Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 08 December 2020

SSC CGL Current Affairs

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The first human milk bank in the northeast was opened in Guwahati, Assam
Opened in Satribari Christian Hospital (SCH), the bank, which is the 15th such unit in India, will be able to store human milk for up to six years.
“The best option for babies in such case is pasteurised donor milk, stored in a milk bank.
In the milk bank, we will collect milk from lactating women who are willing to donate.
It will then be pasteurised and stored in deep freeze.
The milk can be stored from 6 months to 6 years,”

Vittala Temple at Hampi was built during the reign of King Devaraya II (1422 - 1446 A.D.) of VijayanagaraEmpire.
Several sections of the temple were expanded and renovated during the reign of Krishnadevaraya (1509- 1529A.D).
Temple is dedicated to Vittala, an avatar of Lord Vishnu. It is located in the north eastern part of Hampi, nearbanks ofTungabhadra River.
Temple is built in the Dravidian style of architecture. Highlight of Vittala temple is its impressive pillared hallsand the stone chariot.

Union Cabinet has approved Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana at an expenditure of Rs. 1,584 crores for the current financial year and Rs.22,810 crores for the entire Scheme period i.e. 2020-2023; scheme to benefit around 58.5 lakh employees.
The Union Cabinet has also approved USOF Scheme for providing mobile coverage in Arunachal Pradesh and two districts of Assam under the Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for North Eastern Region; project to provide mobile coverage to 2374 uncovered villages.

Trade Receivables and Discounting System is an electronic platform for facilitating the financing and discounting of trade receivables of Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) through multiple financiers.
These receivables can be due from corporates and other buyers, including Government Departments andPublic Sector Undertakings.
Receivable Exchange of India was set up by SIDBI and National Stock Exchange in 2016 for this purpose.
To ensures timely payments to MSMEs,

Bhasan Char is an island formed by sedimentation in the Bay of Bengal.It surfaced in 2006 from the sedimentdeposited by Meghna river.
It is vulnerable to going under water from tides and flooding.
Bangladesh has begun sending Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char from the overcrowded camps at Cox’s Bazar.
Rohingya are one of the ethnic communities of Myanmar living in Rakhine state. In 2017, a crackdown byMyanmar’s army sent them fleeing across the border.

China successfully powered up its "artificial sun" nuclear fusion reactor for the first time.
The HL-2M Tokamak reactor is China’s largest and most advanced nuclear fusion experimental research device, and scientists hope that the device can potentially unlock a powerful clean energy source.
It uses a powerful magnetic field to fuse hot plasma and can reach temperatures of over 150 million degrees Celsius, approximately ten times hotter than the core of the sun.
Chinese scientists have been working on developing smaller versions of the nuclear fusion reactor since 2006.
They plan to use the device in collaboration with scientists working on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor -- the world’s largest nuclear fusion research project based in France, which is expected to be completed in 2025.

Parthiv Patel, the diminutive wicketkeeper-batsman who remains India’s fourth-youngest Test cricketer, has announced his retirement from cricket after a glittering 18-year-stint across various forms.
Parthiv represented India in 25 Tests, 38 ODIs and 2 T20Is, the last of which was in a Test at Wanderers, Johannesburg, versus South Africa in January 2018.