1 The Minister of State for Shipping, Mansukh Mandaviya launched the first direct Cargo Ferry service to Maldives.
2 In a first-of-its-kind initiative, eight beaches of India have been recommended for the Blue flagcertification.
3 Scientists have warned that extra-tropical storms in the Mediterranean Sea, known as ‘Medicanes’ or ‘Mediterranean Hurricanes’, could become more frequent due to human-induced climatechange.
4 A recent study conducted by Australian universities has found out that the Komodo dragon could become extinct in the next few decades due to climate change.
5 Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said on the occasion of World Rhino Day (22nd September) that India is home to the largest number of One-Horned Rhinoceros in the world.
6 The Parliament on September 22, 2020 has passed the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill 2020 which seeks to give five IIITs (Bhopal, Agartala, Surat, Bhagalpur and Raichur) in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
7 The aviation company Airbus launched three concepts for the “first zero emission commercial aircraft” or the Hydrogen Aircraft. The aircrafts would be operational by 2035.
8 Neuro-toxins in water produced by cyanobacteria killed more than 300 African elephants in 2020 in the Okavango delta region, Botswana (country in Southern Africa).
9 The Indian tsunami early warning Centre is currently serving 25 Indian ocean countries under the O-SMART scheme of Ministry of earth
10 The Government of India has planned to set a target to generate 175 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2022.
11 The Government of India increased the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of 6 rabi crops for 2021- 22.
12 India-UK Water Partnership Forum held on September 22, 2020, to discuss ways to collaborate on the issues pertaining to infrastructure development and water conservation.
13 Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief, Anil Dhasmana has been appointed as the chief of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO).
14 The Ministry of Development of North-East Region (DoNER) has launched the logo and song for festival “Destination North East-2020”.
15. The Union Minister of state of North Eastern region Dr Jitendra Singh announced that around 21 neutrino observatory will be set up in the country.
1 The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved the commercial launch of ‘Feluda’, the TATA CRISPER COVID-19 test. It will be the world’s first diagnostic test to deploy a specially adapted Ca9 protein for successfully detecting the virus that causes COVID-19.
2 Margaret Atwood has won the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s lifetime achievement award.
3 In the Global Corruption Perception Index released by Transparency International, India slipped two positions to 80th ranking in the index.
4 Govt set to amend the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) 2011 to make Aadhaar mandatory for foreign contributions.
5 Retd. Colonel Dr. Girija Shanker Mungali has been appointed a member of the Asian Football Confederation's task force.
6 Chef Vikas Khanna has been chosen to be honoured with the prestigious Asia Game Changer Award 2020. This award is given to him for feeding millions of people across India in the COVID-19 pandemic through a massive food distribution drive ‘Feed India’.
7 The Gujarat government has launched the Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana (MMUY) to provide interest-free loans to women’s groups in the state.
8 Public sector lender Canara Bank has launched lead management system (LMS) – i-Lead 2.0 (Inspiring Leads System version 2.0) to provide its services to customers irrespective of where they reside
9 Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has been given the additional charge of Food Processing Industries Ministry.
10 Veteran Tamil film director Babu Sivan passed away. He began his career by assisting director Dharani, who helmed films like Ghilli and Kurvi with Vijay.
11 Arundhati Roy’s new book titled “Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction” is published by Penguin Books Limited. The nonfiction book is a collection of essays that shows the meaning of Freedom in the world of increasing authoritarianism.
12 Niti Aayog has partnered with the Indian School of Public Policy (ISPP) for mentoring, training, and capacity building of government officials and public policy scholars.
13 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has set up eight advanced technology centres to carry out research on futuristic military applications.
14 India provided a soft loan of $250 million to the government of the Maldives as budgetary support to mitigate the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
15 In Uttar Pradesh in a loathsome incident, a father of five daughters allegedly ripped open the stomach of his pregnant wife on Saturday evening allegedly to find out if she was going to deliver a son or daughter this time.
1 The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved the commercial launch of ‘Feluda’, the TATA CRISPER COVID-19 test. It will be the world’s first diagnostic test to deploy a specially adapted Ca9 protein for successfully detecting the virus that causes COVID-19.
2 Margaret Atwood has won the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s lifetime achievement award.
3 In the Global Corruption Perception Index released by Transparency International, India slipped two positions to 80th ranking in the index.
4 Govt set to amend the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) 2011 to make Aadhaar mandatory for foreign contributions.
5 Retd. Colonel Dr. Girija Shanker Mungali has been appointed a member of the Asian Football Confederation's task force.
6 Chef Vikas Khanna has been chosen to be honoured with the prestigious Asia Game Changer Award 2020. This award is given to him for feeding millions of people across India in the COVID-19 pandemic through a massive food distribution drive ‘Feed India’.
7 The Gujarat government has launched the Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana (MMUY) to provide interest-free loans to women’s groups in the state.
8 Public sector lender Canara Bank has launched lead management system (LMS) – i-Lead 2.0 (Inspiring Leads System version 2.0) to provide its services to customers irrespective of where they reside
9 Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has been given the additional charge of Food Processing Industries Ministry.
10 Veteran Tamil film director Babu Sivan passed away. He began his career by assisting director Dharani, who helmed films like Ghilli and Kurvi with Vijay.
11 Arundhati Roy’s new book titled “Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction” is published by Penguin Books Limited. The nonfiction book is a collection of essays that shows the meaning of Freedom in the world of increasing authoritarianism.
12 Niti Aayog has partnered with the Indian School of Public Policy (ISPP) for mentoring, training, and capacity building of government officials and public policy scholars.
13 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has set up eight advanced technology centres to carry out research on futuristic military applications.
14 India provided a soft loan of $250 million to the government of the Maldives as budgetary support to mitigate the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
15 In Uttar Pradesh in a loathsome incident, a father of five daughters allegedly ripped open the stomach of his pregnant wife on Saturday evening allegedly to find out if she was going to deliver a son or daughter this time.
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1 The United Nations has named a 18-year-old Indian teenager Udit Singhal in the list of 2020 Class of Young leaders for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) along with 17 others
2 The 13th IPL cricket tournament begins on 19th September in UAE. Chennai Super Kings defeated Mumbai Indians in the first match
3 The Indus Water Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan marks its 60th anniversary on 19th September 2020
4 The Customs (Administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements) Rules, 2020 (CAROTAR, 2020), will come into force from 21st September 2020
5 World Bamboo Day is celebrated every year on 18th September.
6 According to data shared in the Parliament, the number of arsenic-affected habitations in India has increased by 145% in the last five years (2015-20)
7 Death of two sloth bears have been reported from the Nandankanan Zoological Park, Bhubaneswar (Odisha)
8 The Ministry of Textiles is implementing the Samarth-Scheme for Capacity Building in the Textiles Sector
9 The Delhi High Court has directed both private and government schools in Delhi to provide gadgets and Internet packages free of cost to poor students for attending online classes
10 Rajya Sabha has passed the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020 which includes protections for healthcare service personnel who are combating the epidemic diseases
11 On the occasion of International Coastal Clean-Up Day on 19th September, for the first time eight beaches of India are recommended for the coveted International eco- label, the Blue flag certification
12 Government of India has amended the public procurement (Preference to make in India ) order 2017. These amendments would curb the Chinese investment in India
13 Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha has launched the National Generic Document Registration System for the region which is an online registration system for transactions in purchase or sale of land
14 The Directorate General of Foreign Trade has lifted the ban on export of onions that were in transit to all the countries including the neighbour Bangladesh
15 The virtual Vaishwik Bharatiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Summit would be inaugurated by Hon’ble Prime Minister on 2nd October 2020
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
