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2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize won by Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood
  • 2020 Dayton Literary Peace Prize’s lifetime achievement award. won by Margaret Atwood from Canada.  She is famous for her novel,  “The Handmaid’s Tale”.

Russia chaired 10th BRICS NSAs meeting

BRICS
  • Russia chaired the 10th Meeting of the BRICS High Representatives on National Security that will deliberate upon the issues related to strengthening political security and cooperation among the five countries.

Amitabha Ghosh the former RBI governor passes away

Amitabha Ghosh
  • Amitabha Ghosh, the former Reserve Bank of India governor, passed away. He had served as the 16th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for 21 days between January 15, 1985, to February 4, 1985.

PM Modi lays foundation stone of nine highway projects worth Rs 14,258 Cr in Bihar

PM Modi
  • Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of nine highway projects worth Rs. 14,258 crore in Bihar through video conferencing on 21 September 2020.
  • These highway projects include constructing road length of about 350 kilometres at a cost of Rs. 4258 crore and three bridges.
  • PM Modi also inaugurated the Ghar Tak Fibre project, under which all the 45,945 villages of Bihar will be connected through Optical Fibre Internet Service.

Ministry of AYUSH partners with Ministry WCD to control Malnutrition

Poshan Abhiyan
  • A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Ministry of AYUSH and Ministry of Women and Child Development to control Malnutrition as a part of POSHAN Abhiyaan. The MoU will help in tackling the problem of malnutrition in mothers and children in the country.

Deputy NSA Pankaj Saran Gets One-year Extension

Pankaj Saran
  • The Central Government extended the tenure of Deputy National Security Adviser Pankaj Saran for one year.
  • Mr. Saran is a 1982 batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service and was appointed Deputy NSA in May 2018.

“Swachhta Pakhwara” is being observed by over Indian Railways

Swachhta Pakhwada 2020
  • “Swachhta Pakhwara” is being observed by over Indian Railways. Swachhta Pakhwara’ is being observed all over Indian Railways from 16th to 30th September 2020. To create awareness for keeping the railway premises clean and safe including Covid-19 related precautions and webinars are also being organized.

Fitch Solutions projects India’s GDP growth at -8.6% in FY21

GDP
  • Fitch Solutions has revised its forecast for Indian economic growth and now estimates that India’s GDP will contract by 8.6% in 2020-21 (FY21). Earlier this was estimated at -4.5%. It has also forecasted a 5% year-on-year growth in 2021 and 2022.

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