1. Almost a year after China and Nepal together decided to re-measure the elevation of the world’s highest mountain, the two countries are soon expected to announce latest official height of Mount Everest.
2. The Abraham Accord between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain is mediated by the USA. It is the first Arab-Israeli peace deal in 26 years
3. A team of scientists from the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) have discovered a way to measure the quantity of chlorophyll-a that indicates abundance of phytoplanktons in the Bay of Bengal in real-time
4. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray has launched a state-wide campaign titled, ‘My Family, My Responsibility’, to curb the spread of coronavirus pandemic.
5. Severely ill Covid-19 patients on ventilators are made to lie face down because it’s easier for them to breathe. But according to a new study, that position can also cause permanent nerve damage.
6. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has announced that the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup, which were scheduled to be held from 3 to 11 October 2020 in Denmark, has been postponed for 2021.
7. The central government issued a notification prohibiting the export of onions even as the average traded price of the bulb crossed the psychological barrier of Rs 30 per kg.
8. Amazon.com Inc has signed up Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan for its Alexa voice assistant.
9. According to the Living Planet Report 2020 released by the World Wide Fund for Nature, the population of vertebrate species has largely declined in the past half- century.
10. Scientists have detected the presence of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus.
11. A Customized My Stamp on India’s First Anti Satellite Missile (A-SAT) launch was released by the Department of Posts on the occasion of Engineers Day.
12. An adjournment motion notice was moved in the Lok Sabha over the surveillance of key Indian personalities by a firm linked to the Chinese government.
13. Paytm First Games (PFG), a subsidiary of digital financial service platform Paytm, has roped in Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar as its brand ambassador.
14. On September 16, 2020, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund agreed to sale 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik-V to India.
15. PM Modi inaugurated seven projects under Namami Gange and AMRUT Schemes in Bihar.
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1 Republican strategist and convicted felon Roger Stone have suggested Trump to enforce martial law in the US and seize power if he loses the November-3 election.
2 Deep within the acidic clouds of Venus, astronomers have detected a unique gas never found on the planet before. The gas, Phosphine is an important sign of biological activity
3 Jane Fraser named the 1st female CEO of Citigroup
4 A few researchers are putting forth a hypothesis that supports universal mask wearing. They consider it to be a crude form of vaccine against the infection
5 The retail inflation growth dipped to 6.69% in the month of August. It was at 6.73% in July 2020
6 The USA announced sanctions, including asset freezes and visa bans, against two officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for their investigation into alleged war crimes by the USA forces and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Afghanistan since 2003
“7 The Centre has sought Parliament approval for a gross additional expenditure of ?2.35 lakh crore for 2020-21
8 The Ministry of Tourism has undertaken development of tourism related infrastructure and facilities at various Buddhist Sites in the country under its flagship schemes of Swadesh Darshan & PRASHAD
9 The researchers from the City University of Hong Kong have produced a laser-induced form of graphene masks that inactivate the coronavirus species
10 In India, the Engineer’s Day is celebrated on September 15 every year, since 1968, to recognise the contribution of engineers’ in the development of the nation
11 The Union Cabinet has approved establishment of a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Darbhanga, Bihar
12 TikTok has chosen Oracle to be its technology partner for its American operations
13 India has been elected as a member of the United Nation’s Commission on Status of Women, a body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for four years, 2021 to 25
14 The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Sameer Kumar Khare as new Executive Director of Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila
15 Union Minister of Culture and Tourism, Prahlad Patel announced the formation of an expert committee to conduct a study on the origin and evolution of Indian culture
1 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on September 14, 2020, announced that it has appointed Takeo Konishi as a Country Director of India
2 Scientists have come up with a device that can facilitate the flow of blood from the veins in the legs thus preventing Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). The device can bring relief to patients affected by prolonged immobility, bedridden state, post-operative immobilization, paralysis of legs, majority of whom are affected by DVT
3 Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary on September 14, 2020,won the leadership vote of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan. He will soon secure the post of the new Prime Minister
4 Japan’s Naomi Osaka defeated Victoria Azarenka of Belarus to clinch the Women’s Singles title in the 2020 US Open Tennis tournament
5 The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) performed a major technological feat when it flew a cruise vehicle at a hypersonic speed of Mach six for 20 seconds
6 The United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation has come into force
7 The Chinese company Zhenhua Data Information Technology Co. Limited is monitoring over 10,000 Indian individuals and organisations in its global database of foreign targets
8 Every year, 14th September is celebrated as Hindi Diwas in India
9 A team of neuroscientists from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) has developed Indian Brain Templates (IBT) and a brain atlas
10 The Uttar Pradesh government is going to constitute a Special Security Force (SSF) in the state
11 Subhash Kamath has been elected as the chairman of the board of governors of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)
12 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain) has won the Formula One Tuscan Grand Prix 2020 held at Mugello Circuit, Italy
13 India and the United States held a bilateral 2+2 Inter-sessional meeting in virtual mode. During the meeting, both sides reviewed the progress and developments in bilateral ties in defence, security, and foreign policy areas
14 Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan participated in the 27th ASEAN regional forum
15 Austria’s Dominic Thiem defeated Alexander Zverev to win the men’s singles title at the 2020 US Open tournament.
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1 For the first time since the end of the cold war in 1990, the whole of Germany resonated with the sound of the emergency siren as an emergency test. 10th September will now be observed as National Warning Day or Warn tag across the country
2 Starling Bank becomes the first British bank to charge interest to its customers on their savings in the bank.
3 Standing Committee of Nepal’s Communist Party finally concluded the prolonged meeting which convened in July and was long due. It is the longest meeting conducted by the party in recent times
4 The animal trial of the Covaxin BBV 152, has shown protection and reduction in the replication of SARS-Cov 2 virus in nose, throat and lung tissues. The animal trials were conducted on 20 monkeys in India and three different vaccine candidates were tried on them.
5 Google-owned YouTube has reached 20 million music and premium paid subscribers and over 2 million YouTube TV paid subscribers
6 PUBG the popular gaming App removed from Google Play store and Apple App store following India's ban
7 National award-winning director Chaitanya Tamhan's “The Disciple” has won the FIPRESCI award at the 77th Venice Film Festival
8 Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has directed Serum Institute of India to suspend the new recruitments which were about to happen for recent phase 2 and 3 clinical trials of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine till further orders
9 A new study suggests that volcanic ash may have a larger influence on the planet's climate than scientists previously suspected
10 Punjab government’s agency; PEDA is playing a stellar role to curb in weeding out the stubble burning problem indigenously which is one of the biggest problems in north India
11 Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant-Governor of Jammu and Kashmir recently launched a new grievance redressal portal. The newly launched portal will be linked to the Union government’s grievance mechanism
12 SEBI in order to revamp its IT infrastructure network and communication system has shortlisted some of the top companies like Bharti Airtel, Wipro, and Tata Communication
13 The Jammu & Kashmir government has announced major a health scheme in which the government will provide universal health insurance to its residents free of cost.
14 Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the ‘Grih Pravesham’ event in Madhya Pradesh through video conferencing. During the event 1.75 Lakh Families were delivered pucca houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Grameen (PMAY-G)
15 Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit’s online dance training venture ‘Dance With Madhuri’ (DWM), which she started with her husband Shriram Nene in 2013, has witnessed a 5X growth during the lockdown
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.
