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Current Affairs Of September 2020 Help Line No:- Khanpur : +91-9311668899 South Ex : +91-9311556699 CONTENT National…………………………………………….…………………….2 International……………………………………………………………..11 Defence…………………………………………………………………..14 Appointments or Resign/Retired…………………………….…………..18 Honours/ Awards……………………………………………….……….21 Sports……………………………………………..……………..………24 Obituaries………………………………………………..…….….….….27 Important Days with theme………………………………….…….…...33 1 2 September 2020 www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs green power is around 12000 to 14000 units. National iii.These solar trees are capable of saving around 10- 12 tons of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emission compared India’s GDP growth contract by 23.9% in April- to the energy generated using other fossil fuels. June quarter: MOSPI i.In accordance with the official data released by Bollywood Filmmaker Karan Johar Authored a the National Statistical Children’s Book “The Big Thoughts of Little Luv” Office (NSO), Union ministry of statistics and Bollywood Filmmaker Karan programme implementation Johar authored a children’s (Mospi) on August 31, picture book titled “The Big 2020, India’s gross domestic product (GDP) contract Thoughts of Little by 23.9% (-23.9%) in April-June period quarter of Luv” inspired by his Twins Yash 2020 due to downfall in businesses and livelihood and Roohi. The book will be amid COVID-19 pandemic induced nationwide published by Juggernaut Books. lockdown restrictions. The book narrates the story of the twins Luv and ii.This data states slowing of consumer spending, Kusha and features the challenges faced by the parents private investments and contraction in exports in the and the difference imposed between the boys and girls March quarter. The growth of Indian economy in Q4 by the parents while raising them. FY20 (January-March) quarter was also at the slowest About Karan Johar: pace in eight years at 3.1%. i.He made his debut as director with Kuch Kuch Hota iii.India’s real GDP fell to 26.9 lakh crore in constant Hai in 1998. terms, 23.9% lower than a year ago. ii.He is the owner of the Dharma Production which iv.Nominal GDP fell to Rs 38.08 lakh crore, 22.6% produced the commercial films like Kabhi Khushi lower than the same period last year. Kabhie Gham, My Name Is Khan, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and critically acclaimed films like Wake Up Sid, Agneepath and Raazi. CSIR-CMERI Developed & Installed the World’s Books: Largest Solar Tree in Durgapur Johar Karan released his autobiography titled “An Unsuitable Boy” in 2017. i.Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute Ramachandra Guha Authored New book ‘The (CSIR – CMERI) developed the world largest Solar Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair Tree with customisable features for application in with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game different locations and installed it in the residential Known to Humankind’ colony of CMERI at Durgapur, West Bengal. Indian writer Ramachandra Guha has authored a ii.The annual capacity of the tree to generate clean and new book, ‘The Commonwealth of Cricket: A 3 September 2020 www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind‘. The Information by Public) Rules 2009. book portrays the entire arc of the game(cricket) in ii.Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, under the India, across all levels at which it is played and gives a glimpse of local heroes, provincial emblems and Ministry of Home Affairs had sent a recommendation international stars. The book will be co-published to the Ministry of Electronics and Information & by HarperCollins India and William Collins. Technology for concerns of Data Security. Key Info iii.The list of 118 apps includes popular mobile i.Indian right of the book is acquired by Publisher gaming app PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), Udayan Mitra, while UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding India) is acquired by Arabella Pike, and also apps from Baidu, Tencent and Xiomi. William Collins Publishing Director ii.The book is to be released in November, 2020. Adani Green Energy Ltd Ranked as World’s About Ramachandra Guha Largest Solar Power Generation Company by Ramachandra Guha is currently serving as a Professor Mercom Capital at Krea University, Andhra Pradesh. He has served as an administrator of Board of Control for Cricket in Mercom Capital India(BCCI) ranked Adani Green Other books authored by him includes– The Energy Ltd Unquiet Woods, India after Gandhi, and a two-volume (AGEL) as World’s biography of Mahatma Gandhi. Largest Solar Power Books on Cricket– Corner of a Foreign Field, The Generation Asset Owner in terms of operating, Picador Book of Cricket, Spin and Other Turns, under-construction and awarded projects. Wickets in the East. GCL New Energy (7.1 GW), a Hong Kong-listed independent solar power producer, ranked second, Ministry of Electronics and Information & followed by Tokyo-based renewable energy developer, Technology Bans 118 Chinese Mobile Apps SB Energy (7 GW). Mercom Capital Group is a clean energy The Ministry of Electronics and Information & communication consulting firm. Technology banned 118 Chinese Mobile Applications. Key Points: The mobile applications have been banned as they i.AGEL’s under-construction and awarded capacity were found to be harmful to the Sovereignty, Integrity, stands at 10.1 GigaWatts (GW) and its operational Defence of India and Public Order. The Government capacity is nearly 3 GW. ii.AGEL’s renewable energy portfolio stands at 12.32 has banned them amidst the border tensions with GW, which exceeds the total capacity installed by the China. entire US solar industry in 2019. i.The apps have been banned under section 69A of the Information Technology Act read with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology 4 September 2020 www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs Amul becomes 1st Indian Dairy Company to Enter Pope Francis’s New Book “Let Us Dream” to Rabobank’s Global Top 20, 2020 List; Release in December 2020 Switzerland’s Nestle topped Pope Francis is set to release the Amul (Anand Milk Union Limited), Gujarat book “Let Us Dream” in December Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation 2020. The book will be an outcome (GCMMF) became the first Indian Dairy Company to of numerous exchanges between enter Rabobank’s Annual listing of Global Dairy Top Pope Francis and his 20, 2020 Companies. Amul was ranked 16th with an Biographer Austen Ivereigh in the annual turnover of USD 5.5 billion (approximately Rs weeks following the Coronavirus outbreak around the 40,240 Crores). world. Rabobank is a Dutch multinational banking and i.Austen Ivereigh is a Roman Catholic Journalist, financial services company. Commentator, author based out of Britain. ii.The book is being published by Simon & Schuster Reliance Industries acquired Future Group for and will be released in English and Spanish Editions Rs.24,713 crore simultaneously. The Reliance Retail Ventures iii.In the book, Pope Francis explains how a crisis can Limited(RRVL), subsidiary of the Reliance Industries teach an individual to deal with problems they face in Limited(RIL) acquired the retail and wholesale, their lives. He cites three major crises from his own logistics and warehousing business of the Future Group Business as going concerns on a slump sale personal life. basis for lump sum aggregate consideration of Rs 24,713 crore LIGO and VIRGO Detected Mammoth Collision of Objective: ‘Impossible’ Black Holes for 1st time To enhance its retail business of RIL and increase their e-commerce capacity against Amazon.com. i.For the 1st time, The Collision of ‘Impossible’ Black Other investments under the scheme: Holes was detected and directly observed by the Laser i.Reliance Retail and Fashion Lifestyle Ltd (RRFLL), Interferometer Gravitational Wave a wholly owned subsidiary of RRVL has also proposed Laboratory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration and to invest Rs 1,200 crore in the preferential issue of equity shares of Future Enterprises to acquire 6.09% of the Virgo Collaboration also known as LVC (LIGO post-merger equity. Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration), ii.RRFLL has also proposed to invest Rs.400 crore in which includes scientists from the Australian National the preferential issues of equity warrants which will result in RRFLL to acquire an additional 7.05% of University (ANU). FEL ii.They Initially found 2 black holes of 66 and 85 solar masses, which generated a final black hole of 142 5 September 2020 www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs solar masses, till now it is the largest black hole ever Uttarakhand ( 87.6%), Himachal Pradesh (86.6%) and observed through gravitational-wave observations. Assam (85.9%). ii.On the other hand, Andhra Pradesh (AP) is the worst SpaceX Launched 60 Starlink Satellites to Provide performer at 66.4% followed by Rajasthan at 69.7%, Faster Internet Bihar (70.9%), Telangana (72.8%), Uttar Pradesh i. Falcon 9 of SpaceX, a two stage rocket launched the (73%) and Madhya Pradesh (73.7%). 12th batch of starlink mission iii.The overall literacy rate in India is pegged at with 60 starlink satellites into 77.7% where rural areas has 73.5% literacy rate and orbit. Falcon 9 was launched urban areas has 87.7%. from the Kennedy Space iv.Literacy rate: Literacy rate is defined as the Center of National percentage of literate persons among persons of age 7 Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), years and above. Florida. ii.This launch is the first mission of SpaceX in Prime Minister Modi E-Inaugurates Patrika Gate September and 16th Mission in 2020. in Jaipur iii.The satellites launched in the lower orbit will i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the enhance the high speed broadband internet on Earth Patrika Gate in Jaipur, Rajasthan over a virtual and increase the internet access in the low coverage platform.