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September 2020 Visit: www.civilstaphimachal.com For Any Query Mail us: [email protected] 1 or call us at - (+91)-7814622609 Contents National News ............................................................................................................................................................ 12 1.1 Three Indians have debuted on Fortune’s ‘40 Under 40’ list of influential people around the globe ....... 12 1.2 Justice Gita Mittal e-inaugurates ‘Ahata-e-Waqar’ in Jammu and Kashmir ............................................... 12 1.3 Atmanirbhar Bharat: Kutuki mobile learning app designed for pre-schoolers .......................................... 12 1.4 President Kovind confers National Award to 47 educators in a virtual ceremony on teacher day ........... 12 1.5 India’s first airport testing centre opens at Delhi Airport .......................................................................... 12 1.6 Railway Protection Force (RPF) disrupts the operation of illegal software called “Real Mango” .............. 13 1.7 PM inaugurates Patrika Gate in Jaipur ....................................................................................................... 13 1.8 Government approves Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Project from Palwal to Sonipat via Sohna-Manesar- Kharkhauda ............................................................................................................................................................. 13 1.9 PM Modi inaugurates Indian Railways’ Kosi Rail Mahasetu in Bihar ......................................................... 13 1.10 ‘Sanskrit Gram’ to be developed across Uttarakhand .................................................................................... 13 1.11 'Big Butterfly Month: India 2020’ ............................................................................................................... 14 1.12 Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy gets an independent script, numerals ................................................ 14 1.13 Foundation Stone of World Class ‘Centre for Disability Sports’ laid at Gwalior ........................................ 14 1.14 Two bills to set up the National Forensic Sciences University and the Rashtriya Raksha University passes in Rajya Sabha ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 1.15 Prime Minister inaugurates six mega projects in Uttarakhand under Namami Gange ............................. 15 1.16 Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya bids adieu to Ex-INS Viraat at Alang, Gujarat ................................. 15 1.17 Gwalior-Morena Flyover dedicated to Nation ............................................................................................ 15 1.18 Indian Railway rolls out User Depot Module (UDM) .................................................................................. 15 1.19 BMC launches My Family My Responsibility' campaign in Mumbai for spreading awareness about coronavirus ............................................................................................................................................................. 15 1.20 India joins Djibouti Code of Conduct/ Jeddah Amendment as Observer ................................................... 16 1.21 A webinar on the first-ever International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies held ......................................... 16 1.22 Madhya Pradesh tops missing children's list .............................................................................................. 16 1.23 Green Term Ahead Market ......................................................................................................................... 16 1.24 Cabinet Approves “Mission Karmayogi” - National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) ................................................................................................................................................................. 17 1.25 Global Innovation Ranking .......................................................................................................................... 18 1.26 Start up Village Entrepreneurship Program ............................................................................................... 19 1.27 Business Reform Action Plan ...................................................................................................................... 20 1.28 Literacy Report by NSO ............................................................................................................................... 20 1.29 Shri Rajiv Kumar takes over as new Election Commissioner ...................................................................... 22 1.30 IBBI announces results of the National Online Quiz on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ........ 22 Visit: www.civilstaphimachal.com For Any Query Mail us: [email protected] 2 or call us at - (+91)-7814622609 1.31 3rd Annual Leadership Summit of the USISPF ............................................................................................ 23 1.32 DGFT informs grant to an Importer - Exporter Code (IEC) holder under the Merchandise Export Incentive Scheme shall not exceed Rs.2 Crore made in period of 1st September to 31st December ..................................... 23 1.33 Central Government ensures Timely Payments to MSMEs ........................................................................ 24 1.34 NIDHI-EIR Brochure featuring Entrepreneurs in Residence launched........................................................ 24 1.35 Madhya Pradesh govt launches campaign ‘Gandagi Bharat Chhodo’ ........................................................ 25 1.36 EESL to procure 250 Electric Vehicles from TATA Motors Limited & Hyundai Motor India Ltd ................. 25 1.37 E-Foundation stone laid for National Training Academy for Rural Self Employment Training Institutes in Bengaluru ................................................................................................................................................................ 25 1.38 Minister of Tribal affairs inaugurates ‘2 Days’ National Tribal Research Conclave’ ................................... 26 1.39 Assam govt re-launches SVAYEM scheme .................................................................................................. 26 1.40 NITI Aayog lauds implementation model of Supplementary Nutrition Programme in Odisha .................. 26 1.41 Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu selected as fully Digital Economy district......................................... 27 1.42 Ek Bharat Shresht Bharat ............................................................................................................................ 27 1.43 NITI Aayog assigned as Nodal Agency for GRIG .......................................................................................... 27 1.44 Atal Innovation Mission and ScooNews Partner to spread awareness of Grassroots Innovations ........... 29 1.45 Atal Innovation Mission Partners with Freshworks to empower AIM Startup Innovators ........................ 30 1.46 India, Australia and Japan to launch resilient supply chains for Indo-Pacific ............................................. 30 1.47 Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI) report ............................................................................... 30 1.48 Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi added to Jammu and Kashmir official languages list .............................................. 31 1.49 WHO informs new polio outbreak in Sudan ............................................................................................... 31 1.50 UNICEF to lead global procurement and supply of coronavirus vaccines .................................................. 31 1.51 Delhi government kickstarts anti-dengue campaign .................................................................................. 31 1.52 Govt eliminates cooking gas subsidy .......................................................................................................... 32 1.53 IISc leads 63 Indian institutions in THE World University Rankings 2021 .................................................. 32 1.54 CII launches plan to nurture new businesses ............................................................................................. 32 1.55 First-ever cannabis medicine project coming up in Jammu ....................................................................... 33 1.56 WE HUB, NutriHub partner to aid women entrepreneurs in agri business ............................................... 33 1.57 Hunar Haat to take place from October in Prayagraj ................................................................................. 33 1.58 ICICI Bank launches scheme for start-ups .................................................................................................. 33 1.59 Telangana, UK India Business Council renew partnership to strengthen industrial development ............ 34 1.60 Government of Himachal Pradesh and World Bank sign $82 million loan ................................................ 34 1.61 President Ramnath Kovind inaugurates Conference of Governors on ‘Role of National Education Policy 2020 in Transforming Higher Education’ ................................................................................................................ 34 1.62 The 19th meeting of the Supreme Court-mandated Committed on Content Regulation
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