Latest Current Affairs 2020: 14th September 2020

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Austria's Dominic Thiem (Image Source: Google Images.)

 National Current Affairs 

• PM Narendra Modi dedicated three Petroleum sector projects in Bihar to nation.

• Road Transport and Highways Ministry implementing iRAD App (Integrated Road Accident Database).

• Researchers from Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) have found that the methane hydrate deposits are located in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin are of biogenic origin.

• Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said India will be self reliant in production of fertilizers by 2023.

• Jammu & Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha, announced Rs. 5 Lakh annual health insurance for residents at the annual cost of Rs. 123 crore.

• Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum (SCTIMST), develops device for prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis.

• Department of Agriculture found that fraudsters duped crores of rupees under PM-KISAN Nidhi Scheme.

• Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Company Bhopal is the first power distribution company to adopt e-office in India.

•  A  Research lab of Defence Research and Development Organisation  to be opened in Kailaras-Jaura region, Morena district in Madhya Pradesh.

• Living Planet Report 2020 released by World Wide Fund for Nature.

• Uttar Pradesh government is going to constitute a Special Security Force (SSF) in the state. On the lines of the Central Industrial Security Force, It will be responsible for security of vital government and private buildings, and industrial establishments.

• The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu calls for according equal respect to all Indian languages.

• Rice procurement estimated at 495.37 LMT for Kharif Crop Season of 2020-21.

• National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Bangalore, has developed Indian Brain Templates (IBT) and a brain atlas.

BANKING, ECONOMIC & FINANCE News

• Liberty General Insurance and SpiceJet to offer travel insurance to the customers.

• HCL Technologies partners with NVIDIA Partner Network to expand opportunities in AI.

AWARDS 

• Filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane’s ‘The Disciple’ won the Best Screenplay award at Venice International Film Festival.

OBITUARIES

• India-born renowned Pakistani Shia scholar Allama Zameer Akhtar Naqvi passes away.

IMPORTANT DAYS

• September 12: Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day is celebrated. Article 343 Hindi is official language of India.

• January 10: World Hindi Day is celebrated.

SPORTS Current Affairs

• Austria's Dominic Thiem became 2nd Grand Slam single champion with US Open triumph. Domnic Theim beats Alexander Zverev to win men’s singles title.

• Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain) wins F1 Tuscan Grand Prix 2020.

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