Today's Current Affairs For SSC CGL, BANKING, RRB NTPC, RBI, SEBI, Exam 30th September 2020

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National Current Affairs 

• Harijan Sevak Sangh celebrates its foundation day.

• South Eastern Railway launched 'Operation My Saheli'.

• The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2020 was announced by the Union science and technology minister Dr Harsh Vardhan.

• Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri. D.V. Sadananda Gowda, launched PoS 3.1 Software, SMS Services and facility of Home delivery of Fertilizers ( RBK) for farmers in Andhra Pradesh.

• Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said, Rs 15,000 Cr Loan Sanctioned For Projects.

• Online Release of Picture Postcard on Sawantwadi Toy by India Post.

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the YSR Jala Kala Scheme.

• Nagaland Government launched livelihood generation portal for returned migrant workers.

• Gujarat government signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Denmark in water sector.

• BrahMos Missile Featuring Indigenous Booster Successfully Flight Tested.

• Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurates 23 Roads and Bridges projects in Kathua, Doda, Udhampur and Reasi Districts.

• POWERGRID signs MoU with Ministry of Power, Govt. of India detailing targets for year 2020-21.

• Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah Distributes Electric Potter Wheels to Kumhar community in Gandhinagar.

INTERNATIONAL 

• Amnesty International suspends India operations after accounts are frozen by ED.

BANKING & ECONOMY 

• The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) launched a Sanitation Literacy Campaign in Karnataka.

• Flipkart partners with Bajaj Allianz to offer cyber fraud insurance due to rise in the cases to cyber attacks.

• IDBI Bank becomes first bank to enable document embedding feature on Structured Financial Messaging System.

• SIDBI partnered with CRIF to launch " Industry Spotlight".

AWARDS 

• Sonu Sood awarded SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by United Nations Development Programme UNDP.

OBITUARIES

• Singer Helen Reddy passes away.

• Noted literary critic G. S. Amur passes away.

• Ruler of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Sabah passes away.

APPOINTMENT

• Shekhar Kapur appointed president of (Film and Television Institute of India) FTII Society & chairman of FTII Governing Council.

• RBI appointed D K Kashyap as director on board of Dhanlaxmi Bank.

• Vedantu appointed Aamir Khan as its brand ambassador.

IMPORTANT DAYS

• September 27: World Rivers Day.

• September 30: International Translation Day. Theme- “Finding the words for a world in crisis”.

BOOKS

• Dr Krishna Saksena launched 'A bouquer of clowers'.

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Today's Current Affairs For SSC CGL, BANKING, RRB NTPC, RBI, SEBI, Exam 29th September 2020

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National Current Affairs 

• Union Home Ministry sanctioned three new NIA branches at Imphal, Chennai, Ranchi.

• ITBP Director General S S Deswal given additional charge of (National Security Guard) NSG DG.

• India will have now closer scrutiny of imports under Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).

• Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade under Ministry of Commerce and Industry, shared list of key sectors with ministries to work on plan to boost manufacturing including  including food processing, toys, furniture, agro chemicals & textiles.

• Union Health Ministry, Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched a portal, "Vaccine web portal" & "National Clinical Registry for COVID-19", for updates on COVID-19 vaccine development.

• India, United States, Japan, Australia hold virtual meet on Indo-Pacific under Quad Framework (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue).

• President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to 3 Farm Bills passed by the Parliament Namely, (1) The Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, (2)The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Service Bill, 2020, (3) The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020.

• A bridge named, 'Cable Stayed Bridge' was constructed across Durgam Cheruvu Lake in Telangana. Telangana 

• Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K Taraka Ramarao inaugurated it.

• Maritime Union of India (MUI) collaborated with United Nations (UN) to help Indian Sailors struck on ships

• Maharashtra announced the Gan Samragni Lata Mangeshkar award for year 2020-21 to veteran female playback singer Usha Mangeshkar.

• National Institute of Naturopathy (NIN), Pune under Ministry of AYUSH, will be organizing a series of webinars on Gandhian philosophy of Self Reliance through Self Health Reliance on Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary celebrations from 2nd Oct 2020 and which will go on till National Naturopathy Day, i.e., 18th Nov 2020.

• Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda said, “Chemicals” sector has huge potential for growth.

• National Fertilizers Limited, a PSU under  the Department of Fertilizers, tied up with Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Raghogarh (M.P. ) to train youth in various trades and to enhance the chances of their employability in heavy and process industry.

• Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh launched Defence India Startup Challenge-4; says defence Startup ecosystem is a decisive step towards achieving self-reliance in the spirit of AtmaNirbhar Bharat campaign. 

• Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) for Fauji (iDEX4Fauji) launched for the first time to encourage innovation among soldiers.

• Environment Ministerial on Air Pollution and Stubble burning with Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to be held on 01st of October.

• Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences and Shri 

• Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Labour & Employment released a booklet on ‘COVID-19- Safe Workplace Guidelines for Industry’ through virtual platform, in the presence of Dr. V. K. Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog.

• National Capital Regional Planning Board (NCRPB) New Delhi, sanctioned over ₹15k cr loan in over ₹31k crore worth projects: Durga Shanker Mishra.

• Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) signed a performance-based ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ (MoU) with Ministry of Power, Govt. of India detailing various targets to be achieved by PFC during FY 2020-21.

INTERNATIONAL 

• Saudi Arabia announced it will hold the G20 summit virtually in November 2020.

• Mr Mustapha Adib, Lebanon's Prime Minister resigned.

BANKING & ECONOMY 

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI)  Extends Enhanced Borrowing Limit for Banks Under MSF Till March 31.

• ICRA Ratings projected India's GDP to contract by 11% in FY21.

• HDFC Bank launched Warehouse Commodity Finance App to enable customers in drawing down and managing the loan against pledge of commodities online without physical intervention.

• Epic Games acquires Microsoft-backed kidtech platform London based SuperAwesome.

• ESG Fund (Environment, Social and Governance) Recently, ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has come out with its ESG fund. First ESG mutual fund was launched by the State Bank of India - SBI Magnum Equity ESG Fund.

• Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) joins hands with Yes Bank to empower Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

OBITUARIES

• Veteran songwriter Abhilash, 'Itni shakti hame dena daata' passes away.

• Eminent Critic, Writer Dr G S Amur passes away.

• Former Assam  Chief Minister Syeda Anwara Taimur passes away. She was the Chief Minister of Assam from Dec. 1980 to June 1981.

APPOINTMENT

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved 3- Member Committee of Directors headed by Meeta Makhan to manage the crisis faced by Laxmi Vilas Bank.

• The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) appoints Sunil Sethi as its Advisor. Presently, Sunil Sethi is the Chairman of the Fashion Design Council of India.
• Learning app Entri roped in Robin Uthappa as its brand ambassador.

• Twitter appointed Rinki Sethi as new information security head. She was previously working with IBM.

• Alapan Bandyopadhyay appointed new Chief Secretary of West Bengal. He will replace Rajiva Sinha.

• P. D. Vaghela appointed as new Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman.

• Former Mali Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane named transitional Prime Minister.

IMPORTANT DAYS

• September 29: International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction. In 2019, UN designated 29 September as International  Day of Awareness of Food Loss & Waste recognizing the vital role sustainable food production. Theme- Stop food loss and waste. For the people. For the planet.

• September 29: World Heart Day. Created by World Heart Federation on September 29, 1999. Theme- Use heart to beat CVD.

• September 27: World Deaf Day. Theme- Reaffirming Deaf People's Human Rights.

SPORTS 

• Final grand slam of the year 'French Open' begins in Paris. It is related to Tennis sports.

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Today's Current Affairs For SSC CGL, BANKING, RRB NTPC, RBI, SEBI, MBA Exam 27th & 28th September 2020

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                              Daily Current Affairs update for your upcoming examination like SSC CGL, IBPS, UPSC, SEBI, and RBI Grade B etc. For All Current Affairs CLICK HERE

National Current Affairs 

• UK India Business Council and West Bengal government signed MoU to strengthen West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC).

• IIT Madras developed 'MOUSHIK' Microprocessor for Internet of Things (IoT).

• Assam launched app named 'visitassam' for air passengers.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nation pays homage to revolutionary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh on his 113th birth anniversary.

• Union Minister Amit Shah inaugurates "Destination North East- 2020" Festival virtually.

• India & Denmark signed MoU on Intellectual Property Cooperation.

• UP's first conservation centre for vultures to be set up in the Bhari Baisi village in Gorakhpur. 

• Odisha Govt. Launch Radio Pathshala program for students upto class 8.

• Maharashtra becomes first state in country to ban sale of loose cigarettes.

• Khadi and Village Industries Commission  (KVIC) opens outlet in SPG complex to promote 'Swadeshi'.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India extends $15 million grant assistance to Sri Lanka for promoting Buddhist ties.

• India’s sandalwood trees are facing a threat due to Sandalwood Spike Disease (SSD).

• Centre released first instalment of over Rs. 19,000 Crore for Paddy procurement under MSP Scheme.

• Maharashtra Governor launched "chemo" recovery kits containing Ayurvedic formulation.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate six mega projects in Uttarakhand under Namami Gange.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch a Book titled “Rowing Down the Ganges” and to inaugurate a Ganga Avalokan, a first of its kind museum on Ganga.

• Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) headed by Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh accords approval for various arms and equipment worth Rs. 2,290 crore.

• The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan unveils ICMR’s History Timeline.

• Indian Railway rolls out User Depot Module (UDM), this will help to digitalize work with real time transactions and online information exchange among all stakeholders.

• Ministry of Tourism organizes Dekho Apna Desh Webinar Series on “Rural Tourism: From Previous Niche to Future Norm", which focuses on villages, people, farming, and culture.

• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released 'Health in India' Report.

• Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) & Virgin Hyperloop signed MoU to study feasibility of high-speed corridor.

INTERNATIONAL 

• World Bank approved $200 million loan for safe water and sanitation services in Bangladesh.

• QS Global MBA Rankings 2021: IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta top Indian B-schools. IIM A ranked 31st.

• G7 finance ministers backed  extension of G20 bilateral debt relief initiative.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi Announced $15 million Grant to Promote Buddhist Ties Between India and Sri Lanka.

BANKING & ECONOMY 

• Vakrangee Ltd gets RBI nod to set up Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit.

• SBI Card launched brand campaign ‘Contactless Connections’. 

• Axis Bank and Bayer's Better Life Farming Institute join hands to provide affordable loans to farmers.

• UTI Mutual Funds and Defense PSU, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders coming up with IPO (Initial Public Offering).

• UTI Mutual Fund first to launch a Momentum Investing Fund named 'UTI Momentum Investing Fund'.

AWARDS 

• Assam’s Srimanta Sankaradeva Award 2017 conferred to Sattra Basishta Deva Sarma.

OBITUARIES

• Swami Pratyagbodhananda, Hindu spiritual guru, passes away.

• Former former Union Minister Shri Jaswant Singh passes away.

• Economist and Padma Bhushan awardee Isher Judge Ahluwalia, 'An Icon For Women Economists', passes away. 

APPOINTMENT

• Former India cricketer Neetu David appointed as head of BCCI’s All-India Women's Selection Committee.

• L Adimoolam appointed as President of Indian Newspaper Society.

• Reserve Bank of India ropes in Amitabh Bachchan for Customer Awareness Campaign to prevent account holders from being duped.

IMPORTANT DAYS

• September 28: Gunners Day.

• September 28: World Rabies Day. Theme: “End Rabies: Collaborate, Vaccinate”.

• September 28: International Day for Universal Access to Information. (UNESCO)

• September 27: World Tourism Day. Theme:  “Tourism and Rural Development”.

• September 26: World Contraception Day.

BOOKS

• Anand Neelakantan debuts book named, ‘The Very, Extremely, Most Naughty Asura Tales’ for Kids.

SPORTS 

• Australia's wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy breaks MS Dhoni's record of having most dismissals as a wicketkeeper in the T20.

• Valtteri Bottas won the Russian Grand Prix for Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton misses F1 win record.

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