Latest Current Affairs 2020: 15th September 2020

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  • August retail inflation stands at 6.69 percent from 6.73 percent in July.

  • The new Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020, intended to give the powers to restructure Cooperative Banks to the Reserve Bank of India.

  •  My Family, My Responsibility campaign launched by Maharashtra to achieve health care to fight COVID-19.
  • Maharashtra Government accords ambulance status to vehicles carrying medical oxygen for one year.

  • HIKAI (Hybrid Interactive Knowledge Assimilation Initiative) Online academic classes inaugurated in Meghalaya.

  • PM Modi launches seven urban infrastructure projects in Bihar under AMRUT Mission.

  • Amitabh Bachchan becomes the voice of Alexa in India.
  • Gauri Khan's book 'My Life in Desig' to be released next year.

  • TikTok to merge with Oracle, a US based firm.
  •  Asian Development Bank predicted Asian Economy to shrink for the first time since 1960s due to pandemic.
  • The central government introduced the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2020, in Lok Sabha, to regulate the fertility treatment practices.

  • Central Government to ban onion export from India.

  • Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) rules out to regulate OTT Communication Apps.

  • Cabinet approves establishment of new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Darbhanga, Bihar.

  • Department of Posts released Postage Stamp on A-SAT: India’s First Anti Satellite Missile.

  • Minister of Culture and Minister of Tourism of India, Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurates Sangeet Sandhya.

  • Book titled The End of an Era; India Exits Tibet authored by Claude Arpi.

  • Google announces Verified Calls to identify genuine callers, reason for calling.
  • IIM Kozhikode launched 'Veli Band' a wearable gadget.
  • Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh lays foundation stone online of Arun Jaitley 

  • Memorial Sports Complex at Hiranagar, in Kathua district of Jammu & Kashmir.

  • Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R) signed MoU with Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneshwar in agriculture research and education.

  • International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) and India Gold Policy Centre (IGPC) – IIMA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the IFSCA, GIFT City Gandhinagar, Gujarat to provide consulting facilities to the establishment of International Bullion Exchange in India.

INTERNATIONAL Affairs


  • Undersecretary-  General of United Nations (UN) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, announced Eight challenges for the future operations to help sustain peacekeeping mission.

                                            BANKING, ECONOMIC & FINANCE News

  • ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd entered into a bancassurance tie-up with Yes Bank for selling its insurance products.
  • Infosys to acquire Europe-based GuideVision for Euro 30 million.
  • Wipro to provide support to Intel.
  • Youtube started testing YouTube Short a kind of TikTok version.
  • S&P Global Ratings slashed its growth forecast for India to (-) 9 per cent in FY21.

AWARDS
  • Aditya Puri conferred Lifetime Achievement Award by Euromoney 2020.

OBITUARIES

  • Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh Minister Chanesh Ram Rathiya passes away.

APPOINTMENT 


  • IAS Officer Sameer Kumar Khare appointed Executive Director at Asian Development Bank (ADB).

  • Yoshihide Suga to be the new leader to succeed PM Shinzo Abe.
  • Rajesh Khullar appointed as Executive Director, World Bank.
  • Sh. TS Tirumurti confirmed India's entry to United Nation's Commission on Status of Women (CSW).
  • Janata Dal (United) JDU's MP Harivansh Narayan Singh re-elected as Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman.

IMPORTANT DAYS


  • September 15: International Day of Democracy.

  • September 15:National Engineer's Day. India celebrated Engineer's Day to mark the 

  • Birth Anniversary of the renowned Indian Engineer Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Viseswaraya.



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