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World Heart Day: 29 September

September 29, 2020
World Heart Day
  • World Heart Day is observed on 29th September annually to draw people’s attention to heart illness and the range of associated health issues.
  • The theme for World Heart Day 2020: “Use Heart To Beat Cardiovascular Disease”.

Six Mega Projects, “Ganga Avalokan” to be inaugurated

September 29, 2020
PM Modi
  • PM Modi is to inaugurate six mega projects under Namami Gange Mission through video conference.

The projects to be inaugurated are as follows

  • Construction of 68 MLD STP
  • Upgradation of 27 MLD at Jagjeetpur, Haridwar
  • Construction of 68 MLD Jagjeetpur Project
  • Inauguration of 26 MLD in Rishikesh
  • Construction of 18 MLD STP at Darai, Haridwar
  • Inauguration of 5 MLD STP at Chirpani. Also, two STP at Badrinath.
  • MLD is Million Litres per Day and STP is a Sewage Treatment Plant.

ICRA projects India’s GDP for FY21 to contact by 11%

September 29, 2020
GDP
  • Rating agency ICRA has revised its forecast for the contraction in India’s FY21 GDP to 11 per cent from its earlier assessment of 9.5 percent.

Lata Mangeshkar award 2020-21 won by Usha Mangeshkar

September 29, 2020
Usha Mangeshkar
  • The Maharashtra government has announced the Gan Samragni Lata Mangeshkar award for the year 2020-21 to veteran female playback singer Usha Mangeshkar.

KVIC appoints Sunil Sethi as its Advisor

September 29, 2020
Sunil Sethi
  • The Khadi and Village Industries Commission has appointed Sunil Sethi as its Advisor. He will succeed fashion designer Ritu Beri.

Senior IAS PD Vaghela appointed as new Chairman of TRAI

September 29, 2020
PD Vaghela
  • Senior IAS PD Vaghela appointed as new Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
  • Vaghela will be succeeding RS Sharma.

Moctar Ouane appointed as new Prime Minister of Mali

September 29, 2020
Moctar Ouane
  • Former Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane as the new prime minister of Mali. Moctar Ouane has served as Mali’s ambassador to the United Nations from 1995-2002.

Defence Minister unveils Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020

September 29, 2020
Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020
  • Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) – 2020 in New Delhi on September 28, 2020.

Syeda Anwara Taimur, Assam’s only woman CM passes away

September 29, 2020
Syeda Anwara Taimur
  • Assam’s first and only woman chief minister, Syeda Anwara Taimur passed away. She was nominated for a Rajya Sabha term in 1988. She joined the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) in 2011.

September 30 is observed as International Translation Day

September 30, 2020
International Translation Day
  • Every year, September 30 is observed as International Translation Day to pay tribute to the works of language professionals who have played an important role in bringing nations together, understanding and cooperating, contributing to the development and strengthening of world peace and security.
  • 2020 theme: “Finding the words for a world in crisis”.

Three new NIA branches to come up at Imphal, Chennai, Ranchi

September 30, 2020
National Investigation Agency (NIA)
  • National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be going to set up three more branches in Imphal, Chennai and Ranchi to ensure a quick response to any emergent situation in the concerned states.

NABARD to undertake Sanitation Literacy Campaign in Karnataka

September 30, 2020
NABARD
  • The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development will begin a Sanitation Literacy Campaign (SLC) in Karnataka with an aim to promote literacy on ‘WASH’ (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) in 2,000 villages. The campaign will start from October 2 and continue till January 26, 2021.

Dharani land Web Portal initiated by Telangana

September 30, 2020
telangana cm
  • Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will be going to initiate Dharani land Web Portal Integrated land record management. Through this online portal, the citizens can avail of the revenue services Mutation, Land Conversion, and Registration Services, etc.

1st bank to enable document embedding feature on SFMS started by IDBI Bank

September 30, 2020
IDBI Bank
  • Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) become the first to implement the new feature of document embedding facility with Letter of Credit (LC) / Bank Guarantee (BG) messages over SFMS (Structured Financial Messaging System) platform of Indian Financial Technology and Allied Services (IFTAS).

Vakrangee gets RBI approval to set up BBPS unit

September 30, 2020
Reserve Bank Of India (RBI)
  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted in-principle approval to Vakrangee Ltd to set up Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU) to handle payment services related to bills.

Power Minister signs MoU with Power Finance Corporation Limited

September 30, 2020
Power Minister signs MoU with Power Finance Corporation Limited
  • Power Finance Corporation Ltd has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Union Power Ministry to achieve various targets by PFC during FY 2020-21.

Mukesh Ambani topped the IIFL Hurun India Rich List 2020

September 30, 2020
Mukesh Ambani
  • IIFL Hurun India released the Rich List for the year of 2020. Reliance Industry’s Chairman Mukesh Ambani topped the IIFL Hurun India Rich List 2020 with a total wealth of Rs 6.58 lakh crore. He has topped the list of richest Indians for the 9th consecutive year.

Special Humanitarian Action Award of UNDP conferred to Sonu Sood

September 30, 2020
Sonu Sood
  • The prestigious Special Humanitarian Action Award of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) conferred to Sonu Sood for selflessly extending a helping hand and sending lakhs of migrants, stranded students across geographies abroad, back to their homes.

Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur named FTII governing council chairman

September 30, 2020
Shekhar Kapur
  • Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has announced Shekhar Kapur as the new President of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Society and Chairman of FTII Governing Council. His tenure will be till March 3, 2023.

Rinki Sethi appointed as Chief Information Security Officer of Twitter

September 30, 2020
Rinki Sethi
  • Twitter has appointed former IBM executive Rinki Sethi as Chief Information Security Officer.

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