1    Brucellosis, also known as Malta fever has recently affected thousands of people in Northwest of China
2    Pakistan has decided to elevate Gilgit-Baltistan’s status to that of a full-fledged province
3    Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds over the last 50 years, according to a Living Planet Report 2020 of the World Wildlife Fund
4    In Rajasthan, Sambhar Lake and Keoladeo Ghana National Park have the prestigious tag of ‘Wetland of International Importance’, by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
5    Queen Elizabeth II, who is the head of state in the UK and 15 other Commonwealth realms, including Canada, Australia and New Zealand, will be dropped as monarch by Barbados next year
6    The world’s largest DNA sequencing of Viking skeletons conducted by researchers claims to debunk the modern image of Vikings as having blonde hair and reveals that not all of them were from Scandinavia
7    The USA is looking forward to India signing the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geo-Spatial cooperation (BECA), at the next India-USA 2+2 ministerial dialogue likely to be held in October, 2020
8    the Government of India has created the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe), an independent nodal agency under the Department of Space
9    To curb air pollution, Gujarat Chief Minister has announced a scheme for e-Vehicles for encouraging the use of battery-operated two-wheelers and three-wheelers in the state
10    The railway board has announced that it will soon start charging a token user fee from the passengers who will take trains from the busy stations
11    The union Government of India has approved Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of 74% under the automatic route in defence sector
12    External Affairs Minister (EAM) of India and Pakistan Foreign Minister (PFM) are expected to meet at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) meeting via videoconference on September 24
13    The Union Food Processing Industries Minister Shrimati Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned on September 17, 2020
14    The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 was introduced in Lok Sabha by Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare
15    The Smart City index for the year 2020 released by Institute for Management Development (IMD) along with Singapore University highlights that the Indian cities have declined in their technological updates