Latest Current Affairs 2020: 18th September 2020

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National Current Affairs 

• Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced New scheme for e-Vehicles.

• The Railway Board has announced to levy user fee at Major Stations.

• In India- Pakistan to meet in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Virtual meeting On September 24, 2020.

• The Union Food Processing Industries Minister Shrimati Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned on September 17, 2020.

• The Institute for Management Development (IMD)  released Global Smart City Index 2020.

• Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh addresses Bamboo Webinar to mark the ‘World Bamboo Day’.

• Lok Sabha passes two agriculture reform bills aimed at bringing revolutionary changes in the lives of farmers.

• Delhi Metro launches first indigenous signal system i-ATS.

• SBM Bank India, Mastercard launch Debit Card For High Net Worth Customers.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the historical Kosi Rail Mega Bridge in Bihar.

• The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) extends date of implementation of Toys (Quality Control) Order, 2020 to 1st January 2021.

• Amazon India Sets Up All-women Delivery Station in Gujarat’s Kadi.

• Maharashtra Govt launches road accident insurance scheme named after Balasaheb Thackeray‘Late Balasaheb Thackeray Road Accident Insurance Scheme'.

• Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur virtually inaugurated the “Swachhata Cafe” at Nalagarh in Solan.

BANKING, ECONOMIC & FINANCE News

• SBI plans 24×7 OTP-based cash withdrawal above Rs. 10,000.

• World Bank agrees to finance 50 Million US$ for strengthening of Healthcare Institutions in Jammu & Kashmir.

• Asian Development Bank (ADB) agreed to invest $500 million to Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation’s (BMRCL).

• Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna will be honoured with the prestigious 2020 Asia Game Changer Award.

AWARDS 

• Margaret Atwood Honoured With 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

OBITUARIES

• Mali’s former president Moussa Traore dies at 83.

• Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka Ashok Gasti passes away.

• Former Reserve Bank Guv Amitabha Ghosh passes away.

APPOINTMENT

• After Harsimrat Badal resignation Narendra Singh Tomar given additional charge of Food Processing Industries Ministry

IMPORTANT DAYS

• 18 September : World Bamboo Day.

• 18 September : International Equal Pay Day 

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