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National Current Affairs
- 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.
- 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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