Daily Current Affairs (Beepedia) 20th December 2023

RBI, Banking and Economy

• Karur Vysya Bank, HDFC Life enter into corporate agency tie-up

NABARD and AGRICULTURE

• ‘Farm sector growth to slip below 1% in H2, feed food price pressures’

NATIONAL

• Parliament passes Bill to replace 125-year-old Indian Post Office Act, 1898

INTERNATIONAL

• Bhutan to have 1,000-sq. km. green city along Assam border ‘connecting South Asia to Southeast Asia’

STATES

• BISAG-N Office inaugurated in New Delhi

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• WHO classifies 'low' risk JN.1 coronavirus strain as 'variant of interest'

DEFENCE

• IIT Kanpur collaborated with Indian Navy to promote technology development

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Finland awards International Gender Equality Prize to Afghanistan-based NGO

SPORTS

• Mitchell Starc hits ₹24.75 crore KKR jackpot as IPL auction's costliest buy