Today's Current Affairs For SSC CGL, BANKING, RRB NTPC, SBI, RBI Exams 22nd September 2020

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National Current Affairs 

• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the United Nations General Assembly through video conferencing.

• Indian Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) to promote private   investment and innovation in the space sector: Dr Jitendra Singh.

• Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) likely to bet commissioned in 2022: Dr  Jitendra Singh. PFBR will add 500 MW of electrical power to the national grid.

• Rajya Sabha passes Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020.The Bill will declare 5 IIITs in Public-Private Partnership mode at Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala & Raichur as Institutions of National Importance: Education Minister.

• Nrityanjali – an online film festival on Indian Classical Dance and Maestros by Films Division.

• Ministry of Tribal Affairs intends to establish a National Tribal Research Institute (NTRI) at Delhi.

• Government has launched YuWaah – a multi-stakeholder platform to make young people career ready.

• Govvernment launched National Conservation Strategy for Indian One-Horned Rhino on the occasion of World Rhino Day.

• Maharashtra’s ‘e- Peek Pahani’ app will reduce hardships of farmers.

INTERNATIONAL 

• World's richest 1% cause double CO2 emissions of poorest 50%, says Oxfam.

• African Elephant dying due to Cyanobacteria. Neuro-toxins in water produced by cyanobacteria killed more than 300 African elephants in the Okavango delta region, Botswana.

BANKING & ECONOMY 

• Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax for $7.5 bn in all-cash deal.

• HDFC Bank launched video Know Your Customer (KYC) facility.

• Volvo Car India launched "Volvo Car Financial Services".

• Visa extends global partnership with IFundWomen to entrepreneurs in India.

• HCL Technologies has announced the acquisition of Australian IT firm DWS Ltd for $115.8.

• India’s nominal GDP to grow 19 per cent in FY22: Finance Ministry

AWARDS 

• Narendra Modi becomes second Indian PM to win Ig Nobel Prize. The first was Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1998.

OBITUARIES

• Noted Marathi actress Ashalata Wabgaonkar passes away.

• Former Himachal Pradesh minister Shyama Sharma.

• Former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner has passed away.

• Nepal's Legendry Mountaineer Ang Rita Sherpa passes away.

APPOINTMENT

• Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha.

IMPORTANT DAYS

• September 22: World Rose Day

SPORTS 

• Novak Djokovic wins Men’s Singles event in Italian Open.

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