1st September 1) Sports Dwayne Bravo becomes the first bowler to get 500 wickets in T20 cricket Dwayne John Bravo is a West Indian all-rounder He took his 500th wicket in the Caribbean Premier League 2020 match between his team Trinbago Knight Riders and St Lucia Zouks. The wicket of Rahkeem Cornwall was his 500th wicket 2) India and the World 17th ASEAN-India Economic Ministers Consultations Commerce ministers of the 10 ASEAN countries attended the meeting The countries reaffirmed their commitment in the following: ● To ensure financial stability ● Resilient supply chain ● Unimpeded flow of essential goods and medicines A report was also submitted on the AITIGA, i.e. ASEAN India Trade in Goods Agreement. Quick Fact: ​Piyush Goyal is the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry 3) International Affairs Guidelines on Access to Social Justice for people with Disabilities released by UN The guidelines have been released to make access to justice systems easier for them The guidelines include: a) No one shall be denied access to justice based on disability b) Persons with disabilities shall have right to accommodations c) They have rights to file a complaint or initiate legal proceedings concerned to human rights violations and crimes Quick Fact: U​ nited Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities defines Persons with Disability www.eazyprep.com 4) D​ efence and Security India opts out of Kavkaz 2020 Member countries of Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Central Asian countries are to participate in the military exercise called Kavkaz. Kavkaz exercise is also called the War Games or the Caucasus. Caucasus is the region between the Caspian Sea and the Black sea 5) I​ndia and the World Sri Lanka's India First Policy Foreign minister of Sri Lanka has declared that Strategic Security Policy of Sri Lanka will have 'India First' approach As per this approach, even though it will be open for economic relations globally, India will be first when it comes to its strategic security This is significant at a time when China is trying to exercise dominance over Sri Lanka for its strategic location in the Indian Ocean Region. 2nd September 1) Economy Agriota E-Marketplace to link Indian farmers to UAE food marketplace Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has launched a technology-driven agri-commodity trading and sourcing platform called Agriota E-Marketplace It will connect Indian farmers directly with food processing companies, wholesalers, traders, etc. from UAE This will help bypass intermediaries and optimise the supply chain. Quick Fact: U​ nited Arab Emirates dirham is the currency of UAE www.eazyprep.com 2) Economy Seaplane service to start in Gujarat Seaplane services will start in Gujarat from October 2020 from Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad to Statue of Unity in Kevadia. The service will be started on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Spicejet Airline will operate the seaplane service. 3) Sports FIDE Online Chess Olympiad: India and Russia joint winners FIDE is the world chess governing body It held an online Chess Olympiad due to the pandemic, in which 163 countries took part, making it the biggest team championship in chess India and Russia were declared as joint winners 4) Environment India develops World’s Largest Solar Tree A solar tree is a structure that supports solar energy technology like solar grids on a single pillar like a tree trunk. CSIR-CMERI, Ministry of Science and Technology, has developed the world’s largest solar tree The tree has the capacity of producing 12,000 to 14,000 units of solar power annually and is installed at the Residential Colony of CSIR-CMERI at Durgapur, West Bengal 5) Environment Indian Railways has solarises more than 960 stations Indian Railways has finished solarising more than 960 stations and aims to do so for 550 more. This is to fulfill its objective of being 100% self-sustainable for all its power needs and become a Net Zero Carbon Emission Railway www.eazyprep.com Some of the Stations solarised are Varanasi, New Delhi,Old Delhi , Jaipur ,Secunderabad , Kolkata , Guwahati , Hyderabad , Howrah etc. Quick Fact: R​ ailways is also set to achieve 100% electrification by the year 2023. 3rd September 1) National Affairs September to be observed as 'Nutrition month': PM Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared September 2020 as 'Poshan Maah' or 'Nutrition Month' During Nutrition Month: a) schools have been ordered to introduce Nutrition Monitor and Nutrition Cards b) Food and nutrition quiz and meme competition would be organised on MyGov portal The month aims to increase awareness about optimum nutrition, especially in children. 2) E​ conomy Ease of Doing Business report suspended by World Bank Ease of Doing Business report was an annual ranking of countries’ business and investment climates It has been stopped by World Bank to probe irregularities in data collection for the same The last Ease of Doing Business report was published in October 2019 Quick Fact: ​David Malpass is the president of the World Bank 3) P​ erson in News Rajiv Kumar appointed Election Commissioner of India Rajiv Kumar will be the new Election Commissioner of India along with Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra. www.eazyprep.com He is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service Officer He has experience in the Social, Environment and Forests, Human Resources, Finance and Banking Sectors. 4) S​ ports Lewis Hamilton wins F1 Belgian Grand Prix 2020 Lewis Hamilton is a Mercedes driver from Great Britain. He has won the F1 Belgian Grand Prix 2020 at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes driver from Finland, and Max Verstappen, Red Bull driver from Netherlands, came in the second and third places, respectively. 5) D​ efence and Security Indra 2020: Indo-Russia Naval Exercise in Andamans India and Russia will be holding the bilateral naval exercise, Indra 2020, in Andaman Sea. This exercise is important because: a) The location is close to the strategically important Malacca Strait b) China is increasing its presence in the region c) It important for India to boost its readiness in sensitive areas along with traditional defence partners 6) S​ cience and Technology Indian Astronomers discover the farthest star galaxy Astrosat, India’s first multi-wavelength satellite, detected ultraviolet rays from 9.3 billion light years away. These rays were emitted by the farthest star galaxy known till date. The galaxy has been named AUDFs01. Indian astronomers were able to detect the rays because the background noise of the UVIT, UltraViolet Imaging Telescope, in the Astrosat is very less— much lesser than that of the very famous Hubble Telescope. Quick Fact: ​Astrosat was launched by India in 2015. 7) National Affairs www.eazyprep.com NCRB releases data on Farmer Suicides National Crime Record Bureau released an ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India' report in 2019, however data related to Farmer suicides was pending in it. As per the released data: a) Around 42,480 farmers and daily wagers (10,281 farmers and 32599 daily wagers) committed suicide in 2019, a 6% increase from previous years b) The highest suicidal rates were in Chhattisgarh, Kerala and Telangana c) Totally, there were 1,39,123 suicides in India in 2019 d) A total of 5,563 male farmers and 394 female farmers committed suicide in 2019 4th September 1) Person in News Aveek Sarkar becomes new Chairman of Press Trust of India Aveek Sarkar is the Editor Emeritus and Vice Chairman of the Ananda Bazar Group of Publications He has been elected as the chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI) He will be succeeding Vijay Kumar Chopra in this role. Quick Fact: H​ eadquarters of PTI is located in New Delhi 2) Sports CFI to host first-ever Cycling Summit in 2021 Cycling Federation of India (CFI) will be hosting the first-ever Cycling Summit in 2021. The aim of the summit is to promote the culture of cycling in India. The summit will take place in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Quick Fact: C​ FI was established in 1946 3) Person in News www.eazyprep.com Dr. S. Padmawati, India’s first female cardiologist, passes away She was the first female cardiologist of India and was known as 'Godmother of Cardiology' She passed away at the age of 103 years due to COVID-19. She is the founder of National Heart Institute 4) National Affairs THE World University Ranking 2021 World University Rankings, 2021 were released by Times Higher Education In the rankings: a) Indian universities did not feature in the top 300 b) University of Oxford, Stanford University, Harvard University, California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology were in the top c) USA was the most featured country with 59 universities in top 200 d) China’s Tsinghua University was the first Asian university to make it to top 20 5) E​ conomy Global Innovation Index: India ranks 48 GII was released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) In this year's index: a) India has ranked among top 50 countries for the first time b) It is at the top position among central and southern Asian countries c) Switzerland ranked at the first position followed by Sweden, USA, UK and Netherlands The theme of the index was, 'Who will Financial Innovation?' 6) N​ ational Affairs Hindi, Dogri, Kashmiri, Urdu and English to be official languages of JnK Union Cabinet has approved the Jammu and Kashmir Language Bill, 2020. The bill makes five languages— Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English and Kashmiri, the official languages of the Union Territory. Earlier, only Urdu and English were the official languages of the state. www.eazyprep.com 5th September 1) Economy Green Term Ahead Market launched Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Raj Kumar Singh has launched the Pan-India Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM) for electricity GTAM will be the World’s First Exclusive Product Market for the renewable energy sector.