Top 10 News for today, 23 December 2020

Top 10 News for today
1. US President Donald Trump has presented the Legion of Merit award to PM Narendra Modi
2. Smartphone maker Oppo has set up its first 5G innovation lab in India in Hyderabad, which is also the company’s first 5G lab outside China
3. Google has announced the launch of a website, Travel Insights with Google.It will provide demand trends to travel sector participants including hotels, travel startups, and booking agents
4. Developers of the Russian COVID vaccine Sputnik V have announced an agreement with AstraZeneca. It will be signed to test a combination of the British drugmaker’s COVID-19 shots and a component of the vaccine created in Moscow
5. A rare cosmic occurrence happened on 21 Dec’20 where two of the biggest planets in our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, appeared to merge in the night sky
6. US President-elect Joe Biden has named Indian American Bharat Ramamurti as one of the three new members of the National Economic Council
7. ICICI Bank has announced the launch of an online platform for foreign companies looking to establish or expand business in the country
8. The first flight operations from Belgaum (Karnataka) to Surat (Gujarat) to Kishangarh (Ajmer) were flagged off on 22 December 2020 under the Regional Connectivity Scheme-UDAN
9. Cyclone Burevi had hit the Tamil Nadu coast on 4 Dec’20. At least seven people were killed, and houses and agricultural produce were damaged
10. The European Union has approved the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech