current affairs 16 December 2021

Dubai ranks 1st in the world to be 100% paperless.

Dubai became the first government in the world to go 100% paperless, this was announced by the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
This would save about 3 billion dirhams (350 million USD) and 14 million-man hours.
Digitization will provide all Govt. Serving customers and reducing paper consumption by over 336 million papers.
Citizens can access all exceptional digital services through Dubai Now Application.

Delhi Commissioner of Police, Rakesh Asthana has launched an e-learning platform Unnati under the flagship scheme YUVA of Delhi Police at All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Auditorium, New Delhi.
Delhi Police arrests more than 1.5 lakh people for various crimes every year.
More than 85 per cent of them are first time offenders and only 10-15 per cent are repeat offenders.
Unnati is an e-learning and certification initiative by the Delhi Police-South West District to help educate youths and impart skill training to school dropouts from the weaker sections of society.
YUVA is aimed at helping the youth, especially those from the weaker sections of society, and school dropouts get an education and acquire skills to realise their dreams of a secure future.

DBS Bank India's consistent efforts to drive digital transformation for its customers has been recognized at the ET BFSI Excellence Awards 2021.
An initiative of The Economic Times, ET BFSI Excellence Awards honours the best innovations & practices implemented by the BFSI industry in a dynamic and competitive environment.
The bank has won two awards:

DBS Rapid (Real-time API) solution in the Innovative API/Open Banking model category.
Intelligent Banking in the Best Digital Customer Experience initiative category.

DBS Bank India was awarded in the Innovative API/Open Banking model category for DBS RAPID.
The bank has designed a real-time, digital payments solution for Transport Corporation of India Limited (TCI) – one of India’s largest transportation and logistics players.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has formed a committee for the disabled cricketers of the country.
Disabled cricketers have welcomed the decision of the BCCI to form a Differently Abled Committee for the differently abled cricketers.
The board of three former disabled cricketers, based on the recommendation of the Justice Lodha committee, was being awaited for the past several years.
The proposal was approved under the chairmanship of BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah.

China successfully launched Shijian-6 05, a new group of satellites, into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China for space exploration and new technology tests.
The satellites were launched by a Long March-4B rocket, marking the 400th mission of the Long March series carrier rocket.
Information about the number of satellites has not been specified.
As the message reads, they will be used for space exploration and new technology tests.