One Liners of the Day, 24 December 2020

Economy

• This Public sector bank in association with National Payments Corporation of India launched ‘RuPay Select’, a unique variant of contactless Debit Card - Central Bank of India.

International

• India and Bangladesh on 22 December held the 51st Director-General Level Border Coordination Conference 2020 in - Guwahati, Assam.
• The 2021 edition of the World Biodiversity Forum, organized by ______, bioDISCOVERY and TEALEAVES, will be held virtually from 7 January 2021 - University of Zurich.

National

• CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (CSIR-NISCAIR), _____ and Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) jointly organised the inaugural session of “Vigyanika”, an International Science Literature Festival - Ministry of Earth Sciences.
• Ahead of the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas, this ministry organised a virtual conference titled 'Forging Media and Entertainment Partnerships to showcase India@75' on 22 December 2020 - Ministry of External Affairs.
• The Central government and the World Bank signed a USD 500 million project to build safe and green national highway corridors in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and - Andhra Pradesh.

Persons in News

• Author of the book 'Ayodhya' - Madhav Bhandari.

State Current Affairs

• The five-day All India Tansen Music Conference is going to be held in ___ from December 26 to December 30 - Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior.
• This state government launched the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) of the state police with emergency phone number 112 - Manipur.

General Knowledge

• An estimate of potential loss in a position or asset/liability or portfolio of assets/liabilities over a given holding period at a given level of certainty - Value at Risk (VAR).
• ______ are digital signatures to be obtained by Primary Member (PM) from any Government Recognized Certifying Authority designated by RBI, on behalf of Gilt Account Holder (GAH) - Digital certificates.
• Bangladesh - Capital: Dhaka; Currency: Bangladeshi taka.
• Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) - Established: 26 September 1942; Headquarters: New Delhi.
• World Bank - Founded: 1944; Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States; Motto: “Working for a World Free of Poverty”.