 8th edition of Pune International Literature Festival to be held from December 11-13
This year theme : ‘Power of Social Media’
3. Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF) to be held on December 12-13
4. Mamit district of Mizoram has topped the rankings of aspirational districts by government Think-tank NITI Aayog for October.
5 . The World Economic Forum will hold its 2021 annual meeting in Singapore instead of its traditional home of Switzerland, which is battling a rising number of coronavirus infections.
6 . The historical fort cities of Gwalior and Orchha in Madhya Pradesh have been included in the list of UNESCO’s world heritage cities under its urban landscape city programme
7. The 13th Climate Change (CC) cell under the National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE) will soon come up in Ladakh.
8. Journalist-author Raj Kamal Jha has won the 3rd Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize for his novel, “The City and The Sea”.
9 . Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Hindu Prachara Parishat inaugurated a programme called ‘Gudiko Gomata’ which means a cow for a temple to encourage people to donate cows to the temples at Kanaka Durga Temple premises on Indrakeeladri hillock in Vijayawada.