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68 FLASH CA – SEPT 3rd WEEK (FOR FLASH CA AND CARD PDFs & MORE = JOIN BANKERSHALA ON TELEGRAM/QUORA/INSTAGRAM/YOUTUBE) 1. 4th Global Ayurveda Summit Inaugurated by M Venkaiah Naidu 2. Telangana Launched Web Portal of Pothgal Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society (PACS) 3. Indian Cricketer Sadashiv Raoji Patil Passed Away at 86 (SADA(hamesha, always) CRICKET khelte the) 4. Former President of Mali = Moussa Traore Passed Away at 83 (MALI ne MUSA(MOUSA) mar diya) 5. Kapila Vatsyayan = Former MP, Padma Vibhushan Awardee scholar of Indian classical dance, art, architecture and history Passed Away (KAPIL knows everything – DANCE, ART,ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY etc) 6. Chanesh Ram Rathiya = Veteran Congress Leader and Former Chhattisgarh Minister Passed Away(C for CHANE, C for CHHATTISGARH)

7. P R Krishnakumar = Padma Shri, Expert in Ayurveda Passed Away at 69 8. Ashok Gasti = Rajya Sabha MP from karnataka Passed Away(RAJYA me GAS-Thi) 9. Gujarat - MoU - SIDBI = to support MSMEs 10. Madhya Pradesh CM launched a ‘Poshan Sarkar’ program 11. Maharashtra = Balasaheb Thackeray Road Accident Insurance Scheme for Accident Victims 12. Karnataka CM Launched ‘Arthika Spandana’ Loan Disbursal Scheme 13. MoS Hardeep Singh Puri Inaugurated India’s first General Aviation Terminal at Delhi Airport 14. National Jal Jeevan Mission + Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MEITY) = launched ICT (Information & Communication Technology) Grand Challenge 15. Gujarat Govt Announced Subsidy Schemes for E- scooters & rickshaws 16. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package(PMGKP) Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19 Extended for 6 Months Insurance Scheme

17. Union Minister of Chemical and Fertilizers D.V. Sadananda Gowda announced = India will be self-reliant in fertilizer production by 2023 18. Cabinet approved establishment of new AIIMS at Darbhanga, Bihar with an outlay of Rs.1264 crore. 19. Cabinet approved Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Project from Palwal to Sonipat at an estimated cost of Rs. 5,617 crore. 20. India Joined Djibouti Code of Conduct/ Jeddah Amendment as Observer held virtually on 26 August 2020 21. Mexico Became the First Country to Issue 7-year Sovereign Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Bond worth $890m under its new “SDG Sovereign Bond Framework” 22. RBI Issued Draft Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives (Reserve Bank) Directions under Section 45W of the RBI Act, 1934 23. Titan and SBI launched India’s 1st Contactless Payment Watches Titan Pay

24. ICICI Home Finance Launched “Apna Ghar Dreamz” - New Home Loan Scheme 25. Canara Bank Introduced i-Lead 2.0 (Inspiring Leads System version 2.0) to Enhance Customer Services 26. Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) Launched Vikas Laghu Suvarna, a Special Gold Loan Scheme with a reduced interest rate of 7.25%. 27. SBM Bank India + Mastercard = to Launch SBM World Debit Card for High Net Worth Customers 28. NABARD launched Awareness & Sensitization programme for Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) 29. Yoshihide Suga elected = Japan’s New Prime Minister 30. Suresh Raina = Brand Ambassador of Online Poker Platform - 9stacks 31. UN Named Indian Teenager Udit Singhal (18 years), the founder of Glass2S to the 2020 Cohort of Young Leaders for SDGs

32. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Honoured First Ever AICTE Visvesvaraya Best Teachers Award 2020 to 12 Faculties of AICTE 33. Vikas Khanna Honoured with 2020 Asia Game Changer Award for Feeding Millions Amid COVID-19 by coordinating a food distribution drive from Manhattan. 34. BHEL - MoU - SwissRapide AG = to bring Maglev (Magnetic Levitation) trains to India 35. Balli Durga Prasad Rao, Tirupati Lok Sabha MP Passed Away of COVID-19 at 64 36. September 16 - World Ozone Day 2020 37. September 18, 2020 - 11th edition of World Bamboo Day 38. September 17 - World Patient Safety Day 2020 39. Report titled “The Human Capital Index 2020 Update: Human Capital in the Time of COVID- 19” 40. 2nd edition of “Smart City Index 2020” released 41. Penguin Books Published Arundhati Roy’s Book titled “Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction”

42. First volume of the Former President of USA, Barack Obama’s memoir “A Promised Land” will release at 17th November 2020 43. Delhi Metro Launched India’s 1st Indigenous Signalling Technology ‘i-ATS’(Automatic Train Supervision) under Make in India 44. NASA Scientists Discovered 1st Ever Planet, ‘WD 1856 b’ Orbiting a White Dwarf or a dead star, ‘WD 1856+534’ 45. WhatsApp - Partnered - Common Services Centers (CSC) = for Digital Literacy Service Chatbot 46. Narendra Singh Tomar announced - Agriculture Ministry = target to cover 100 lakh Hectares under micro irrigation in 5 years 47. ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting held New ASEAN-India Plan of Action (2021-2025) adopted

48. International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) - MoU - India Gold Policy Centre - Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad (IIMA) = to Set up International Bullion Exchange (IBE) in India 49. ICICI Lombard - bancassurance - Yes Bank 50. Govt Formed 16-member Committee to to conduct a study on the origin and evolution of Indian culture of about 12,000 years ago and its interface with other cultures of the world. 51. Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) Conducted Orientation and Training Programme of Integrated Road Accident Database Project (iRAD) App 52. Swami Agnivesh = Social activist, Former Cabinet Minister and Arya Samaj leader Passed Away 53. Lewis Hamilton won Tuscan Grand Prix held at the Mugello Circuit, Italy 54. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh = Former Union Minister Passeed Away at 74 55. A Book - ‘End of an Era, India Exits Tibet’

56. Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray - launched ‘My Family, My Responsibility’ Campaign to Tackle COVID-19 57. JK LG Manoj Sinha Laid Foundation Stone of Arun Jaitley Memorial Sports Complex in Hiranagar, Kathua, J&K 58. India, Afghanistan became Members of UN’s Commission on Status of Women 59. 2nd Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) report titled “A World in Disorder” released 60. Aditya Puri - Honoured with Euromoney’s Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 61. Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) - approved = appointment of Rajesh Khullar - Executive Director of World Bank & Sameer Kumar Khare – as Executive Director of ADB 62. ADB - Appointed = Takeo Konishi - new country director for India = Succeeded Kenichi Yokoyama

63. Virat Kohli - Brand Ambassador of Great Learning, an ed-tech company 64. Sachin Tendulkar - Brand Ambassador of Paytm First Games 65. China launched 9 satellites into the planned Orbit from a ship in the Yellow Sea 66. September 15, 2020 - International Day of Democracy 67. Government of India increased Scholarship amount from Rs. 5, 000 Per Annum to Rs. 50, 000 Per Annum under “Pragati and Saksham” Scheme for J&K Students 68. J&K Horticulture Department Launched “Backyard Horticulture” Programme in Jammu district under CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) scheme

SUMMIT/EVENTS/CONFRENCES ETC DELHI

4th Global Ayurveda Summit Inaugurated by M Venkaiah Naidu

- Theme “Emerging Opportunities for Ayurveda during Pandemic”. - The summit will include 8-day International Conference, 30-day International Exhibition - organized by the CII - Kerala + Ministry of Ayush (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) + Ayurveda Medical Association of India (AMAI) + Ayurvedic Medicine Manufacturers Organisation in India (AMMOI) and Ayurveda Hospital Management Association (AHMA). Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Director General – Chandrajit Banerjee Headquarter – New Delhi

INTERNATIONAL CENTRAL AND MIDDLE EAST ASIA

ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting held New ASEAN-India Plan of Action (2021-2025) adopted

- Co-chaired by Union Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) along with Don Pramudwinai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand

STATE/NATIONAL NEWS Telangana

Telangana Launched Web Portal of Pothgal Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society (PACS) - Contains all the details of the loans, loan processes and services offered by the co-operative society.

Karnataka

Karnataka CM Launched ‘Arthika Spandana’ Loan Disbursal Scheme - To disburse loans of Rs 39,300 crore through various cooperative institutions. - Rs 15,300 crore will be disbursed to the agriculture sector and Rs 24,000 will be earmarked for the non-agricultural sector.

Maharashtra

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray - launched ‘My Family, My Responsibility’ Campaign to Tackle COVID-19 - Aims to motivate the maximum number of people to adopt a new lifestyle for effective COVID-19 control and also aims to reach people before the virus reaches them.

Maharashtra = Balasaheb Thackeray Road Accident Insurance Scheme for Accident Victims

- annual outlay of Rs 125 crore - Expenditure of up to Rs 30,000 will be borne by the State for 74 enlisted medical procedures.

Gujarat

Gujarat - MoU - SIDBI = to support MSMEs

Gujarat Govt Announced Subsidy Schemes for E- scooters & rickshaws - Students will get a subsidy of Rs 12,000 each to buy e-scooters - The target is to provide this assistance to 10,000 vehicles. - will also provide assistance of Rs 48,000 for the purchase of 5,000 battery-powered e-rickshaws - Ten public charging stations will be set up in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot - A sum of Rs 50 lakh has been earmarked for setting up these charging stations.

Gujarat Governor – Acharya Devvrat

Madhya pradesh

Madhya Pradesh CM launched a ‘Poshan Sarkar’ program - Objective = to ensure active participation of local Bodies-Gram Panchayats and Urban bodies in the Nutrition Campaign. - The month September is Observed as Nutrition month in India

Rajasthan

Rajasthan Govt - MoU - SIDBI = to Develop Its MSME Ecosystem SIDBI Managing Director – Mohammad Mustafa

Headquarter – Lucknow

Delhi

MoS Hardeep Singh Puri Inaugurated India’s first General Aviation Terminal at Delhi Airport

Jammu and Kashmir

Government of India increased Scholarship amount from Rs. 5, 000 Per Annum to Rs. 50, 000 Per Annum under “Pragati and Saksham” Scheme for J&K Students - Being implemented and offered by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

J&K Horticulture Department Launched “Backyard Horticulture” Programme in Jammu district under CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) scheme - Aim is to promote organic fruit production for home consumption and for fulfilling individual requirements.

JK LG Manoj Sinha Laid Foundation Stone of Arun Jaitley Memorial Sports Complex in Hiranagar, Kathua, J&K - Estimated cost around Rs.58.23 crore

GOVT SCHEMES

Narendra Singh Tomar announced - Agriculture Ministry = target to cover 100 lakh Hectares under micro irrigation in 5 years

- NABARD created a dedicated Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) of Rs.5000 crores to support the states to mobilize their resources to expand the micro irrigation coverage. - NABARD and MIF committee have sanctioned projects worth Rs.3805.67 crore to cover 12.53 lakh Ha under MIF. - Prime Minister also Inaugurated 3 key projects of the petroleum sector worth more than Rs 900 crore in Bihar

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) Conducted Orientation and Training Programme of Integrated Road Accident Database Project (iRAD) App - iRAD app is for capturing the spot accident data - developed by IIT Madras and National Informatics Centre Services Inc (NICSI), New Delhi. - This app will enable Police, Transport, Health, etc. to use their mobile phones to collect accident data on the spot.

- To implement the proposal On pilot basis in six States = Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

National Jal Jeevan Mission + Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MEITY) = launched ICT (Information & Communication Technology) Grand Challenge - For Development of ‘Smart Water Supply Measurement & Monitoring System’ to be deployed at the village level.

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package(PMGKP) Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19 Extended for 6 Months Insurance Scheme - Scheme was announced on March 30, 2020 - Rs 50 lakh insurance scheme is a part of the Rs 1.70 lakh Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package announced in March 2020.

- Implemented by NIACL and operated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India and is funded through the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). - No age limit is required for this scheme and individual enrolment is not required. - MoHFW born the entire amount of premium

Union Minister of Chemical and Fertilizers D.V. Sadananda Gowda announced = India will be self- reliant in fertilizer production by 2023

OTHERS NATIONAL NEWS

Cabinet approved establishment of new AIIMS at Darbhanga, Bihar with an outlay of Rs.1264 crore. - The AIIMS in Darbhanga will have 100 UG (MBBS) seats and 60 B.Sc (Nursing) seats.

- This project will generate employment for nearly 3000 persons in various faculty & non- faculty posts. Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) - Announced in 2003 - Focused on providing affordable/ reliable tertiary healthcare services and also to augment facilities for quality medical education in the country.

Cabinet approved Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor Project from Palwal to Sonipat at an estimated cost of Rs. 5,617 crore. - The project is likely to be completed in 5 years.

INTERNATIONAL

77th Venice Film Festival 2020 - organised by La Biennale di Venezia - Marathi Film “The Disciple” Bagged Best Screenplay Award

India, Afghanistan became Members of UN’s Commission on Status of Women - India (38 votes) and Afghanistan (39) won the ballot among the 54 members - India will be a member of the UN’s Commission on Status of Women for four years from 2021- 2025. - India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, T S Tirumurti announced the election of India to the Committee.

India Joined Djibouti Code of Conduct/ Jeddah Amendment as Observer held virtually on 26 August 2020

- India joined in order to collaborate with DCOC/JA member states towards for enhancing maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). - DCOC/JA = Adopted in January 2009 - it is to prevent piracy and armed robbery against ships in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, the East coast of Africa and Island countries in the IOR. - Currently it has 20 member states Djibouti Currency – Djiboutian franc President– Ismail Omar Guelleh

Mexico Became the First Country to Issue 7-year Sovereign Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Bond worth $890m under its new “SDG Sovereign Bond Framework” - Developed with investment bank Natixis, located in Paris, France.

- SDGs are Also known as Global Goals = 17 SDGs were adopted by all UN member states at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP-21) in Paris, France by agreeing on the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” on the pledge “Leave No One Behind”. Mexico Capital – Mexico City Currency – Mexican peso President – Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

BANKING, FINANCE AND ECONOMY RBI IN NEWS

RBI Issued Draft Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives (Reserve Bank) Directions under Section 45W of the RBI Act, 1934

- To allow foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to undertake exchange-traded rupee interest rate derivatives transactions subject to an overall ceiling of Rs 5,000 crore. - To encourage higher non-resident participation, enhance the role of domestic market makers in the offshore market - For the purpose of offering Rupee IRD contracts to a user, entities should classify the user either as a retail user or as a non-retail user. - Any user who is not eligible to be classified as a non-retail user shall be classified as a retail user. - Interest Rate Derivatives (IRDs) are contracts whose value is derived from one or more interest rates, prices of interest rate instruments, or interest rate indices.

OTHER BANK NEWS

ICICI Lombard - bancassurance - Yes Bank ICICI Lombard Headquarter – Mumbai YES Bank Headquarter – Mumbai

Titan and SBI launched India’s 1st Contactless Payment Watches Titan Pay - Powered by YONO SBI. - Without entering a PIN, payments can be made up to Rs 2000. - This collection includes 3 different styles for men and 2 for women Titan MD – C K Venkataraman HeadQuarter – Bengaluru

ICICI Home Finance Launched “Apna Ghar Dreamz” - New Home Loan Scheme - Launched for Skilled Labours in Delhi

- The credit amount of this loan ranges from Rs 2 lakh to 50 lakhs

Canara Bank Introduced i-Lead 2.0 (Inspiring Leads System version 2.0) to Enhance Customer Services

Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) Launched Vikas Laghu Suvarna, a Special Gold Loan Scheme with a reduced interest rate of 7.25%. Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) Chairman – P Gopi Krishna HeadOffice - Dharwad, Karnataka

SBM Bank India + Mastercard = to Launch SBM World Debit Card for High Net Worth Customers SBM Bank Headquarter – Mumbai MD and CEO – Sidharth Rath

ECONOMY ETC

NABARD launched Awareness & Sensitization programme for Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO)

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AWARDS, PERSONS IN NEWS Appointments

Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) - approved = appointment of Rajesh Khullar - Executive Director of World Bank & Sameer Kumar Khare – as Executive Director of ADB

ADB - Appointed = Takeo Konishi - new country director for India = Succeeded Kenichi Yokoyama - India is 4th Largest Shareholder and Largest Borrower of ADB since 2010

Yoshihide Suga elected = Japan’s New Prime Minister - Will succeed Shinzo Abe, who was Japan’s Longest serving Prime Minister and stepped down due to health problems. - He will be the Oldest Prime Minister to take the Office since Kiichi Miyazawa in 1991 - Yoshihide was also elected as Leader of his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). - His tenure as Prime Minister will end in September 2021. - Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona recently sworn in as the 54th President of Dominican Republic. Japan Emperor – Naruhito Currency – Yen

BRAND AMBASSADORS AND CEO, MD ETC

Virat Kohli - Brand Ambassador of Great Learning, an ed-tech company Great Learning Founder and CEO – Mohan Lakhamraju

Sachin Tendulkar - Brand Ambassador of Paytm First Games - Paytm is the official umpire partner for IPL till 2022 - Suresh Raina & Harmanpreet Kaur - recently appointed as Global brand ambassadors of Win Trade Fantasy (WTF) Sports . Paytm Headquarter – Noida

Suresh Raina = Brand Ambassador of Online Poker Platform - 9stacks

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS

Aditya Puri - Honoured with Euromoney’s Lifetime Achievement Award 2020

UN Named Indian Teenager Udit Singhal (18 years), the founder of Glass2S to the 2020 Cohort of Young Leaders for SDGs

Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Honoured First Ever AICTE Visvesvaraya Best Teachers Award 2020 to 12 Faculties of AICTE - The award comprises a cash award of Rs. 25,000 with a badge and certificate of excellence.

Vikas Khanna Honoured with 2020 Asia Game Changer Award for Feeding Millions Amid COVID- 19 by coordinating a food distribution drive from Manhattan. - Vikas Khanna launched the food distribution drive #FeedIndia which has distributed around 35 million meals including cooked food and dry rations. - He also provided over 500000 slippers, 3.5 million sanitary pads, 2 million masks and other basic needs in more than 100 cities across India.

ACQUISITIONS/MERGERS/MOUS

International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) - MoU - India Gold Policy Centre - Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad (IIMA) = to Set up International Bullion Exchange (IBE) in India

International Financial Services Centre Authority Chairman - Injeti Srinivas (1st chairman) HeadQuarter – Gandhinagar

BHEL - MoU - SwissRapide AG = to bring Maglev (Magnetic Levitation) trains to India - The MoU will enable the Indigenous manufacturing of Maglev Trains. - SwissRapide AG is a swiss company, which is the only established and commercially proven ultra-high-speed Maglev Rail System in the world. - Magnetic Levitation Trains systems are Energy Efficient (25% less energy consumption), high speeds, Environment Friendly (50% less noise emissions), cost efficient and elevated guideway (means requires less land to operate). BHEL CMD – Nalin Shinghal Headquarter – New Delhi

SPORTS NEWS

140th Edition US Open - Took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre, New York - Second Grand Slam Event of the year, after Australian Open took place in January. - Dominic Thiem (Austria) beated Alexander Zverev (Germany) to win his Maiden Grand Slam Title - Dominic became the first player in 71 years to win the US Open after losing the first two sets of the match. - Naomi Osaka (Japan) beated Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) to win Women’s Title - Sumit Nagal - first Indian to win a Round at Grand Slam in seven years after defeating America’s Bradley Klahn

- Novak Djokovic (Serbia) was disqualified after he accidentally hit a line judge with a ball during the match.

Lewis Hamilton won Tuscan Grand Prix held at the Mugello Circuit, Italy - Lewis Hamilton also won British Grand Prix Italy President – Sergio Mattarella Currency – Euro

OBITUARIES POLITICS/POSITIONS ETC

Swami Agnivesh = Social activist, Former Cabinet Minister and Arya Samaj leader Passed Away at 80

Raghuvansh Prasad Singh = Former Union Minister Passeed Away at 74 - He became Lok sabha member in 1996 and served as a Lok Sabha member for five terms representing Vaishali, Bihar. - He served as the Union minister for rural development from 2004 to 2009 in the cabinet led by Manmohan Singh.

Former President of Mali = Moussa Traore Passed Away at 83 (MALI ne MUSA(MOUSA) mar diya)

Kapila Vatsyayan = Former MP, Padma Vibhushan Awardee scholar of Indian classical dance, art, architecture and history Passed Away (KAPIL knows everything – DANCE, ART,ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY etc)

Chanesh Ram Rathiya = Veteran Congress Leader and Former Chhattisgarh Minister Passed Away(C for CHANE, C for CHHATTISGARH)

P R Krishnakumar = Padma Shri, Expert in Ayurveda Passed Away at 69

Ashok Gasti = Rajya Sabha MP from karnataka Passed Away(RAJYA me GAS-Thi)

Balli Durga Prasad Rao, Tirupati Lok Sabha MP Passed Away of COVID-19 at 64

SPORTS

Indian Cricketer Sadashiv Raoji Patil Passed Away at 86 (SADA(hamesha, always) CRICKET khelte the)

- Made his first class debut for Maharashtra in 1952-53 season. - Test debut in 1955-56 test series at the Brabourne Stadium against New Zealand

IMPORTANT DAYS

September 15, 2020 - International Day of Democracy - Observed since 2007.

September 16 - World Ozone Day 2020 - Theme = “Ozone for life: 35 years of ozone layer protection” - 2020 day marks the celebration of 35 years of the Vienna Convention and 35 years of Global ozone layer protection.

- 16th September was chosen to commemorate the signing of Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer on 16th September 1987. - Vienna Convention = Around 28 countries signed and adopted the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer under the Montreal Protocol on 22nd March 1985 - The Vienna convention and Montreal Protocol became the first treaties to achieve Universal ratification (198 countries) on 16th September 2009. - Kigali Amendment – in the 28th meeting of the Parties of the Montreal Protocol on 15th October 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda the parties agreed to phase down the hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Secretary – Tina Birmpili Headquarter – Nairobi, Kenya

September 17 - World Patient Safety Day 2020

- celebrated by WHO - The First World Patients Safety day was observed on 17th September 2019. - theme = “Health Worker Safety: A Priority for Patient Safety”

September 18, 2020 - 11th edition of World Bamboo Day - Theme = “BAMBOO NOW” - India is the world’s second largest cultivator of Bamboo (after China). About World Bamboo Organization President – Michel Abadie Headquarter – Boston, Massachusetts

COMMITTEES/ REPORTS/MEETINGS

Govt Formed 16-member Committee to to conduct a study on the origin and evolution of Indian culture of about 12,000 years ago and its interface with other cultures of the world.

Report titled “The Human Capital Index 2020 Update: Human Capital in the Time of COVID-19” - By Human Development Practice Group + the Development Economics Group of the World Bank. - India Ranked 116th among 174 countries with score increase to 0.49 from 0.44 in 2018 in comparison to 115 out of 157 countries. - Singapore topped the score with 0.88 followed by Hong Kong at 0.81 and Japan at 0.80. World Bank President – David Robert Malpass Headquarters – Washington, D.C.

INDEX

2nd Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) report titled “A World in Disorder” released - World will take 500 years to spend on preparing for pandemics due to the loss driven by the novel coronavirus disease - The GPMB is the joint arm of the WHO and the World Bank. - Cost of COVID-19 is over US$ 11 trillion to fund the response resulting in future loss of US$ 10 trillion in earnings. - Nearly 90% of the University of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine supply has already been secured by Brazil, China, India, US, the UK and EU countries

2nd edition of “Smart City Index 2020” - Singapore topped followed by Helsinki (Finland) and Zurich (Switzerland) in the second and the third place respectively.

- 4 Indian Cities - New Delhi(68), Mumbai(78), Hyderabad(67) and Bengaluru(79) in Top 100 - By Institute for Management Development (IMD) + Singapore University for Technology and Design (SUTD) + IMD World Competitiveness Center and Smart Cities Observatory (SCO)

BOOKS

A Book - ‘End of an Era, India Exits Tibet’ - Authored by Claude Arpi

Penguin Books Published Arundhati Roy’s Book titled “Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction” - Arundhati Roy hails from Shillong, Meghalaya - Arundhati Roy won the Man Booker Prize in 1997 for her debut novel “The God of Small Things”

First volume of the Former President of USA, Barack Obama’s memoir “A Promised Land” will release at 17th November 2020 - Will be released by Crown, a division of Penguin Random House around the world in 25 languages

SCIENCE/TECH

China launched 9 satellites into the planned Orbit from a ship in the Yellow Sea - The 9 satellites belonged to the Jilin-1 Gaofen 03-1 group - Launched using Long March 11-HY2 rocket

Delhi Metro Launched India’s 1st Indigenous Signalling Technology ‘i-ATS’(Automatic Train Supervision) under Make in India

NASA Scientists Discovered 1st Ever Planet, ‘WD 1856 b’ Orbiting a White Dwarf or a dead star, ‘WD 1856+534’ - Located about 80 light years away in the northern constellation Draco. NASA Headquarters – Washington Administrator – James Frederick “Jim” Bridenstine

GOOGLE/FB/MICROSOFT/APPLE/IBM IN NEWS

WhatsApp - Partnered - Common Services Centers (CSC) = for Digital Literacy Service Chatbot

- To empower rural communities by providing digital skills at their doorstep, and to create livelihood through promotion of rural entrepreneurship. - People can send a “Namaste” at CSC Academy’s official WhatsApp account +91 99991 89321, to access details and course modules of flagship programmes. - Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA), an initiative of the government to provide digital literacy to 6 crore rural citizens, is being implemented by CSCs - Due to the COVID-19, training has been suspended across the country. Now this partnership will enable the delivery of digital literacy modules through WhatsApp - Digital Beti initiative = aims to train 5,000 rural entrepreneurs on digital literacy in over 3,000 villages across 10 Indian states.

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