Latest Current Affairs 2020: 17th September 2020

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National Current Affairs 

• Kerala to have certified snake handlers.

• The National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2020 to clearly spell out the functions of the Council of Ministers and the Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) by giving more discretionary powers to the L-G.

• National Security Advisors (NSA) of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) met virtually.

• India ranks 116th in Human Capital Index released by World Bank. In 2018, India's score  was 0.44. It now stands at 0.49 in 2020.

• G20 Environment Ministers Meet to reduce Land Degradation and Coral Reef.

• EAM Shri S Jaishankar chaired India-Brazil-South Africa IBSA Foreign Ministers Meet.

• India joined Djibouti Code of Conduct as an observer. It is also known as Jeddah Amendment. India has joined Japan, Norway, the UK and the US as Observers to the DCOC/JA. It is also known as the Code of Conduct concerning the Repression of Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden. It was adopted on 29th January 2009. It was established under the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

• Govt. has set a target to increase the number of Janaushadhi Kendras to 10500 by the end of March 2025.

• To guarantee accessibility of necessary medical devices at genuine cost NPPA extends ceiling prices of Knee Implants till 14th September 2021.

• The Russia Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), signed pact with India for Sputnik V availability in India.

• Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2020 passed in Parliament. The Act regulates the manufacture, possession, use, operation, sale, import and export of civil aircrafts and licensing of aerodromes.

• Vice- President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated 4th Global Ayurveda Summit virtually on the theme "Emerging Opportunities for Ayurveda during Pandemic".

INTERNATIONAL Affairs

• Israel, Bahrain and UAE signed Abraham Accord.

• Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) in Rome, Italy awarded world's 1st 5-star Anti-Covid award.

BANKING, ECONOMIC & FINANCE News

• HCL and Google Cloud Expand Partnership to Deliver Accelerated Business Intelligence Platform

• Titan Company With SBI Launches India's First Contactless Payment Watches to help customers to pay through PoS machines.

• RBI has released the draft version of Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2020.

• UBS Securities projects India's GDP at -8.6% in FY21.

• The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) projects India's GDP at -10.2% in FY21.

• Twitter backed ShareChat acquires HPF Films (Hera Pheri Films).

OBITUARIES

• Art scholar Kapila Vatsyayan passes away.

• Lok Sabha MP Balli Durga Prasad Rao passes away.

• Mali's former president Moussa Traore passes away.

• Famous Ayurveda Physician PR Krishnakumar passes away. He was the MD of Arya Vaidya Pharmacy Research Foundation.

APPOINTMENT 

• Online poker platform 9stacks signed cricketer Suresh Raina as brand Ambassador.

IMPORTANT DAYS

• 17 September: World Patient Safety Day.

SPORTS Current Affairs

• Lionel Messi tops Cristiano Ronaldo as world's richest footballer with earning of $126 million.

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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.

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• 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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Latest Current Affairs 2020: 14th September 2020

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 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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Latest Current Affairs 2020 : 12th September, 2020

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• RBI new guidelines for uniform compliance at a bank with CCO

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) came up with new guidelines for the appointment of Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) in banks to ensure effective compliance culture, independent corporate compliance function, and a strong compliance risk management programme at bank and group level.

The CCO shall be appointed for a minimum fixed tenure of not less than 3 years. The CCO shall be a senior executive of the bank, preferably in the rank of a General Manager or an equivalent position (not below two levels from the CEO). The CCO could also be recruited from market.

The central bank further said that there shall not be any ‘dual hatting’, which means the CCO shall not be given any responsibility which brings elements of conflict of interest, especially the role relating to the business.

 The compliance function shall be subject to internal audit.

The Reserve Bank of India was established on April 1, 1935. Headquartered in Mumbai. RBI was established in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Reserve Bank of India was initially established in Kolkata but was permanently moved to Mumbai in 1937. In 1949 RBI was nationalized.

Present Governor of RBI: Shri Shaktikanta Das.

 

• India ranked 105th in Economic Freedom of the World Report 2020

  
  

  

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  Recently Canada's Fraser Institute released The Economic Freedom of the World Report 2020, in which India slips 26 spots to the 105th position. The country was at the 79th spot in last year's rankings.

  
  

  China has been ranked lower than India at the 124th position. Hong Kong and Singapore retain the top two positions with a score of 8.94 and 8.65 out of 10, respectively.

  
  

  Since the first publication in 1996, numerous studies have used the data published in Economic Freedom of the World to examine the impact of economic freedom on investment, economic growth, income levels, and poverty rates. This report helps to measure economic freedom in an economy.

  
  

  India reported a marginal decrease in the size of government from 8.22 to 7.16.

  A score closer to 10 indicates a higher level of economic freedom.

  
  
  
  

                                                             Daily GK Update

1. India to host Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in New Delhi.
2. Citigroup named Jane Fraser as first woman CEO replacing Michael Corbat.
3. Poshan Mela organised at Tai suru by Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).
4. PM Modi inaugurated Pradhan Mantri Awaas  Yojana through a programme called "Grih Pravesh"
5. 13th edition of Aero India-21 to be held at AFS, Yelahanka, Bengaluru.
6. Meghalaya state government launched India's largest "Piggery Mission" to reduce the annual import of pork Rs 150 crores.
7. India ranked 105th in Economic Freedom of the World Report 2020, released by Cananda's Fraser Institute.
8. 12 September: International Day for South-South Cooperation. The day celebrates the developments made in the regions and countries in the south.
9. UNICEF'S appointed Ayushman Khurrana as Celebrity Advocate in India
10. SEBI shortlists Wipro, Airtel, and others to revamp its IT infrastructure.
11. India to host Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in New Delhi.
12. Subhash Kamath elected as chairman of Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)
13. British Actress Diana Rigg passes away.
14. Asian Development Bank approved $50 million loan to Bangladesh.
15. Iran's military begins exercise Zolfaghar-99 in the Sea of Oman.
16. Heritage Tourism policy announced by Gujarat state government.
17. Moody's projected Indian Economy GDP to shrink 11.5% in FY21
18. Swami Agnivesh, Arya Samaj leader passes away.
19. Jammu & Kashmir residents to get free health insurance.

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