1    As per the official data, the Centre’s fiscal deficit for the first three months of fiscal 2020-21 (April-June) was Rs. 6.62 lakh crore, which is 83% of the budgeted target for the        whole year
2    The state government of Meghalaya has launched India’s Biggest “Piggery Mission” with an outlay of Rs 209 Crores
3    United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appointed Bollywood Actor Ayushmann Khurrana as its celebrity advocate for children’s rights campaign “For Every Child”
4    India has been ranked 105th position “Global Economic Freedom Index 2020 Annual Report” by Canada’s Fraser Institute, which has been released in India in conjunction        with Center for Civil Society, New Delhi-based think tank
5    The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice has presented its report “Functioning of the Virtual Courts/Courts Proceedings          through VideoConferencing”
6    The Ministry of Mines has requested the Forest Advisory Committee (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) to exempt digging exploratory boreholes from            Net Present Value (NPV)
7    The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched the Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework (CSCAF) 2.0, along with the ‘Streets for People Challenge’                 under the Smart Cities Mission.
8    The National Statistical Office (NSO) has released data, highlighting the decline in the factory output (also called Industrial Production) for the fifth consecutive month, with        July 2020 posting a contraction of 10.4% compared to July 2019
9    A recent analysis of samples of patients with the Covid-19 infection has shown a phenomenon called a ‘bradykinin storm’
10    Indian Researchers working on giant radio galaxies (GRG) at Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) Pune, India and Leiden University,                       Netherlands, have found nearly 400 new GRGs
11    A motion for breach of privilege was moved in the Maharashtra Assembly against Republic TV’s Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami
12    A new and innovative method of using waste material to create salt marshes has helped stop advance of sea, which caused erosion. This phenomenon is called coastal           squeeze
13    The 13th edition of Aero India-21 is scheduled to be held at Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru, Karnataka from 3 to 07 February 2021
14    The World First Aid Day is observed on the second Saturday of September every year (this year on 12th September) to create awareness about the importance of first aid           in preventing injuries and saving lives
15    The rating agency, Moody’s has projected the GDP growth rate for India to contract 11.5 per cent in fiscal 2020-21 (FY21) due to the coronavirus pandemic.