September 2020 Current Affairs

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INDEX OF CURRENT AFFAIRS

SERIA SECTION/TOPIC PAGE NO.
L NO.
1) AWARDS/MEDALS/HONORS/PRIZE 4
2) REPORTS /INDEX/SURVEY/STUDY 6
3) GOVT. SCHEMES/PORTAL /APPS/INITIATIVES 8
4) ECONOMY/BANKING 9
5) DEFENCE NEWS / MILITARY EXERCISE 12
6) ENVIRONMENTS 15
7) INTERNATIONAL NEWS 16
8) SPORTS 17
9) PERSONS IN NEWS 18
10) PLACES IN NEWS – SUMMITS/CONFERENCE 20
11) IMPORTANTS DATES & EVENTS 21
12) STATES IN NEWS 23
13) SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 24
14) FESTIVALS/GI TAGS 25
15) BOOKS 25
16) MISCELLANEOUS 26-28

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ANALYSIS OF CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS YEARS
QUESTIONS PAPERS (2015-2019)
SERIAL SECTION/TOPIC NO. OF

NO. QUESTIONS
1) AWARDS/MEDALS/HONORS/PRIZE 14
2) REPORTS /INDEX/SURVEY/STUDY 04
3) GOVT. SCHEMES/PORTAL /APPS/INITIATIVES 09
4) ECONOMY/BANKING 08
5) DEFENCE NEWS / MILITARY EXERCISE 10
6) ENVIRONMENTS 02
7) INTERNATIONAL NEWS 05
8) PERSONS IN NEWS 08
9) SPORTS 06
10) PLACES IN NEWS – SUMMITS/CONFERENCE 07
11) IMPORTANTS DATES & EVENTS 02
12) STATES IN NEWS 02
13) SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 02
14) FESTIVALS/GI TAGS 02
15) BOOKS 03
16) MISCELLANEOUS 10

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AWARDS/MEDALS/HONORS/PRIZE
 Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has been awarded the Ig Nobel Prize 2020 for Medical
Education. He has been awarded the prestigious award for “using the COVID-19 pandemic to teach
the world that politicians can have a more immediate effect on life and death than scientists and
doctors can”.
 Margaret Atwood has won the 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize's lifetime achievement
award. T.
 The 2020 UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize = awarded to ‘Ageing Nepal’ in Nepal &
‘United World Schools’ in UK.
 The 2020 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy = awarded to ‘Just Commit Foundation’ in
Ghana, ‘University Center for Social Participation’ in Mexico & ‘General Literacy Office in Sanaa’
in Yemen.
 Venice Film Festival Awards =

Serial no. Category Winner
1. GOLDEN LION Nomadland (English), directed by Chloé Zhao

2. SILVER LION – GRAND JURY PRIZE New Order (Spanish), directed by Michel
Franco
3. SILVER LION – AWARD FOR BEST Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Wife of a Spy (Japanese)
DIRECTOR
4. SPECIAL JURY PRIZE Dear Comrades! (Russian), directed by
Andrei Konchalovsky
5. AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY Chaitanya Tamhane, The Disciple (Marathi)
6. COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman (English)
7. COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor Pierfrancesco Favino, Padrenostro (Italian)
8. MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD Rouhollah Zamani, Sun Children (Persian)
for Best Young Actor or Actress
 Indira Gandhi peace prize awarded to Sir David Attenborough = The prize consists of a citation
and a monetary award of Rs.25 lakh. It recognises excellent efforts by individuals or organisations
which are working towards creating a new international economic order, towards promoting
international peace and development besides ensuring that scientific discoveries are used for the
good of humanity and enhancing the scope of the freedom.
 Mira Nair wins Jeff Skoll Award for Impact Media at Toronto International Film Festival.
 Sonu Sood receives SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by UNDP.
 Emmy award 2020 [72nd ] =

Drama Series: Succession.
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series: Succession.
Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Zendaya, Euphoria

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Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Jeremy Strong, Succession
 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2020 =

Biological Sciences = Dr Subhadeep Chatterjee & Dr Vatsala Thirumalai.
Chemical Sciences = Dr Jyotirmayee Dash, & Dr Subi Jacob George
Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences = Dr Abhijit Mukherjee & Dr Suryendu Dutta
Engineering Sciences = Dr Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni & Dr Kinshuk Dasgupta.
Mathematics Sciences = Dr UK Anandavardhanan, & Dr Rajat Subhra Hazra.
Medicine Sciences = Dr Bushra Ateeq & Dr Ritesh Agarwal.
Physics Sciences = Dr Rajesh Ganapathy & Dr Surajit Dhara.
 The Maharashtra government has announced the Gan Samragni Lata Mangeshkar award for
the year 2020-21 to veteran female playback singer Usha Mangeshkar.

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REPORTS/COMMITTEEG /INDEX/SURVEY/STUDY
 Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020 = Switzerland rank first. India rank 48. It is compiled by
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), Cornell University and INSEAD Business
School. India has joined the group of top 50 countries in the global innovation index for the first
time. It has become the third most innovative lower middle-income economy in the world. . It has
moved up four places to the 48th rank and keeping the top position among the nations in central
and southern Asia.
 World University Rankings 2021 of Times Higher Education (THE) = UK’s University of
Oxford tops the ranking. None from India in top-300 list of universities. The Indian Institute
of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, is the top-ranked University from India and is ranked in the 301-350
bands.
 Vice President releases ‘The State of Young Child in India’ report prepared by Mobile Creches.
Best-performing states: Kerala. Worst-performing states :Bihar.
 Ease of doing business ranking = Andhra Pradesh remained the top ranked state followed by UP
and Telangana. Delhi (12th among both states/UTs) was the best among UTs.
 World Bank has stopped the publication of its “Doing Business” report to probe data collection
irregularities in the annual ranking of countries’ business and investment climates.
The World Bank recently released its Ease of Doing Business Report, 2019 = New
Zealand retained its 1st position whereas Somalia was ranked at 190th spot. India was placed
at 63rd position this time (2019) out of 190 countries marking an improvement of 14 places from
its 77th position in 2018. India’s score improved from 67.23 in the previous year to 71.0 this
year. India continues to maintain its first position among South Asian countries.
The report measures the performance of countries across 10 different parameters namely-
1. Starting a Business,
2. Dealing with Construction permits,
3. Electricity availability,
4. Property registration,
5. Credit availability,
6. Protecting minority Investors,
7. Paying Taxes,
8. Trading across borders,
9. Contracts enforcement, and
10. Resolving Insolvency.
[This time two more parameters were considered namely, employing workers and contracting
with the government but these are not included in the score and rankings]
It ranks countries on the basis of Distance to Frontier (DTF) score that highlights the gap of an
economy with respect to the global best practice.
India still lags in areas such as enforcing contracts (163rd) and registering property (154th).
India’s ranking improved basically on four parameters = Starting a Business, Dealing with
Construction Permits, Trading across Borders, Resolving Insolvency.
The World Bank will now include Kolkata and Bengaluru, besides Delhi and Mumbai, for
preparing ease of doing business report, in order to provide a holistic picture of the business
environment of the country.
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 National Statistical Office (NSO) survey = Kerala tops literacy rate [96.2%] chart; AP worst
performer [66.4%].
 UN’s ‘The Levels & Trends in Child Mortality’ Report 2020’ = India’s under-5 child mortality
rate declined drastically between 1990 (126) and 2019 (34).
 Rajiv Mehrishi committee [ former CAG] = for assessment of relief to bank borrower.
 State Startup India Ranking 2019 by DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal
Trade) = Gujarat was the Best performer in Category X followed by Karnata and Kerala. Uttar
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu occupied the lowest positions.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands was the Best performer in Category Y. Sikkim secured the bottom
place.[ Category Y: All UTs except Delhi and all States in North East India except Assam.
Category X: All other States and UT of Delhi]
 Global Economic Freedom Index 2020 = by Canada’s Fraser Institute & Delhi-based Centre for
Civil Society. Hong Kong & Singapore tops the index & India’s rank is 105th.
 Human Capital Index 2020 = by World Bank. India ranked 116th rank with its score of 0.49. In
2018, India had scored 0.44. Singapore: 1st rank. The report highlights that, there has been a
major decline in remittances.
The index is based on three pillars namely,
1. Survival under which share of children surviving till the age of 5 is calculated.
2. School under which quantity and quality of education is included.
3. Health under which survival rates and healthy growing among children are included.
 India Happiness Report 2020 =

In overall happiness ranking of states and union territories: Mizoram 1st rank.
Among the big states Punjab got 1st rank.
Among smaller states Mizoram got 1st rank.
Among union territories Andaman and Nicobar Islands got 1st rank.
 IMD’s Global Smart City Index 2020 = The index has been topped by Singapore, followed by
Helsinki and Zurich as top three smart cities. Hyderabad was the top Indian city, placed at the
85th position.
 Gen. Shekatkar committee to review the effective utilisation of the Armed Forces Headquarters
Civil Services (AFHQ CS) cadre.
 World Risk Index (WRI) 2020 = India has been ranked at the 89th spot among 181 Countries.
WRI has been developed in cooperation with the United Nations University’s Institute for
Environment and Human Security (UNUEHS) and calculated by the International Law of Peace and
Armed Conflict (IFHV).

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GOVT. SCHEMES/PORTAL /APPS/INITIATIVES

 Union Cabinet approves ‘Mission Karmayogi’ – National Programme for Civil Services Capacity
Building (NPCSCB) – aimed at capacity building of central government employees.
 PM launches mobile app e-Gopala for providing assistance to farmers on livestock related issues.
 Fish Brood Bank to be set up at Sitamarhi and Aquatic Disease Referral Laboratory at
Kishanganj under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana.
Fish brood bank is a place (hatchery or farm) where brood fishes are available.
 India Post launches Five Star Villages Scheme to ensure 100% rural coverage of postal schemes.
 ‘Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework 2.0’ = Provides a roadmap for cities to inculcate a
climate-sensitive approach to urban planning and development launched by Union ministry of
housing and urban affairs.
 ‘Streets for People Challenge’ = aims to inspire cities to create pedestrian-friendly streets launched
by Union ministry of housing and urban affairs.
 Parliament passes Bill for giving ‘national importance’ tag to Jamnagar, Gujarat-based Ayurveda
institutes.
 POSHAN ABHIYAN: MoU signed between AYUSH Ministry and WCD Ministry to control
Malnutrition.
 O-SMART Scheme = Tsunami Early Warning Centre providing services to 25 Indian Ocean
Countries. This is being implemented under the OSMART scheme of Ministry of earth sciences.
 Kritagya Hackathon: Launched by ICAR to promote Farm Mechanization

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ECONOMY/BANKING
 Pan-India Green Term Ahead Market [GTAM] in electricity launched as a first step towards
greening the Indian short term power market. It is an alternative new model introduced for
selling off the power by the renewable developers in the open market without getting into long
term PPAs. It will benefit both buyers and sellers of renewable energy.
Key features of GTAM:
Key features of GTAM

1. Transactions through GTAM will be bilateral in nature with clear identification of
corresponding buyers and sellers; there will not be any difficulty in accounting for Renewable
Purchase Obligations (RPO).
2. GTAM contracts will be segregated into Solar RPO & Non-Solar RPO as RPO targets are also
segregated.
3. Daily & Weekly Contracts – Bidding will take place on MWh basis.
4. Price discovery will take place on a continuous basise. price time priority basis. Subsequently,
looking at the market conditions open auction can be introduced for daily & weekly contracts.
5. Energy scheduled through GTAM contract shall be considered as deemed RPO compliance of
the buyer.
 CII launches Future Business Group initiative to provide support to new businesses launched
during the past few years.
 Reliance Industries (RIL) becomes first Indian company to surpass the $200-billion market
capitalisation mark.
 iStartup2.0 = a ‘one-stop-shop’ for early and growth stage needs of startups introduced by ICICI
Bank.
 Consumer price index (retail) inflation 6.69% in August.

Consumer price index = It measures price changes from the perspective of a retail buyer.
Base Year for CPI is 2011-12
Four types of CPI are as follows:

CPI for Industrial Workers (IW).
CPI for Agricultural Labourer (AL).
CPI for Rural Labourer (RL).
CPI (Rural/Urban/Combined).
Of these, the first three are compiled by the Labour Bureau in the Ministry of Labour and
Employment. Fourth is compiled by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) in the Ministry
of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
CPI components = all are arranged them in descending order of WEIGHT (Combined All
India)
1. Food, beverages, tobacco
2. Food, beverages, tobacco
3. Housing
4. Fuel, light
5. Clothing, bedding, footwear

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 Wholesale price index (WPI) inflation at 0.16% in August

Wholesale Price Index WPI = It is the most widely used inflation indicator in India. Published by
the Office of Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. All transactions at
the first point of bulk sale in the domestic market are included. Major criticism for this index is
that the general public does not buy products at wholesale price. The base year of All-India WPI has
been revised from 2004-05 to 2011-12 in 2017.
WPI components = arranged in descending order of Weight
1. Manufacture : chemical , metal & foods
2. Primary articles: Food, non food & minerals.
3. Fuel: oil, electricity & coal.
Core inflation WPI = Only WPI of Non-food manufacturing industries.[i.e. without food and
Fuel part.]
 Index of industrial production (IIP) =

IIP components = all are arranged them in descending order of WEIGHT
1. Manufacturing [75.5%]
2. Mining [14.1%]
3. Electricity [10.3 %]
Base year = 2011-12.
 Government launches Real Time Market (RTM) of Indian Energy Exchange = It is an

organized market platform which will bring required flexibility to provide real time balance while
ensuring optimal utilization of the available surplus capacity in the system. It opens for 30 minutes
in a day, and buyers and sellers would have the option of placing buy or sell bids for each 15-minute
time block.
 RBI released new guidelines on PSL = As per the new guidelines, loans up to Rs. 50 Crore for
startups in agriculture and MSME sector would be given under Priority Sector. This apart, the
lending limit for health infrastructure has also been doubled to Rs. 10 crore.
As of now RBI has divided all legible PSL sectors into eight broad categories.
1. Agriculture
2. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
3. Export Credit
4. Education
5. Housing
6. Social Infrastructure
7. Renewable Energy
8. Other Sectors
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will implement the “Technology Vision for Cyber Security’
for Urban Cooperative Banks (2020-2023) to enhance the IT security system of Urban Co-
operative banking to prevent, detect, respond to and recover from cyber attacks.
 IDFC First Bank will launch “SafePay” a contactless debit card-based payment facility. This
payment facility will allow contactless debit card payments by simply waving one’s smartphone
against a Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled POS terminal.
 The Reserve Bank of India has announced that it will launch “Positive Pay System” for Cheque Truncation

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System from 01st January, 2021. The “Positive Pay System” will be developed by the National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI) and make it available to participant banks. Banks will be required to enable the
system for all account holders issuing cheques for amounts of Rs 50,000 and above. While availing of this
facility is at the discretion of the account holder, banks may consider making it mandatory in case of
cheques for amounts of Rs 5,00,000 and above.
 Vodafone Idea has announced its new unified brand identity by renaming all its products
under a new name and logo “Vi”. The Beleaguered telecom operator announced the rebranding of
the company through a virtual platform. The integration into one brand is believed to be the
company’s efforts to reduce the cost of maintaining two brands.
 State Bank of India is planning to launch a loan product named “SAFAL” for organic cotton
growers. The product Safe and Fast Agriculture Loan (SAFAL) is primarily focussed on organic
cotton growers who don’t have any credit history. SBI will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and
Machine Learning (ML) for this purpose.

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DEFENCE NEWS/SECURITY/MILITARY EXERCISE

 Indra Naval Drills-2020 = India and Russia will be holding two days toned down bilateral naval
exercise, `Indra 2020’. It will be in the Bay of Bengal, which is close to the strategic Strait of
Malacca from Sept 4-5.
Recently, India withdrew from the Kavkaz-2020 multinational exercise in Russia scheduled for
later this month due to the participation of Chinese troops. The naval exercise happening the
backdrop of Defence Minister’s visit to Russia for the Shanghai Cooperation organisation (SCO)
defence ministers meet.
 MoTA (Ministry of Tribal Affairs) and IIPA (Indian Institute of Public Administration) sign
agreement to set up National Institute of Tribal Research (NITR) at the IIPA campus, New
Delhi.
 Five (5 out of 36) Rafale fighter jets [3single seat & 2 twin seat]formally inducted into the
Golden Arrows squadron of IAF at the Ambala air base in Haryana in presence of French Defence
Minister Florence Parly.
Rafale fighter jets = Rafale is a French twin-engine and multirole fighter aircraft designed and
built by Dassault Aviation being produced for both the French Air Force and for carrier-based
operations in the French Navy.
Specifications = Top speed = 2,223 km/hr. length = 10.3 m. Height = 5.3 m. Range = 3700 km.
Weight = 24,500 kg.
Wide Range of Weapons system = Meteor missile, Scalp cruise missile and MICA weapons
system will be the mainstay of the weapons package of the Rafale jets.
Meteor: It is the next generation of Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile (BVRAAM)
designed to revolutionise air-to-air combat. The Meteor missile can target enemy aircraft from 150
km away.
SCALP Cruise Missiles: It can hit targets 300 km away.
MICA Missile System: It is a very versatile air-to-air missile. It comes with a radar seeker and
can be fired for the short-range to long-range as well right up to 100 km.
Air to Air Target: The ability to strike air-to-air targets from up to 150 km away and safely hit
land targets 300 km within enemy territory make them some of the deadliest fighter jets flying in the
world.
 Aero India-21 to be held at Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru on 3-7, February 2021.
 Ministry of Defence signs contract for Six Pinaka Regiments [Pinaka Multiple Launch Rocket
System] = It has been indigenously designed and developed by Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO).
his is a flagship project showcasing public-private partnership under the aegis of the Government
of India
Pinaka rocket is capable of carrying a 100kg payload for a range of 40km. A single Pinaka battery
can neutralize a surface area of 700m x 500m.
The system can engage targets with a circular error probability (CEP) of one to two percent of
the range.
The rockets can be fitted with a wide range of warheads including pre-fragmented high explosive,
anti-tank bomblet, anti-tank mine let warhead, anti-personnel mines, incendiary practice, and
pilot shot.

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 DRDO successfully flight-tested Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle = India now

has become the fourth country in the world after the US, China and Russia to do such testing that
would help missiles to travel at six times the speed of sound known as the hypersonic speed. The
testing would lead to development of hypersonic cruise missiles.
Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle = It is an unmanned scramjet demonstration

aircraft that are used in hypersonic speed flights. It will work as a carrier vehicle for hypersonic
and long-range cruise missiles It also has several applications such as low-cost launch of small
satellites. It weighs 1-metric-ton and having length of 5.6-meter (18-ft.). It is a long air vehicle
having a flattened octagonal cross section. It contains mid-body stub-wings and raked tail fins It
has a 3.7-meter rectangular section for air intake. The scramjet engine (where combustion takes
place) is fitted under the mid-body. The aft body (rear part of the ship) serves as the exhaust nozzle.
 India successfully conducted the flight test of ABHYAS – High-speed Expendable Aerial Target
(HEAT) vehicles from a test range in Odisha. ABHYAS has been designed and developed by the
Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) of the DRDO. The trial, carried out by the
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at
Chandipur.
 Indigenously developed laser-guided anti-tank guided missile of 4 km range test fired from MBT
Arjun Tank by DRDO in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. The Arjun is a third generation main battle
tank developed by the DRDO. Pune-based Armament Research and Development Establishment
(ARDE) developed the ATGM in association with High Energy Materials Research Laboratory and
Instruments Research and Development Establishment (IRDE).
 Indian Navy, Royal Australian Navy hold Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in East Indian Ocean
Region (IOR).
 Surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile test fired at night in Odisha; nuclear capable missile has range
of 350 km.
Specifications =
 surface-to-surface missile
 strike range of 350 kilometres
 nuclear as well as conventional warheads
 It is 8.56 meter long and has 1m diameter. It can target mobile targets including unmanned
aerial vehicles.
 Prithvi-2 is capable of carrying 500-1,000 kilograms of warheads and is powered by liquid
propulsion twin engines. The state-of-the-art missile uses an advanced inertial guidance
system with manoeuvring trajectory to hit its target,
 Already inducted into the armoury of the defence forces in 2003,
 “Prithvi” is the first missile to have been developed by the DRDO under the Integrated
Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).
 India-Japan maritime exercise (JIMEX) being held in the Arabian Sea.
 Djibouti Code of Conduct = It is a regional maritime security cooperation agreement. The conduct
was established by International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2008. India also became an
observer state under the grouping recently.

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 GoI permits up to 74% FDI under automatic route in Defence Sector = Till date, the Government
of India has permitted 100% foreign investments in the defence sector. Of this 49% were allowed
under automatic route and above this an approval from the government was required. Now the
share of this automatic route has been increased to 74%.
 The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has successfully developed ‘MOUSHIK’, an
indigenously-made microprocessor for the Internet of things (IoT) devices.

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ENVIRONMENTS
 Global Initiative to reduce Land Degradation and Coral Reef program launched during G20
Environment Ministers Meeting, Saudi Arabia. Theme of the meeting has been selected as-
“Realizing Opportunities of the 21st Century for All”. The primary aim of the initiative is to
strengthen the implementation of existing frameworks in order to prevent, halt, and reverse land
degradation within G20 member states and globally.
 The Mediterranean hurricanes are called medicanes. The scientists have recently warned that
these hurricanes have now become more frequent lately. This is mainly due to human induced
climate change.
 Cyanobacteria: Cause of death in 330 Botswana Elephants = The authorities have found that
Cyanobacteria is the cause of death in these 330 elephants.
Cyanobacteria = are photosynthetic bacteria. They are microscopic organism that holds blue
pigment called phycocyanin. The bacteria capture bright light through this pigment to prepare its
food. It is commonly found in soil and water. They carry symbiotic relation with lichen forming
fungi.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
 India-Japan-Australia decides to launch resilient supply chain initiative in the Indo-Pacific
region. Supply chain resilience is an approach that helps a country to ensure that it has diversified
its supply risk across a clutch of supplying nations instead of being dependent on just one or a
few. The initiative aims to reduce the dependency on a single nation (at present China).
SCRI is a direct response to individual companies and economies concerned about Chinese political
behaviour and the disruption that could lead to the supply chain.
The initiative, first proposed by Japan with India and Australia as partners
 Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun designates diplomat Mustapha Adib to form a new Lebanon
government.
 Donald Trump announces Wilmington in North Carolina state as first World War II Heritage
City of US.
 Typhoon Maysak hits South Korea’s southern and eastern coasts and Hurricane Nana hits
Honduras, moves towards Belize.
 First World Solar Technology Summit organized by International Solar Alliance (ISA) along
with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). The summit was
inaugurated by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. The main objective of the summit is to
pay attention to state-of-the-art technologies and next-generation technologies.
 Iran holding naval exercise ‘Zolfaghar-99’ nears the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf of Oman.
 India votes in favour of UNGA resolution for international cooperation to combat Covid
acknowledging World Health Organisation’s key leadership role in responding to the outbreak
 US: State of emergency declared in Louisiana state over coming Tropical Storm Sally
 Recently NASA’s Hubble Telescope for the first time ever signalled the presence of a giant halo
of gas found surrounding the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbour – the Andromeda galaxy.
Halo is nothing but a huge scattering of gas which is usually found surrounding the celestial bodies.
Also known as M31, the Andromeda galaxy is a majestic spiral of around 1 trillion stars and
comparable in size to our Milky Way galaxy.
 UNEP launches “Green Nudges” programme for universities = The UN Environment Programme
(UNEP) launched a new publication, “The Little Book of Green Nudges”. It aims to inspire up to
200 million students around the globe to adopt environmentally friendly habits and greener
lifestyles. It is UNEP’s first on behavioural science and nudge theory.
 India beats China to become Member of UN’s Commission on Status of Women = India has
recently been elected as one of the members of the Commission on Status of Women (CSW)
which is a body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). India will be a member for four
years from 2021 to 2025.
 Yoshihide Suga voted as the new PM of Japan.

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 NASA announces Artemis Plan to land first woman, next man on moon in 2024.
 Abraham Accord = UAE and Bahrain to deal with Israel. The parties have agreed to establish a
diplomatic tie in order to stop the annexation of occupied land by the Palestine for their future
state.
 Pakistan to elevate Gilgit-Baltistan to a full-fledged province = India on the other hand has
conveyed that the entire Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh including Gilgit and Baltistan
is an integral part of the country.
 Iran has more than 10 times the amount of enriched uranium permitted under an international
agreement (2015): International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
 Mexico has become the first country in the world to issue a sovereign bond linked to the
sustainable development goals set by the United Nations. This new bond was issued under
Mexico’s new “SDG Sovereign Bond Framework,” which was released in February in partnership
with French investment bank Natixis.
 The Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) in Rome, Italy, has become the first airport in the
world to be certified with “COVID-19 5-star airport rating” from Skytrax, a U.K.-based airport
and airline review firm. FCO, also known as the Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, is the
busiest airport in Italy.
SPORTS
 Bhanu Prakash Jonnalagadda wins gold medal at the Mind Sports Olympiad in London.
 Western & Southern Open tennis tournament in US = Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (men’s),
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus (women’s) win singles title.
 India’s GM P. Iniyan wins 48th annual world open chess tournament (online).
 Us Open Tennis games = Japan’s Naomi Osaka defeats Victoria Azarenka of Belarus to win
women’s singles title in the Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing Meadows in New York.
Men’s doubles title won by Croatia’s Mate Pavić & Brazil’s Bruno Soares
Women’s doubles title won by Germany’s Laura Siegemund & Russia’s Vera Zvonareva.
 Italian Open Tennis = Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (men’s), Romania’s Simona Halep (women’s) win
singles titles.

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PERSONS IN NEWS
 Former President (2012-2017) Pranab Mukherjee dies at 84; awarded Bharat Ratna in 2019.
 Dr S. I. Padmavati, dies at 103. She won Padma Bhushan (1967) and Padma Vibhushan (1992).
She is India’s first female cardiologist.
 SC bench punishes lawyer Prashant Bhushan with a ₹1 fine for committing criminal contempt.
 Tunisia = Parliament approves Hichem Mechichi as new prime minister.
 Scientist Govind Swarup (91), one of the pioneers in radio-astronomy, dies in Pune; won Padma
Shri in 1973, Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 1972.
 Paresh Rawal appointed Chairperson of the National School of Drama (NSD).
 UNICEF India appoints Ayushmann Khurrana as celebrity advocate for children’s rights
campaign – ‘For Every Child’.
 Indian bureaucrat Rajesh Khullar appointed Executive Director, World Bank.
 Indian bureaucrat Sameer Kumar Khare appointed Executive Director, Asian Development
Bank.
 Harivansh Narayan Singh re-elected as Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman.
 India’s Udit Singhal (18) named by UN to 2020 cohort of young leaders for SDGs (Sustainable
Development Goals) by UN; is founder of Delhi-based Glass2Sand.
 Women Officers for the first time join Helicopter Stream of Indian Navy = In a first, two
women officers to be deployed on Indian Navy warships; Sub Lieutenant Kumudini Tyagi and
Sub Lieutenant Riti Singh graduated as Observers (airborne tacticians) in the helicopter stream.
 PM Modi, Ayushmann Khurrana in Time’s magazine list of ‘100 Most Influential People’ of
2020.
 Michael Lonsdale, who played James Bond villain in Moonraker (1979), dies at 8 sept.
 Playback singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam dies in Chennai 74; awarded Padma Shri in 2001 and
Padma Bhushan in 2011.
 Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur appointed President of Pune-based Film and Television Institute of
India (FTII).
 Dr Kapila Vatsyayan who was a Leading scholar of Indian classical dance, art, architecture and art
history passed away on September 16, 2020 at the age of 92.
She reveived the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship which is the highest honour conferred by the
Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1970.
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She has also been conferred with the Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship in 1955 which happens to be
highest honour in the fine arts.
In 2011, she was bestowed upon with the Padma Vibhushan by the government of India.
In 2000, she received the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award.
She was also a founding Director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
She wrote many books including, 1. The Square and the Circle of Indian Arts in 1997 2.
Bharata: The Natya Sastra in 1996 and 3. Matralaksanam in 1988. She had been a former
Member of Parliament.
 The Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Serraj is to resign by the end of October 2020. The United
Nations has welcomed his resignation. The United Nations backed government of national record
failed to provide stability to Libya. Basically, the GNA has no security forces. The public
administration does not exist under GNA. Very few banks operate in the regions. The regions are
also facing abundant water, petrol and power shortages.
 Flight Lieutenant, Shivangi Singh to become the first woman fighter pilot of India to fly the
Rafale combat aircraft that was formally inducted into the Indian Air Force(IAF) September 10,
2020. She is one of the 10 Indian women fighter pilots in IAF. Five Rafale Aircraft were formally
inducted into the IAF’s 17 Squadron ‘Golden Arrows’ on September 10, 2020, at a function held
at Air Force Station, Ambala (Haryana).
 Tamil Nadu has appointed India’s first-ever woman ambulance driver, M Veeralakshmi under a
new initiative by CM Palaniswami.

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PLACES IN NEWS – SUMMITS/CONFERENCE

 India to conduct VAIBHAV Summit i.e. Vaishwik Bharatiya Vaigyanik Summit. The summit is
an initiative by Science and technology experts spread all over the world and working in academic
organisations of India. It enables a deliberation on thought process and research and development
culture focusing on problem solving approach.
 Cycling Federation of India (CFI) is all set to host the first-ever Cycling Summit in 2021 to
promote the culture of cycling in the country. The Cycling Summit 2021 will be hosted in Delhi,
Mumbai, and Bangalore.
 The 5th BRICS Culture Ministers’ Meeting was held under the chairpersonship of Russian
Federation.
 The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and NITI Aayog will
organize a summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI), RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible AI for Social
Empowerment 2020′ from October 5-9, 2020. RAISE 2020 will be a global meeting of minds to
exchange ideas and chart a course for using AI for social transformation, inclusion and
empowerment in areas like Healthcare, Agriculture, Education and Smart Mobility, among other
sectors.
 The United Kingdom and the United Nations are going to co-organise a global climate summit
on December 12, 2020, to mark the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement
in 2015. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will co-
host the event.

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IMPORTANTS DATES & EVENTS

 International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances = August 30.
 World Coconut Day = September 2. Theme: ‘Invest in Coconut to save the world’.
 September 5 = Teachers’ day in India. Birth anniversary of former President Dr. Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan celebrated as Teachers’ day.
 International Day of Charity = September 5; It is celebrated on death anniversary of Mother

Teresa who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta in 1950 and received the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1979.
 Kesavananda Bharati, head of Kasaragod (Kerala)-based Edneer Mutt and petitioner in landmark
SC judgement on basic structure of the Constitution in 1973, dies at 79. [prepare basic structure
of the Constitution in detailed from M. Laxmikant book]
 First International Day of Clean Air for blue skies = September 7.
 International Literacy Day = August 8. Focus: “Literacy, teaching and learning in the COVID-19
crisis and beyond”.
 World Suicide Prevention Day = September 10.
 The International Day for South-South Cooperation observed by the UN = September 12.
 Hindi Diwas = September 14. It marks adoption of Hindi (written in Devanagari script) as the
official language by the Constituent Assembly in 1949.
 Engineer’s Day in India = September 15. Celebrated on birth anniversary of Sir M.

Visvesvaraya.
 International Day of Democracy = September 15.
 World Lymphoma Awareness Day = September 15.
 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer = September 16. Theme: ‘Ozone
for life: 35 years of ozone layer protection’. The day is observed to commemorate the signing of
Montreal protocol in 1987. The day is celebrated since 1994.
The Montreal Protocol was framed at the Vienna Convention with an aim to reduce usage of
substances that deplete the ozone layer. Year 2020 marks the 35 years of Vienna Convention.
Montreal Protocol is the only UN treaty that every country that is 197 members of the united
nations (UN) has ratified on the earth. The Kigali Agreement was also signed to amend the
Montreal protocol to reduce the uses of hydro-fluorocarbons by 80% to 85% by 2040 in order to
reduce the greenhouse gases.
 World Patient Safety Day observed on September 17. Theme: ‘Health Worker Safety: A Priority
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for Patient Safety’.
 First International Equal Pay Day = September 18.
 World Bamboo Day = September 18.
 World Peace Day = September 21. Theme: Shaping Peace Together.
 World Rhino Day = September 22. Theme: Five Rhino Species Forever.
 World Maritime Day = September 24. Theme: ‘Sustainable Shipping for a Sustainable
Planet’.
 International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons = September 26.
 International Day for Universal Access to Information = 28 September. Theme: ‘Leaving No

One Behind!’.
 World Rabies Day = September 28. Theme: ‘End Rabies Collaborate, Vaccinate’.
 World Heart Day = Sept 29. Theme: ‘Use Heart To Beat Cardiovascular Disease’.
 1st International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste celebrated on Sept 29. Theme:
“Stop food loss and waste. For the people. For the planet”
 September 27 = World Tourism Day. UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization)
has designated 2020 year as the “Year of Tourism and Rural Development”. Theme: Tourism and
Rural Development.

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STATES IN NEWS
 Union Cabinet approves J&K Official Languages Bill. J&K will have Urdu, Kashmiri, Dogri,
Hindi and English as official languages.
 Assam govt re-launches SVAYEM (Swami Vivekananda Assam Youth Empowerment) scheme
to provide self-employment to youths.
 The Jammu and Kashmir government recently set up a 10-member biodiversity council.
Biodiversity Council-Composition = It includes five ex-officio members and five non-official
members. The council be headed by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests of Jammu and
Kashmir, Mohit Gera.
The biodiversity council will function in consultation with National Biodiversity Authority, as
per an order issued by General Administration Department (GAD).
 Fruits & vegetables in J&K covered under ‘Operation Green’s TOP to TOTAL’ scheme =
Operation Greens was announced in the budget 2018-19 on the line of “Operation Flood”. It has
an outlay of Rs.500 crore and it aims to promote Farmer Producers Organizations (FPOs), agri-
logistics, processing facilities and professional management. It is a central sector scheme approved
by Ministry of Food Processing Industries. It focuses on the organised marketing of the of TOP
vegetables by connecting the farmers with consumers through eNAM platforms.
 Tamil Nadu becomes first state with AI, blockchain, cybersecurity policies.
 PM launches ‘Har Gao Mein Optical Fibre’ project to connect state’s all 45,945 villages in
Bihar.
 The Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik has launched a new scheme named ‘GARIMA’
which aims to ensure the economic safety and social dignity of core sanitation workers in the state.
 Maharashtra bans sale of unpackaged “loose” cigarettes and beedis as they don’t have health
warnings.
 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.
 PM Modi launches “Ghar Tak Fibre” scheme in Bihar.
 Gujarat launches new subsidy scheme for E-Vehicles. The scheme was launched in order to
celebrate the 70th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
 Kerala wins United Nations Interagency Task Force Award for Control of Non-Communicable
Diseases related Sustainable Development Goals.
 The first-ever “seaplane services in Gujarat” will be commenced from 31 October 2020. It will
offer seamless and affordable air connectivity from Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad to
Statue of Unity in Kevadia in Gujarat.

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 The state government of Meghalaya has launched India’s Biggest “Piggery Mission” with an
outlay of Rs 209 Crores. It is being launched under the aegis of Meghalaya Livestock Enterprises
Advancement Society (MLEADS) and funded by the National Cooperative Development
Corporation (NCDC).
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

 AUDFs01 galaxy [ One of the farthest Star galaxies in universe] = discovered by Astronomers at
the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune. Discovery made using Multi
Wavelength Space Observatory ‘AstroSat’.
 Asteroid 465824 = NASA has been tracking asteroid 465824 2010 FR, which is twice as big as the
Pyramid of Giza and is expected to cross the Earth’s orbit on September 6. It is classified as a Near-
Earth Object (NEO) and a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA).
Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun. They are smaller than planets and are also called
minor planets. Asteroids are the remnants from the formation of the solar system over 4.6 billion
years ago. Such objects are found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Asteroids can be classified into Trojans asteroid , which are asteroids that share an orbit with a
larger planet and Near-Earth Asteroids (NEA), which have orbits that pass close by the Earth.
Those that cross the Earth’s orbit are called Earth-crossers.

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FESTIVALS/GI TAGS
 Venice Film Festival = ‘The Disciple’, Marathi film directed by Chaitanya Tamhane, wins
FIPRESCI award.
 Losar festival - ladakh( UT)

Beginning of New Year in this Himalayan region.
 Wangala Festival – Meghalaya = Annual Hundred Drums festival.
 Festival of Tendong Lho Rum Faat of the ethnic Lepcha tribe of Sikkim
 Bihu festival - Assam
 Shahpur jat autumn festival- Delhi
 Mehrauli monsoon festival- Delhi
BOOKS
 PM inaugurates Patrika Gate in Jaipur, releases books Samvad Upanishad and Akshar Yatra
written by Patrika Group Chairman Gulab Kothari.
 Former U.S. President Barack Obama announces ‘A Promised Land’ as title of his forthcoming
memoirs in November.
 Karan Johar authored a children’s picture book titled “The Big Thoughts of Little Luv”.
 Pope Francis is set to release the book “Let Us Dream” in December 2020.
 Arundhati Roy’s new book titled “Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction” is published by Penguin
Books.
 Star chef Vikas Khanna has authored a book titled “Kitchens of Gratitude”.
 A new book titled “Voices of Dissent” authored by Historian Romila Thapar.
 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has launched a book titled ‘A bouquet of flowers’ written by
Dr Krishna Saksena.

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MISCELLANEOUS( imp )
 Adani Group acquires 74% stake in Mumbai International Airport Ltd. (MIAL) from GVK
group (50.5%), Airport Company of South Africa (10%) and Bidvest (13.5%).
 CSIR-CMERI develops World’s Largest Solar Tree in Durgapur (West Bengal). Annual
generation capacity is 12,000-14,000 units.
 ASI declares site and remains at Sadikpur Sinauli in UP’s Baghpat district to be of national
importance. Evidence of the existence of a warrior class around 2,000 BCE was discovered in
2018.
 Indian Oil chartered tanker ‘New Diamond’ catches fire off the coast of Sri Lanka.
 Five PSUs (ONGC, IOCL, BPCL, HPCL and GAIL) under Petroleum Ministry to join
International Solar Alliance Coalition for Sustainable Climate Action.
 Logo for National Bamboo Mission released which is designed by Sai Ram Goudi Edigi of
Telangana.
 Inaugural run of South India’s 1st and country’s 2nd Kisan Rail between Anantapur (AP) and
New Delhi flagged off. The first Kisan Rail was flagged off between Devlali in Maharashtra
and Danapur in Bihar as a weekly service.
 EGoM (Empowered Group of Ministers) set up under Chairmanship of Defence Minister

Rajnath Singh to oversee the corporatisation of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB).
 E-foundation stone of Shri Arun Jaitley Memorial Sports Complex laid at Hiranagar in
Jammu.
 Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) The Supreme Court Judgment = The Supreme Court has
allowed 10 years for staggered payment of AGR dues. The court also observed that contempt
proceedings will begin in case of non-payment of installment. Every year by 7th February,
payments have to be made.
Dept. of telecommunication argued that AGR includes all revenues from both telecom and non-
telecom services. The companies claimed that AGR should comprise just the revenue accrued
from core services and not dividend, interest income or profit on the sale of any investment or
fixed assets.
 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance launches AI-powered voice chatbot- LiGo = This will help
ICICI policyholders to have their queries answered by simple voice commands.
 Dropping the Question Hour in LS schedule of Monsoon Session = It has dropped the Question
but unstarred questions would be allowed. Question hour had also been suspended during the
Chinese aggression in 1962.
Question Hour = It is during this one hour that Members of Parliament ask questions of ministers
and hold them accountable for the functioning of their ministries. Parliament has comprehensive
rules for dealing with every aspect of Question Hour and the presiding officers of the two houses
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are the final authority with respect to the conduct of Question Hour. Usually Question Hour is
the first hour of a parliamentary sitting. But In 2014, Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari
shifted Question Hour in the House from 11 am to 12 noon.
 IIT Delhi launches ‘‘Chakr DeCoV’’ to decontaminate N95 masks = The mechanism utilises the
high penetrability of Ozone gas for cleaning the pores of the N95 mask. Ozone is a strong
oxidizing agent that destroys viruses by diffusing through the protein coat, resulting in damage to
the viral RNA. Proper dosage and exposure of Ozone can result in inactivation of SARS CoV-2 and
a 99.9999 per cent reduction in bacterial load, after which an N95 mask can be reused for up to 10
times without any impact on the filtration efficiency.
 Permanent Commission to Women in Indian Army = The Supreme Court of India delivered a
ruling that allows women to serve as permanently commissioned (PC) officers in 10 combat support
arms and services of the Indian Army. The Indian Army had set in motion a series of preparatory
actions for the conduct of the Permanent Commission Selection Board for affected women
officers. The associated Selection Board will be scheduled as soon as all affected Short Service
Commissioned (SSC) women officers exercise their option and complete requisite documentation.
The order grant the permission of Permanent Commission (PC) to Short Service Commissioned
(SSC) women officers in all the 10 streams of the Army in which they presently serve.
 Restructuring the Railway Board = The number of Railway Board members will be reduced to
five from existing eight. It will be headed by the chairman and four members — covering
infrastructure, operations and business development, rolling stock, and finance. The board will also
include sectoral experts from industry, finance, economics, and management fields. The
chairman will be the cadre-controlling officer responsible for Human resources (HR) with
assistance from a director-general (HR). Vinod Kumar Yadav became the first chairman and chief
executive officer (CEO) of the board.
 National Medical Commission replaces Medical Council of India based on the recommendation
made by NITI Aayog.; Dr Suresh Chandra Sharma is first Chairman. The commission is made of
33 members. It is headed by a chairperson who is a medical professional. Also, the commission will
have 10 ex-officio members and 22 part time members.
The main functions of the commission = Laying down policies to regulate medical professionals
and medical institution. Assessing requirements of healthcare infrastructure and human resources.
Ensuring if the State Medical Councils comply to rules and regulations. Framing guidelines to
determine fee structure of private medical institutions.
 Foundation Day (Sept 25) of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)
celebrated as “Kaushal Se Kal Badlenge”.
 Foundation stone of ‘Centre for Disability Sports’ laid at Gwalior (MP).
 India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) recently exited from Sudan oilfields. This step was
taken by ONGC after the African nation refused to pay for oil it lifted from the fields.
 India’s first private Jet Terminal at New Delhi.
 FELUDA = First Gene based COVID-19 test approved in India. The Drug Controller General of
India (DCGI) has recently approved the gene-based COVID-19 test called Feluda. The test was
indigenously developed and uses cutting edge CRISPR gene editing technology to detect the
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COVID-19 virus.
 India launches first Cargo Ferry Service to Maldives = The service will help boost the business
and trade relations between the countries. The launch of the service will also help to boost
Neighbourhood First Policy. The service will connect Tuticorin and Cochin ports of Indi with
Male and Kulhudhuhfushi ports of Maldives.
 Airbus to launch World’s first Commercial Hydrogen aircraft by 2035. The hydrogen aircraft
designed and created by airbus is the first commercial hydrogen powered aircraft. Prior to this the
Russian manufacturer Tupolev had built a prototype called Tu-154. This was the first experimental
aircraft that operated on liquid nitrogen. Though hydrogen is a clean fuel, it is more expensive than
that of the fossil fuels. The world’s largest hydrogen production Centre is the Fukushima hydrogen
energy research field that is located in Japan.
 NITI Aayog and Netherlands sign “Decarbonisation and Energy Transition Agenda” to
accommodate cleaner energy.

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INDEX OF CURRENT AFFAIRS

3) GOVT. SCHEMES/PORTAL /APPS/INITIATIVES 8

5) DEFENCE NEWS / MILITARY EXERCISE 12

10) PLACES IN NEWS – SUMMITS/CONFERENCE 20

11) IMPORTANTS DATES & EVENTS 21

12) STATES IN NEWS 23

13) SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 24

14) FESTIVALS/GI TAGS 25

16) MISCELLANEOUS 26-28

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12) STATES IN NEWS 02

13) SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 02

14) FESTIVALS/GI TAGS 02

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 Venice Film Festival Awards =

1. GOLDEN LION Nomadland (English), directed by Chloé Zhao

 Sonu Sood receives SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by UNDP.

 Emmy award 2020 [72nd ] =

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 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2020 =

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 India Happiness Report 2020 =

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GOVT. SCHEMES/PORTAL /APPS/INITIATIVES

 Kritagya Hackathon: Launched by ICAR to promote Farm Mechanization

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Key features of GTAM

 Consumer price index (retail) inflation 6.69% in August.

Four types of CPI are as follows:

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 Wholesale price index (WPI) inflation at 0.16% in August

 Index of industrial production (IIP) =

 Government launches Real Time Market (RTM) of Indian Energy Exchange = It is an

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 DRDO successfully flight-tested Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle = India now

Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle = It is an unmanned scramjet demonstration

 India-Japan maritime exercise (JIMEX) being held in the Arabian Sea.

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 Yoshihide Suga voted as the new PM of Japan.

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 Tunisia = Parliament approves Hichem Mechichi as new prime minister.

 Paresh Rawal appointed Chairperson of the National School of Drama (NSD).

 Indian bureaucrat Rajesh Khullar appointed Executive Director, World Bank.

 Harivansh Narayan Singh re-elected as Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman.

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